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Experience is not essential - to serve people

Rajdeep Sardesai is asking Arvind Kejriwal "why should a voter vote for AAP, a party that has no political experience and no knowledge of governance?". I would like to ask Rajdeep these questions: 1. What are the parties with tens and hundreds of years of experience doing that a voter should vote for them? 2. What experience did any PM have before he/she became one to run a country of this size? What is required today in politics is the will to do good to people, mind that doesn't want to amass wealth and a strong character that can stand up to any negative forces. Experience is not necessarily an essential requirement.

Sachin and Bharat Ratna - A comment on Aakar Patel's column in Livemint.com

Bravo! Aakar Patel! You dared to write on a subject that is more than emotive than anything else for crores of Indians caught in deluge. Yes. Sachin's achievements are no mean. He is the greatest, no doubt, but Bharat Ratna, I doubt and I fully agree with your column. The game already rewarded him for that with crores of money through various means. People are going crazy calling him God, giving him the highest civilian award and so on. This is more a decision that is taken on the spur of the moment and popular mood than anything else. You deserve a round of applause for having the guts to write the fact braving the sycophantic fans. The PM has given in to the pressures of the fan following in announcing this award obviously with ulterior motives. we have to now wait and see whether Sachin will start living like a Bharat Ratna, away from all the commercial pulls.