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Publication: India Today
Date: February 16, 2004
Critics of the feel-good factor
should first remember to what extent the feel-bad factor had swamped the
country in the initial decades after Independence. The Congress had shackled
the nation with its socialistic ideology, making the life of the common
man miserable. People will never forget those endless queues for foodgrains,
sugar, kerosene, cooking gas, two-wheelers, cars, and telephone connections.
- Ravikant Kumar, on e-mail
The article is representative of
the pessimistic mindset that haunts the majority of
Indians. It is similar to the condition
of a man who is so crestfallen after long years of darkness that even a
speck of light makes him worried rather than happy. Instead of trying to
see the devil behind the angel's mask, let us do our best to make sure
that we keep feeling good.
- Subhojit Dey, on e-mail
