Indian political leadership - The problem

In the last few months, activities such as the Jan Lokpal movement, food security bill or the retail FDI, all have one thing in common - The government has tried to bulldoze its way. In this article (What makes a leader) at Harvard Working Knowledge, Deborah Blagg and Susan Young write,

"Communication is the real work of leadership," says HBS professor Nitin Nohria, who documented the importance of persuasion in his 1992 book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering the Essence of Management. Nohria believes effective leaders are masters of the classical elements of rhetoric, as outlined by Aristotle centuries ago. "You can reach people through logos or logic, by appealing to their sense of what is rational," he explains. "You can use pathos, appealing to their emotions, or you can make an argument based on their sense of values or ethos." Great leaders, he notes, "spend the bulk of their time communicating, and they know how to employ all three of Aristotle's rhetorical elements."

Here is our government that is spending bulk of its time bulldozing. We have no debates, no clarifications to the citizens and bills are simply passed. As we had with the 2G spectrum auction, I suspect a major scam cooking. Despite the power of RTI, there are little pro-active disclosures by the government making it as opaque as steel glass. To add to my doubt is the history of scams and political curry cooking spoken in a very comprehensive manner by Subramanian Swamy.