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Of Games and Political One Upmanship!
01-Jul-2019
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Ar. Aditee Hegde
From Background to Foreground:
Democratic Playground; Caution: Handle with care.
Games in politics: When kids play, they are games, when adults play, they are politics (cliché).
It just a fun illustration of the situations happening in and around us in democracy or dictatorship/ monarchy scenario. Only situations in democracy are liberal in many contexts. Just one has to strike the right nodes to play the right tune for better governance.
Cards – Kings, Queens, Jumping jacks and Ace.
‘X’ and ‘O’
Snakes & ladders
Monopoly
Passing the Parcel
Musical chair
Toss/ Lucky charm / lotteries
Housie
Kabbaddi
Buzzer round /Quiz master
Pen pencil games
Lagori
Hide & seek
Chess
Table tennis / Ball in your court
Name games
Maze, Puzzles etc.
Theories:
The twin theory (just the same).
Peek a boo & Pull the leg theory (more interested in other players).
Same pinch theory (I do what you do accidentally or intentionally).
Sheep mentality theory (Do as directed / what everyone does).
Eye for an eye theory (Tit for tat).
Go with the flow theory (Accept and go to next).
Under the shade of money plant or Piggy bank theory (live and let live or earn while learn).
Pop-corn theory (Enjoy the show and move ahead).
Suggestion & objection theory (mass participation).
Explore & evolve theory (New ways to percolate among the masses).
The Face theory (new participations / face value or work value).
Feeding & breeding grounds (identifying pockets of development or other side could be the vote banks).
Feather on my cap (credit takers and givers).
Stepping stone theory / Trial & error theory (Progressive approach, sometimes slow).
Who’s who theory (the generations and businesses).
Flip-flop theory (Yes and no, on hold, or interchange the players).
Reverse theory (go backward to rectify and move ahead).
Ideologies:
Right – Positive outlook.
Left – Not negative but could be judgemental.
Centre – A balance, approach not harming anyone.
No participation – is for opinion does not matter category (if).
Rules / Pro-cons / ways:
Use of senses (Eyes _ see, Ears _ listen, Nose _smells, Taste _Food, Human touch).
Common sense & General knowledge.
Intuition & Gut feeling / instinct.
Linguistic & cultural mix.
Foul play, Mimosas (touch me nots) and Goosebumps (harsh decisions or approaches).
Trolling (Good if taken in the right amount and positive notion).
Powers & tools:
Idea generation banks.
Think tanks.
SWOT individually.
Humanity grounds.
Players:
Families / Family trees.
Trend setters.
Big brothers & Soul sisters.
Game changers & Dark horses.
Movements & issues:
Me too & We too.
Gender representation.
Political Human resource.
The Work culture.
Education, Knowledge, Creativity & Wisdom.
Infrastructure & land economics.
People representation _Classes and castes / religions.
Sustainability.
Polling / score:
Finger print voting.
Bar code voting.
Electronic ballot.
Ballot (paper pen voting).
Postal ballot _envelops to cast votes, symbol cut outs, etc (vernacular areas – less population).
Ways of PR:
Newspapers
House to house
Word of mouth
Surveys_ population count _ questioners and graphs, multiple choice, etc
Telephone_ records, ringtones, caller tunes
Radios _musicals
Couriers _ Booklets, letterheads, pen drives, CDs, bookmarks, paper bags, etc
Announcements in public areas
Rallies
Social networking _ Public domains & Private domains(restricted)
Internet _ websites, web pages, blogs, advertises, e papers, e magazines, pop ups
Television
Awareness campaigns / NGOs
Institutional programmes
Advertisements
Result:
A wholistic to an individual experience may differ depending on situations. But on a positive note can be termed as “Progressive positive approach” with some highs and lows.
Notes & Definitions:
Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
A dictatorship is an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders with either no party or a weak party, little mass mobilization, and limited political pluralism. According to other definitions, democracies are regimes in which “those who govern are selected through contested elections”; therefore dictatorships are “not democracies”.
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Individual freedoms are subordinate to the state and there is no constitutional accountability and rule of law under an authoritarian regime. Authoritarian regimes can be autocratic with power concentrated in one person or it can be more spread out between multiple officials and government institutions.
Totalitarianism is a political concept of a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. It is regarded as the most extreme and complete form of authoritarianism.”
