100 Things To Know And Debate Before You Vote

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Why are we restless? What is it that makes usdissatisfied? Why is General Election 2014 part ofevery conversation? What is it with the state of Indiathat makes us so uneasy today? Why are thousands dyingwithout healthcare in India? Why is our air unbreathable, ourwater poisoned? What do our MPs see when they drive towork and what does that say about our democracy? Why is our diplomacy so weak? Everthought about why 'family problems' caused more than 30,000 Indians to commit suicidelast year? What is slower our Internet or our bureaucracy?Here are 100 things to think about before you press that button in the critical election of 2014. This is the ultimate state-of-the-nation guide to make us think beyond the fourletteracronyms that we have turned our national debate into. This is a call to action, awarning, an urging, a prodding, an appeal to give real issues a think before we vote.

About the Author

Hindol Sengupta is senior editor for the Indian edition of the Fortune magazine where he writes on public policy, politics and business. He runs India's only open government foundation, the Whypoll Trust, which has worked with the United Nations Millennium Campaign and UNICEF. He is the author of The Liberals, which dealt with living through India's economic liberalization. He was voted by the global ideas platform IdeaMensch on its 2011 list of 33 Entrepreneurs Who Make the World a Better Place.