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User:Koyaanis_Qatsi - The bulk of the prose in this article appears to be copied from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/intro.htm which is copyrighted material. Do you have permission to copy? technopilgrim 22:47 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Both our copy and theirs are copied from the CIA World Factbook The factbook is a public domain resource.

That is public domain text copie from APPENDIX C: INDIA COUNTRY PROFILE in http://www.nwc.navy.mil/WARDEPT/sapp_rpt.doc . Only the changes to the public domain text can be copyrighted. I'll add a reference to this article to give proper credit. --mav 22:53 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The bulk of that material is copied from the CIA World Factbook, which is in the public domain. Much of the rest is from the U.S. Department of State pages, which are also in the public domain. Koyaanis Qatsi 22:56 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

thanks for checking & adding CIA links... now I can sleep at night technopilgrim 23:18 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I didn't have to check, I'm the one who added the stuff. ^_^ Anyway, there are many many more that I failed to cite; we had a plan to take care of it but it's been derailed at some point. We should go ahead with it, I think. Koyaanis Qatsi

This page has unnecessary information like country code, parties of India, etc in the middle. The parties of India has already as separate page List of political parties in India And, so I wish such unnecessary info should be removed for clarity. Rrjanbiah 05:37, 20 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I agree with your comment. This is wikipedia. Improve the article by editing what you think should be removed. Just make a note on this page of what you have done and why. Tiles 05:53, 20 Dec 2003 (UTC)

This link, Questions Left & Answers Right - Article has very specific information on the Indian state of Kerela and does not add to the main Politics of India page. - Vohiyaar 07:14, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

That link does not leave any referrence at all to Kerala. --Soman 10:52, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Corruption

While, being an Indian, I love the picture that this article attempts to present, but frankly, there is absolutely no discussion of corruption. Yes, it mentions corrupt juries but it doesn't stop there. In India, nothing gets done without a greased palm. My father is flying there this week for a family wedding (we live in the US) and he had to have a family member who lives in India bribe a member of of the Indian government to get his bloody visa! Furthermore the Prime Minister and President of India are always out to line their pockets etc. I'd love to make some addendums to the article myself, but I really don't have enough detailed knowledge. I'm a science geek, and I'm actually kind of disappointed that the article on India that is featured today didn't mention corruption at all. EagleFalconn 15:50, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)


Its wrong to say - "Furthermore the Prime Minister and President of India are !! always !! out to line their pockets etc". It depends on the individual in question. And corruption is usually higher in the lower ranks than at the top level leaders. Not that it is absent - but one cannot simply include all leaders into this category. And currently (2005), both our President (Mr. Abdul Kalam) and Prime Minister (Mr. Manmohan Singh) are excellent examples of how top level leaders are not corrupt. Please refrain from use of such sentences, when in a public domain such as this. [Pai] Aug 08 2005

[edit] What's the voting system for India?

The Indian election process and the Elections in India pages don't exactly tell me much, and neither does this one. What specific system do they use? First-past-the-post? Single non-transferable vote? And according to Elections in India, India has a two party system. Which ones? Congress and ____? --Bash 03:51, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Legal System Writeup

The current write-up for the legal system of India is poorly written and takes a very odd approach to detailing it. While comparative jurisprudence is certainly a useful approach to this subject matter, I am puzzled as to the original contributor's tacit endorsement of torture as a 'cultural difference' of some sort -- rather, torture as a means of interrogation is not a priori accepted by all Indians, and certainly not Jains and many Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and Jews who follow the pacifist principles of the late M. K. Gandhi. Furthermore, many Indian Human Rights Organizations would firmly dispute the statement that "the dynamics of Indian society necessitate (sic) .. 'uncustomary' interrogation methods."

This is the first of many problems in this description of the Indian Justice System. For instance, the bizarre description of Indian prisons as 'not pampering' to prisoners is both unwarranted and out of place. Also, the contributor's opinion on whether the removal of juries from the legal system was a positive step or not has no place in this article. As such, my suggestions are the following: 1) First, this current write-up needs to be deleted - it is amateur, patently inaccurate and ideologically driven. It has no place on Wikipedia (and neither does capitalization as in 'NO WAY' in the article).

2) This section needs its own page, and should NOT (pardon this capitalization -- this is the talk page!) be include in an otherwise decent section on the POLITICS of India. The Judiciary is after all (at least theoretically) supposed to be removed from political influences

3) Someone with greater knowledge on this subject (not I, and clearly not previous contributors) should be encouraged to contribute to a very important article. As a flourishing democracy, with a legal system that many have argued needs reformation (see Gay Rights in India)

4) I think this should stay separate from the Indian Penal Code article and rather, serve as a neutral appraisal of the system on its own merits and in relation to other legal systems in both developed and developing countries.

I have made a preliminary edit, retaining a few valuable facts from this write-up as a temporary measure.

--jackal1291, August 16, 2005

[edit] Criticism

The section titled "criticism" carries this line:

"According to Recent polls India is shown to be the second most corrupt nation, after Hong Kong."

Which polls? Is Hong Kong is the most corrupt nation? I am not convinced with this, and I think this might have been vandalism. I plan to remove that line, unless anyone objects. If you do object to the removal, please post references. --ashwatha 06:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I have removed that line, as well as some un-encyclopedic language. I hadn't logged in at the time, so the page history shows the changes as made by an anon. --ashwatha 06:04, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criminal MPs

Hey brothers and sisters, i have created a page to inform us about Criminal MPs, including both criminal-turned-MPs and MP-turned-Criminals. Please contribute to the article. I have started it off by adding Sibu Soren, Phoolan Devi etc. Please add more. Thanx Tri400 16:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Structure of Indian Political System

For an article about the politics of India, this one focuses too heavily on the structure of the political system, where one might expect a discussion of actual politics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quantumelfmage (talk • contribs) 23:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 i would like to add another name " THAKRE FAMILY",. Cos what i think is we all r INDIANS but not the bloody MARATHA HINDU MUSLIM or CHRISTIANS.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.48.17 (talk) 08:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)