The currupted state and some diet attempts :)

As an NRI (I hate to call myself that, but legally i stay out my homeland for more than 180 days in a year, so i have no choice) I get to know about the political scenarios in country only on internet or some bits and peices mentioned by my father when i speak to him..I came across this incredibly funny news of a "yoga guru" going on a diet (they call it fasting) because he belived the government is currupt...well, I am not sure what was he doing all these while and what prompted this revelation....That apart, i was reading quiet a bit about this whole havoc and trying to understand the intensions, repercussions and modality of this so called "people's movement". The kind of support and the publicity service offered by the opposition party makes me belive a lot of evil things...(grin) ..we will let go of it for the time being till we draw a conclsion..

Curruption is surely not the best thing...It is a cancer that carves away the strength of any nation to grow massively and overcome all it's setbacks. A country like India, which has thousands of Indias within, surely needs strong visioned political leaders who can think beyond petty selfish gains. We surely dont need Rajas and Kanimozhis...But often, this has been misunderstood by our people and they are made to belive religious gurus and leaders will lead this country for betterment. Well, i did not see a thing being changed after the "Ayodhya verdict, after the Godhra tragedy" except that few innocent poeple lost their lives. It is an honest question to be asked to all our relious leaders, isnt poverty our biggest challenge? isnt unemployement and energy conservation the biggest worries of this century? why are we not worried about the inflation? Why are we only bothered about temples and mosques?? why do we give unnecessary attention to a 2G spectrum and sidetrack the entire political system in a way where government spends all its energy in saving its image and pleading to the yoga gurus to end his fast?? Dont we have a method to talk it out, draw attention of publicon to the curruption, investigate and punish the criminals instead of wasting our time and efforts.

Why are we into these publicity stunts?? Who gains when the government spends all its energy in retaining its image rather than doing productive things? How many religious leaders were ready to fast when the train tragedy happended in Gujrat?? How many of them lit a candle when thousands of farmers committed suicide in villages when they couldnt pay off their debts?? Why do we refuse to react in a civilised manner when curruption is exposed? why cant we focus on the current activities and still have stringent ways of curbing curruption?