Over
simplification, hyper ventilation and other weaknesses of our present society
portend dangerous trends.
Sir
first all these need radical changes in the constitution.
Our
constitution itself is not an original one taking into account any factor of
our regional peculiarities into consideration or any cultural context.
It
is a tinkered version of some other works.
So,
over simplification put forth as suggestions as an emotional reaction or even
as a reasonable notion may not fructify in reality however well intended it may
be.
Though,
it may evoke some responses, reactions, responsible and reasonable debates.
Unfortunately
we as a nation also suffer from certain great weaknesses in many spheres which
we never bother to address and even when someone addresses them we are keener
on assigning ulterior motives rather than long term benefits that such measures
can deliver to all.
Most
of us have very healthy public opinions and filthy private operations.
For
example, when someone has a heart attack we seek the opinion of a cardiac specialist,
when someone has a tooth ache we rush to the dentist. We do not even bother to
inform our regular family general physician who has been treating us for the past
many decades.
Is
it wrong? No, it is only logical because we need specialist opinion, specialist
involvement whether it is attending to drainage blockage or blood vessel
blockage.
But
how many of our big business houses or medium business operators trust
professionals to run the whole business, empower professionals to make
decisions professionally without the interference of promoters, owners, or
investors. Though by all means they can involve, suggest, advice and even
object but allow the professionals a freehand.
I am just referring as an
example to a small segment of social life and if we look deeper this benign
cancer is operating in all realms.
Unfortunately, this inherent
indifference to specialization is getting replaced and the gullible public and
volatile youth are also swung between the two dragons one the Paid lies of MSM
[main stream media] and the self styled experts of social media forwarders.
These destroy not only well informed
debates and deliberations but replace it with some form of ideological populism
which is excessively spiced up like most Indian dishes are and they are also self
destructive .
Whisper of rumors, sliver of
fictions, quiver of reactions snowballing into mass opinions and reality
through social media can bury the importance of social media as bias and lies
have buried most of the MSMs [Main Stream Media].
In the context of politics,
political leadership involves multiple skill sets, most of which have nothing
to do with any academic qualification, family affiliation or affluence.
Some of them could be listed
as:- a natural flair and ability to run
an administration, organize, command and control mechanism with firm [sometimes
authoritarian] decision making abilities, alertness to tackle manipulations and
maneuvers, manage many characters, individuals and issues, grasp public sentiments
and grab every opportunity to increase political power, clarity of understanding
based on vision and an ability to manage a team to carry out that with a
missionary zeal.
So, finding fault with politicians,
blaming them for everything and making totally impractical to implement
suggestions are ploys and easy escape routes to divert the attention of the masses
from making or even attempting make well informed choices or decisions.
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