1. But what is the use? 2. Do we have a solution to this? 3. We think of politicians and 4. Do we have the guts to stand against those criminal candidates
Of late, people of India, common man, and salaried class, don’t care to follow the parliament sessions / assembly proceedings, as our politicians aren’t doing much there. Hot shot discussions happen over our country’s current political scenario in the bachelors rooms - During the lazy Sunday afternoons. These discussions could be over a cup of tea or a couple of rounds of alcohol. This may help them to kill the time but no take away from those discussions. Come Monday morning everyone is lost in his own world.
People, who have a family, may curse the government and politicians when ever they find time. This happens between the months of February till April, because that’s when the salaried class feels the heat - Tax Deducted at Source is at its peak! After that everyone is back to his / her routine. They have their own problems to worry about.
The middle class of India which comprises 20% of the population is fast loosing its faith on the elections. This is evident from the voter turnout for every election. It hasn’t shown a significant rise after 1967! It still hovers around the 60% mark. We don’t even bother to exercise our franchise as we feel that our one vote is not going to make a big difference. But it does if every one in the remaining 40% of the population thinks positively.
Atleast there is such information on the net. Information is a powerful tool and the net has not yet entwined itself into the fabric of the Indian masses( maybe only in tier 1 and 2 cities). But a time will come when it does and these efforts should be supported. Knowledge is the only tool with which we can fight this war
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) This is not a decision taken in haste or forced by the current economic recession. More and more management graduates are entering politics, saying this is their way of serving society.
'While being in the corporate world, one can't serve society completely. Politics is an area where you can do a lot for the society,' said Ranjan Kumar, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Lucknow.
Contesting from the Mohanlalganj constituency on the outskirts of Lucknow in the Lok Sabha elections beginning Thursday, Kumar told IANS that he hopes to change the country's 'corroded' system.
'Most politicians have not done much for the country. The majority of the people sit outside and criticise the government. But if one wants to change the system, one has to be a part of the system,' said Kumar, who recently left the Congress to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Asked why he switched loyalty, Kumar said: 'I have seen the Congress very closely. When Rahulji (Rahul Gandhi) joined politics, people thought a transformation would take place. But despite the Congress revival plan in Uttar Pradesh formulated in June 2004, nothing has moved.'
The 38-year-old IIM graduate is also an elected vice-chairman of the Mansarovar Cooperative Bank, Lucknow.
Harsh Vardhan Chhaparia, a graduate from IIM-Calcutta, will be interning with the BJP before he switches to his high-profile job.
'I chose politics and especially the BJP because I am impressed with their vision for youth. Moreover, I want to learn how public management works. What better place can I find than in politics,' Chapparia said.
The trend is not new to this industry.
Some five years ago, Sachin Pilot, an MBA from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, joined politics, winning on the Congress ticket from Dausa in Rajasthan.
'It was a well-thought-out decision and not taken in haste. Whatever I have learnt could be best (given back to society) through politics,' Pilot said on telephone as he campaigned in his new constituency of Ajmer.
Pilot is happy that more and more young people with professional backgrounds are embracing politics.
'It's time the system changes... There needs to be self-regulation. Muscle and money power should be done away with,' Pilot said.
Of all the newcomers in politics from the world of management, the prize catch for the BJP has been its IT cell chief Prodyut Bora. An IIM-Ahmedabad graduate, Bora joined the BJP in 2004.
'Politics can be a platform to do some good work. The political system has failed to attract youngsters in public service,' Bora told IANS. 'The image of a bad, ugly Indian politician needs to change.'
So why did he opt for the BJP? Bora answered: 'Well, I am a nationalist.'
What are his future plans? 'It all depends on my party.'
IIM graduates entering politics can take inspiration from Meera Sanyal, who made a transition from a banker to a politician. Sanyal, the country head of ABN Amro, decided to give up her banking career and contest elections from the Mumbai South constituency as an independent candidate.
It was the Mumbai terror attack that led her to join politics. She is pitted against Milind Deora of the Congress, a business and political science graduate from Boston University.
Another prominent management graduate in politics is Jyotiraditya Scindia, who studied in Harvard and Stanford. He said he chose politics over the corporate world to 're-energise the system and do well for society'.
This Sarathkumar is from my place, and the slum he belongs to is just a couple of streets away from my house in Madipakkam. When he finished his grad from BITS and joined Polaris, he used to board the office bus along with me and traveled with me for just a couple of weeks, and he got another project and moved to a different location.
After many years, I read about him in the Hindu and was amazed that the rejected all the MNC offers while in IIMA and wanted to start his own business...
now he is entering politics...
good signs for India, let the god and people help these people to realize their dreams.