Politicians....Yuck !!

It is more than common to sense a feeling of hatred or at least indifference towards politicians among common masses. Is it a failure of democracy with inefficient leaders at top of administrative hierarchy? Or some minor incidents are hyped for vested interest giving the "netas" this critical acclaim? Clearly, no one is so omnipotent to bank upon either of these extreme conclusions. However, the least I can do is to illustrate certain ignored facts which would add some credential to this harassed "occupation".

Yes, I consider politics as an occupation having overtones of social benefit rather than devoted social service. Another of my questionable belief is that politicians, all over the democratic world has similar set of duties, and are abused for similar sounding reasons. So I would prefer to detach this article from any regional sentiments.

Now concentrating on the topic, why do u think people hate politicians? But wait...they are elected by people, then how can u conclude that people hate them? Perhaps not all of us hate those who are elected. Rather, MAJORITY of us have preferred them over other candidates. Thats the whole point: the said leader whom u hate particularly has the support of major portion of voters in his constituency. This puts u on other side of river, with minor( though may be wise) portion of voters.

Thus this leader is more concerned and connected with interest of majority. Now thats the fault(read beauty) of democracy, and wisdom has little role to play in it. Politicians are attached to mindset of majority of population, and their actions are guided by desire to increase there support base, not any pholosophy.You must see now the professionalism involved in politics.

Lets jump to certain conclusions: politicians are corrupt- well most of us ARE corrupt and wud not leave any opportunity to satisfy our greed, and politicians ARE our leaders. Most of other cited flaws in politicians can be slated across similar manner. This indicates that we CANT blame them....we have to first improve ourselves. Like we cant blame them for playing casteism in politics, for their voters tend to polarize on this issue. Regions where voters are ignorant on cast aspect, politics there is cast ignorant. You must now notice that there is little ideology involved.

Our politicians are not worthy enough? Well, they are worthy on the account that they have succesfully convinced lacs of voters to vote for them, proving their mentle for leadership. And since they are entrusted with boundless powers and responsbility, they must not be expected to excel in each and every aspect.

So then why is that politics is the most criticized occupation? Well, the answer lies in extreme public scrutiny of performance of a politician. Have u heard of any CEO/Manager of a company being harassed by general public for mere accusation, not guilty, of charges? Public expectation from politicians are too high to be met in every small respect. Miss it , and they will be criticized till hell breaks lose!! Come to think of it, much of averse public opinion gathered by politics is attributed to media and other commercial modes of entertainment like films.

This is the other side of picture...and I dont think I need to say something about the much highlighted aspects of a politician. But now u may wonder where is the flaw in our administrative system. Answer is:US. Yes, general youth mentality is too averse to politics to join it. And the democratic administration is set on belief that the brightest minds will come forward to lead, which is not happening anymore. The most aspired youth career is Management, for enormous respect and dignity it offers in long term. But I would argue that administration is synonymous to management (what does MBA stands for?) , and politics is nothing but administration of a giant company, named Government.

Summarizing, I would say that criticizing something is too cowardly and should be left for much mature, leisurely persons. If you have some point to prove, then prove it by example. Rather than finding faults wid present politicians, join politics and teach them how futuristic decisions are to be taken, how public interest can be attained within purview of ideology and wisdom. We, the youth, are setting new trends in every field, why leave politics?

Our Education System...

Is dere any chance u havnt heard of the saying:
"पढोगे लिखोगे तो बनोगे नवाब,
खेलोगे कूदोगे तो बनोगे खराब."

This clearly shows the emphasis on education in traditional families of India. It may be taken in another way as how the sport interests of children are downplayed, but thats not the point here. What we should be concerned of is why in spite of this excitement and encouragement towards education, we youngsters prefer to be out of dis stream and start earning as soon as possible?

For dissecting this mentality, we have to land deep into the general feeling of Indians. Of course I may not be d ideal person to do this(given my limited exposure), but I am also not the last one.
How will a general person define "नवाब"..a learned person- NO. Rather as a person who is wise, has rational outlook, and most importantly- has enormous wealth. Yes- our masses consider education just as a ladder towards financial stability.

