POLITICOS EXTRORDINAIRE

I can see the downpour from my window.. Thick drops of precipitation stream down the walls of my spartan lodgings, leaving it's walls threadbare.. A veritable blanket of lush green foliage has draped the entire campus, and you may even be forgiven for thinking that it looks serene.. It's actually the result of wild, uncontrolled growth of weeds(pun intended) that has been anything but manicured.. Outside the college, the road-interspersed potholes are making a 30 minute ride to mangalore anything but desirable..Back breaking, to be more precise.. Two dorm mates have undergone operations on sensitive areas.. Days together are spent without power and electricity or both.. In short, the semester could have gotten off to a better start!


The start of the semester has also ushered in a change in the DASA(the NRI students) mindset that in my firm opinion we wuold do well to dispense of; the scourge of politics.. With alliances being formed and "stabbed" almost on a daily basis, all "parties"(congregations of fux happening to belong to the same region) are fervidly scouring opportunities to pick up prime positions.. Frankly, I couldnt give less of a damn who becomes Gen-Sec or President or *pick any sought after position*.. Usually, that would also constitute the views of the entire DASA populace, but desperate attempts to embed ourselves into the system means that that perspective has undergone a paradigm shift and those who thought they were above such petty haggling have, having received that first whiff of power, thrown themselves headlong into the frantic negotiations that precede ballots of such 'undisputable importance'.. All this is no doubt entertaining to watch from afar in no small measure due to the dramatic twists and turns the saga invariably throws up.. All I can say that if someone worthy were to get a post in free and fair elections, there's nothing like it.. Too much to ask for? As long as any two people come from the same place, yes... Till then and Sept. 2nd, I guess I'll just have to sit back and enjoy the show..