The Spell of Bash

The President of India

In what I like to label as a very much required acerbic speech, Sri APJ Kalam took some serious political dispositions apart and sent a direct message, don't be so greedy! Here are some excerpts from the speech.. (source: Times Of India . com)

"When politics degrades itself to political adventurism, the nation would be on the calamitous road to inevitable disaster and ruination."

"Let us be honest to ourselves. The arithmetical compulsions of incremental numbers and the alleged tradability of certain legislative seats, won perhaps through means allegedly dubious and undemocratic, have many a time created doubts on our democratic system in the public eye."

"Let us not risk it. It is time all of us did an introspection and grew up to the expectations that were enshrined so diligently and optimistically by the founding fathers in our Constitution so that India sustained itself and grew as a mature, healthy, vibrant, democratic nation."

"The need for removal of poverty totally, the need for providing opportunities for all our people in the fiercely competitive and knowledge-based world and the need for providing security to the people and nation in the complex world of today, these multiple needs would lead to the necessity of our graduation from political politics to developmental politics."