Shama Shah - Testimonials

There’s not much that I need to say when the person being talked about is Mr. Kiran Bhalodia. His actions are word enough. I hope you are not rolling your eyes thinking this yet another student just spewing out goody-goody words about him. The fact is even though I try to very objectively talk about him, I end up saying what I already have because that is how the man, we all know as Kiran Sir, is.

Indian poilitics today, seems to be on a down-hill ride with each new leader only disappointing us with unfulfilled promises and never-ending speeches. As the Lead-India campaign rightly says, how long will we expect a 60-year old individual, who is not considered fit to work in an office and thus is expected to retire, to administrate an entire nation. This is just so true. How long should we wait for an educated, elite member of the society, to take the reigns in his hands and make us feel our votes have not been wasted? I guess the time is now…what Kiran Sir has done for us is to show us that it is never too late and it is actually every citizen’s basic duty to contribute to the workings of the country in any way we can, be it by becoming a part of the system or the least, by voting.

These days, I come across more of the drawing room politicians than actual ones. All we do is to sit in our drawing rooms and comment on the decisions that our so-called leaders are taking but we won’t even once think of waking up and taking a stand. If someone does recommend this, we say it’s such a dirty system; it’s not something that we can do, or the most favorite of them all, “we are not meant for this”!

I won’t go on with this because we have heard this on and off…lets just say, Kiran Sir has shown us a path which if we choose to walk on, the coming generations would have less to complain about, whether it be about the country itself or the way our government works…

My appeal to all you is just this…the least we can do is vote!!!

Shama Shah