Is there something wrong with our culture that we are not able to generate good leaders? I know at independence Congress had many leaders with both knowlege and integrity. Why is Congress so dead today- with no one to lead and only blood suckers to be seen.
On a lighter vein, to remove the Gandhi name confusion, since name change is allowed in India, I suggest everybody go for a name change to 'Gandhi'. That will remove the confusion and make people freshly conscious of what Gandhi shoudl be. It will remove the misue of Gandhi name by one family. I suggest that all netas shoudl start with their name change.
The biggest problem with our democracy is that we have a majority of illiterates who do not know how to vote. I often heard old female voters say "Indira ka beta/beti hai..mai to usko vote doongi" or maulvis asking people to vote for certain candidates who promise tabling legislation favoring Muslim community- issues that have nothing to do with economic progress or development or slum dewellers jumping to pre-election sops like regularization, suspension of cnroachment drives, pradhans being promised funds or pocket-money. The 2nd problem is that we do not have open debates or communication like in US. As a result ....
