tired, not to test your patience, here's my answer: "the more fundamental issue is the decision of the populace whether they are informed or not, no? their decisions do count regardless of the information-content, don't they? " yes they do count but if the population is better informed and educated then it significantly reduces the chances of girija like people to become PM time and again. you being short in patience and i being swamped with acdemic commitments, i think we both should be content with this short conversation. :-)