For a long time I have been writing that politicians in India want the people to remain poor and dependant on handouts. That way they can maintain power over the people and recruit chamchas who will obey any order including killing anyone who dares to criticise. That is why inspite of so called socialism education was left in the private sector available only to those who could afford to pay the fees. No politician will openly admit to this policy but from time to time they expose their conspiracy in the guise of helping the poor. In the past Bengal and Bihar enforced education in local language saying that learning english was a colonial hangover and should be discouraged. This resulted in these states falling behind economically and both are virtually basket cases today. The Samajwadi Party in its manifesto for the coming elections promises to do away with english and computers because machines take jobs away from people. The IT sector has put India on the world map. However, it is completely independent being in private hands and has grown independent of the government. Far from taking jobs away it has employed millions and created wealth. From the beginning IT companies looked abroad to grow and earn and thus inspired other sectors to become globally competitive. The politicians hate this because they cannot loot these companies like they can with public sector companies and such independence worries them. So stop english and computers and you have an uneducated, naked, hungry people completely at your mercy.