Participatory democracy
Roswitha: “I find it amazing that people are sending in SMS replies to television polls on whether the Mehtas should be allowed to terminate their pregnancy. The [NDTV] 24×7 poll, for example, called ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?’ asks people if parents should be the sole decision makers in the matter of the abortion of a foetus… because clearly a better decision would involve the considered opinion of Nikhil, 16, Chandigarh and Retd Col. Anantharaman, 67, Bangalore? Amazing.”