To Be Continued....

Scene 1:You were 10-13 years old and your father was busy watching news and you were jostling to watch a cartoon or may be a Shakalakaboomboom or a Junkyard wars;you were complaining in your mind how can someone watch these boring news channels.You used to glance through those newspapers and u preferred to go through the cartoons and children stuff and be amazed by your father reading it for hours,most of your time was spent in school or doing school stuff or playing outside.In the evening he dint allow mom to watch serials if there was some important news coming up.(single television at home)

Scene 2:You were 15-17 and your father was still busy watching news and going through his daily routine of newspapers;discussing political stuff with his friends in the evening and you were busy in your Solomons;Irodovs;TMH's.You dint understand any of the political stuff and only took time to watch some raunchy stuff on television,a song or two,some fashion tv,some surfing on net,Gtalk and Orkut,playboy magazine and mastram,cricket had got into your roots now,whatever logical talk you had apart from studies was about cricket.You used to glance through sports pages and discuss stats and strategies.Still amazed by your father watching news channels and reading the whole newspaper.

Scene3:You were 17-21,your father had the same routine,same news channels,you dint give a damn,you despised people with distinct taste of music;English/Rock music was cool for one sect and Hindi for the other and both despised each other,people talking about politics were so uncool,the only thing you cared about was your brand of coolness,what salary package you would get after getting out of college;that hot college chick;that cool Hollywood movie;that porn-star,that interesting series;that first heartbreak;that crush;those college parties and getting drunk.Cricket was in your blood now,you could give a Nobel lecture on it,IPL,World cup,EPL,UEFA,Wimbledon were the new hotshots of discussion. Politics and the country found no place in your discourses.People cared about CAT,GRE,getting out of the country.Those who were thinking of pursuing a different path were looked down upon and termed as "morons".

Scene4: You were 21-24,Your father is still very much interested in news,you started earning,don't have time to talk about news and stuff,most of your time is at the office on your computer screens,you are busy partying in clubs in the weekend,you watch movies on weekends,you go for holidays to exotic spots,you are online most of the time;you are two-three relationships old now;you get irritated with any girly talk or talk about taking up responsibilities,get pestered by your mom asking you to take care of your health and food and at the end of say two years from job ,this kind of routine makes you disinterested,you wanna change,may be skip a job,go for a MBA,a start-up,MS,UPSC,you see a lot more things now than merely being cool,you start seeing news may be because its what trending now and you have to have an opinion about stuff,you may have started reading newspaper,worrying about economy as you might get a pink slip or may be that might be asked in one of your interviews.

Scene 5:24-27,A lot has happened in the country,you are almost into knowing the political stuff,people with no interest in politics have a political opinion now,Post MBA or 3-4 years in the job you have nothing to do apart from getting married.You see friends experimenting,people starting to get married,people excelling in their fields,people getting promoted,a lot of holidays and vacation has already been done,Getting a trip back home is the best thing u like these days,You appreciate the importance of family,You appreciate Ghazals and different genres of music now,you return home and see your father watching news in the same way and he makes a comment about AAP and you are like he does not know anything;he is very cynical.You have candid debate on the current political scenario with him.You put statuses and notes about current political scenario,have a candid debate with friends too.You go through papers in the morning,other news also fascinate you now;you talk about family stuff with your mom and she does not forget to ring the marriage alarm.In the evening you are watching some news stuff and suddenly your mom changes the channel for Balika Vadhu or Madhubala...Dad doesn't make a whimper..He seems interested in them too....And you are like how can people watch these moronic saas bahu serials??

People are changing;buzz of politics and change all around..IDIOT BOX;INTERNET,NEWSPAPERS;FRIENDS,FAMILY
The bells ring in the same as they used to but make a different sound :)
To be continued .....

Dear Mr Kejriwal

Dear Mr Kejriwal

Sir,

Since you were writing so many letters to so many people with so many concerns.I as a not so "aam aadmi" ask you few simple questions.

What should I do to convince my dad who is a communist by ideologue and a judge by profession to clear doubts about you and your party? He raises the following questions.

