Loyalty Business…

For all the Congress party workers, Pratibha Patil and Manmohan Singh are true inspirations of what loyalty towards the Lady - Sonia Gandhi can fetch you. One has landed up in the post of Prime Minister and other on the verge of taking up the highest constitutional position in the country. Although, I am not at all unaware of the political credentials of both the candidates, what worries me has been beautifully expressed by Rajdeep in his blog at CNN-IBN. http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/rajdeepsardesai/1/43375/jai-maharashtra.html

To add my own personal opinion about the lady – I happened to be privileged to listen to Ms. Patil at one of the inaugural addresses in Rajasthan. And guess what – I had a tough time keeping myself awake! It appeared like a one mediocre speech that was written by politically correct staff from the Governor’s office and failed to draw eye balls (except from a few of bureaucrats). Amazingly the lust for power and party/dynasty politics in India is producing leaders that do not appeal to people at all. Has India stopped producing original, thoughts, policies and people.

Kudos to Vajpayee! At least he had collection of some original poems that kept Indians awake in midst of his deep pauses as well!!

At the time when Nicholas Burns is visiting India to push the Indo US nuclear deal, I am reading “Globalization & its discontents” by Joseph Stiglitz. (ex. vice president of World Bank) I have hardly completed the first few chapters and it has started sending shivers down my spine. Stiglitz has been honest enough to share with his readers the vilification and praise of the globalization process. And what emerges clearly is that the developing economies have a linchpin role in negotiating and shaping the agreements and policies with the developed world. But our honorable prime minister is a man of few political words and prefers “lie low and say nuffin” like the Brer rabbit. Thanks to the prolific writers on nuclear issues that Indians are sensing a foul play behind the deal.