Indian Politics – justified with its negative image? Sadly, I have to go with the affirmative…

Indian Politics, I presume, has perhaps reached its lowest level in history. Well with time, the downward slope has only got itself steeper and with the current trend, I can only see it going steeper and steeper. This is a gloomy phase. Oh, why am I am calling it a phase? This is nothing temporary. A sense of permanency has long set in and its sharp teeth are piercing more tightly with the passage of time. Surely, you can’t deny the youth from the lack of interest they have in the current scenario, as far as politics is concerned and this perhaps is significantly the most important cause behind the lack of good able leaders from the youth in the entire ecosystem of Indian politics.

All the great leaders of this nation who had won us freedom will be definitely disappointed by the current scenario that we are in. Well, disappointed seems a bit soft on them. They should be petrified. I mean really, where are we living! These people, whom we bring to the helm of things, do they really deserve to be there. Just consider this! They say they are in Politics, or in other words, they do ‘Rajneeti’ (Hindi for the word ‘Politics’), which literally means ‘King’s Principles’. But are they even close to it? Forget Kings, do they even follow any kind of principle? I fail to observe. For me, things are straight! See, if you are from a particular party, you must be adhering to a particular set of principles, morality, rules or whatever you call it. So these particular set of principles will definitely vary from party to party. So, just think once, every five years how do these basic sets of differences bridge themselves bringing two parties together? I mean they are not some kind of magic, for sure. People, who are members of two parties, with opposite notions, bring themselves together. That’s the fact. This is how Grand Alliances have formed and will always be formed. Don’t you think, it is a bit too much to ask for too parties to do so. At least, not with the elections around, it surely seems so. But when the bells of elections ring, they just forget their differences and jump on with each other, like nuclear fusion (only thing it radiates negative energy) to become the best of buddies! Two parties, again I repeat, who have opposed each other through out, do this, just looking at the mathematics of the vote-bank. If I don’t call this hypocrisy, then the definition of the word will have to be changed, I’m afraid!

In the past, India has had its fair share of good and noble politicians. Great strategists, who had formulated such grand plans enabling us to snatch independence and also post-independence, such figures who had united us into a single entity, amongst all the diversities. ‘Unity in Diversity’, as it is so fondly called today, was possible only because of them. But the sad part nowadays is, having such a glorious past, makes this current generation of politicians so very unbearable. They promise and speak so very much and in return what do we get? Five years of falsehood, five of getting misled, five years of walking back, five years of total corruption. It is my belief, those greats who had crafted India as a nation would be tremendously sad looking at their successors.

But people have belief, common mass have trust. That’s why the largest Democracy still exists. It is only that hope that yes, good days or in other words, ‘Achchhe Din…’ will surely come one day. That is why we still stand in queues and cast our vote. Only thing we don’t want is this hope to die down. Let them, in their AC chambers, at least have a look at this common lot, the real Indians, what we together can promise to do. Let them just feel it. Only then can they think one more time before taking that cheque, under the desk, or for that matter, shake hands with their opposites to just win votes. They should understand, they are only winning votes, they are not winning our hearts…

 P.S. – In the beginning of this post, I wanted to write only about the negativity of the politics, but you see, you can’t live in negativity. Thus, had to end it on a positive note. As I totally feel and will always continue to feel that the true power lies with us. Just imagine the total number of politicians, compared to the total number of common people. The ratio will indeed be so minute. So the power rests on us. We are the true Kingmakers. It is we who decide, who will rule us. If we change, the system will change. Though this seems pure daydreaming at present, I am sure we will do this and Indian Politics will again be heightened to all its glory and our Democracy will not only be the largest but the proudest one also. Jai Hind!