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1)He says that all the political movements which started with an ideologue like yours eventually ended into something which is nowhere close to its earliest starting point.For instance the JP movement culminated into multiple parties who have no clear ideologue and contest people with all types of shortfalls in elections viz corrupts, criminals, dynastic,castists et al. Even the communists are very divided and unclear.With your party not having a clear ideologue on many issues why should someone vote for you?

2)He says that you might be the most honest person in your party and many others in your party are deemed to be honest.But what about everybody in your party,the members,the people who are giving you donations,the people who would vote for you??.You say that a Lokpal will change everything.He says that corruption is so deeply rooted in our mindsets that its not merely systemic but its in the Indian psyche inherited from our ancestors.How would you improve the morals of Indians?How would mere bringing a Lok pal change the whole scene of corruption ?Keeping in mind that Lokpal is mainly to deal with corrupt govt servants, how would you punish the corrupt businessmen who don't pay taxes,the traveller who boards a train without a ticket,the street vendor who is ready to pay a bribe in order to stand on a crowded chowk,the common man who litters on the streets,the person who is ready to pay more so that he can book his ticket quickly? Don't you think according to you standards even a Tatkal is a hitch for common man.??He says its not always about punishment and fear ..many a times its about mentality and culture.

3)He is too apprehensive about the complaining nature of you and your party members.While he is used to complaint cases in his profession,he thinks mere complaining and not having a proper backup of evidence proves useful only for buying time and not on the ground and in the courts.What would you do to really tab up the corrupts?How would you change the criminal justice system which lacks everything??There is scarcity of resources,there is scarcity of policemen,there is scarcity of judges,there are complexities and bottlenecks in the system.How would mere complaining bring the change or even a Lokpal as an institution single handedly change everything?

4)You talk about Mohalla Sabhas and people participation in day to day decision making of their areas.Don't you think it might prove a havoc.?Suppose if a ward/mohalla decides to build a drain which is ought to affect an adjacent mohalla as well,who would be the final decision making authority?Sometimes giving everything in the hand of Janta might lead to delays and litigation in courts? There are specialists and people who have been elected by the Junta who can very well work with the people. But to give the whole decision making thing into the hands of the Janta might not be useful.As it might lead to the neglect of the minority interest in that area and might lead to further systemic complexity and wastage of time.He thinks there are enough institutions in our country and we should work to improve them rather than putting in more institutions and more complexity.Don't you think our constitution makers would have included every aspect of Gandhian Swaraj at the word go if it had been feasible??Whats your take on this ??

5)He is apprehensive about govt servants,social activists,journalists joining your party.While he says there is a need to have people with diverse backgrounds in politics.He also says that its sending a wrong signal to the dedicated govt servants,activists,journalists.How is your party different from others when soon to retire govt servants are joining politics through your platform, isn't it opportunist?Aren't social activists joining your cause in a way divulging from the interest of the people they are involved with?

6)He says that while you are raising the issue of gas prices and corruption why are you not raising environmental issues,issues pertaining to pollution,science and technology,space? Is it because they don't garner media attention?.While the letters written by you to the stalwarts of big political parties contains very important issues, there are other important issues than corruption as well which these stalwarts do not raise in their speeches.Are you not acting in the same way as these and others media mongers do?

7)He says that you talk about democratization in politics and political parties.How is your party different from others when you are choosing people for standing in the national elections merely on the basis of the decision of your political committee?? Don't you have a way to involve people in that decision making?This is not much different from other political parties.What are you going to do to bring transparency and democracy within political parties.??

While I used to be a staunch AAP supporter from the word go and to an extent I will still vote for them in the national elections.I have had enough doubts raised and I echo many thoughts of my father.Even my maid says now"Mera zindagi toh jhaadoo lagaate hi beeta hai is baar jhaado lagaane se kucch hoga kya??"

Hope you people have answers to these questions and you bring in real change in this country.

Regards

A not so "aam admi"

PS:Its my fathers questions in my own words and few questions of my own and this has nothing to with BJP or Congress in any way :)