Joined the party 5 days ago and she is the Chief Minister candidate of BJP in Delhi.
Kudos to the top bureaucrat, super cop in her day, for all her past achievements. Parachuting into a position of power/responsibility into the BJP top-cadre, her argument that the decision to "join politics" (which she so vehemently stayed away from) was a mystery to her, sounds, at the least, bizarre. Fighting for eradicating corruption and bringing about the Jan Lokpal just over a year ago as an activist, vowing to remain a neutral voice and never enter politics, she finds BJP and Modi highly deserving of her sycophantic praise. Fair enough! She is entitled to her opinion.
Politics is not my forte.
What strikes me is that a team is built from grass roots and so does the leader grow through the ideology and working through the group. Yes, he could be a CEO recruited and foisted from outside but an essential fact is that he has to take his time and work his way to be a team member and a leader.
Politics are plenty in dance. Dancers, dance administrators and everybody of their ilk are constantly trying to parachute into some place of importance or the other. Strangely none of them achieve anything in the larger interest of dance while they hold positions of so-called power. While in position they remain in coteries and ivory towers never scouting and building able teams to assist them and operate in the same rut in which the organisations have been mired in for ages. And when the honeymoon is over, they lament the system and corruption, for not being able to do anything constructive. If only, those who hold offices of some significance are bold leaders.
The term "dance" could be very well read as "arts" in this outburst.
On the other hand, if only the dancers could devote an iota of their efforts for a common cause instead of sitting on the fence, when it comes to speaking up for issues and acting for their own cause, dance would not have been a poor cousin to many other departments in the corridors of power.
Leadership is not about one man. Its about the important players coming together having a conviction, a goal and the wherewithal to work after understanding what one is best at and contribute ones best towards the cause, rising fearlessly above personal ambitions. Be it a party or an institute or a corporate organisation, its all about team work and common goals while having individual career paths.
And... no short cuts.... no instant gratification ... no parachuting into plum positions ... will salvage the pathetic place that arts occupy in our national agenda....
Kudos to the top bureaucrat, super cop in her day, for all her past achievements. Parachuting into a position of power/responsibility into the BJP top-cadre, her argument that the decision to "join politics" (which she so vehemently stayed away from) was a mystery to her, sounds, at the least, bizarre. Fighting for eradicating corruption and bringing about the Jan Lokpal just over a year ago as an activist, vowing to remain a neutral voice and never enter politics, she finds BJP and Modi highly deserving of her sycophantic praise. Fair enough! She is entitled to her opinion.
Politics is not my forte.
What strikes me is that a team is built from grass roots and so does the leader grow through the ideology and working through the group. Yes, he could be a CEO recruited and foisted from outside but an essential fact is that he has to take his time and work his way to be a team member and a leader.
Politics are plenty in dance. Dancers, dance administrators and everybody of their ilk are constantly trying to parachute into some place of importance or the other. Strangely none of them achieve anything in the larger interest of dance while they hold positions of so-called power. While in position they remain in coteries and ivory towers never scouting and building able teams to assist them and operate in the same rut in which the organisations have been mired in for ages. And when the honeymoon is over, they lament the system and corruption, for not being able to do anything constructive. If only, those who hold offices of some significance are bold leaders.
The term "dance" could be very well read as "arts" in this outburst.
On the other hand, if only the dancers could devote an iota of their efforts for a common cause instead of sitting on the fence, when it comes to speaking up for issues and acting for their own cause, dance would not have been a poor cousin to many other departments in the corridors of power.
Leadership is not about one man. Its about the important players coming together having a conviction, a goal and the wherewithal to work after understanding what one is best at and contribute ones best towards the cause, rising fearlessly above personal ambitions. Be it a party or an institute or a corporate organisation, its all about team work and common goals while having individual career paths.
And... no short cuts.... no instant gratification ... no parachuting into plum positions ... will salvage the pathetic place that arts occupy in our national agenda....
