The answer should be clear to all of us
  there was no pressure from electors to do otherwise.
Note, for instance,
 that Karnataka’s ruling party
 is governing the state on its own for the first time ever
 and still new in office;Â
they’ve taken no time at all to pick up the habits
 of an oligarchic ruling class.Â
And
 they are not unique at all;
 it is hard to find any of the 30-odd governments in India,
 past or present,
 Union or state,Â
whether run by
 parties of the left,Â
centre or right,
 pro-Dalit or otherwise,
 which exuded or exudes a different culture
 when in power.Â
Since it isÂ
we, the citizens,Â
who both elect them and also need this information,Â
the responsibility for such a state of affairsÂ
should be pondered by each of us.Â
Why would those in power explainÂ
what they are doing andÂ
why, if there is no imperative on them to do so?Â
The culture of joining hands toÂ
exchange information on institutions and rules,
 and on what reforms these need,
 is still to take deep root in our country,
 despite all these decades of formal democracy.Â
Why not begin, each of us,
 by applying under the RTI on local matters?
Hinduism is more a way of life than a method of worship.
Dharmo Rakshati Rakshithaha
If you protect Dharma, Dharma will in turn protect you.
Hindus, If people slap you once, slap them twice!