Financial stability, a feature devoid from our agrarian society which depended too heavily on rains and sahukaar's mercy. So when they saw a Munim or lekhpaal engrossed in his account books and having a decent, steady earning...they yearned for their position. And the only thing required for that labour-less leisurely post was knowledge of numbers.

Laughing at the immature thinking of our forefathers...stop. What we are doing through our education system is pretty much same. I can tell from my personal experience...in any engineering college, ask the juniors who would they like to follow among there seniors. Now I would be astonished if majority would say the name of topper. Rather (I can bet on it), the person getting highest package in placements would be the major idol. And if u are even remotely aware of job scenario, it is need less to say that these two persons may not be same.

That is the reason why parents are initially enthusiastic for there childs' education...but gradually lose interest if there is no job prospective. And u cant imagine the sort of opposition a person has to face if he decides to venture into research or post doctoral studies...he has to backup with figures of certain financial benefits for support. Then we wonder why there is a dearth of Nobel Laureates from our country.

A lot has been said in this context about our examination system, but I stand in favor of it. Dont change the % system, let the candidates handle the pressure. It will only teach them to perform under intense scrutiny. If u relax the situation, u are in a way delaying a crucial stage of manufacture of ideal citizen...rather scrapping it at all. Put it in this way- make exams grade based, with little demarcation b/w over and under performer, and be ready for under confident, oversensitive or defective future citizens.

So where should be the change? I would say the nature of questions being asked. They must be thought provoking, requiring a little knowledge of concerned subject, and a lot of innovative, rational approach. After all, our aim should be to design citizens having healthy mentality rather than thorough, mugged up knowledge. However, this would require a tremendous effort on the part of question paper setters....and pardon me, I have no idea how to extract this much from our teachers.

In the meantime, what should we as students do? Should we be continuously at the receiving end cursing the present examination system? I suggest otherwise: It is fairly admitted that our education system, let alone our examination system, is defective or inefficient. Well, then be smart and knowing the deficiencies, score well.

This is one of the places where I can quote my example(!!)- I was never an over performing guy, and scored just good in all subjects. My report card seldom showed consistent highest in a particular subject, rather it was second or third highest. But hey..any guesses who was the overall topper? Yeah..being nice in every subject did the trick. And this was easy too, given I had no special interest in any particular subject. Also in competitive exams, a very simple funda of qualifying is: avoid any silly mistake. Just solve all questions which an average person is expected to solve...and u r through!!

And how to score well in exam?? Write in clear, if not good handwriting. If u know little answer, write a lot of sensible garbage, with main answer embedded between them; and clearly highlighted. You have to understand that the examiner must be tired checking through similar foolish stuff, so try to please his eyes, and confident in presentation. eg. if u have to describe a goat...take the goat, tie it to a familiar tree, and describe the tree. Here chances r u may score less, but if u present this in a confident, neat manner, these chances are minimized.

So..back to serious stuff...dis post is long enough...will talk about this in another one..too much gyaan stuffed in little space=confusion. So now I would conclude as: whatever world around u think of education, u should pursue it as a means to explore your field of interest. Once this stage is over, give your fullest to the specific area and soar high. And those with me who are entangled in the first stage itself, unable to decide where they are interested...keep snoring..!!

Intro.

Have u ever observed that everyone around is getting nasty and hazy and absurd.... When it seems only u r left with what u consider d 'normal state of mind'..??
Well I am aware of the story where a madman shouts at the crowd accusing them 2 be crazy...but I cant help to be at the receiving end sometimes..
I will probably use dis blog to view different aspects of common things...and u can in d process see how a madman's mind works!!
Or in complex words I can say- The unseen beauty of the intricacies of common situations, highlighting the 'other' side of coin predominantly..
And its possible u may end up thinking with me, rather through me...and thats how I plan to spread my madness...eeeeeeahahahahaha...