It is always interesting to write about Politics, and actually very insightful of how much it percolates to the lower stratum of society as it forms a major chunk of vote bank.

All promises made are revived only during the election time and few of those promises are implemented in the lead up to the election. In a country of 1 billion people it is a farce in the way these parties conduct themselves. Enemies become friends & friends as enemies. For the greed of power they go to extreme extents where even certain ideologies on which the parties were formed are bypassed. All for the end result.

The amount of money spent by parties (both accounted & unaccounted) is mind boggling. Politicians and their parties are never affected by recession I suppose. Only if all this money would have been put to good use we could be far better than what we are. I don’t think this is going to change unless there is a major sweeping change. Money is spent right from the time a person vies for a seat in his constituency, as he has to pay money so that he is nominated by the party, which is gullibly called as donation to the party fund. The person paying the money has everything at stake as he would have pledged or sold whatever he had in exchange for the nomination. If he loses he is doomed, due to which he goes to all extremes to win the contest. If he wins then the first important task in hand is to get his coffers filled, and he gets so involved, that he forgets why he is there where he is in the first place.

If all our politicians take their job seriously we can be among the best nation in the world. When people try to compare with some of the best cities in the world which have set a benchmark for themselves, I wonder if a day would come when people would like to see a city in India as a benchmark of a world class city….

I recently read a good joke and think it would fit with what we are experiencing today as governance…Pasted the same below, have fun!!!

As a daily habit, 10-year Old Pinto was reading newspaper.
Suddenly he asked his father, “Dad! What does it mean by Governance?”

"It’s like..." father said while thinking, "See! I earn and bring money To home, mean's I am a 'Money Holder'. Your mother decides where and How to spend that money and that means she is 'Government'. That maid in our home is doing all the household works, so she will be 'Labour Class'. You are a 'Common man' or 'Public'. Your little brother is 'Future' or the 'Next Generation', understand?”

That day Pinto slept with all those thoughts. In the middle of the night he woke-up because his little brother was crying. He wetted the mattress so he was crying. Pinto went to woke-up his mother. She was in deep sleep so Pinto went to the Maid's room to wake her up. But there his father was sleeping with the maid. So he came back with frustration.

Next morning father asked Pinto, "Hey Pinto Darling! You understood the 'Governance System'? ".

Pinto replied, "Yeah Dad, I understood! When money Holder is exploiting Labour Class, our Government is sleeping. Future of our nation is crying for not getting their basic needs fulfilled and in all this Common Man is suffering!"