Comment on "India Leadership"

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http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/india-leadership

40 political parties seems like a lot! Until you realize that this number just reflects the number of recognized political parties. According to Wikipedia, there are an additional 730 registered unrecognized parties. Political gridlock is right! What a great metaphor, Kirk.

In America, our two primary political parties are visually representing by a donkey and an elephant. I find it interesting that each of the recognized political parties in India also have their own symbol. Not surprisingly, the elephant is the symbol for one of their parties as well (Bahujan Samaj Party). Many of the symbols are animals, following the American tradition, such as the lion or cock.

But some of some of the other symbols are a little obscure, including:
- mango
- umbrella
- conch
- bicycle
- chair
- ladder
- lightbulb
- spectacles

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recognised_political_parties_in_India)