Why is politics a dirty word for GenX?

NEW DELHI: Big breaks and corporate careers, MTV and malls, a good job and a great life—that''s what takes up GenX mindspace. Where does politics figure in all this? It''s still a dirty word for them, and politicians are seen as even dirtier, a murky breed who exist somewhere in the peripheries of their lives.

Come D-Day and the Big Question is not To Vote or Not To. Why should we vote, they ask. Yes, the Capital''s FTVs (First Time Voters) are all ready to queue up and get their index finger inked, but there''s a sizable number who are asking, “What''s the point? Why take the trouble, when it''s not going to make any big difference?''''
Take Aashish Kundra, 18, a DU B Com Hons student. He says: “I know it''s everyone''s fundamental duty to vote, but it''s not going to change anything. Just look at our politicians —they don''t do anything for the people. They come with promises during elections, and that''s the last you see of them.'''' He didn''t even register. “Even getting a voter''s ID made is a long process and too much of a hassle. Why go through all the trouble, when you know it''s not going to make a difference?''''
That''s the common grouse among the 20-somethings, and the Number One reason why they want to stay away on voting day: Politicians have only a one-point agenda: to fill their own pockets, people be damned.
Politics? Best to stay far away from it, is their verdict. Number Two and Three reasons for the anti-voting brigade: Politics is a yawn, and politicians not someone we can relate to. If politics is low down on their list of priorities, it''s because “it''s very messy. There''s hardly anybody who''s clean,'''' says Sakshi.