Politicians are only as good as the people they represent. If our politicians are uncharistmatic and lacking in imagination it is because the people who elect them, apnaay, are exactly the same.
Trouble with our lot is that we suffer from what I call a Bhindranwale complex, where we're constantly sitting on our haunches waiting for someone like Sant Ji to turn up and do all our fighting for us. However men like this do not come along but a few times every generation, so we make do with charlatans and fools leading us instead. Rather than waiting for another Bhindranwale, it would be better if each and every Sikh focused on becoming a Bhindranwale themselves. I have no doubt that we would also start to see a general improvement in the character of Sikh politicians if we pursued this goal.
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