April 26, 2009

India’s ‘age old’ problems

India’s young and vibrant population will be disappointed to hear Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi’s predicament that Advani will be BJP's prime ministerial candidate in 2014 elections too.
Though he himself knows that this cannot be any way politically correct for him in his endeavor to get the Delhi throne, he has no choice but to endorse it.
But this brings attention to the ages of our politicians. Advani is 81 now and in the next election he will be 86. We all know that when people reach old ages, they begin behaving like children.
So can we give a country of one billion plus to be managed by kids?
Old age people have difficulty in walking which most of our politicians have. They also develop confusion and incontinence, which is true in the case of Advani and MMS. Both have the tendency to forget what happened in cabinet meetings.
They also develop balance, concentration and memory problems as well as urinary incontinence. This is nothing but a neurological disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus.
In short you may soon see prime ministers and leader of opposition in wheel chairs. Don’t be surprised if they run the government from hospital rooms. They are better than those who run from jail rooms. Also do not be surprised if they trigger something crazy.
After all we have elected them. We had no choice for a younger alternative.

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