And The Man of the Match goes to...

THE INDIAN VOTER...Yes you read it right. The big day finally came and the Election results

were out and to everybody's surprise the average Indian voter had once again proved to the

world that he is no fool as perceived by certain sections of the Indian society.


The voter gave a sizable mandate to the Congress and UPA though not a clear majority for the

Congress. The voter voted for a stable government which most of us thought would not happen

this time but the voter has clearly indicated his choice and what he expects. The voter did not

give a clear majority to either of the national parties and gave a reasonably big oppostion to the

government as well thus proving that nobody is permanent. Mr. Advani's dream of becoming

PM did not go down well with the voters though he has had achievments but somewhere down

the line his image as a hardliner may have been one of the factors that prevented the voters

from giving him a clear mandate. Now that the junta has voted for a stable government the UPA

should not become complacent and take things lying down. They should start accelerating in

reforms such as labour reforms, rapid infrastructure, increasing FDI in sectors such as

Insurance, retail, aviation. Also spend tremendously on Education and pass the Right to

Education bill. It should also not lose focus from the key component of our economy the

agriculture sector and make sure that there is tremendous growth in agriculture which has been

on the negative side for the past few years nationally with an exception of Andhra pradesh

which showed positive growth in agriculture thanks to some of the schemes implemented by the

state government. Though people of Hyderabad expect the CM YSR to focus on the city as well

this time and gives us better roads, no power cuts and allow more investment into different

service sectors and create more jobs.


The key here is if the Government manages to do reasonably well at the Centre then this will

be the glorious phase of the India story. This is a great opportunity for the government to prove

its worth and in these tough times that is the need of the hour. All said and done the Congress

should realise if the voter has given the party alone 200+ seats it expects a lot from them and if

they fail to capitalise on this opportunity and fail to deliver then the next time the voter may

not even give them 20 seats. So Congress its either you perform or perish the voter's

expectations are clear. Let us all hope for the best and come out of this gloomy economic

scenario as soon as possible and the PM had promised last month that he would revive the

economy within 100 days. That is left to be seen whether 100 days or not atleast by this year

end people will hope Singh's magic works. Jai Manmohan and Jai Indian voter the real

"MAN OF THE MATCH". Cheers!!!

Is India really Shining and is the Aam aadmi going foward??? Will May 16th change that or will it be just another election???

Finally the D day is in a week's time with the last phase of polling still left and the nation and the

world all looking forward to the result. From the opinion polls it seems to be neck to neck

between both the national parties and heading for a fractured mandate. In these tough

economic conditions that's the last thing this nation wants. We want a stable government even if

it is a coalition to get out of this on going crisis. Nobody wants filibusters which I think is one of

the major reasons our country has faced a slow pace of development since independence. Well

this is one of the major reasons that everybody fears if a jumbo alliance government is formed

which would slower development as each ally would be blackmailing the government to fulfill

their needs.


India's growth story in the past few years has caught the attention of the world and everybody

praising it. This is something which we can be proud about but still the ground realities as we

know is not really encouraging considering the way the educated employed and the media

project it. The reality being the same common issues faced since time immemorial starting from

food, clothing, shelter, electricity, water, healthcare etc. I don't want to get into these issues in

detail as it won't be enough to put it down here. Now coming to the question Is India really

shining and is the common man going forward? Well the answer is it is a mix of both a Yes and

No. Yes, for the urban educated elite who can afford to study in good quality institutes

getting a good global exposure and manage to get decent jobs or start their own ventures.

No would be a convincing answer if you look at the situation of the common man who still

struggles for a basic living and does not get jobs or earnings from his crops even if he owns a

piece of land as we know the Indian farmer is born in debt, lives in debt and dies in debt. Also

the increase in the cost of living has made it that much more difficult for the common man to

survive. Successive governments have failed to improve the living conditions of the people is the

most common answer you would get from the people. This is true to a great extent but blaming

the government alone is not enough. Well, what are we as privileged people who have access to

technology and other latest things doing? It may sound boring and outdated but we could

probably help in a small way like say educate a poor child by buying books for the child and help

in enrollig the child in a decent school with access to good education. If we can help in a small

way it could make a huge difference and we can do our bit for the upliftment of our nation and

society. Many people hope that this election results would change their lives and bring some joy

and hope to them. Some say when we see young politicians we have hope and faith in them and

they will change and bring about better reforms.


Finally it all depends on what the electorate has decided and what is in store for the political

representatives. All in all I personally think most would treat this as any other ordinary

election. All that one can do is hope for change as usual but I think this election one hoping for

change is nothing wrong since in these present circumstances we need all possible support and

help from the elected representatives. Did we talk about words like change and hope? Well the

time has definitely come that we take atleast one step forward to head in that direction to

even have a glimmer of hope for change to occur.