the inheritance of mandate

60  post independence years and we are still toteing the load of dynasty politics... not only in the state but also at the centre.... What does all this point at??? A basic amniotic love for slavery??? or the classic "chalta hai" attitude?? or is it so that we just dont care anymore??
A lot  has been said about political families and family politics in our nation ... most of it negative...
but what i want to question here is that, are we not confusing One Party Domination with One Family Domination here...and in a country like ours, which was among the first in the world to give universal adult franchise, and where elections are suppoused to be free and fair, is one party dominance something incestous???? what obvious harm has it brought to the country???
First 30 yrs after independence, the indian political scene was totally totally monopolised by the Congress Party,agreed... but then, that is somewhat understandable.. the Congress was an offshoot of the Indian National Congress of pre-independence days and thus had the legacy of the freedom movement behind it.. and it also cannot be denied that we have a penchant  for hero worship of unparalleled magnitudes....
but then, in the crucial post independence years, when along with the mammoth task of nation building,the leaders were also confronted by post WWII alliances and the threat of being again swalllowed by another larger giant..we still managed to keep our head above water so all in all...we were not given bad governance...so why crib?? There are other countries in the world where one party has dominated the political scene,but that has been at the cost of the compromising democracy...South Korea, Taiwan, Myanmar,Egypt,Mexico....but the same cannot be said for India..
But that is about one party dominance... speaking about dynasty rule and the chair passing from father to son thing...is it such that, only sons of established politicians can join the business??? is political acumen and statesmanship a heirloom,that is passed on from one generation to the other???
Are these prodigal sons and daughters worth hero worshipping???
have they made any sacrifices that the common indian makes while he is growing up? have they ever struggled for admissions in colleges or had to work part time to pay their tution??
Hasnt life been all about elite boarding schools and foreign universities? How well can they relate to the common indian for whome d struggle lies in arranging a square meal? do they represent us? but the fact that they get mandate and are brought to power like royalty, just because of the good name of their fathers...is a shame on us, not them...
But at the same time, we who pose all these questions, are we ready to roll up our sleeves and get down in the muck? Are we ready to struggle at d grass roots to bring in the change we loudly talk about on dinner tables ? probably not...we are disillusioned or disinterseted? or being the masters of inactivity,are we just glad sitting and talking????
As everything, this also boils down to the same thing.... either you get up or you shut up and put up...