ENOUGH WORDS HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED; NOW AT LAST LET ME SEE SOME DEEDS! (30/05/2015)

I take the liberty to use this quote by noted philosopher and thinker Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe to explain the war of words that has been unleashed by various leaders of the present ruling dispensation on completion of the first year of the Government. I believe these words of wisdom aptly describe the performance of the present ruling dispensation during the last one year. While commuting to and from office I interact with people and often lend a receptive ear to the opinion of fellow commuters in a bid to read the mood of the nation. I believe, people are quite innocent and they readily believe whenever a new leader grabs the center stage and promises them something. They do not realize that “Achche din aane wale hain” was merely a jumla just like the “Garibi Hatao” slogan of 1971, to grab the seats of power. They never expected that the person who spoke it did not mean it and will disown it within a year. When I see people still sweating it out in this sweltering heat to earn a living, leaving their children on the pavements, I am reminded of the broken promises of these ‘leaders” who have deceived their own people during the last 68 years since independence and continue to do so with impunity- their political affiliation notwithstanding. It is indeed a sordid state of affair as people expected something different from a political party that had claimed to be different. The history of Indian democracy is full of precedence when a leader has taken such a stance to his own peril. “Jaise haandi kaath ke chadhe naa doojee baar”.