Assume that I actually decide to form a political party. Well, would I write something to describe it. Of course, I could write an article voicing my anguish about whatever wrong I perceive of the current state of affairs. I mean, why do politicians get to have all the fun. Big Bank accounts in safe havens, added to that a whole army of diplomats just to keep these havens safe and yes tax-free. Never mind, foreign economies may profiteer while we fail to feed the hungry and the starving. Never mind, the world believes us to be leaders of the future, a powerhouse in the making, and all it would take the great nation to halt is uncovering of these bank accounts. Seriously, how would a country function when a large chunk of its leaders, policy-makers, think tank and diplomats might be required to quit their offices on charges of corruption. It doesn't add up, I mean , how could we as a people be so ignorant. It seems the day I took over my senses I have heard one thing from everyone, irrespective of age, color, caste or political ideology, that we as a people are primarily corrupt. That, for a popular sentiment among people who claim to follow the most "pure" culture that has ever been. Why do we give into corruption anyways. Is it the size of our population that makes us feel that to be distinguished among the crowd, you need to slip something under the table. Or is it that we were ruled by outsiders for so long that as soon as the power to rule went to the majority ( "debatable"), we chose to not do it right , just so that we do not upset the prevalent rhythm of oppression and deceit. I mean a people governed by the ruthless colonists for so long would want to set things in place as soon as they had the opportunity. But no, instead we chose to draft a constitution that resembled our previous rulers to a remarkable degree. And we let them call us a dominion, even after 63 odd years of independence.Added to that leaders placed an immense faith in the civil services that existed at that point, forgetting that these were the ones manufactured in imperialist regimes just so that colonial motives could be served. Perhaps,it was us struggling with the idea of modern complex democracy, perhaps it was a first for us anyways. No but wait, didn't we have something even before the Roman republic that was democratic. Yes, the panchayat system , but who cares for that , the imperialists had just left and the civil services had to feast. It was a party that started on a midnight after all. Integration of the country was a major issue, of course and how beautifully our "Iron Man" performed along with his army of "Selfless" yet " Underpaid Babus" . All settled, maybe now we give a thought to panchayati or something, put some faith in the ideology our "father of nation" preached. But no, the father has found a profound place on our currency, thats it for him. We go by what our priest suggests. Nonetheless, the priest was perhaps anti- anything that would strengthen the country's position in strategic terms.
Add to that he had confidants, who were not "pro-India". Wow, thats "made up" for sure I mean for the leader, the first one in fact of the free nation to seek advice from someone who wasn't pro-India, not possible. Perhaps these are all baseless allegations ( of course,they are not), the priest however dies of a stroke("debatable") leaving the country at the hands of a shorty with taller principles than his predecessor but guess what just when he is at an all time high followed by a steep fall, he was gone in a very fishy manner, nobody smelled it well enough but it was fishy alright and then the reign of Madame........................................................... But hey where are we headed with all this, I mean lets do all this in an orderly fashion.
So today on the day of our true liberation( because of the constitution and all that ) , I undertake a journey to decode leaders from India and abroad,with everlasting impact on us, one leader at a time.
P.S. : Anything cited in this post is quite factual.Arguable,of course, but factual. No names of course.
But as a matter of fact(pun intended), what is truthful is not for me to tell anyone, its for you to believe, as Gurudev once said:
"Facts can be many, but there is only one real truth."
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