The poor voting for the richSaturday, 15 August 2015The mood around the political stage is frenetic; endless noise, blaring music, anxious organisers furrying about, expectant crowds and fnally the speakers addressing the Dugee, Duppath and Ahinsaka !oterMen might rebe! but in the end they usuay ma"e their peace# There is no room in $ndia for outsiders# The Arya Sama%, the Aryan Association, a reformist group opposed to traditiona ideas of caste, and active in north $ndia earier in the century faied for a simpe reason# $t coudn&t meet the marriage needs of its members! $ndia caed them bac" to their castes and rues they had ab%ured# And 've years ago in (ehi $ heard this story# A foreign businessman sa) that his untouchabe servant )as inteigent, and decided to give the young man an education# *e did so, and before he eft the country he paced the man in a better %ob# Some years ater, the businessman returned to $ndia# *e found that his untouchabe )as a atrine+ceaner again# *e had been boycotted by his can for brea"ing a)ay from them! he )as barred from the evening smo"ing group# There )as no other group he coud %oin, no )oman he coud marry# *is soitariness )as insupportabe, and he had returned to his duty, his dharma! he had earnt to obey& , -#S# .aipau, /A )ounded civiisation0ne of the ess peasurabe aspects of the eection campaign for us surey isto be described by the eo1uent poiticians as ab%ecty poor, bedragged and innocent# (ugee, (uppath and Ahinsa"a are the )ords that spring to their minds )hen they behod us# The term Third 2ord originay coined by a 3rench demographer, )as used in genera terms to describe countries )hich )ere considered under+deveoped and reativey poor in comparison to the 3irst and Second 2ord# This )as )hen the )ord )as poarised ideoogicay bet)een the 2est aied )ith the 4SA and the Soviet boc ed by 4SS5# Such a reference is not acceptabe to the more poiticay correct consciousness of today# /(eveoping& or /rapidy advancing& are some of the )ays in )hich countries such as Sri 6an"a are referred to no)#$f a poitician )ere to refer to the average voter as either going to be rich soon or rapidy advancing, $ am not certain )hether that )oud necessariy )in him more votes# 3or one, given the reaities of their ives, very fe) of them )i thin" such a description )oud be %usti'ed# 6eave aone rapidy advancing, they )i be happy if they can maintain their present standard of ife, di7cut as it may be# 3rom the manner in )hich the description (ugee, (uppath and Ahinsa"a is used, it is cear that the poiticians on stage do notconsider themseves to be in that category# There isa certain pitying in the )ords )hich e8cudes theuser# 9esides, )hat point is there in voting for aperson )ho is in the same pight as the audience: 0fcourse, in meaning, (ugee, (uppath and Ahinsa"ago far beyond the si;e of the voter&s purse# $t is ana+encompassing de'nition of a person! his outoo",assessment, ideas, actions, reactions, soutions tohis probems , in fact a aspects of his personaity#The mood around the poitica stage is frenetic!endess noise, baring music, an8ious organisers