The Phoenix Journal

Americans feel proud of their history, of their revolution, of the dream and all those hope that had been infused in them as Great American Dream. The dream that if anybody works hard he can make scratch to stars. But here in India the situation is so much different. Parental lineage, family system is a commonplace in Indian Politics.

So Rahul baba is in news again. Recently most of the veteran Congress politicians cum ministers lined up and proposed to promote Rahul Gandhi as the next PM in the upcoming elections. Though again Congress high command in haste defended itself by saying that it’s up to the Congress Working Committee to decide on these issues. Whatever it is it seems like eyewash.

The 1^st question is the credibility of Dr. Manmahon Singh as the PM(yes even after the inflation fiasco). And the 2^nd question arises how much Rahul Gandhi is qualified to be the Prime Minister of the largest democracy in the world. Few months back he made an irresponsible comment hailing his family’s contribution to Indian Politics and declared they created Pakistan. Pakistan Foreign Affairs Ministry leave no time to make this diplomatic faux pas as an issue.

Well one of my friend said few days back that whatever it is but Rahul Gandhi is destined to be the Prime Minister of India if not today then tomorrow. Probably that’s why slowly it is getting embedded in the Indian psyche and people accept all the craziness going around him.

In spite of the economic growth and all the glitz and glamour spreading all the across the country am very much cynical about India. First till now major Indian politicians don’t talk about 21^st century issues like Human rights, Women empowerment , freedom of expression, civil liberties but they chose caste, religion , regional , superstitions as their issues. Yes in such country a child during his upbringing will learn more about the family and held people of certain class or clan or family in high esteem. Media is also become a part of it.

Whenever the son of former Member of Parliament get becomes politicians and given ministry media hails as youth power slowly coming at the front. Yes in a country where Prime Minister is not an elected representative of the people and Rahul Gandhi winning the traditional seat like Amethi without addressing the issues of the common man. Let Mr. Rahul Gandhi take any constituency where Congress has so little power and fight from there in the upcoming elections. Before that he must work there with the common man addressing their concerns like basic human necessities, schools, hospitals, roads etc.

I don’t want tomorrow we will let our children learn to deviate from the true value of democracy and let them accept these Rahuls as politician just as they belong to a family with special surname. Or I don’t want those headless chicks to whisper at the Page 3 parties or discs,”oh! He is so hot. He must be our PM”

Even now I dream that even in India tomorrow a magnificent persona irrespect of anything like Mr. Obama who was unknown even in last year will come up with his ideas and values but not from certain family and will give a speech in front of the innocent minds despaired with hunger starting with the words tinged with hope ‘We the people…’.