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Gandhi's out, Kalam's in
Does Gandhigiri work in this era of slimy politics and deep-rooted corruption? Yes and no.
"The essence of Gandhigiri is very relevant in today's world but people are not following it. There should be a change in attitude," felt swimming champion Arhata Magavi. Added film pro Kishan Shrikanth, "What Gandhi said is not just relevant to India, but the entire world."
But there are voices of dissent too.
Wordsmith Sneha Abyankar goes a step further: "Gandhism is not practical because our system is so flawed. There needs to be a massive change beginning at the top from the politicians." And yet there was a resistance towards politicians. "I'm not interested in politics at all," said chess champ Girish Kaushik.
"Most politicians don't translate ideas into action.We need idealistic planners like Sardar Patel and A P J Abdul Kalam. Of the current day politicians I like S M Krishna and Chandrababu Naidu," said Bharadwaj,who feels feels Lok Ayukta and sting operations have smoked out corruption effectively.
So averse were the whiz kids to politics that they could not even name one politician they admired. Names like S M Krishna, H D Kumaraswamy and J Jayalalithaa were tossed in the air, after they were reminded that their favourite Kalam could not be considered a politician.
"If I were CM, I would enforce a strict rule to put any corrupt person behind bars," said magician Karun Krishna. When asked if he would give up his ambition of being a scientist to be a CM, he replied,"I could be like Kalam, both scientist and person in power." Kalam rules with Gen Next.
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