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Old 18th December 2008, 12:13   #14 (permalink)
tsk1979
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Originally Posted by DKG View Post
Education is the way for the average Indian to improve his livelihood and realise his dreams. If people are empowered to improve their condition through improved livelihood then increasingly money will play a smaller role in vote casting. That's the logic.
Really
Reality does not show otherwise. I have seen elections in engineering colleges where votes were on basis of state and caste. Education changed nothing there. Does education change car owners from bribing cops?
Funnily, the most honest people I have met are ones who cant read or write in any language.
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