A Road Less traveled

The young today are swept away by a new wave. Call it the Rang De Basanti syndrome or the Yuva effect, today there are people who have never been there but doing it. And mostly its people who are highly educated, who are leaving lucrative jobs and taking the road less traveled. To explore, discover and live a life which they dreamt of. And just because they venture into something new doesn't mean that money takes a backseat and they give up on it. But it no longer remains the only thing they work for.They earn enough for doing what they love to do and cherish their achievements. Life for them becomes more fulfilling even in the struggle for existence. When a bunch of IITians formed a Political Party it made news. Would it have made so much news if just a few bunch of youngsters would have formed a party and decided to contest? I don't think so. Its the IIT tag, the cushy jobs they left, their ideology, their vision and above all their spirit to do something which has made them unique. You will hardly find an IITian joining the politics or who will be interested to start a career in this field. There are examples like Jayaram Ramesh and Manohar Parrikar who are IITians and are in politics. But you don't see much of these technologically educated people to make a career move in politics. A place which is synonymous with corruption,non transparency and as everyone calls it politics. These people are not joining it for the hunger of power, position or the favors involved. They are joining to bring in a change, a viable one.When I was reading an interview I came to know about their approach. There are many who simply don't vote because they think it doesn't matter and standing in the queue for such a long time just for voting is a waste of time. They are trying to make these kind of people understand the importance of voting, the importance of democracy. People who are capable, who have the knowledge, who have the expertise generally shy away from taking such a responsibility. They just complain of the bad infrastructure, the bad roads, electricity problems, water problems. Everything is blamed on the political parties. No doubt they are the ones who should take care of these things. But its WE who vote them, bring them to power. There are thousands of young people moving from cities for professional reasons. But how many of them are actually able to vote when it is required? Why any kind of political initiative is seen as a gimmick, a short term goal of getting the votes? Why people are not able to see the larger picture? These are questions which come to every thinking mind, but somewhere they get buried. Now atleast there are people who have taken it on themselves and trying to find out ways. I hope Lok Paritran wins and brings out a change.