Numerous internet and telecom providers laughed themselves silly to the bank last week, because of the frenzy to cast votes for the Taj Mahal for the ‘New Seven Wonders’. We all saw the spirit of Indian pride and patriotism at work typing sms after sms, on their cell-phones. It’s sad, we didn’t realize that the problem in running a ‘rat race’ is, that even if win, you are still a RAT!
When ever I used to ask my grand father, who his heroes were, he would go on and on, about Gandhi, Bose and Bhagat Singh. These were all figures in the political landscape who gave a new dimension and direction to the freedom struggle. Compare this to the puppet Prime Minister we have now, dancing to the whims of a ‘Gori Mame’ whose qualifications begin and end with her surname. But on second thought,in a choice between an impotent Manmohan Singh and a fanatic Hindu (L.K. Advani), the former wins hands down. While the future of a billion nation lies in the bargain, all we can do is to wait for Rahul Gandhi to grow up, make and learn from his share of mistakes, till he is ready and willing to take over the mantle from the interim/ surrogate leaders.
When I think of great leadership, apart from Gandhi, I am reminded of names like Martin Luther King, Mandela, Churchill, even Hitler to an extent, because irrespective of their motives, they had the ability to capture the imagination of millions and followed their vision through. Let alone declaring war, can we even imagine out meek Sardar being rude to his own wife. I can’t begin to imagine how intimidated he feels when he faces the General and the Texan Cowboy (Mush and Bush, respectively!).
The only time in my lifetime, I have seen India as a nation assert itself was when we conducted nuclear tests at Pokhran. We defied International opinion and we didn’t give two hoots of the sanctions and ex-communication that followed. For the first time it seemed that a man of character and resolve, was at the helm of affairs. We need a leader of similar persona to barge our way into the Security Council and the G8. Knocking will get us nowhere…
I feel to sorry to break out to my fellow Indians that the company of the most powerful nations is nothing like getting the Taj-Mahal enlisted in the ‘bogus seven wonders’. Hype and hoopla over ‘India Shining’ will get us nowhere. SMS voting is not applicable. A nation which shies away from being bullish, and tries to be politically correct is scoffed at. Because, in the arena is of world politics:
FEAR=RESPECT
When ever I used to ask my grand father, who his heroes were, he would go on and on, about Gandhi, Bose and Bhagat Singh. These were all figures in the political landscape who gave a new dimension and direction to the freedom struggle. Compare this to the puppet Prime Minister we have now, dancing to the whims of a ‘Gori Mame’ whose qualifications begin and end with her surname. But on second thought,in a choice between an impotent Manmohan Singh and a fanatic Hindu (L.K. Advani), the former wins hands down. While the future of a billion nation lies in the bargain, all we can do is to wait for Rahul Gandhi to grow up, make and learn from his share of mistakes, till he is ready and willing to take over the mantle from the interim/ surrogate leaders.
When I think of great leadership, apart from Gandhi, I am reminded of names like Martin Luther King, Mandela, Churchill, even Hitler to an extent, because irrespective of their motives, they had the ability to capture the imagination of millions and followed their vision through. Let alone declaring war, can we even imagine out meek Sardar being rude to his own wife. I can’t begin to imagine how intimidated he feels when he faces the General and the Texan Cowboy (Mush and Bush, respectively!).
The only time in my lifetime, I have seen India as a nation assert itself was when we conducted nuclear tests at Pokhran. We defied International opinion and we didn’t give two hoots of the sanctions and ex-communication that followed. For the first time it seemed that a man of character and resolve, was at the helm of affairs. We need a leader of similar persona to barge our way into the Security Council and the G8. Knocking will get us nowhere…
I feel to sorry to break out to my fellow Indians that the company of the most powerful nations is nothing like getting the Taj-Mahal enlisted in the ‘bogus seven wonders’. Hype and hoopla over ‘India Shining’ will get us nowhere. SMS voting is not applicable. A nation which shies away from being bullish, and tries to be politically correct is scoffed at. Because, in the arena is of world politics:
FEAR=RESPECT
4 comments:
hey...liked the blog alot...but uhmm taj mahal made it to teh seven wonders...even tho its just one of the seven bogus wonders of the world...since the poll was taken up by a private company and had no scientific significance...soo i dnt think it has anything to do with politics...along with that...the english mame was suppose to take over the seat anyways...yeh toh hona hee tha...:)...anyways good job!!
well to this i just hav one thin to say,....its always easy to criticize otherz work....i m no political activitist r nebodyz supporter but i just wanna say one thin a lady in a foreign land refused the highest executionary office...,,,to me its a gr8 achievement fr that woman ....there we're otherz also lyk maneka gandhi of indian origin but they we're sidelined n sonia gandhi was brought to the limelight not becoz of the surname coz the former too had the surname but becoz of her ability. in a country lyk it wud b mere stupidity to say sum1z survinin barely on the surname
Great post, I am almost 100% in agreement with you
So true
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