India Votes and what a tamasha...

So, the election results from the worlds largest democracy is in. And, it has confounded all, including the people who voted (I think).

The masses have spoken - the downtrodden, often forgotten masses. So, have the lazy public sector workers. They want handouts. Who cares about competitiveness etc...

But, one can't balme just them. How can you expect the common man to make sacrifices when the govt. size and spending continue to spiral, when govt. policy favors subsidizing graduate and post graduate learning in favor of private education.

It is interesting that in states where the state govt. took a tough line against its employees they were voted out. Eg

1) Kerala - where AK Anthony took a hard line
2) Tamilnadu - where the mercurial "amma" fired its employees

Unfortunately, Naidu's loss can only mean that he was spaced out in cyberspace. Allowing MNCs to water their lawns when farmers are committing suicide because of drought sounds pretty dot com-ish.