We the people of India.....

Of tainted politicians to banned cricketers. Of in-effete bureaucrats to jailed felons, our elections have it all. Recently Sanjay Dutt the noted Bollywood actor and son of former minister Sunil Dutt evinced in serving the country by becoming an MP fighting on a Samajwady Party ticket. Shahrukh Khan some days back had announced that he might contest the polls on a Congress ticket. Many other actors such as Govinda are already the member of the Lok and Rajya Sabha. But, the celebrity list does not end there. The latest addition to this list is former cricketer Azharuddin who will be contesting on a Congress ticket in the coming elections. The message in all these cases is clear that the political parties want to cash in on the huge fan base these celebrities command. As coalition politics has taken command every seat in the Lok Sabha counts for a lot. These celebrities many a times make easy meal of the elections and make in roads into the galleries of power. The political parties gain from their presence and rake in huge benefits, thanks to the seats these people capture. Everyone seems to gain from this except the ones for whom this process is instituted, the common people. 

                    The celebrities have little or no idea about the issues confronting the people of this country, their foray in politics is the best they can do to maintain their public images. This is certainly bad for the general interest of the people.  No person would disagree with this. The celebs are making easy money and the common man is left to languish in the dark alleys. His fight for subsistence continues and so does the lone hope that some day some thing might happen. That some day his prayers will be answered, that he and his family will live in proper living conditions and their children will have a secure future. However, the reality is anything but. The way as it appears, the political parties are hardly concerned about the well being of the people. They are exploiting the weaknesses of the democratic process to fulfill their needs. As is evident in such cases the legislators are hardly qualified to work for the people and make a royal mess of the democratic process. It is a shame that nothing much can be done to stall this process except pray that some day good sense will prevail and good times will descend upon us. Wish the founding fathers of our democracy could have thought about this, so that "We the people of India" could have really lived in a country that offers hope and promise not dismay and frustration.