Re: Why India Became a Democracy and Pakistan Did not
Oh Bhai sahib,
Army is the last resort in case of emergency. Indians used army rule in troubled states. It is just the number of troubled states was lot fewer than the Un-troubled ones.
You think Army is not the ultimate power in Kashmir? Then you must be living in some dreamy world far far away in a good looking galaxy.
You are right. India has lots of flaws that seems to have been glossed over by its recent economic success. Indian economic disparity is one of the worst in the world. The Indian army has constantly been fighting one insurgency after another since 47. However the Indian army is ordered by the politicians to go into a state.
Once again, I think India was lucky enough to have Nehru for 17 years. We were unlucky that we got off on the wrong foot. Once in a while if we got into a real the mess, its understandable that the army comes in and holds some elections like the army chief, Aslam Baig.
unfortunately all our Generals were not like Aslam Baig.