The following advertisement was front page in the Decan Chronical, the english newspaper from Chennai. It is interesting to note the platform is based on some positive things; a subsidy for rice (1 kg for about 2 cents), crop loans for farmers, health insurance, and tax cuts on land. Hopefully to avoid some of the tragic problems with farmers that have occurred in other areas of India.
But what caught my eye was the free color tv. Apparently Karl Marx got it wrong….it isn’t religion that is the opiate of the people…it is TV!
