Economics and politics

These two words are like those tasty dollops of cream without which your breakfast would be as bland as boiled water. And why wouldn't it be so... Manmohan Singh, an economist to the core is at the top of the Food Chain of Indian politics. That too after a rather dramatic turn of events which shows that we Indians can never fail to amaze the world.
Take a look at the news channels. These two words rattle endlessly out of those talking heads 24 x 7.
As if our lives depended on these. I wish it did so that we could expect some welcome changes in the quality of life here in India. And sometimes I breathe a sigh of relief that our lives are rather insulated from the antics of Indian politics. We are just like people at a variety show or an amusement park--- being taken for a ride and going back home pleased but with considerably lighter pockets. Is this mass unconsciousness that keeps India going --- people happy and politicians happy too ? Maybe...