This has been one of the elections that i have been following closely, trying to keep an unbiased opinion which is most of the time impossible because everybody says the same thing, though with a different tone, timing and tact. However one of the notable features of these elections has been the rise of the educated and the well-to-do, into the political space. What has come out has been a clear involvement of the people who actually seek change and talk about change in their living rooms going out to get it for themselves. The idea that one man can make a difference, which has been rather difficult getting into our collective Indian psyche post independence, is rather unfortunate because we already had examples like Gandhi in our midst. However the huge persona of the Father of the nation was such that i believe that people were unable to identify themselves as belonging to the same creed, and his sudden departure did not help matters either. The same lack of self importance reflected in our social behaviour, self governance, and our lackadaisical approach to our own quality of life and society in general.
I believe with this elections the politics in India has surely come a step further, and has come closer to becoming what Nehru would have called the awakening of the Indian politics. I have always held the belief that no matter which party gets the mandate, as long as it is clear, and coalition politics does not tie it down terribly, the governance and the policies would continue to be along the same lines as before, because the needs of India remain the same, and for benefiting the people of India as a whole, its the same path that would lead to prosperity. This is the same as the observation that the opposition in India has often been for the sake of opposition, for the opposition must have done the same thing had they been in power. Having said that i believe that could change in the near future as all parties would need to connect with the educated voters and must make their policies and actions based on their promises. I sincerely hope that the next elections are after 5 years and many of the positives that came out during these elections are carries forward and get translated into actions.
I believe with this elections the politics in India has surely come a step further, and has come closer to becoming what Nehru would have called the awakening of the Indian politics. I have always held the belief that no matter which party gets the mandate, as long as it is clear, and coalition politics does not tie it down terribly, the governance and the policies would continue to be along the same lines as before, because the needs of India remain the same, and for benefiting the people of India as a whole, its the same path that would lead to prosperity. This is the same as the observation that the opposition in India has often been for the sake of opposition, for the opposition must have done the same thing had they been in power. Having said that i believe that could change in the near future as all parties would need to connect with the educated voters and must make their policies and actions based on their promises. I sincerely hope that the next elections are after 5 years and many of the positives that came out during these elections are carries forward and get translated into actions.
