Opinion Makers and Decision Enablers

Opinions showcase me to the world for they mirror my personality. It is the culmination of the thought process based on certain information, assumption and beliefs. It is these opinions when taken in totality and practice decide my destiny. A perfect opinion based on right facts, right assumptions and unbiased approach is what distinguishes a winner from a loser. It is the opinions that decide the future of an entity and you base your opinion on the opinions of some people who are the subject masters. Who are these people? It is these people who are known as opinion makers or decision enablers. It is solely this reason that makes these opinion makers so important to the growth and progress of an entity, a nation. And it is solely for this reason that I am surprised and dismayed at the role of so called Opinion makers in the current Nuclear Deal Imbroglio.
A battle which had to be fought between the intelligentsia of our Nation was fought between 543 Lawmakers (rather say lawbreakers) most of whom didn’t have an iota of an idea about the nuclear deal. A battle which had to be fought among the clerisy for the welfare of the nation was fought for the personal ambitions, personal egos and Personal space in the electoral arena.A discussion that ought to focus on Nuclear Deal focused on the everything except nuclear Deal. Who is to be blamed for the current mess? What happens when an lawmaker opposes a deal because he cannot understand the deal (It is a different matter that the lawmaker is out of jail just to exercise his right to vote in the Indian parliament ).What happens when a lawmaker decides to abide by the decision of elders in his party ? It is a different matter that the law maker doesn’t have any idea about the deal and is more interested in his second innings in Indian Cinema. What happens when a lawmaker says that she doesn’t have any idea about nuclear deal but will whole heartedly support the deal?(It is a different matter that the lawmaker is the youngest lawmaker in parliament and is our future hope).What happens when a Lawmaker (PM in waiting) says that our first PM was against the NPT? It is a different matter that the concept of NPT came in 1970 and the premier PM had died in 1964.What happens when the lawmakers from a particular party strongly disagree with another lawmaker and make him revert from using some objectionable words? It is a different matter that the opposition rather than to the policy is to the suffix ‘wati’ that is also a postfix to their Party president’s name.
In spite of all this, all the lawmakers will get away with it .No one will be penalized for the fact that they wasted the taxpayers money. Nobody will be penalized because they didn’t discuss the issue. No lawmaker or political party will be penalized for taking wrong sides because the public in general still doesn’t know what the deal means and how is it going to effect every strata of society. It is the media that is shirking its responsibility as a medium of knowledge. It is more interested in letting us know who scored some brownie points over its opponent. Rather than getting us the information on the topics like nuclear deal, it will show us what happened in Kyunki Saas Bhi kabhi Bahu thi.Rather than getting us a discussion between the intelligentsia, it is more keen in showing us a boy being dug out from the well. It is more keen in playing with the emotion of the masses and capitalize on that rather than empowering us with the weapon of knowledge and then capitalize on its good work. It is the clerisy that has to be blamed for they robbed us of a chance to know who is working for our welfare, for the welfare of our nation rather than the welfare of an individual or welfare of a particular political party. What amazes me more is that our former President (subject Guru) who is popularly known as People’s President doesn’t take a determined and vocal stand.
If India has to progress, it is these people who need to come out of the closet and give us a piece of their mind and educate us and arm us with the information so that we can give power to their thoughts with that single important weapon in our armory known an Right to vote .