Grassroots Politics

Week after week, whenever there is an occasion to get together with fellow Indians (Kannadigas specifically), one topic does not ever lose excitement - the state of politics in India; It might be over a small pizza get together or a formal bisibela bath lunch that Indians settled here in the US (and some new arrivals from India who dare to pitch in their thoughts among the so called veterans) claim to have indepth knowledge of the current state of politics in India. The consensus is that it is in pretty bad shape and who else to blame other than the corrupt black-money mongering goondas. By the time bisibela bath turns cold and gulab jamoons are served, everybody in the lunch discussion is either too tired from the discussion or bisibela bath must have gone to work; one final note and everyone is off to another topic - the final note is that politics is a bad and there is nothing that can be done by any one in the room or in the country about the sad state of Indian politics. Oh well, it is easy enough to give up - after all, this is just an interesting topic for discussion over lunch or dinner or at the temple. No single person can ever change the years of corruption and the dangerous state of Indian politics. I would agree, no single person can make a big difference; However, no one ever pays enough attention or takes the time to contribute in a meaningful way to change what we despise so much and yet it is this corrupted state of politics that will determine what our future generations have or do not have in our country.