Delhi's Statehood--for real or a gimmick?

What the TV pundits are saying is that---"Desh Chalana or Andolan Chalana dono alagh baat hain"---But AAP Protesters are replying---Is that So?

There is something reminiscent of the Salt Satyagraha as one Commentator put it on TV--the romanticism of protest---but the moot point is, he continues, where should it end?

I ask you dear reader--where do you think this should end? 

Question: Can an idealist and agitator--transform himself into an able and wily administrator? Is Congress going to be the only incarnation of the latter, and hence the only able ruler in Indian democracy? Then are we saying that AAP and Congress are two faces of the same coin--One Protests ably (AAP) which the other (Congress) no longer has the moral force to do so; the other governs ably (Congress) which the AAP finds itself ill suited for?

I don't know---only time will tell what this " dharna"  will achieve. I for one, do not believe it is a manipulated political gimmick, though without a sense of political timing, no astute politician can win, but that doesn't necessarily ascribe it to gimmickry.

There is something more churning and TV political Pundits are missing it.

Can we have a more intelligent TV media before Lok Sabha Polls

What more distinct pleasure can there be than to listen to a good TV debate on a cold winter evening. But alas our TV anchors, barring a few like Akhtar Khan of News X--don't make the grade for compelling news anchors, despite the decibels, the eye wear, the designer sarees, the curated kurtas. 

Kejriwal Debt to Civil Society

Let us not forget, or rather let not AAP forget, that their victory is based on the seeds planted by these last 2-3 decades of Civil Society efforts, NGO's, Activists, Political commentators, people who wielded pen, money, voice and might to speak out against Pollution, Population, perceived External and Internal dangers, Corruption and Ill governance, and what have you, preparing a fertile ground for this movement of IAC to take shape into a political party. I want to hear Arvind Kejriwal acknowledge that debt loudly and clearly.