Vasu
Reddy From Chicago
vasureddy@aol.com
India has been in its inception a society which looked-up to its leaders. All through the history of the nation can remember Indians have always followed individual leaders for their leadership, behavior, exemplary skills and governance with putting people first. We admire every aspect of the significance of the life and times of great leaders from our mythology and history, and also the conquerors of Indian soil in some instances with great reverence to the meaning of governance.
Perhaps no place on earth has endured the attack on the country as much as Hindustan has in the history of the world, while it retains the love for its history and long lost greatness of then people. We love our heroes and most times revere them so much their life stories and deeds are a part of the Indian day to day life. There is never a moment that passes by without a reference to the great acts of the past heroes of the nation.
A nation with more than a billion people and vast cultural and geological variations with diverse agendas is a tough country to govern and manage. The challenges of the elected officials (they are no longer rulers of the past, just elected into the office by the people of the nation) are enormous with resources getting to be meager and meager with each passing year, and ever increasing demands of the population.
Prior to the Independence from the British and breaking the large nation in parts, Indians still had a few examples of rulers of tracks of the land, who were beholding to the needs of the people, and although they either had to be dethroned by the occupying forces or simply gave up the fight against a large enemy. The rulers were generally very adept to the people of their kingdoms, and governed with keeping the people’s requirements at large.
1947 and break-up of India and independence from the British has been several generations ago, and just about anyone who were a part of the Independence movement has left the people. We as people have yet to come to grip with how to handle freedom in a democratic way, and how to make the best out the freedom of choice with every aspect of life.
Before the independence in 1947 people of Hindustan followed the leaders who fought for the single democratic way of life; freedom from occupation by a foreign force. The one single minded ambition which claimed numerous lives, and created multiple nations, was the one and only thing people of Hindustan wanted; freedom from occupation.
Well; now we have had freedom for generation, and we still have yet to learn to be a democratic nation. While the pre-independence movement needed leaders as a voice of the people of the nation, we don’t need to do so in a democratic India. The country and its people have not just the right to choose a leader who represents them, but also an obligation to pick and choose whosoever does the right things for the sake of the people.
We should get over the complex of a single person or a past history of someone when we choose our next representative. They should be chosen based on actions that are representative of a democracy and well being of the people who sent the person to the elected office. There is no reason to follow a leader for life time and then pass on the baton to the legacy of the past rather we should elect people based on people’s well being.
vasureddy@aol.com
India has been in its inception a society which looked-up to its leaders. All through the history of the nation can remember Indians have always followed individual leaders for their leadership, behavior, exemplary skills and governance with putting people first. We admire every aspect of the significance of the life and times of great leaders from our mythology and history, and also the conquerors of Indian soil in some instances with great reverence to the meaning of governance.
Perhaps no place on earth has endured the attack on the country as much as Hindustan has in the history of the world, while it retains the love for its history and long lost greatness of then people. We love our heroes and most times revere them so much their life stories and deeds are a part of the Indian day to day life. There is never a moment that passes by without a reference to the great acts of the past heroes of the nation.
A nation with more than a billion people and vast cultural and geological variations with diverse agendas is a tough country to govern and manage. The challenges of the elected officials (they are no longer rulers of the past, just elected into the office by the people of the nation) are enormous with resources getting to be meager and meager with each passing year, and ever increasing demands of the population.
Prior to the Independence from the British and breaking the large nation in parts, Indians still had a few examples of rulers of tracks of the land, who were beholding to the needs of the people, and although they either had to be dethroned by the occupying forces or simply gave up the fight against a large enemy. The rulers were generally very adept to the people of their kingdoms, and governed with keeping the people’s requirements at large.
1947 and break-up of India and independence from the British has been several generations ago, and just about anyone who were a part of the Independence movement has left the people. We as people have yet to come to grip with how to handle freedom in a democratic way, and how to make the best out the freedom of choice with every aspect of life.
Before the independence in 1947 people of Hindustan followed the leaders who fought for the single democratic way of life; freedom from occupation by a foreign force. The one single minded ambition which claimed numerous lives, and created multiple nations, was the one and only thing people of Hindustan wanted; freedom from occupation.
Well; now we have had freedom for generation, and we still have yet to learn to be a democratic nation. While the pre-independence movement needed leaders as a voice of the people of the nation, we don’t need to do so in a democratic India. The country and its people have not just the right to choose a leader who represents them, but also an obligation to pick and choose whosoever does the right things for the sake of the people.
We should get over the complex of a single person or a past history of someone when we choose our next representative. They should be chosen based on actions that are representative of a democracy and well being of the people who sent the person to the elected office. There is no reason to follow a leader for life time and then pass on the baton to the legacy of the past rather we should elect people based on people’s well being.
With
more than a billion people India certainly has enough will power and mind power
to choose leadership that is well meaning and people serving. Leaders should only be in place as long as
they represent the issues and causes of the people, and not just because of
where they came from. We should look for
leaders to follow, only when the leader is representative of the people who
voted in elections and they only should be sent back.
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