Wit Wisdom and Whoop

As the nation heads into the election season to elect its representatives in the Lok Sabha the jury is out and divided as to who is better, who will win, who should win and all gloves are off. Journalists who are supposed to be neutral and the 4th pillar of democracy have become 5th columnists whichever viewpoint you look at them from. Some have decided to come out of the closet after having leveraged their position to promote the views of their preferred politics and contesting elections. Yet others are unapologetic about their being cheer leaders of their preferred politics. Never before in the history of this nation was there as much polarisation of political views as in the past 5 years. Never before had there been such involvement of the common every day citizen in politics. Every street corner, every chai and coffee shop, every break in the office meetings, every chance encounter in a park, mall anywhere with friends, even casual conversations with total strangers in public ar...