Lets get our ACT together!!!! YES WE CAN!!!

It was really heartbreaking to see the devastation in Mumbai caused by the bloody terrorists. I got glued to my television and to news on the internet waiting for the ordeal to finish. Indeed i felt ecstatic after the NSG commandos finsihed their Operation Black Torando and Operation Cyclone at Nariman House and Taj respectively. I pray and wish for the peace for the departed souls affected in the dastardly crime. I also salute to the Army men who fought without the slightest concern for their lives to weed out the slippery terrorists in the three buildings. 

And i was equally pained by the reckless and insensitive comments made by our so called politicians. Its a shame on them. They dont deserve to serve people. Now is the time we should wake up and exercise our democratic rights to choose the people in whom we have the confidence and those people who feel "accounted for" the people who have elected them. But its rather tricky situation to choose "One better theif out of ten theives" as one of my friends put it.

But a sheer look at the numbers that turn out for voting tells a lot about our political lot's value and worthiness. Approx. 40-50% of registered voters turn up for voting everytime. That means the majority of the people are not for the mandate. We are getting people whom we do not want to be ruled by. And these politicians win after gaining a majority of votes from this low turnout. That means they do not reflect the collective will of the people. Just a few people whom they managed to "buy" their loyalty.  And we later crib that the politicians are bad.

Democracy is not bad as many people who are shouting their lungs out. Its a hallmark of our society where everyone has a right to voice their opinion. But lets use that right of ours and be responsible to choose the right person to lead. YES WE CAN my folks!!!