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The Left parties never cease to amaze me. For one, I could never figure out how can a set of people be so far removed from the realities of the modern world. I read in a newpaper today that the left wants the Government to intervene and stop the senseless rise of the Sensex. My first reaction was to laugh. The reason was even funnier, "to prevent accumulation of huge wealth by a handful at the cost of pauperisation of the common man's hard-earned savings."

Then a cheeky thought crossed my mind. Could it be possible that parties like the Left may be thinking of whether they can regulate the number of times married couple make love in a month? The more I thought of it, the more I realized that these guys could actually do something to that effect. What more can you expect of a bunch of people who because they enjoy support of the electorate in two states do not bat an eyelid in holding the country to ranson on any issue that they think is not correct? It's as though God has been partial in the distribution of intelligence; you see only Left leaders have the capacity to think right, everyone else is a fool. Only the Leftists are patriots, the rest are traitors.

That is the sad plight of democracy in India. A party steeped in an ideology, communism, whose time has passed is trying to teach the country the meaning of Democracy, i.e., it's version of the meaning of Democracy. We are right, everyone else is wrong. If you agree with that, you are democratic in thought. If not, you are anti-secular, against democracy, and an anti national.

What more can you make of a people who do not think it is anti-national to humiliate the Country's Prime Minister in front of international audiences. If given a choice, I would end this coalition business.

I would enforce a strict two party system of rule at the center. Regional parties should be restricted within their regions. One can have regional parties forming governments at the state level, but they should have no say at the National level. That would enable Central governments to be more active and give them the room to implement policies, laws, and changes that will align with global norms.

The world is becoming an increasingly global village, and whether the Left likes it on not, India is an intergral part of the Global village. Change is the only constant in life, and those who do not move with the times get left behind. The sooner the Left understands this fact of life, the better it is for these parties and the Country at large. If they fail to do so, I think the time has come for the government to seek people's mandate to outlaw parties like the Left and throw them out of mainstream politics.