Obama has been giving historic speeches since he set out to become the President. His speeches have been characterized by the scale of ambition he wants to achieve, the change he aspires to set in. At home, the euphoria generated by prospects of a stable government at the centre has led to enormous expectations from the government. True to the mandate, the Congress ministers are coming up with plans to undo the wrong doings of the past. To remove the bottle necks in public delivery, to ensure the rule of law, to put a sense of governance back amongst the nation.
I feel that this optimism asks for a caution to avoid over-simplification of things. To try and bring in changes not properly considered. To do away with the old structure without proper planning can be more harmful than maintaining the status quo.
Obama himself has been slow on the promised change. He has stopped short of executing a number of his prepoll commitments and have changed his stance on policy matters. I think the same would be happening here in India, when the ministers get down to work and realise competitive demands made by various sections, it will be a challenge to figure out their way out of this zero sum game.
I wish them all the wisdom and courage for doing the right thing.
