{"id":461,"date":"2008-11-30T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2008-11-30T19:44:28","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T19:44:28","slug":"is-india-ready-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/is-india-ready-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Is India ready for change ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Change in India is not going to happen by the resignation of the Home Minister. Nor by high profile dialogues in high profile news channels by high profile people.  One of the reasons that India has not been able to change is it is still a feudal society where hundreds of millions of its citizens barely survive  in degrading inhuman conditions. With no right to justice, education or dignity.  Our greater crime is not just that this state of the nation exists, it is that we, the more fortunate ones accept it so easily.  Yes we pay lip service, but do we really care ?<br \/>\nChange in India is not going to come from elections either.  60 years of freedom has proven that to us clearly. The political system has been subverted to serve only those that manage to push their way into the so called &#8216;elitist club&#8217;. Through any means.<br \/>\nChange comes from HOPE.  And the majority of the people of India live without hope. It is a true indictment of our political system that we have not been able to give the people of India hope.  We need a leader that can give us hope.<br \/>\nWe need another Mahatma Gandhi. And if there is a movement we need in India &#8211; it should be a  movement to look for that leader. One that has no affiliations to a party. One that is outside the completely corrupted political system, but one that the people of this nation, the rich, the poor, the downtrodden, the elite, the young, the old, will completely follow, trust and respect.  Hindu&#8217;s and Muslims, Sikhs and Christian &#8211; all of them,<br \/>\nis there such a man or a woman that can lead us to our &#8216;true tryst with destiny&#8217; ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change in India is not going to happen by the resignation of the Home Minister. Nor by high profile dialogues in high profile news channels by high profile people. 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