Sunday, November 9, 2008

Just desserts

Jug Suraiya's article in the TOI today resonated with my views and prompted this post.
He writes about two politicians who couldn't be more different from each other: Barack Obama and Raj Thakeray. While the former, he says, stands for "togetherness", the latter stands for "otherness" or alienation. As he says, people get the politicians they deserve. We as a people have shown apathy and cynicism in ample measure:

Who cares whether I vote or not, these elections are always rigged anyway!
Why should I bother not to litter/jump signals/bribe officials when everyone else does it?

The day we become responsible citizens, we will elect a true leader to govern us.