Great Expectations

People of Delhi have " Great Expectations " from AAP government

And people of India will be watching how well AAP delivers on those expectations before 2014 general elections

Will AAP manage to deliver on its promises ?

Here is when great expectations turn into " Unreasonable Expectations " !

TV anchors are asking this question to every single AAP leader - all the time

And , they are also asking this question to sundry BJP / Congress leaders as well

Asking persons who are taking vicarious pleasure in predicting that AAP will fail miserably

Other than a random AAP leader ( notably , Arvind Kejriwal himself ), no one is saying ,

" Of course , AAP will fail to deliver on some of those promises - especially
those promises which require a YES nod from Central Government

Of course , AAP may have made some miscalculations

Of course , AAP has no experience in running a government

Of course , AAP will make some mistakes

Of course , AAP has no solutions to ALL the problems of Delhi

So what ?

In 2009 , didn't Congress promise to ,

> abolish poverty ( as it has been promising for past 66 years ) ?

> bring inflation under control within 100 days of coming to power ?
- and then repeating that promise , every 100 days ?
- and even forcing Planning Commission and the RBI governor to say
the same thing at every quarterly review ? "

Obviously , the vanquished are in a tearing hurry to write an epitaph on AAP's tombstone !

I am reminded of the vultures circling in the sky when they see an animal dying on the ground !

Are you surprised that the political vultures are waiting for AAP government to die / fail ?

Are TV anchors allowing these vultures to use their powerful media to bring about , a " Self - fulfilling Prophesy " ?

Have we become an ant crawling on a M F Hussein painting , which cannot step back and see it in perspective , in all its glory ?

On midnight of 15th August 1947 , I walked with the crowds of people ( all of them Aam Aadmi ) , from Shivaji Park to Gateway of India , in Mumbai

It took me 12 hours to walk that distance

But I was lucky to have witnessed history in the making

And now , after a lapse of 66 years , I am lucky once again , to be witnessing , another glorious moment of history !

Let us celebrate the arrival of our second freedom - the Surajya

Let us celebrate the beginning of the end of Cancer of Corruption

Let us celebrate the re-birth of the Common Man - the Aam Aadmi

* hemen parekh ( 28 Dec 2013 / Mumbai )