'What?'
'No joke. Absolutely true, haven't you watched the news?'
'You must be kidding me, this can't be true! I did read a couple of days back that he was speculating, but I didn't think it was happening.'
'No da, I'm not. If you don't believe me, go watch the news.'
'Oh my God! Our country is going to dogs...no..not going to dogs..its worse than that. I can't believe people are letting this happen to them!'
'See, no matter what people like you and me think, what has to happen will keep happenning in our country.'
' I know that, but still, its outrageous! He's the same man who was convicted of selling the pride our nation and today he's on his way to occupying a seat of authority. Isn't there any kind of criteria for joining a political party? You just have to be Indian, seems like more than enough.'
'I agree. A man who couldn't belong to his country's cricket team cannot belong to any political party either.I could bet that such a man is up to no good, except his own. But, like you've said, ours is a country, where, even a dacoit like Phoolan Devi can become the Home minister!'
'You know, in fact I have a feeling, that people like us should come forward and do something about it. Even if we cannot stand for an election and win, we can at least educate the masses. You understand right? Come election time and these politicians make long flattering speeches, and the common man is floored. He is provided with packets of chicken biriyani and liquor, and he'll be ready to vote for even a pig! We can educate them and prevent them from falling for these vote-collection tricks.'
'You mean the 'Yuva' style?'
'Absolutely.'
'Actually, we should rally for some criteria to be brought in, to both create and join a political party. We should fight for a set of rules to be brought in to have the right kind of political people to vote for. Get at least the better set of leaders, so that we can vote for someone worthwhile.'
'Something like, every person who intends to enter politics should be minimum a graduate?'
'Yes, things like that.'
'The person should have no previous record of crimes against him. He should have a super-clean-glossy history. I'd like to see that happening.'
'You know, i just got this idea, the public should have the right to fire a politician if any charges are laid against him. Like in the case of the Mumbai Terror attack. Also, i think there should be an experience criteria laid down. A person should be allowed to contest in an election only if he has had previous experience of the same at a lower level.'
'Wow, all this sounds so wonderful! wish we could actually do something on these lines.'
'Wish we could make it come true, then we wouldn't be living in a garbage dump like we are today.'