“It’s all fair in love and war” - It’s
a dirty world and you can’t do much about it. History has time and again proved
the relevancy of the tussle for supremacy and if you want to mention Charles
Darwin, you can mention “Survival of the fittest” in this context.
I
attended a Toastmasters meeting yesterday with the theme of “Life is an
adventure”. When asked about the adventures people wanted to take up in there
lives, there were the usual candidates – Kayaking, Sky-diving, Mountaineering, Rafting,
etc. It’s the one-time thrilling experience that kicks up the adrenaline for a
lot of us, that we look forward to as an adventure.
Being a
little contemplative, I thought to myself – “Life should be an adventure” and
not just a select few minutes of the entire life span. One sentence that I have
heard too often is “I hate politics”, of-course not to mention “Politics is a
dirty game”. Yet, we cannot live without politics, in one form or another. If
we have to single out a single reason for India’s woes, many people might attribute it to the ‘Indian political system’. Yet, not many are keen on taking
a plunge and tidying up the system. In my honest opinion, politics is too
dirty, too dangerous, too complex a field, yet it is one of the most important,
if not ‘the most important’ aspect of our lives.
An
adventure should make you skip a heartbeat, should be challenging enough to
scare hell out of you, should be enticing enough to make you want to do it. If
you go by the definition, I think politics might be an ultimate adventure for
many. It’s difficult, to say the least; It’s a make or break proposition, at
the bare minimum, and It must be perfect, even if it’s dirty. Political
decisions are supposed to correct your yesterday, brighten your today and shape
up your tomorrow. Politics based on knowledge, intelligence, communication,
good will and vision is probably what we can term as strategic leadership.
Life, in itself, is an adventure and politics is an
adventure worth taking up, much at stake and lot to gain; and definitely not
for the faint-hearted. Don’t be political, be politically perfect!
