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Of Prime Ministers and Presidents
Published by Abhilash Ravishankar on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 3:05 PMFirst, our extremely learned Prime Minister yaks in public against the judiciary:
I feel that judicial activism must be used in a restrained manner to fill up any institutional vacuum or failure and to clarify legal positions, retaining its character as a powerful but sparingly used instrument for correctionThe next day, the Indian media goes gaga over our President's comment that Narayana Murthy (of Infosys fame) will be a fantastic President, and runs full day programs on TV channels going around asking people all across the nation whether Murthy is a right candidate for President.
I see two things in this mess:
- Indians (or most of them in the media atleast) are obsessed with extremely educated and learned people in top posts (PM/President), when there is absolutely no empirical evidence to show that they perform better. (What has Kalam/Singh done any better than any other President/PM?)
- These apolitical figures are mere puppets in the hands of the political godfathers and mothers. See Dr. Singh above making that retrograde statement.
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Hmm..Murthy,tata or for that matter even Steve Jobs irrespective of their expertise in their fields,can do nothing worthwhile in a set up like ours..no rudeness intended but it is a fact, it requires courage/joblessness(as of today atleast)of nth order to enter politics in India.These people lack BOTH.
these people are better off in their companies which are small enterprises when compared to a country with 28 states their 1000 problems,1000 odd languages n their million disputes as to which is superior,1billion people n their 100 billion ideas(more destructive than constructive)..
so as u said god bless....India!
and forgive us for being the cowards!