India’s Bourgeois Revolution
Indian politics has long been the well-guarded preserve of a small and largely hereditary elite. But the current general election, in which there are more non-politician candidates than in any previous poll, suggests that this may finally be changing.
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NEW DELHI – In 2009, when I competed in India’s last parliamentary election, I was something of a rarity. I was not a professional politician. By contrast, all of the other candidates in my constituency – indeed, most of the contenders across the country – had devoted their entire lives to politics, many since their student days.