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ShareMumbai: When netas in India want to sulk they threaten to retire from politics. This passive aggressive modus operandi should be considered a logical course of action when the politician in question is a young Obama-like character.
But what can one possibly say when the sulking leader is old enough to be beyond all standards of superannuation?Perhaps one can say this happens only in India. The celebration of youth that India has witnessed in the last two decades is not reflected in politics. Our CEOs may be getting younger but our leaders aren't. Politics in India is a passion for the old.
Barring Rajiv Gandhi and his mother (when she first came to power) all the other prime ministers, took office at a time when most people their age retire from active vocations. Why doesn't India repose its faith in the young? Possibly because politics in India is still very feudal.
A youngster takes over only when his old politician father dies or takes to the cot. Agatha Sangma, 27-year-old minister isn't known for her excellent leadership skills. She has inherited a parliamentary fief. Same is the case with Sachin Pilot, Supriya Sule or Jyotiraditya Scindia. Yet none seems to worry. India, perhaps, has no option but to suffer its old leaders.
