When the anti-corrpution movement in Delhi started in 2011 it instigated a change, it ignited a hope. This hope gave rise to thousands of volunteers, thousands of people joining hands against a common cause.
This is where it all started.
From the grounds of RamLila where the people left their jobs and came in support of Anna, they started to form a community united by a common enemy.
Many would say that when Anna broke fast, govt promised to pass Lokpal and then did not; the movement failed. But it was Arvind Kejriwal who saved the movement by giving the movement its logical next step, the Aam Aadmi Party.
Thousands of volunteers from across the globe united for this cause. This AAP movement was bigger than the Jan-Lokpal movement. This was the start of a revolution.
This was an outburst of the anger of the common man who was just frustrated with all the bull shit going on in the country.
So I decided to get out of Facebook and go to the streets of Delhi. To my surprise the people were actually getting ready for the change. I happily waved at many people in metro and on roads wearing the AAP cap and the response was just amazing. Watching the news channels could easily make you think that the propaganda by BJP/Congress could change the people's mind. But, only after meeting the people, I realised that people are not as stupid as they are projected; they are really smart and understand everything thats why despite all the drama/criticism of BJP/congress AAP won 28 seats in Delhi assembly elections.
The most important part of democracy is involvement of people. This inculcates a sense of ownership and responsibility amongst the community. This is the key ingredient in the mature societies of the developed countries. It was not the great leaders like Modi or Kejriwal in the developed countries but, the people who after suffering for a long time, realised and woke up to their responsibilities, duties and rights which eventually gave birth to an ideology resulting into a robust system and tough laws.
This "No Tolerance" and "responsible" public made sure that the leaders who do the right things get elected, and if they f**k up are forced to exit.
Hence, whether it is be Clinton or Obama, the system in the US always works, giving rise to more Obamas and clintons.
Modi is one great leader who undoubtably is good and well suited for Indian public who are always waiting for Messiah to come and save their asses, while they can keep on sleeping. But this feeling has to go, people should not vote for Modi or Kejriwal but instead should get involved in decision making.
This is where Aam Admi Party and Arvind Kejriwal scores , they are working on a model to empower the people, they are following the true democracy and doing decentralisation of power so that tomorrow even if Arvind Kejriwal or Manish Sisodia gets corrupt and arrogant, people will just delete them!
We need a system like this and of course with great leaders to drive the mob.
Modi, on the other hand is a one man show. We saw in Karnataka, that despite having great leaders like Modi, Arun Jaitely, Sushma Swaraj, the party got corrupt. The reason was simple; they did not have a model or a system; they just rely on the leadership. BJP and Congress work on the same model , model of high-command and model of representative politics, which by itself gives great powers to few people which could be easily misused.
The downside of such system is that if you get corrupt leaders , you are very likely to get doomed (eg. 2G, commonwealth ,CoalGate.. etc. etc.. )
In such a system, we are left to the virtue of having a great leader like Vajpaye or Morarji Desai or Sardar Patel and to some extend may be Modi or Kejriwal, but it is not everyday we get such great leaders.
So should we just get looted in between while we wait for a saviour to come or we go ahead and fix our systems.
We need to make the people feel included in governance like a Gram Panchayat or a city council with people's say in it, that is the only way people will not only be responsible but will also make sure their leaders are working in a proper way. They will make sure that there is accountability and while doing that they themselves would be forced into being accountable.
This is how the present day democracies should work, and this is how most of the developed nations are working today. I strongly believe that our country is getting ready and geared up for this big change. Our very own Indian Revolution has begun and here we are knocking on the door of a new beginning.
This is where it all started.
From the grounds of RamLila where the people left their jobs and came in support of Anna, they started to form a community united by a common enemy.
Many would say that when Anna broke fast, govt promised to pass Lokpal and then did not; the movement failed. But it was Arvind Kejriwal who saved the movement by giving the movement its logical next step, the Aam Aadmi Party.
Thousands of volunteers from across the globe united for this cause. This AAP movement was bigger than the Jan-Lokpal movement. This was the start of a revolution.
This was an outburst of the anger of the common man who was just frustrated with all the bull shit going on in the country.
So I decided to get out of Facebook and go to the streets of Delhi. To my surprise the people were actually getting ready for the change. I happily waved at many people in metro and on roads wearing the AAP cap and the response was just amazing. Watching the news channels could easily make you think that the propaganda by BJP/Congress could change the people's mind. But, only after meeting the people, I realised that people are not as stupid as they are projected; they are really smart and understand everything thats why despite all the drama/criticism of BJP/congress AAP won 28 seats in Delhi assembly elections.
The most important part of democracy is involvement of people. This inculcates a sense of ownership and responsibility amongst the community. This is the key ingredient in the mature societies of the developed countries. It was not the great leaders like Modi or Kejriwal in the developed countries but, the people who after suffering for a long time, realised and woke up to their responsibilities, duties and rights which eventually gave birth to an ideology resulting into a robust system and tough laws.
This "No Tolerance" and "responsible" public made sure that the leaders who do the right things get elected, and if they f**k up are forced to exit.
Hence, whether it is be Clinton or Obama, the system in the US always works, giving rise to more Obamas and clintons.
Modi is one great leader who undoubtably is good and well suited for Indian public who are always waiting for Messiah to come and save their asses, while they can keep on sleeping. But this feeling has to go, people should not vote for Modi or Kejriwal but instead should get involved in decision making.
This is where Aam Admi Party and Arvind Kejriwal scores , they are working on a model to empower the people, they are following the true democracy and doing decentralisation of power so that tomorrow even if Arvind Kejriwal or Manish Sisodia gets corrupt and arrogant, people will just delete them!
We need a system like this and of course with great leaders to drive the mob.
Modi, on the other hand is a one man show. We saw in Karnataka, that despite having great leaders like Modi, Arun Jaitely, Sushma Swaraj, the party got corrupt. The reason was simple; they did not have a model or a system; they just rely on the leadership. BJP and Congress work on the same model , model of high-command and model of representative politics, which by itself gives great powers to few people which could be easily misused.
The downside of such system is that if you get corrupt leaders , you are very likely to get doomed (eg. 2G, commonwealth ,CoalGate.. etc. etc.. )
In such a system, we are left to the virtue of having a great leader like Vajpaye or Morarji Desai or Sardar Patel and to some extend may be Modi or Kejriwal, but it is not everyday we get such great leaders.
So should we just get looted in between while we wait for a saviour to come or we go ahead and fix our systems.
We need to make the people feel included in governance like a Gram Panchayat or a city council with people's say in it, that is the only way people will not only be responsible but will also make sure their leaders are working in a proper way. They will make sure that there is accountability and while doing that they themselves would be forced into being accountable.
This is how the present day democracies should work, and this is how most of the developed nations are working today. I strongly believe that our country is getting ready and geared up for this big change. Our very own Indian Revolution has begun and here we are knocking on the door of a new beginning.
1 comment:
Change is imminent. it is a continuous process and is a eternal truth of nature it cannot be stopped. however honest, faithful and devoted people are every where in government,all political parties, social organizations, NGOs etc. Congress being oldest is very sharp and experienced in politics the immediate target of congress is to prevent BJP at any cost AAP may be used as a very good instrument for this.
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