Indian politics and Indian politicians stand on a different footing compared to that of America although both the countries adopt the same type of democratic forms of Govt-one the oldest and the other oldest.Public awareness in India is poor and people tend to forget things-especially the misdeeds of the Govt very quickly and precisely it is here that the politicians defeated take advantage and get reelected with thumping majority subsequently notwithstanding their cheap and dirty strategies they repeat. Indians are like mother earth in patience and they endure any thing and every thing till things come to their neck.The proverbial democracy as enunciated by Abraham Lincoln-by the people,for the people and of the people comes to stay to a maximum extent in America where personal lives of the elected are not linked with every aspect of what the politicians do except in rare cases.In India we attach undue importance to trivial things of the politicians probing too much into their personal lives without focusing much on their usefulness and contribution to the welfare of the general public.Though MPs to us are like senators in America,they awfully lack independence and are required to go by the party's whip.Multiple party system of India spoils the fair show of democracy and gives a big handle for the politicians to play gimmics, change sides and take the voter for a ride.Indian politician,by and large,whether be in power or not knows only ecstacy and never agony.
We highlight our democracy, but who benefits? There is total absence of involvement of those who matter, who want a change. Many lambast our politicians who seem to go on forever, recycling the same old dirty linen. Why should they be blamed, when the young hardly bother to take charge? Our system functions by default, as the young stay away and throw filth from the sidelines.
Does it show the whole system is so difficult to crack except for the hardened, thick skinned, who can take anything dished out to them? In US many are ready for public office despite the umremitting glare. For our talented, they prefer to look after themselves as their success is mostly despite our system. Many grow up with an eye on the "green card" and others who lose out with "green eyes", letting out frustrations labelling the former unpatriotic.
Going by the sentiments in the net, most are unforgiving. We judge others, blaming the successful as less charitable, the politicians as corrupt, sports luminaries are also not spared. This has given in to a system of selfishness with those who would like to serve the country in political office, on the sidelines. Frankly, who will want to take up the high jobs in the glare of highly critical public? It is better to enjoy our own life on the quiet.
Unless we have a system to attract the best, we will have to recycle our present politicians, who are older than the grandparents of voters. Why blame them when the critics do not even vote?
In fact, in India anyone would accept a politician at what level he may be, 'earn' a lot comparing to same level in US. But he could enjoy lesser morality than his counterpart. What the people think is 'different'. Nothing else! Morality is diminishing! People in India easily forgets the past of a politician and reelect the same guy, which make all this difference.
