How educated politicians can make a difference in our country
Have you ever thought why most of the development in India has happened ‘despite’ the government rather than ‘because’ of the government? In India, the top career choices of students (or their parents) have been medicine and engineering since independence. Politics as a career is not a chosen profession other than for those who parents were senior politicians. Our current crop of politicians are those who failed to get into the choice professions or those who lacked the necessary discipline to complete any good course of education. Most of them, if they have some education, have that only in paper and would have passed their examinations by luck or through other means. These guys, when they eventually get elected, cannot be expected to do anything good for the people or the country. First of all, they lack the intellectual capability to make decisions that are best for the people and the country. Secondly, they lack the discipline and self control required when they get powe...