It is sad that stinking politics is deciding the Presidency. Our politicians reflect the larger society, like super stars in films, who pander to the larger audiences' taste. There is a divide among the vocal minority and the majority. The political field anywhere requires people ready to take the heat, just like good cooks.
In our case, we all know what we want. Even the illiterate can identify with good people, but one should reach out to them. How many are willing to get out of the comfort zone? One recent example is the Maran case. Despite his suave personality, he is no match to his grand uncle to plucate the voters. Even in advanced countries the political leaders are not top intellectuals, but they can guage the pulse of the voters, like Bush,Blair, Howard etc.
India's leaders are varied. A former Italian and others who are hardly physically fit, when others at their age are retired long back. If we want a new set of energetic people, we have to have new mindset. The young has to take the bull by the horns. To vote is good start, build a team and set out the agenda.
The present set up is there by default as there is inertia and apathy. As long as the educated feel the field is too dirty to enter and not ready to clean up the act, we have to live with the system. A new sysytem will not land on our lap.
We had fresh air with President Kalam and seems to be back to square one again. At least we know, good persons are appreciated.
