The old man gearing up for his second round of the Great Lokpal Show, promising more fodder to the sensation peddlers who are otherwise called "News Channels", from tomorrow. There are for sure some attrition in the follower fraternity and a significant reduction on the levels of enthusiasm displayed by the pop activists in the past. It may take some extra efforts from his image managers to bring back the vigor and sheen that brought the likes of Kapil Sibal down to their knees.
Anyway it appears to me, wrongly timed to kickstart the agitation now, while the houses are discussing on the very matter on their floors. May be a hogwash, but still we must provide them some time and space right away to demonstrate, their true commitments. This indiscreet display of impatience can only result in more disillusionment among the people, who otherwise support him and the noble cause. It is a known fact that most of the political establishment we have, are hotbeds of corruption and there are hardly a few who wanted to change it for good. But still we are a unique nation which is standing upon a strong fabric of democracy, which is threatened with this extra constitutional agitation. I don't think any sensible citizen would have a different opinion about the need of inducing accountability to the governing bodies and ensuring their commitment towards people. But the ways and means are questionable. Let it not degenerate to a mere petty political war, which will ultimately shatter the common man's hopes and expectations.
I feel he should have used the golden opportunity of UP elections to prove the point and push the envelope than going ahead and locking horns again for another round of "all excitement no action" drama. A sensible group of advisers should have got him to think and focus on the forthcoming UP elections, to prove the point staying within the ambit of democracy. They should have started engaging right away, to identify candidates with clean background and promising credentials, field them, and show the establishment that people power can prevail and make the difference. It would have provided tremendous credence to his campaign than any "dramabaazi" on Mumbai or Delhi. May be a move in those lines could have also alerted the current crop of political parties to be careful to field better candidates which would have resulted a transformed poll scape.
Another ironic fact I have noticed is that there is a significant chunk of the vocal followers of this campaign belongs to the upper-middle class families who are among the biggest beneficiaries of the corruption in the system. Some of them are second generation of corrupt beurocrats and businessmen who abused the system and amassed wealth, to offer their offspring, high quality education and lifestyle that provided cushion in their life to be a cyber warrior fighting "facebook activism". Anyway one can ignore the irony, thinking that there should be a point where you need to draw a line and make the difference. Hope good sense prevails.
Anyway it appears to me, wrongly timed to kickstart the agitation now, while the houses are discussing on the very matter on their floors. May be a hogwash, but still we must provide them some time and space right away to demonstrate, their true commitments. This indiscreet display of impatience can only result in more disillusionment among the people, who otherwise support him and the noble cause. It is a known fact that most of the political establishment we have, are hotbeds of corruption and there are hardly a few who wanted to change it for good. But still we are a unique nation which is standing upon a strong fabric of democracy, which is threatened with this extra constitutional agitation. I don't think any sensible citizen would have a different opinion about the need of inducing accountability to the governing bodies and ensuring their commitment towards people. But the ways and means are questionable. Let it not degenerate to a mere petty political war, which will ultimately shatter the common man's hopes and expectations.
I feel he should have used the golden opportunity of UP elections to prove the point and push the envelope than going ahead and locking horns again for another round of "all excitement no action" drama. A sensible group of advisers should have got him to think and focus on the forthcoming UP elections, to prove the point staying within the ambit of democracy. They should have started engaging right away, to identify candidates with clean background and promising credentials, field them, and show the establishment that people power can prevail and make the difference. It would have provided tremendous credence to his campaign than any "dramabaazi" on Mumbai or Delhi. May be a move in those lines could have also alerted the current crop of political parties to be careful to field better candidates which would have resulted a transformed poll scape.
Another ironic fact I have noticed is that there is a significant chunk of the vocal followers of this campaign belongs to the upper-middle class families who are among the biggest beneficiaries of the corruption in the system. Some of them are second generation of corrupt beurocrats and businessmen who abused the system and amassed wealth, to offer their offspring, high quality education and lifestyle that provided cushion in their life to be a cyber warrior fighting "facebook activism". Anyway one can ignore the irony, thinking that there should be a point where you need to draw a line and make the difference. Hope good sense prevails.
1 comment:
I must say that you have a compelling argument there . It was a quite interesting reading this writeup.
We are living in make-believe world and all actors and audience including the so called common man are wearing thin makeups posing themselves to be saviors of humanity and human progress .
But, beneath the make up, and under the thin veil , there remains of a medieval mindset , hungry for an archaic society and longing to be thrive under barbarian privileges.
It will be a long time till the high ethos takes its seat in the society replacing the fake ones that everyone wears for their own comfort
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