A World without Villains...

... would be boring! I mean who would inspire good in us if villains ceased to exists. The common villains of our age are poverty, illiteracy, disease and corruption which will never cease to exists because these are the very tools that maintain a balance of power between the haves and the have nots. Its all part of a big master plan. Assuming one day these villains become extinct what will happen to our NGOs! How will they replenish their trust funds and on what grounds? On the contrary there will be more jobless people, more poverty, more disease and even more corruption. 

The new fad to hit town this season is voting. However, the election fever subsided even before it could begin; with people's general disgust towards stone-aged policies and mega budget lies, as evident from the meagre voter turnout in Mumbai alone. The wealthiest city in India blatantly showed its m*ddl* finger to these elections and its contestants. I wonder why? Was it just too hot to step out on the most important day of your country? Perhaps, the government of the day should have taken proper measures to counter the temperature.  A promise of free non-aerated, non-alcoholic beverages to those who take some interest in the welfare of the nation would have been a decent gesture considering they spend billions anyway on such a farcical exercise as 'The General Elections.' I don't have figures to prove my point but its no secret that political parties and their beneficiaries spare any effort in wooing the voters with cash, gifts and s**t load of lies.

Sometimes I wonder, if voting alone could set things right then what have we been doing the last 60 odd years? Did Obama Mania bite us in the bum making us wiser in the last 4 months? Or we just need something new every 6 months to make a lot of noise about and let it whimper away when we have something new to clamour about? The guess is yours...

Finally in another month we will have our coveted new government (Our Heroes) elected by wise men and women  of our time who did indeed go out to exercise their right (as well as their fingers). Regardless, we needn't wait long to sigh and say - "Ah well, the next government will be better!" because there'll be new villains lurking around every corner to challenge our much celebrated heroes and our world will as usual remain as interesting and well balanced more than ever before.