So, the greatest(should it be the 'largest'?) event happening on the face of the earth, the Indian elections, is underway. The newspapers, the twitter, the FB, and the daily luncheon conversations have been all about this event. I wish elections have a more direct impact on the daily life of people than just be the topics of discussions around dinner tables. Sadly, It has always remained a wish.
So, what do we talk? I mean, what are the conversations all about? Is it the general rhetoric about which of the leader is more stupid? or have our chats become more deeper about policy making, capitalism, socialism and stuff's like that?
I have a sense that the common man just reflects the political discourse at the highest levels and sadly at the highest levels, it is a mess. An absolute mess!
What else can we expect when Baba Ramdev, Amit Shah, Subramaniam Swamy, Priyanka Vadra, Digvijay Singh, Madhukishwar, Vijayakanth,(and the list is endless)dominate proceedings? So we abuse, we yell, we crib and shout the very same non sense these people do from the podiums.
It that all it is to run a country? Should not we, the blog readers, people on FB and twitter, the educated and having access to computers be atleast debating the deeper stuff? Like the Food security bill, the pakistani foreign policy or the right to education etc? Should not atleast the educated media debate meaningful stuff rather than throwing muck on each other?
Daily discourse on who is more stupid of the lot will lead us nowhere? I mean, how do you mark stupidity on a scale? and some of our so called leaders stupidity is almost immeasurable!
Let us change our daily conversations. Make it more meaningful, more worthy, using more of our intellect than our hearts. May be in the process, we will make the political discourse from the podiums better.
So, what do we talk? I mean, what are the conversations all about? Is it the general rhetoric about which of the leader is more stupid? or have our chats become more deeper about policy making, capitalism, socialism and stuff's like that?
I have a sense that the common man just reflects the political discourse at the highest levels and sadly at the highest levels, it is a mess. An absolute mess!
What else can we expect when Baba Ramdev, Amit Shah, Subramaniam Swamy, Priyanka Vadra, Digvijay Singh, Madhukishwar, Vijayakanth,(and the list is endless)dominate proceedings? So we abuse, we yell, we crib and shout the very same non sense these people do from the podiums.
It that all it is to run a country? Should not we, the blog readers, people on FB and twitter, the educated and having access to computers be atleast debating the deeper stuff? Like the Food security bill, the pakistani foreign policy or the right to education etc? Should not atleast the educated media debate meaningful stuff rather than throwing muck on each other?
Daily discourse on who is more stupid of the lot will lead us nowhere? I mean, how do you mark stupidity on a scale? and some of our so called leaders stupidity is almost immeasurable!
Let us change our daily conversations. Make it more meaningful, more worthy, using more of our intellect than our hearts. May be in the process, we will make the political discourse from the podiums better.
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