tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post3792568783854141762..comments2024-03-27T10:36:39.504+05:30Comments on tantu-jaal: The Indian politician in the spotlightSunil Mukhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-92050085547013057652019-03-31T12:01:33.453+05:302019-03-31T12:01:33.453+05:30nice postnice postRojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262625413194965164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-28591617673366849922008-12-01T09:26:00.000+05:302008-12-01T09:26:00.000+05:30MWF, I couldn't agree with you more. When R.R. Pat...MWF, I couldn't agree with you more. When R.R. Patil said on TV yesterday that resigning was "out of the question", he seemed to have forgotten that he's an elected official. <BR/><BR/>Of course as I've implied before, he obviously doesn't want to step down because then his dear city would be taken over by dance bars and there would be no one to save us from that clear and present danger.<BR/><BR/>More seriously, in present-day Indian culture the "servant-master paradigm" is alive and well and will need more than a few disasters like the recent one to shake it up. The populace simply cannot conceptualise the leader as "servant" (in the contemporary sense of "he who serves" and not the feudal sense of "slave"). In thsi situation which politician would be fool enough to insist he really is a servant? <BR/><BR/>How outdated our thinking seems, for an aspiring great power!Sunil Mukhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-91426401137183338662008-12-01T09:04:00.000+05:302008-12-01T09:04:00.000+05:30what has also struck me is the almost total meani...what has also struck me is the almost total meaninglessness of the term "public servant" as applied to politicians, particularly the ruling politicians.<BR/><BR/>Just one look at R R Patil and his swaggering walk and talk to the media, and others like him convinces you that they are not what the term public servant was supposed to mean. They are their own personal servants and they do that well.<BR/><BR/>Could something be done using technology to bring our politicians face to face with this aspect in a manner that would embarrass and shame them as much as it is possible to do that to shameless people? Would a Public Servant Index ( PSI ) created out of voluntary web poll work if it lists all our CMs, and MPs along with how they have fared as a public servant? I recall that years ago the courageous N. Vittal, in his capacity as the Chief Vigilance Officer, had put up the names of politicians with the most disproportionate assets and that had worked for sometime - worked in the sense that suddenly some of the politicians had to face what they could not hide from the public - then of course they learned how to shrug that off.<BR/><BR/>Let us also point out that there have been and there are great public servants; unfortunately, the ministers and the MPs and MLAs seem to have forgotten how to be that.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons Manmohan Singh still maintains his equity with a lot of different types of people, is regardless of whether you think of him as incompetent, indecisive, weak or not, he does project the image that he is there as a public servant and that he spends more time thinking of how to serve the public than how to serve himself.<BR/><BR/>At least for that I thank him - it would be a real pity if the Prime Minister looked and behaved like the deputy CM of Maharashtra.Mind Without Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565913012226188600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-538874342968130652.post-89573887416563040462008-11-30T20:24:00.000+05:302008-11-30T20:24:00.000+05:30Good post.It seems that there is already a fallout...Good post.<BR/><BR/>It seems that there is already a fallout with the resignation of Mr. Shivaraj Patil. <BR/><BR/>The CM and Dy. CM of Maharashtra are trying to wriggle out. Let us see what happens.<BR/><BR/>I liked what you say about the commandos coming from all over India to help release the hostages.<BR/><BR/>I have a little post on the subject myself:<BR/><A HREF="http://anant-observations.blogspot.com/2008/11/events-of-november-2008-dos-and-donts.html" REL="nofollow">here.</A>Ananthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974808252913561726noreply@blogger.com