museman

who is going to be our next president?

A woman.

Who is she?

Who cares, but if you insist, let me tell you her name, Pratiba Patil.

What makes her the best candidate?

She is a woman ofcourse.

What does she do?

What do you mean what does she do? She is  a SHE dammit and by the way, she is the governor of rajastan right now.

I came back home to see a new face on television. She is our 'almost new president', every news channel was screaming.But after going through what our newschannels reported about BOb Woolmers death or about our new cricket coach, i hardly believe what i hear.

I have been vaguely following the presidential elections right from the time Abdul Kalams name was thought of for a second term to the time some twenty four hour news channels kept themselves busy suggesting and discussing Amitabh Bachhans name.Things couldn't have been triviliased furthur  i thought. Pranab Mukherjee, Vajpayee, Shivraj Patil, Bhairov Singh Shekavat came and went. And then,  Sonia Gandhi, who is fast turning out to be a taut script writer comes out with a master stroke. She plays, "lets have a woman president". Or maybe  it was the Left who first started the game.

I fall in to familiar territory here. Taking an anti woman stance again, amounting to being branded as a typical male or better still, an MCP. Let me state my case neverthless.

I have no problem with a woman becoming the president of India. Infact i would welcome that. But that must be out of merit. If we picked up the best  candidate for the post and she happens to be a woman by any chance, lets go with it and have our first lady president.

But it sounds crass to start searching for a woman president and then zero in on someone just because she is a woman. And Pratiba patil,our 'almost president of India' tells to media, "I am greatful to madam Sonia and the UPA". Doesn't go well with the image of the president. The president should command utmost respect of the nation. He, sorry...she should not be condescending towards any political party or to any person. Majority of the people outside Rajastan might not be recognising our new president. I am sure the MTV youth would be least bothered about the whole issue anyway.

Besides, the president is like the match referee, he must command utmost respect but hardly has any job to do.

If she is becoming the president because she is the best suited person in the country for the post then god bless her. Instead, if she is becoming the president just because she is a woman, god save our country.

Tailpiece: i somehow doubt that she is the presidential candidate just because she is a woman. In that case, i have a better candidate in mind. Smriti Irani. She is jobless anyway and just in case she is too young for the post, we  can easily and gracefully age-brush her up in two episodes flat. Four segments will be very happy.
1.Saas-Bahu followers, they will have their icon as the president.
2.newschannels. They will have a glamorous president.
3&4. UPA and Left. They will have a woman president!!