Chanakya Sutra's relevance today

Chanakya Sutras have relevance even today;

In a state where the ruler lives like a common man, the citizens live like kings do. And in the state where the ruler lives like a king, the citizens live like beggars do - This is quite true of India, these days. One has to only look at the assets in thousands of crores of the first family, ministers and even first time MPs, and their lavish life styles to understand why 60% of the population still lives below the poverty line, and another 20% struggles to make both ends meet.

Wise men should never go into a country where there are no means of earning one’s livelihood, where the people have no dread of anybody, have no sense of shame, no intelligence, or a charitable disposition - Is it why India is not getting enough FDI? Our laws are investor unfriendly which affects foreigners making reasonable profits from their Indian operations, our businessmen have no fear of law and as such no dread of violating business deals, and shame and Indian businessmen are as far away from each other as possible

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth - This is something Indian's dont understand. They cry hoarse when US supports Pakistan, not understanding that US does only what is good for their country and dont give a damn about relationship with India getting hurt. We expect everyone to be behind us, while refusing to take a stand on any single issue of relevance in the global stage. We neither form friendships nor do we protect our self interests. It is why we are friendless even amongst SAARC countries.

Omerta broken at last

Massive and unimaginable levels of corruption is the single most talking point in India these days. It is gnawing at the very foundations of Indian Economy, taking the country backwards, and as one infamous son-in-law remarked recently 'has made the country a "Banana Republic". One would expect any Prime Minister, who has at least a semblence of decency left in him, to provide at least lip service to the cause of fighting corruption. Instead, what we have from the moron is that 'Graft Charges bad for India's Image'. Note the meaning;  Graft is not bad for the Country, but Charges made of Graft are bad!!

For a long while, all the political parties have followed the old Italian principle of 'Omerta'. Silence about each others corruption (even if it is brought out for political purposes, a sham enquiry would be ordered and the whole issue dragged for ever till no one cares about it - remember Bofors, Harshad Mehta, 2G Spectrum, CWG? In Kerala, an Ex-Minister was convicted with a sentence of 1 Year RI, for graft after nearly 2 decades! And he was pardoned by the State Government after a few days in the Jail, of which 90% was spent on a 5 Star hospital for imaginable diseases. The guy has not gone near a doctor for the past one year since he has been released!!!) was the rule, as everyone was corrupt, and no one wanted to be compromised. It  was a win-win situation for the political leaders, with the only loser being the people of the country. It is also why, the opposition parties kept mum on Robert Vadra dealings, despite having evidence on their hands for more than a couple of years, and it is also why the massive corruption of Sonia and her family is not even mentioned casually.

But Aravind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan has broken the Omerta by taking on Robert Vadra head on. The panic reactions of Congress shows that they have much to fear about the next arrow hitting where it hurts most - Sonia herself. The beauty of Omerta being broken is that now all opposition parties will be forced to compete with each other in bringing out corruption deals of the First Family and Congress Ministers, or else they will be ridiculed by the common man. Watch out for more fun in the days to come.