Why does a person want to be at the service of others? I have always believed that there are personal motivations involved ESPECIALLY when a person wants to work for others!
Let us look at all the social service organizations that have brand names that span across countries. The people involved in the committees fight bitter battles and speak with a fisherwoman’s tongue. The other activities include over-invoicing costs and pocketing the difference in cash, hosting dinners and personal grandiosity as displayed in photographs of local and regional newspapers.
Let us look at this a bit more honestly and a little less cynically. Let us assume that President Obama had announced in 2008 that he would be President for four years only and that he would not contest elections in 2012. What are the odds that President Obama would have done a much better job than what he has done? I believe that he would have excelled. The thought of contesting elections in 2012 would have never entered his mind and he would have been more concerned about leaving a legacy.
The Indian politicians are a powerful lot. Many Indians pride themselves when they know a politician to be a friend. Many Indians want to be that – a politician and supposedly spend a life worrying about the people of the country. What rubbish!
To have a majority of the people wanting to be politicians is an insult to a country and its politics.
A politician must spend no more than 10 years of his life in politics. He/ She must then retire and try to earn a living like the rest of the country does. I think a decade of self less service is good enough. Why would one give more time to this?
Countries stink because the same politicians have been stinking the country for too long.
© Nitesh Kotecha
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