The Politics of Rajneeti

Enjoyed the movie last weekend. Or rather admitted to the context set by the movie.



What Rajneeti the movie showcased in the realism of a political set up, is perhaps what we as individuals subscribe in our everyday lives. Sometimes knowingly, sometimes unknowingly.



Politics is something which embraces us the moment we learn to register things in our mind. Otherwise how do you explain a toddler to react differently when a mom is around and when a dad is around. People will say affection, I reckon its a political mind game. Or how do you explain the reaction of a parent when their son does well in exams and earn affection and goodies and a contrast reaction when he doesn't and all hell breaks loose. Again people would say emotional outburst, I reckon it is social politics.



I remember my dad once say, that the amount he is paying for my MBA, is a kind of investment. One would squirm hearing this, but its true. He is ensuring that by investing money into my education he is anticipating a social security, for me and for himself when he grows old. Again a political stand.



In an office scenario, where we tend to spend he maximum time of our life, we end up discussing, bitching, sharing and forwarding information and conversations that suit our beliefs. Nowhere is our action independent of the political mindset, we all end up prejudiced.



We love to hear about politics, read about politics and end up discussing politics. Worse, at the end of it all we curse at politics as well.



When we look back at history, across reference points, be it mythology, civilizations, sports, war etc., all revolution and evolution was a result of a political spar.



Infact when Adam took the fruit from the Tree of Eden, was it his naiveness or it was God's political will to allow it knowing that it was as it was meant to be. Human kind might have never known what suffering and pain is (which eventually followed) and God would have never been remembered so much if Adam stayed on course.



So politics is perhaps what completes us and brings out the 'humane' factor in us. What differentiates us from another is not exactly the looks, the color, the success, but the degree of politics that we indulge in.



While we empathise with Samar of Rajneeti and sympathise with Indu of Rajneeti, subconsciously perhaps we all know that we too are an intrinsic part of Rajneeti.