sons of fortune

i do not have any personal grudges against the Gandhi - Nehru family.( even if i had that would insignificant from the power heights of 10 janpath). nor for that matter would the grudges of hundreds of others. they can contend elections and win at will. they are the fittest to rule this country, exactly the point that disconcerts me .

every eligible Indian of sound mind and right age , from r k laxman's common man to myself is as eligible to be the prime minister, as fit to govern as rahul and priyanka are . why then a national obsession with their intentions and non-statements?

years of being ruled by supposedly greater powers have probably dulled national ambitions. we always try finding people more qualified, better for a particular job than ourselves. someone who is reluctant to enter politics will never be an able prime minister. the making of such men rest on their sureness in decision making, their ability to discern what is the best for themselves and how to go about it.

growth is a natural condition for and living organism as well as a non living institution. if we enter a particular field, it is with the hope of reaching everywhere that our potentials will allow. men who vie for subordinate positions are consigned to the dustbin of history before the embers of their pyre die down.

unfortunately, india's grand old party has little faith in the concept of republic that it helped create. though today's congress party is in no way a worthy successor to the movement that the indian national movement that brought to its feet the mightiest empire known to man.

its time the party started creating its heroes , starting from nehru and stop using the mahatma to further its political ends.

if you are an ambitious person the party has little to offer you. with all the world's luck you can become a stop gap( like rao) or a lackey ( with regret , dr singh). we can never be the people we want to be.what kind of legacy will people like arjun singh and pranav mukherjee leave, weak willed subordinates? perhaps.

i would like to pay tributes to Jefferey archer . his 'first among equals' gave me a definitive belief that we can be exactly the substance of our dreams. if we have the will and the fortitude we can shape our own skies.


reminds me of Mao, 'women hold up half the sky'
or as in my case, all of it..lol [:)]