indian politics

I read an entry from the online site of channel V's My India report about politics.

In the end he raises the following questions:

what do you think about India’s political scenario??
Do old politicians understand young India?
Are there specific policies/politicians you admire/detest??
Can the system change?? If yes, how? If not, why not??

The question Do old politicians understand young India? caught my attention since its the easiest of all to address

I think the above question is irrelevant to begin with!There exists no accountability in India hence the politicians need not care to understand. Hence the question of are they is ridiculous.

Its just the way the people couldn’t care less about politics.The only difference is that people actually are at loss by this apathy unlike politicians who gain from the ignorance.In simple terms...not caring is WIN- WIN for political business and LOSE- LOSE for citizens*

Until and unless there is an incentive for them to work for the benefit of the country they never will take the initiative.In general,Human actions are determined by the reward of the action( even philanthropist is looking for the reward of satisfaction or righteousness) . Given the current scenario the politicians are heavily rewarded in personal gain if they care about their profit as compared to the duty they job dictates. Like any normal Human,he chooses the path more rewarding, so its about time to make the betterment of country profitable and lucrative for the people who are assigned to it!

Part of solution is of course minimum school education and population control which have been.Education means improving the supply( better lives) and population means controlling the demand to suit the supply. But this still doesn't make the politicians do their job.

I read somewhere that Aristotle(or was it Socrates,pardon my blasphemy) thought Politics should be left to people who have enough leisure to pursue it! Not a perfect idea but definitely identifies the conflict of personal gain and duty to society one gains it from! Either make it impossible to have a choice and/or we can make it profitable for them .

The first option means greater transparency and legal accountability of individuals and regimes. People should treat the country like their organization and politicians like their employees.Once a transparent system is in operation there should be periodic appraisals at the local level (may be a panchayat or town all assembly) .These outcomes/reports should be acted upon by applying grades or probation and eventual ban/termination from political scene. I am not saying this system cannot be corrupted but with sufficient vigilance **from the public ,corruption and misuse can be curtailed to a large extent.

The other major part should be played by the judiciary.The regime and the individual should both be held accountable for and be prosecuted for any illegal acts.Right now the legal system has has a poor infrastructure and resources(especially human resources are scarce).Law should be encouraged under the education system and more importantly people must be aware of the options. I am not an expert at law but i do think most of them should be revisited.

The other part of solution is to make job of politicians attractive, for all the right reasons. I believe that international recognition,investment options in public sector undertakings and perks in salary and media coverage of satisfactory performance at appraisals(as discussed earlier) might be a step to make doing- the -right- thing lucrative.

Concluding by answering the questions at the beginning of the article

what do you think about India’s political scenario??

- Its not a dictatorship,that a pro.On cons side,its far from being ideal democracy,way far

Do old politicians understand young India?

-They understand they don't have to!

Are there specific policies/politicians you admire/detest??

-Pretty much all of those who can make a change are not going to do it.

Can the system change?? If yes, how? If not, why not??

-As i have discussed through most of my article,it can improve a little but will never reach the optimal (idealistic definitions are just that,non realistic)

Bottom line no incentive no need for politicians to behave!YET

*All citizens barring the ones who profit by having the political system corrupted ,to rig the system.
**I don't consider sting operations as responsible vigilance since they driven solely by TRP ratings translated into income for the publication.