WHY POLITICS INTERESTS ME

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We are living at a time when political, social, economic, religious and business boundaries are blurring.

About a decade back in a new business role, I was struggling to understand politics, not the one in office but outside. I had to interact with the Government extensively. Parties, politicians, influencers, officers, gatekeepers - I just couldn't grasp why things weren't straightforward. Anyone who has worked with some Government functionary will know what I am talking about. Running a business meant I had to be constantly watchful of the market influences and changes.

Beyond business, my interest in science kept me exploring everything from space to virus, my interest in socio-economics kept me curious about different civilizations, different settlements, different ideologies. My interest in spirituality kept me reading religious books. I don't remember how many versions of Bhagvad Gita I have read so far, how much I have understood is a different question! Pre-Abrahamic cultures, Islam, Christianity, Chinese history are equally interesting too. While unknown is certainly an ocean, with whatever little I could learn, I started seeing similarities, I started observing patterns. I started appreciating the reasons behind opinions and actions.

I began to realize that as much as we would want to blame the leadership, the leadership is just a reflection of the society with may be a bit of interest conflicts. Change should definitely come from the people, but then this change is going to be slow unless catalysed by the leadership.

There started my interest in politics, but most of my views are centred around people. I don't mind praising Modi, I don't mind deriding him and I do the same with everyone else, for I have no vested interest in a person, in a party, in an ideology. Morality is probably the only vested interest I would want to have, for I believe that "Good can come from anywhere" - for the country, for humanity, for the planet.

I am probably nobody to influence a change, but I earnestly hope that every drop counts. And with that hope, I will take some motivation to continue inflicting my small influences till the time I can, till the time I am not fed up, till the time you will allow me to!

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