The politician's call, not the people's

They say people are the central theme in a democracy. I say that's all hogwash. It's a big illusion that politicians create mate. And the sooner you realize that you don't run things after all, the better for you. I mean who cares if the people really want President Kalam for a second term?
It's not your call is it? It's what the politicians say that matters. After all you elected those bunch of jokers out there( or did you? )

President Kalam was the first people's president of the country. But does that matter to Sonia Gandhi? She just needs someone who must kowtow to her every demand. In Pratibha Patil she finds the perfect cronie who will not oppose a single political move of hers. It's all a matter of convenience...why should the people come into the picture?

Democracy in India, is for the most part, a farce. The Prime Minister of the country has no real powers. A great man, who was once the stalwart of economic reforms and started the country on the road to progress must today denounce corporate pay packages to appease his narrow-minded electorate. If this is not the real death of a nation, what is?

I completely agreed with Swaminathan Aiyar when he lashed out against Dr. Manmohan Singh in his editorial page column in STOI for having discouraged corporate lifestyles, without first putting his own house in order. Who doesn't know that the real problem in this country is not in corporate governance but in political governance?

And when after ages you get a President with a backbone, that doesn't go down too well with the politicians of this country. I mean seriously dude...why do you think you get to choose? It's not Rising India or Shining India or Mera India after all.....it's Neta's India.