Politics as a Profession.

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true” – APJ Abdul Kalam

Our former president of India couldn’t emphasize more on the importance of having a vision and working towards realizing it. A dream loses its essence and fades away from memory if there is no effort to bring it to life. Dr. Kalam’s vision for India is in essence, every Indians dream; A dream to see a developed nation by 2020. And which mostly lies in the hands of our young ignited minds.

India has the potential and the capabilities to become a super power. Our education system boasts of the largest turnout of scientist, researchers and leaders in all fields. But sadly, most of these minds work for foreign lands where the scope for recognition and growth is high when compared to the same fields being dominated by experienced minds in India. The Indian mindset as such believes in working with the tried and tested methods than taking risks with younger fresher talents with out of the box thinking. We are in dire need of fresh ideas and young thinkers who dream big and also strive hard to make it a reality.

The crux of education is not just identifying alphabets, but designing and reshaping our destiny. The destiny of India lies in the hand of those who rule them, the politicians. The need of the hour is young educated minds brimming with political knowledge and managerial skills to run the nation. The biggest strength of the Indian youth is the high exposure to entrepreneurial and management education, along with sharp and incisive education in economics.  Politics has slowly started to attract a small group of educated youngsters with big ideas. But we need more youngsters in this field. Education coupled with patriotism will surely steer our nation in the right path towards goal.

There has been too much negative journalism about corrupt Indian politicians and too many fingers pointing towards the dooms day. But little will change unless we create an urge among youngsters to enter politics as a profession. Many universities conduct course on Political Science with not much turn out. Why does it not attract much interest like B.E, M.B.B.S or MBA? I would purely blame it on marketing and lack of exposure to this field. Aspiring youngsters are lured to other prospective fields with the goal of high incentives while politics is feared at. Politics could also become a professional course with proper guidance and exposure to the field. Seminars and projects are already part of our education system. Let us take it to the next level with certified coaching centers and training programs for aspiring politicians. Let us inculcate a love for the field with campaigns and projects. What better way do we need than the social media to propagate and garner interest of the youth.

Procuring a job in IT involves graduation in IT followed by a certified course in JAVA, ORACLE etc. and then the candidates go under a panel of interviews and test to get placed. Why not start the trend in Politics too. Aspiring candidates must complete their degree and join a certified center recognized by the Government itself and interviews shall be held by authorized knowledgeable senior  politicians electing an MLA or an MP. This will make “Politics” a profession and not just a dirty game.

Most of our problems persists and multiply because we do not relate to our country. What we lack is sincerity to work and loyalty to our country. Let us look deeper into the problem and find a way to solve it than to place the blame on corrupt politicians. There is immense promise in the thoughts and actions of the youngsters who crave for a better way of life. We have a unified dream, a cherish path to see a developed nation in the hand of our children. Let us give them the right platform to transform India into a superpower with our young ignited minds. As Dr. Kalam said “To succeed in our mission we need to have single minded devotion to our goal”. Jai Hind.