Media

The very thought of imagining Amitabh Bachchan as President of India, itself is ludicrous. Recently a poll was conducted on www.rediff.com, and responses were really encouraging in opposing the idea. It’s happy to learn that people are clever enough to draw barrier between celebrity and shrewdness.

What was ‘rediff’ trying to do here? He has the most powerful weapon in democratic country and instead of aiming at useful ways; he is making money on the glitters of film industry by leading the people into realm of stupidity. On what basis one should elect AB as President of India. We all accept him as a supreme entertainer, a remarkable performer and an articulate host of KBC. But these are not the eligibilities to become President. The vanity and fame are not the requirements for that position. What was ‘rediff’ trying to do? Trying to re-write the eligibilities of President of India or they have forgotten the present eligibilities. Do they think it (Promoting AB for Presidency) as a prudent step towards the development of modern India?
Here, I am not questioning anything about the generosity of AB. To be clear, my questions are aimed at ‘rediff’, coz, as of now we don’t know if AB has willingness to become President of India or if it was his idea of carrying out an opinion poll through ‘rediff’.

I think, entertainers are not right fit to the politics. It is not the fairyland that they show in their movies. I believe, people are bright enough to decide, whom they want to see as their leader. When you have media in your hand, it does not matter if you don’t try to wake them up from the sleep of inanity, but what matters is compelling them deep into obscure by poisoning with brainless/ dim witted thoughts. So all you media people out there think before you ink something, because one stupid thought can sink billions.