Spare a thought for Mr. Prime Minister

You know, when I face a dilemma or get a little depressed (thanks to Dow Jones Industrial) I think about my beloved Prime minister. That thought will cheer me up right away, because compare to his situation, I am relaxing in my balcony, having a black coffee on a river cruise in Germany!! I mean who would have thought that the most educated leader in the whole world (and I mean the whole wide world), will take ‘orders’ from a bunch of gavars (illiterates) that too while keeping a smiling face.

The circus that we call Indian politics never stops to amaze even the most seasoned experts in this field. It is okay for politicians to watch porno in the assembly house while the government is in session, but the TV channels are not allowed to air a blockbuster movie The Dirty Picture (‘Oh la la oh la la’…Vidya) because it is ‘not appropriate’ for the Indian households. It is okay for the politicians to send their kids to Catholic schools and not elect local language to study, but the aam aadmi should communicate in local language. It is okay for a politician to kill a person in a police station and then become the minister of Jail affairs, but the aam aadmi is at the mercy of the judicial system. It is definitely okay for a politician to be involved in a billion dollar scam; in fact of late it has become a requirement to enter the exclusive club, The Indian Parliament. For them politics is not about solving problems but evasion of responsibilities. Each, so called political parties, can have its own ‘reality TV show’ and command millions of viewers. I mean it is a freaking joke. I am not saying all, but most of them fall in the above category.

And then there is this other category of politicians, more appropriately termed, leaders, who actually ‘serve’ there people. They know what their responsibilities are? They know that government’s money is not theirs to take? When they say government is Of the People, For the People, By the People they mean it. This is where our beloved Manmohan Singh belongs, "a man of uncommon decency and grace" (The Independent, 2009), a man of few words, who still drives a Maruti 800. The simplest of the human beings is stuck in the worst possible situation. If an aam aadmi gets mad just by reading or hearing about the new scandals each passing day, this man has to live through them…day after day!!

If I may, Mr. Manmohan Singh is the modern day Bhishma Pitamah. To keep the Bharat varsa intact Pitamah witnessed the Draupadi vastra haran where as Mr. Singh is witnessing the Democracy vastra haran. Alas, the only difference being, in case of Mr. Singh none of the fighting parties are Pandavas (righteous).

Hence my humble request to you, hate India’s Political system, its Parliament, its Political parties but spare a thought for the Prime Minister.