A few weeks back, in the Malayala Manorama T V conclave, an annual mega media event in Kochi, in which many top national level stalwarts from politics, industry, business, sports, media, arts etc had active participation, there was an item, an intimate one to one live telecast talk between Kerala's one of the top T V journalists John Lucas with film super star Kamal Haasan. John started with an innocent statement almost like this.
I remember I had interviewed you a few years back and then I had asked you one question. It was this. Almost all super stars from the Tamil film industry enter politics. Why you are not doing it? At that time, you replied:
They are better actors than me. Now you are forming your own political party and going to the electorate.
Kamal Haasan was silent for a moment. That silence was the reply from his heart and there was no need of another question or answer for all of us. Of course he cleverly came out with some words within two seconds.
What is wrong with an actor becoming our elected leader? Nothing wrong. But the truth is, the democracy in India is still not part of the mindset of most of us. A great majority of the electorate is easily guided by the extraneous factors like dynasty, religion, caste, language, fame in their field and money power. Almost all the ideologies sworn by the political parties are fungible with power and naturally, hypocrisy plays a very eminent role in the election process.
Exploitation of the weak is inherent in all living organisms. Humans have developed it as part of their mindset and are super efficient in execution to such an extent that the weak doesn't even suspect that they are exploited. It starts from family. While it grows, our education, interaction and survival instincts make us create wisdom and laws with hidden motive of grabbing the best of benefits and power to as few as possible. The statistics of averages and sermons ensure that the weaker will remain ignorant of the game.
Can such a scenario be changed ? If so how?
Any ideas?
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