The only English language NEWS channel which comes on TV is CNN and over the past few months I have been a fed a daily diet of Obama to the extent that I have started calling him as St. Obama because he is supposed to set right all the ills of the world by twirling a magic wand. Nobody can blame our American friends of not going the whole hog about something but to expect a man and I emphasize again a man to fix the problems we face today is totally fantastical. Anyways, I dont want to write about Obama and what he means to me or to my friends and how I am tired of listening to him air some similar views as to Bush but being categorized as a "change agent" but what I admire is that he has been able to achieve what he has inspite of his humble beginnings. I also admire that he is so young and dynamic that he has ignited the imagination of people world wide.
What I want to write about is whether we could have a similar churn in our elections which are due for the summer months. I read somewhere that the main challengers for the PM post are Mayawati (:-O), Manmohan Singh and LK Advani. Mayawati is the youngest of the three and she does have humble beginnings but she as a PM would be a disaster because of the fact that the only ideology she believes in is "opportunism" while the other two are aged patriachs who have the experience to lead the nation but probably no energy to take the problems we face head on. The last few elections have shown some new, young and educated leaders breaking out but will the Indian polity allow one of them to come fore? I do believe that in the present times we need fresh, innovative ideas to recharge as Indians. I had really admired Rajiv Gandhi when he became PM as the young face of India but I have a feeling that unless it is Rahul or Priyanka nobody else of the young generation would be acceptable to their parties. Is this a reflection of our polity or our society where we don't seem to trust the younger generation to lead unless they have a Gandhi surname?
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