Not by pesticides alone

The abysmal level of political discourse and the language that accompanies it reflects the quality of existing leadership across the nation's political spectrum .The fire in the belly for  unified political empowerment of a vassal state of the Crown,saw this nation integrating hundreds of princely states under an emancipated and sagacious leadership of 1940's.Post Independence, the inevitable process of division had to begin.For  good reason we had the reorganisation of States , essentially geographical,that continues even today. The need for social equity saw  unending  formation of sub-strates in the social layers through reservations.In due course ,diversified and endemic empowerment was the result . But in the process we have  no longer been able to throw up a  subliminal leadership that can  be expected to cherish  loftier ideals of   this nation as an unified political entity.National elections   have since come to be  rude awakenings  to  the sad reality that we may have  lost forever the acme of political helmsmen that this nation could boast of ,a few decades earlier. The EC is bravely fighting the rot with improved pesticides but may soon need to  singe portions selectively,to save the whole House
Pub Economic Times May 1
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Statesman May 3
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