India's reforms need changes. So does Mr. Basu's article

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India's reforms need changes

An article full of contradictions.

1) If the people rejected BJP for inciting communal violence then why is it that BJP just showed about -2% of vote change. More improtantly, how is it that Narendra Modi who was the CM of Gujarat got re-elected comfortably after the riots.

2) And, why does he say "even people in remote village..." why not "people in big cities"? Why is it that he has to impress upon his western readers that even villagers in India are "secular". I think it is difficult for someone to say yes we practice discrimination, most of us hate the guts of those "other" people.

I think there is tendency amongst Indian intelligensia to think and act as if they have answers to all issues -

Secularism means offering privileges to compensate for the numbers instead of making every one work on a level playing field.

The lower income need subsidies (forget about creating opportunities). Of course, Mr. Basu here argues against it.