“Ar. Aditee Hegde
From Background to Foreground:
Democratic Playground; Caution: Handle with care.
Games in politics: When kids play, they are games, when adults play, they are politics (cliché).
It just a fun illustration of the situations happening in and around us in democracy or dictatorship/ monarchy scenario. Only situations in democracy are liberal in many contexts. Just one has to strike the right nodes to play the right tune for better governance.
Cards – Kings, Queens, Jumping jacks and Ace.
‘X’ and ‘O’
Snakes & ladders
Monopoly
Passing the Parcel
Musical chair
Toss/ Lucky charm / lotteries
Housie
Kabbaddi
Buzzer round /Quiz master
Pen pencil games
Lagori
Hide & seek
Chess
Table tennis / Ball in your court
Name games
Maze, Puzzles etc.
Theories:
The twin theory (just the same).
Peek a boo & Pull the leg theory (more interested in other players).
Same pinch theory (I do what you do accidentally or intentionally).
Sheep mentality theory (Do as directed / what everyone does).
Eye for an eye theory (Tit for tat).
Go with the flow theory (Accept and go to next).
Under the shade of money plant or Piggy bank theory (live and let live or earn while learn).
Pop-corn theory (Enjoy the show and move ahead).
Suggestion & objection theory (mass participation).
Explore & evolve theory (New ways to percolate among the masses).
The Face theory (new participations / face value or work value).
Feeding & breeding grounds (identifying pockets of development or other side could be the vote banks).
Feather on my cap (credit takers and givers).
Stepping stone theory / Trial & error theory (Progressive approach, sometimes slow).
Who’s who theory (the generations and businesses).
Flip-flop theory (Yes and no, on hold, or interchange the players).
Reverse theory (go backward to rectify and move ahead).
Ideologies:
Right – Positive outlook.
Left – Not negative but could be judgemental.
Centre – A balance, approach not harming anyone.
No participation – is for opinion does not matter category (if).
Rules / Pro-cons / ways:
Use of senses (Eyes _ see, Ears _ listen, Nose _smells, Taste _Food, Human touch).
Common sense & General knowledge.
Intuition & Gut feeling / instinct.
Linguistic & cultural mix.
Foul play, Mimosas (touch me nots) and Goosebumps (harsh decisions or approaches).
Trolling (Good if taken in the right amount and positive notion).
Powers & tools:
Idea generation banks.
Think tanks.
SWOT individually.
Humanity grounds.
Players:
Families / Family trees.
Trend setters.
Big brothers & Soul sisters.
Game changers & Dark horses.
Movements & issues:
Me too & We too.
Gender representation.
Political Human resource.
The Work culture.
Education, Knowledge, Creativity & Wisdom.
Infrastructure & land economics.
People representation _Classes and castes / religions.
Sustainability.
Polling / score:
Finger print voting.
Bar code voting.
Electronic ballot.
Ballot (paper pen voting).
Postal ballot _envelops to cast votes, symbol cut outs, etc (vernacular areas – less population).
Ways of PR:
Newspapers
House to house
Word of mouth
Surveys_ population count _ questioners and graphs, multiple choice, etc
Telephone_ records, ringtones, caller tunes
Radios _musicals
Couriers _ Booklets, letterheads, pen drives, CDs, bookmarks, paper bags, etc
Announcements in public areas
Rallies
Social networking _ Public domains & Private domains(restricted)
Internet _ websites, web pages, blogs, advertises, e papers, e magazines, pop ups
Television
Awareness campaigns / NGOs
Institutional programmes
Advertisements
Result:
A wholistic to an individual experience may differ depending on situations. But on a positive note can be termed as “Progressive positive approach” with some highs and lows.
Notes & Definitions:
Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
A dictatorship is an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders with either no party or a weak party, little mass mobilization, and limited political pluralism. According to other definitions, democracies are regimes in which “those who govern are selected through contested elections”; therefore dictatorships are “not democracies”.
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Individual freedoms are subordinate to the state and there is no constitutional accountability and rule of law under an authoritarian regime. Authoritarian regimes can be autocratic with power concentrated in one person or it can be more spread out between multiple officials and government institutions.
Totalitarianism is a political concept of a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. It is regarded as the most extreme and complete form of authoritarianism.”
