venting

There’s been too much going on in my professional line lately, hence, perhaps, my lack of desire to write anything. In addition, I am rather tired these days of ranting about the government and the economy because there is just too much bad news all around.

Amidst the doom and gloom, there’s a thought in my head that it’s a good thing that India is getting this wake up call, because it seemed to me that in the past one decade, things have been getting out of hand very very quickly. The rules and regulations of this country have simply been unable to keep up with the unbridled ambition of the common public who have tasted blood with money.

At the same time, one could argue, and certainly I see it this way as well sometimes, that the fact that the CONgress managed to bring this apparently roaring tiger, or racing elephant, or whatever phrase that the international media kept for India, to its knees within a span of 4-5 years speaks volumes of the hollowness of its claims that we are a structured and well managed economy. This was the bogey raised in 2008 when India managed to buck the initial onslaught of global economic uncertainty by falling back on things like a strongly managed monetary economy and strong domestic consumption.

Today, it is for all to see that our economy is functioning as a banana republic. The only way to do business in India now is to camp at the doorsteps of ministers for months as they loot the country behind closed doors. Sonia Gandhi as always will keep quiet and Manmohan Singh will sing of his clean character.

I am beginning to realize that is very easy to take Indian democratic voters for a ride. The urban educated usually do not vote, and the urban and rural poor who do vote, well, they remain urban and rural poor. It’s a big vicious circle I say.

Shitty people have been made in charge of this country and one of them, Sonia Gandhi, is now getting her minions ready for the polls in 2014. Most unfortunately, democratic populations around the world have very short memories and should the economies show any signs of improvement, the UPeeA Governmint, will use all the media resources it has to take all the credit and go to town about its successes. The BJP, well, will probably still be trying to figure out what its stance should be in the entire scheme of things. 

Coming back to the good that that this whole Indian economic mismanagement seems to be bringing out is that its making the rest of the world and our economic engines sit up and realize that hey, maybe we aren’t that resilient as we thought. Like I said, our policies are decades behind times. This country is calling for more structure, a better life, and more democratic responsibility. Yes, as much as I believe in personal freedom, I am calling for more government oversight now.

Indian society seems to be a gone case for me. It chases money, its two-faced and hypocritical, and refuses to stand up to injustice. Perhaps we are a feudal nation still, because we loved to be ruled by the unjust and inept. I am simply very very depressed at how this society is simply unable to unite over anything right. The society is messed up, the economy is messed up, and I really don’t know where we will be in the next few years. The media is playing its part well of not standing up for real issues and playing in the hands of political parties. I’m just a really really unhappy and angry Indian right now.