Why Communism Won't Succeed In India

I became acquainted with theoretical communism thru my secondary school history textbooks & the principles of equality, work & food for everyone seemed noble.Modern Indian democracy is 60 years old and apart from the states of Kerala & West Bengal communists havn't been able to make much of an impact in Indian politics.

They have been part of a few coalition governments at the centre but their numbers have been too few for them to bring about any meaningful fundamental changes.Infact they used to be a part of the present ruling coalition in N.Delhi and pulled out after the government decided to go thru with the Indo-US nuclear deal .Central government survived the no-confidence vote and would almost certainly complete it's tenure of 5 years.

Indians are said to be the most religious people on the planet and I believe because Communism does not subscribe to any god/religion it won't succeed in India.I'm not aware about Kerala but in West Bengal (under democratic Communist rule for around 3 decades) Communist leaders do make appearances at religious festivals of different communities.

One think I don't like about Communism is that it has no democracy however Indians could live with that.Around half of our population is struggling for two square meals a day and due to strict social hierarchies & centuries of colonial rule we are quite used to someone else making decisions on our behalf.

Our neighbour Nepal recently kicked out the monarchy and ushered in the Communists.Let's see how that experiment works.I was in Nepal last month & it seems the Maoist government there is trying to wean away people from religion.I was told before the Maoists took over there used to be lots of Swastikas & prayer bells in and outside temples on the border however now you don't see them.

That's fine with me however Nepal has been/is being used to push illegal currency,explosives & terrorists in India by our not so friendly neighbours and if Maoists arn't able to deliver anything solid they would be happy to promote that on a bigger scale,just to give poor Nepalese people some anti-India news to occupy their minds with.India does have a reputation for being a soft target & with Indian & Nepalese citizens not requiring a Visa to enter each other's territory,controlling this would truly be a Himalayan task.

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