Indian Politics- A Dialogue

I am blogging, for much of this week at Krish's blog. The first post in the 4- post series appeared on Monday. The remaining will appear over this week and next. See the introductory note if you are interested in following the debate. The 4 posts are:
Part 1: The Defining Ethos of Indian Politics (Monday, 18 Dec )
Part 2: The Challenge to the Ethos (Thursday, 21 Dec)
Part 3: Negation of the Ethos (Monday, 25 Dec)
Part 4: Recovery of the Ethos (Thursday, 28 Dec)