I have
always wondered why in today’s India does the average person look down at a
politician. Just try wearing a white Kurta and walk into an airport or a
railway station , you will draw attention, you will get noticed . My initial
thoughts were that it’s to do with the way politicians are shown in Indian cinema . But why
does Indian cinema show politicians in the way it does. If you look at the
Indian cinema of the 50′s the politicians were amongst the good guys , it was
the business community and being rich that was portrayed as bad . Then came the
late 70′s and early 80′s Indian cinema added the politician to the bad guys
group . In 2001 a movie by the name Dil Chatha Hai was released, which in my
view changed the face of India cinema and the way India would look at a person
with money, business or come from an affluent background . It was no
longer wrong to have or make money. This still did not change the way a
politician is looked at. I have wondered why. I have seen a number of
politicians do some amazing work , making personal and family sacrifices , so
why this “dirty” or “bad guys” tag .
Last week while watching the news I got
the answer to why politicians are viewed in the way we are . A debate was to
take place on a serious issue but instead of debating the issue at hand people
on the debate stared accusing each other on personal issues. These had nothing
to do with the particular issue or any policy matter which was to be discussed
at all , it was plain personal mud slinging . I have never seen a business
person or civil servant accuse another of any misdeed on a public platform ,
it’s only the politician who does this . We speak less about issues and
policies and more about moral standings of the other . It is not time to
change this?
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