Call them apostate ; Call them irresolute ; Call them power-hungry; Call them anything and they would happily take it all as long as you are willing to vote for them.
Welcome to the new generation of Indian Politics ‘Play X’ . Where the players are same , the prize is same but yes , the rules have changed.
The only rule is that there is no rule. Sounds clichéd ? Reminds you of an adrenaline pumping movie named ‘ Fight Club ‘ ? Atta Boy!!!! You’ve hit the bulls eye !!!!
It’s the same thing .
Although it might not have those riveting action sequences ,nor does it boasts of gorgeous heroines shaking their booty to seduce our testosterone-filled heroes but yes it promises of a plot which goes a lot deeper , a mounting tension which has already reached humongous proportions, actors who are enormously skilled at backstabbing , doublespeaking , back-pedalling, etc. and needless to say. it has huge a implication on our lives ( although it’s doubtful as most parties once elected go into an eternal slumber which usually breaks just before the next LS elections )
Indian Politics has changed drastically ( to the extent that it has impelled me to devote a blog to it…lolz ) . It has become blatant, gross and ruthless , where there is no room for party’s ideologies. Parties are not even bothered to wear the ‘façade’ of moral uprightness as they go gung-ho in fielding candidates who have been booked under the charges of committing crimes ranging from robbery to murder.
What matters to them is ‘Winnability’ of the candidate.
Thanks to this many erstwhile foes have ‘become’ best friends.
On one place a covert NCP – Sena alliance has cropped up while on the other
SP-RJD- LJP has come up.
You might contest me by saying that coalition politics assumed centre stage long back, but when was the last time post-poll alliances outnumbered the pre-poll alliances .
Now Nobody wants to be with a single party only( Congress or BJP) instead everybody wants to be with the winner. So instead of ‘trying’ to make a single party win by going with it, they ‘want’ to make a single party winner by going with it after the results are declared ( and emerge out a winner itself) .
In short, Indian Politics today resembles a Tug of War , where there is a third team which is playing a wait-and-watch game and will join and support only that team which is on the brink of notching up a win.
( Having said all this , I would request each one of you to vote if you want to see a ‘stable’ government in power for next 5 years )
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy ???? New Year !!!
Today , I was watching a news channel where every stupid celebrity was discussing his/her plans for the day. Some were boasting of the various parties they need to cover while others were glibly blabbering about their shopping plans.
“ Kamala, tumahara kya plan hai ? “ I jocularly asked my maid who was stealing furtive glances at the T.V. while mopping up the floor.
“ Bhaiya kis cheez ka ? “ she questioned.
“Naye saal ka “ I clarified.
“Hamare liye kya naya saal bhaiya “ , she replied back,. Her eyes were full of askance.
I was stunned, was left insensate for some time. The way her eyes, smeared with desperation and despondence, looked straight at me; I was left dumbstruck.
It wasn’t that her answer was unexpected, the thing is I never cared for it. And the truth is we all don’t.
On the night of the New Year eve,when the whole world is revelling, this section is somewhere lying supine on floor, snivelling and stifling their sobs behind a torn cloth. Our contrived merry-making crowds this section out. Although inadvertently, we make them feel more miserable.
It really amazes me that despite of living in a country where 22.4% of the people live below poverty line , we are least concerned. Don’t you feel a need to do something for your fellow countrymen who are not fortunate enough like you are.
No ,Please neither am I a proponent of Communism nor am I trying to be a philanthropist.
But friends can’t each of us give happiness to at least one for a single moment. Today when I gave her Rs. 50 telling her to buy some sweets for her children,her joy knew no bounds. That expression on her face can’t be expressed in words. It can only be felt. Although it was just a modest amount and was just a fraction of what one spends on a new year bash , but look what it did. It reduced her to tears.
And believe me the satisfaction and the feeling of fulfilment you derive out of it is much more than what you get out of a mindless revelry.
As the saying goes " You can have everything what you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want "
“ Kamala, tumahara kya plan hai ? “ I jocularly asked my maid who was stealing furtive glances at the T.V. while mopping up the floor.
“ Bhaiya kis cheez ka ? “ she questioned.
“Naye saal ka “ I clarified.
“Hamare liye kya naya saal bhaiya “ , she replied back,. Her eyes were full of askance.
I was stunned, was left insensate for some time. The way her eyes, smeared with desperation and despondence, looked straight at me; I was left dumbstruck.
It wasn’t that her answer was unexpected, the thing is I never cared for it. And the truth is we all don’t.
On the night of the New Year eve,when the whole world is revelling, this section is somewhere lying supine on floor, snivelling and stifling their sobs behind a torn cloth. Our contrived merry-making crowds this section out. Although inadvertently, we make them feel more miserable.
It really amazes me that despite of living in a country where 22.4% of the people live below poverty line , we are least concerned. Don’t you feel a need to do something for your fellow countrymen who are not fortunate enough like you are.
No ,Please neither am I a proponent of Communism nor am I trying to be a philanthropist.
But friends can’t each of us give happiness to at least one for a single moment. Today when I gave her Rs. 50 telling her to buy some sweets for her children,her joy knew no bounds. That expression on her face can’t be expressed in words. It can only be felt. Although it was just a modest amount and was just a fraction of what one spends on a new year bash , but look what it did. It reduced her to tears.
And believe me the satisfaction and the feeling of fulfilment you derive out of it is much more than what you get out of a mindless revelry.
As the saying goes " You can have everything what you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want "
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