A castle in Sky

Dear Shashi,

Here is my today's blog

Does it make sense ?

regards

hemen

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A   Castle   in   Air   ?

When people talk about someone " building a castle in air " , it is said in a derogatory way

But dreamers know no other way  !

All of them build castles in air

And a few fortunate ( - and hardworking ) , even succeed in laying a foundation under that castle , at a later date  !

Modern day civil engineers have even demonstrated that one can build a sky-scraper , by building the top-most floor first and the foundation , very last  !

Being a dreamer , Arvind Kejriwal has , over the past few months , built just such a 18 story sky-scraper  , in the sky ( - remember his 18 point questionnaire to Congress  ?  )

When he gets sworn-in as Delhi Chief Minister on 28th , he must start laying a foundation below that sky-scraper

It will have to be a foundation of " Good Governance ", consisting of :

>  Committed colleagues ( not Ayaram - Gayaram  ! )

>  Non corrupt bureaucrats

>  Transparent processes

>  Timely delivery of services to Delhi citizens

>  "  Always Approachable " ministers ( no beacons / security / bungalows )

>   Periodic public scrutiny of Government's performance

>   Decentralized decision making  .............etc

I may have left out a few items

That is not important

What is very important is ,

In coming days  , will AAP leaders conduct themselves with such honesty / dignity / transparency / sense of purpose , that ,

>   42 opposition MLAs would find it  impossible to oppose the Vote of

     Confidence on 3rd Jan  ?

>   Congress / BJP will be forced to take action against their own corrupt

     leaders ( eg: Adarsh Scam )  ?

>   Some 1400 regional political parties ( as per Election Commission

     records ) may consider merging with AAP , in order to bring about

     a change in the political climate of India ( a viable 3rd front  ) ?

DEAR  ARVIND ,

>  Do not allow the past corruption crimes of Congress / BJP , to cloud

    your vision

>  Do not fritter away your energy in solving pea-nut problems

>  Enlarge your horizon beyond Delhi, to cover whole of India

>  Focus on 2014

*   hemen   parekh   (  26  Dec  2013  /  Mumbai  )