It happens only in India

I am mightily pissed off; hypocrisy to no ends. When it comes to politics, we Indians are so naive that sometimes that I want to shake every passer-by so that he wakes up to a real world. The days of Mahatma Gandhi are long gone and the days of Dr. Manmohan Singh are here to stay. Some of us are caught in between and do not know whether to be idealistic or practical. It’s high time we know how our country functions and don’t expect too much or too little out of our system. In the recent past some real and some no so real scams were unearthed and I observed with great amazement how easy it was to form public opinions in India. All you need is to pick a story and splash in across few news channels and we just lap it up without thinking about the merits of the case, the people involved and the reputations that they carry. We have been more gullible than sheep that are herded as a lot. I have one thing to say, if we are gullible as a lot, don’t blame the politicians who pigeon hole us into vote banks. Also, don’t embarrass yourselves by speaking ignorantly and keep your opinions to yourself. I have read few responses (by educated professionals) on recent political events and I was disgusted by them. I have known one thing, when it comes to placing a point of view, we simply don’t have enough knowledge and use what ever limited knowledge we have to argue all cases.

Here are some responses and you take a call on how does it even remotely link to the subject under discussion.
Case 1:
2G scam : Raja digs in his heels; says wont resign
Comments:
1. Sonia Gandhi is keeping Raja on as telecom minister so that she keeps making money on spectrum allocation
2. Raja is minister because the real Rani (Sonia) is firmly behind him.
3. Gandhi’s have looted India for decades. This is one other instance of Sonia staking PMs reputation to loot the country.

Case 2:
Adarsh housing: Jairam Ramesh orders demolition
Comments:
1. Jairam is Sonia’s dog. He is faithfully listening to his master
2. Sonia made all the money out of Adarsh. Now she is okay with it being demolished
3. Maybe Sonia owns many flats in Adarsh.

Case 3:
SC: What has the Government done on ‘black money’ case.
Comments:
1. PM is protecting the Gandhi family because they have many Swiss accounts.
2. All the money collected from Bofors is put in Swiss accounts. Congress is shielding Sonia Gandhi.
3. Gandhi parivaar has looted India for decades and now they have to pay for it. Let her accounts be revealed.

Case 4:
Governor sanctions Yeddyyurappa’s prosecution.
Comments:
1. Governor is acting on the behest of the congress president
2. Governor is Sonia’s dog. We know where his loyalties lie.
3. Governor has turned Raj Bhavan into anti – government centre. Shame on Sonia.

Case 5:
SC: Did the government have knowledge about pending case on the CVC?
Comments:
1. Thomas is CVC to protect Sonia in telecom scam
2. Thomas has Sonia Gandhi’s backing so the Government can’t sack him.
3. Sonia-Thomas duo shames India. Gandhi family has never done anything good for India.


Case 6:
BJP: Our fundamental right to unfurl the national flag was blocked by J&K government.
Comments:
1. Let Sonia unfurl Pakistani flag in Kashmir.
2. Nothing good can come when Sonia is ruling us. She knows only Italian flag not Indian flag.
3. Let the Gandhi’s be faithful to Italy and Pakistan. Indians will be faithful to our tri-colour.

I rest my case. The list is long but I am already laughing my guts out.

If we analyse most of the comments are not even logical. It is simply not possible that any single person is capable of so much impact on the country. It seems to some, that the Sun rises and sets at the behest of the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi. It shows that most of us are not aware of things around us, how the Government functions or even who are the conspirators and actors in any given “scam”. We are simply using personal anger against an entity and shooting our mouths off, in most cases on unrelated issues. If this is the awareness levels of the most vibrant democracy in the world, God help us when we elect our representatives. Also I have a personal message to all the people who vote. If you repeat the same mistakes and somehow expect the end result to be different then its called "living in a fools paradise". So stop electing unfit candidates to our legislatures and Parliament and then expect them to stand for your cause. Else, all you are saying is "I will elect corrupt and inefficient people but somehow he/she must act honestly once elected and work for my cause with single minded devotion". Sadly, things dont work that way. First change your apathy towards your duty to elect an good representative and then things will automatically fall in place.

So long……