Blame game-people or politicians or both

In the largely diverse India and with its people and their divergence of views on just about every issue,If there is one issue upon which there is unanimous( i dare say) consensus,that is the murky state of our political system and the people who are riding it.It doesn't matter whom u ask,the articulation may differ from complex jargon s like crony-ism to informal slangs like 'chor ka raj'.But the crux of the opinion will be the same.

Who is to be blamed for this state of affairs,The British??!! or Pakistan??.They would have been blamed with 200% correlation if they had slightest bit to do with our politics.Unfortunately for our people and the politicians its not the case, they in fact have if anything improved our political unity before 1947(Brits) and after 1947(pakistan) by bringing the nation together.Then who is to be blamed for this??

We didn't begin this way.we were blessed with some of the finest statesmen and politicians of the century.Thanks to the values developed during freedom struggle and the personal conviction of our leaders towards democracy and belief in capacity of people,they took a very daring leap of faith and gave right to vote to all the people majority of whom were illiterate,poor,hungry,.It paid of and we survived the dangerous few years after independence of a developing country,when democracy is at risk of being undermined by elite.

The gems of the golden era were retiring and they failed to train next generation of politicians.Here started actual problem.People who are supposed to hold the representatives accountable didn't develop the capacity to do so.And the politicians started toying with people by providing them with short term inducements compromising the long term interests of the people.Who needs education right when we can have a fan and a laptop.It reminds me the difference between a good father and bad father.A good father takes tough calls and doesn't pamper a child,doesn't spoon feed the child and make the kid lazy.A bad father gives a kid what ever he wants and makes him lazy but happy,that pampered kid doesn't learn anything and he will regret it later.Unfortunately most kids love bad fathers because of their ignorance,likewise most people in our country vote for the candidates who give them the candy.(kids are kids)

But who made the masses this bunch of ignorant kids??Isn't it the politicians who are supposed to act like good fathers to empower people by providing education,health,jobs rather than laptops,TV,few kilos of rice.
I wonder how congress party which ruled the nation for eternity still have the nerves to claim credit for giving 65% people subsidized rice and publicise it as if it is an indicator for its succesfull governance,if anything its and indicator for its failure of govts for the last 67 years.

Lets come to people's share of the blame.It is not the poor,illiterate part of the masses that are the actual problem.The urban middle class who doesn't have 1 hour of their precious  time for every five years to go to polling booth in their A/C car to cast their vote,But have tons of time
to be cynical about everything in politics.These people are the real part of the problem.It is said that "The price the wise pay for not being part of the governance is to suffer under the tyranny of the fools"-Unknown :P.These people donot enter politics because politics currently are dirty.The politics are dirty because these wise donot enter politics.Its a vicious circle.But the circle should be broken now and now itself.

The reasons can be many and endless.But we can comfortably say that both the masses and the politicans are to blamed for the the state of affairs.But i personally think the buck should stop at the politicians.While people have self interest in the goodness of the system,the politicians have a added responsibility and duty towards people.Politics is a Divine profession and those who have the divine intensions only have the right to be called so and enjoy the respect they seek.

Jai Hind.