The Elephant,the Tiger,the Cell phone and the Congress Ticket..

Yesterday(19March'09) after hearing the list of MP candidates from Kerala,one name caught my attention and I was very much delighted.After all the suspense and anxiety,Trivandrum Congress ticket is finally awarded to Sashi Tharoor.I was elated not because I am a Die hard fan of him nor the congress,and I am not into any party sort of things.But because ....because atleast now a genuine person is there in the fight from Kerala.One who ,if he wins ,can become the Face of Kerala.

Well if one is not sure of Tharoor's credentials, you can get as many as details from the

internet...Born  in London,educated in India and US,First editor of Fletcher Forum ofInternational affairs,Author of nine fantastic books( including award winning ones like The Great Indian Novel and the latest The elephant ,the tiger and the cell phone), Former UN-Undersecretary during Kofi Annan regime,Offical nominee of India for UN general secretar post which he came second out of the seven competitors.Very well respected in the international community.There are many more awards and recognitions credited to his name ,but my theme is not to campaign for him..!

These are the type of personalities that we should be looking for.Out of the twenty current MP's from Kerala or the ones from the past ,how many made an attempt for a single speech or to voice for our state?? Ofcourse once but it was rarest of the rare incidents and it did'nt find any solution.Before and after that, there is none.!! The problem is they just cant raise their voice upto the National leaders or rather they get intimidated by the North Indian approach of how getting things done. Tamil Nadu is far better in getting things done.We have seen how fast the coramandel ports are growing.The elavated highways..!How fast cities like Banglore,Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are growing.Lalu Prasad doing great things for Bihar in alloting more trains,Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar working wonders for their respective states,Shiela Dixit doing it for Delhi..And why its not happening for us? When is the construction of Smart City going to start??So what is the problem with us?? The problem is lack of communication skills,lack of leadership quality at the national level,lack of passion for development and welfare of the people,lack of international exposure,lack of charisma and lack of professionalism.

Change is inevitable ....and so our politics.We should fort,develop and encourage as many such leaders.Leaders who can argue for our needs...one who knows how to get things done..who can approach professioanlly...one who can keep their heads high in any situvation...who can become the Face of the Nation..!!Whom we can be proud of.Is this the begining in that direction??Even the left parties have given party tickets to young cadets,some of them having potential to beacon at the capital.I am optimistic that our future is going to be bright.But as if now,Shashi Tharoor is the only one who has that dynamism to stand upto anyone.Hope if he wins,he keep up his name.

Else we will continue hearing.. Kerala ignored in Railway budget,there is not enough in the Finance budget,no metro railway for Cochin,no Vallarpadam an so on..So which is better????