Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth said Frankling roosevelt. But like screaming on the streets, if you make enough of a tamasha people will watch. In the year 2000, the U.S presidential polls went to multiple recounts in the state of florida, they were finally decided by the supreme court. It was George w bush Vs Al Gore. George's brother happened to be the governor of florida. Floridians cast their votes on paper by punching a hole next to the candidate of choice. The decision of the most powerful office in the world came down to whether some holes were half punched or partially in the wrong column. Any system that involves humans and is about humans is not perfect. it's open to judgement, it's open to influence, it's open to flaws. the more you automate, digitalise, history teaches us, the more you remove points of human contact, the safer you can make it. More convenient too. India's democracy has stood the test of everything the world has thrown at her from the Nizam of Hyderabad, to Pakistani invasion, to Nixon's CIA plotting, to poverty, strife, sponsored seccessionism, emergency and political turmoil. Our democracy has survived intact. today, some chump sitting in london has claimed that India's democracy does not exist. You can create some radiowave pings to win power and that's what was done in 2014. The past 24 hours have been a Littany of flaws in his theory, his past and his credibility as so called evm hacker. So was it just a coincidence that on Saturday the gathbandhan leaders were raising Cain over EVM fixing in Kolkata and on Monday Kapil Sibal was in London lending political legitimacy to hacking claims. The congress is trying to have it's cake and eat it to today. Sibal they say went in his personal capacity, but EVM hacking is a serious concern for them. is it? Is indian democracy a thing of fiction?
