Bikash Choudhury
Even
now, in middle class drawing room discussion ‘Politics is a bad word’. This is
principally because the litany of corruption cases being filed against
politicians, news about shady characters they associate with, every sex scandal
and land scam you will find at least one politician’s name figuring in the list
and all dirty business like brothel to money laundering must have been
sponsored or driven by a politician. Actually, middle class guys are impotent
of doing any real thing outside home and therefore don’t know the needs of
Politicians for cash to keep their head out of water. However, in my opinion
and judgment the politics is one of the most creative professions and therefore
it is otherwise called ‘the art of possible’. Though we call names of
politicians; but, can we do without them? Many extra ordinary good works has
been done by politicians; Nehru created IIT
system that serves well for the country till date, unification of princely
states was the contribution of Sardar Patel, abolition of privy purse &
bank nationalization were gifts from Indira Gandhi and last but not the least
the Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojana was a master stroke of our bachelor
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. All these programs have impacted large
number of people from bottom of pyramid.
Why Politics such
an attractive profession? So much so that people invest all that they earned and
come out cropper and still remain in the profession (Amar Singh a classic case
study), People loose close family members to politics and continue to be in the
profession (Gandhi, Bhutto & Nixon clan are live examples) and people kill
close family members to excel in Politics likes of Pandava’s of Mahabharata.
Because, the highs and the lows travel a very long distance in politics and
therefore, that provides that much excitement and thrill that nirvana or bodhisattva
Buddha would not have experienced. It is said “there is no permanent friends or
enemies in politics” Our former Prime Minister Sri Deve Gowada and current
civil aviation minister Sri Ajit Singh are great believer of such philosophy.
Uttarakhanda Congress Govt. is also an example of the art of possible. Other
interesting facets of the profession being, there is no need or requirement of
any minimum qualification to enter while every profession in this world there
is a prescribed minimum qualification where as in politics there is no such need.
The counter argument is qualified only stuff their heads with data &
information without any real wisdom while our politicians sharpen their wisdom
in the laboratory of life where qualification is not important. In case of our
incumbent Prime Minister no body would grudge his wisdom but with that or in
spite of that he ruined our economy, hammered our currency and paralyzed the policies
of GoI; but, luck was in his favor-after failing to enter the lower house he
became two term PM. While spending fifty summers in Indian politics Advaniji
had to remain contended as only the Deputy Prime Minister in the sunset of his
eventful political career. Therefore, Politics has been and would continue to
be such a creative profession where cause and effect relationship can’t be
clearly established and one plus one can be less than zero and eleven.
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