Monday, May 4, 2009

Dance India Dance !




As the fourth phase of elections is approaching in our part of the country & we all are geared up to celebrate yet another national holiday giving up the lame excuses such as ,”Despite the scorching heat, I would have definitely gone out to vote ,had there been an option “NONE OF THESE” & no wonder we would have one option winning by thumping majority …lol none other than “NONE OF THESE ”.
The battle is between that party in which everyone wants to be prime minister & the one where either a Gandhi or again everyone is equally capable. The leadership crisis that BJP is facing isn’t something new to us ,even congress faced the same problem a couple of years back. So we end up with a problem either a Gandhi or everyone wants to be prime minister. At the midst of this, we the youth - silently convey to nation ,”Dance India !, dance to the tunes of these hopeless politicians because the youth in anycase isn’t going to do anything about it
At times I wonder! how at all these leaders so easily aspire to be prime minister ,a job where you are answerable to whopping 1 billion people… & then comes a candid reply from inner self .”They can, as the educated youth sees no opportunity of legally making money in it & if you are not making money, what’s the point in taking so many unnecessary botherations”. Desh ko bhagat singh chahiye par mere ghar se na ho!
Very justified thought, People aren’t born in Nehru Gandhi families where their survival isn’t at question, If survival is at question then it is but obvious that they will address those needs first.
If these needs stops common intelligent & capable people from entering politics then isn’t the right time has arrived where we need to review the system. In any case ,we should review our system of governance once in twenty years so that the unforeseen flaws which emerged as a consequence of our inability to visualize them, could be unbiasedly done away with as soon as possible & we could make the system more accurate & efficient so that it doesn’t have to pay the price at later stage.
One way to do it is
  1. To change the salary structure of our political leaders & introducing accountability on yearly basis. At the beginning of year, responsibility will be clearly stated & funds will be immediately allocated. If the politician with his team manages to achieve the target stated, he/she will not only continue his term but will walk away with handsome bonus which could be in crores & else based on their performance. If they aren’t able to achieve the targets in second year in row, the responsibility can be assigned to next winner or may be based on competence.
  1. Any one is eligible to contest election but he/she needs to put in words which plans they are going to execute & how they are going to execute in order to ensure that they will actually meet the targets. For instance,if a politician comes up with a promise—No power cuts ….then he must actually & factually explain ..how he is going to resolve it? Will he order immediate checking of electricity meters to identify thefts or he/she will penalize the corporate offices/people who waste it on day to day basis or will he invest money to capitalize on solar energy. People who talk religion on the name of politics should not be allowed to even contest as that is a non issue & will take the country from here to nowhere. Similiarly, people who deliberately keep common people illiterate inorder to ensure that these people stay ignorant & they can shamelessly ask for vote from such people one election after another on generations old slogan “GARIBI HATAO”…should be asked how much more time…isn’t sixty years enough time
I thought allot while penning down these words…If I should publish them or not .I am one amongst all of us who wishes to see the change in the system but doesn’t know how to introduce it….so I thought of initiating the change by letting ideas flow from one mind to another…I welcome your ideas & opinions…so that we could at least define the change that we wish to see & be that change that we long to experience & finally ..we could confidently promote our option from NONE OF THESE to ONE OF THESE.

3 comments:

  1. very well written.but i feel more than passive desire on part of youth to change the system its just that we are so many and whenever one treis to it just happens that stories like of manjunathan emerge rather than we being able to bring out some change..But yes if the constituion is altered and some radical changes are brought there is a scope...all in all nice blog

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  2. A very well written article , but i must tell u people in corparate sector aint gonna change coz in india everyone is insensitive to the needs of others expect his boss .

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