The paper unravels the present Economic Crisis, scrutinizing its effect and impacts in two different parts. Part I deals with the fundamentals of the present Crisis taking an in depth look into its causes, and the agents who seek their vested interests through this Crisis. Part II places India under the lens of broader economic analysis and would at best be giving a dank time to those who have been complacent regarding the impact of Crisis and have been placating themselves with the notion of “Insulated India”. It’s time to delve deep and think reasonably about the tortuous paths which lie ahead.
Indian Politics – The meaningless Youthful Propaganda.
Syed Shoaib
May 16, 2009. India’s Election Results are out. UPA swept the majority and is set forth to remake its government for another term.
The Day long news channels ran their repeated assessment of the elections. However one thing to be worth noting was that there was the propaganda that UPA did well to represent the youths in the country, that it did enough efforts to involve youths into the political arena. One of the major consensus which is being propagated through the media is that the big-wig white mustached politicians in India need to be replaced by young enthusiastic Indians. The hoo haa is such that as if this solution is the only and main solution to most of India’s problems.
One doesn’t need to use much of intellect or do deep research in order to understand the truth. The notion propagated in the name of “youthfulness” is chiefly a foolish contention that easily seems to brainwash people’s mind and divert attention from real time agendas. Today only one of my friend’s called me and wished how good it were if Rahul Gandhi was to be the new Prime Minister, since he was a younger contender than Manmohan Singh (who is believed to be a honest man and is a Harward Economist). It is as if being younger is a passport to being more intelligent and dedicated towards better and effective policy making.
It is wonderful for people to believe there nation being led by young dedicated enthusiastic youths. It serves music to the ears.
However, side by side, it seems not only a political propaganda it can also serve as a boon for making the Indian culture more consumerist. It can very well be a corporate agenda as well. In today’s society youthfulness is also a representation towards being more westernized in the way of thought. Youthfulness has little to do with maturity of intellect, then it must have other realms which it has to do with. And these realms essentially represent the interests of people who have been involved in creating this system of propaganda. These are the politicians themselves and may be some of the corporate conglomerates who envision this propaganda for their own gains.
However one of the popular notions and a valid one against my contention can be that India strongly needs a change in the system of leadership in order to break free from the chains of corruption and narrow mindedness. However it must be kept in mind by every reasonable individual that the stream of young leaders in India have no weaker records in corruption and crime than the elder ones. In fact the younger ones are in some way or other are simply related to the white haired big wigs.
In a democracy it is fundamentally pressing for people to be heedful and make informed choices rather than falling for delusive practices which tend to manipulate the information on which the people exercise their choices. People’s lethargy in dedicating themselves to making right choices and then the ensuing vulnerability to fall to vicious propagandas (like this one) can create havoc in regard to channeling unlimited goodies towards the privileged who have the privilege of creating these propagandas and manipulating minds and wealth into their favor. Such heedlessness has chiefly been the reason for widespread failure of democracies.
It is the pressing need of time for Indian people to realize the truth and be focused toward more pressing issues (which are nearly uncountable) than the youthfulness of politicians.
One of successive articles, God willing, would focus on the need for being politically heedful in our times and how indispensable a necessity it is, if we are to secure our planet and secure the people and their rights in it.
