When I think of my home country, India, an array of emotions pass through me: utter contempt, anger, a sense of extreme helplessness, pity, frustration et al. Why do I feel this way, even though I live hundreds of thousands of miles away in the cushy comforts of the world’s sole superpower? I try to keep up with what is happening in India because one day soon I hope to return home.

I read this news report online in which Shibu Soren has declared his intention of taking over the government in Jharkhand state. My heart was filled with despair as I read the complete article. This crook of the nth order who has been convicted of murder by the Delhi High Court and sentenced to live imprisonment wants to rule our country? Isn’t it a big shame that a billion Indians have become impotent or should I say so callous or are they truly helpless to allow such a thing to happen.

In the same article Soren has been quoted saying that his supporters want to see him in the Prime Ministers seat, god forbid it from happening. I don’t blame him for all this, the ruling Congress party headed by an Italian was primarily responsible in getting Soren out of jail way back in 2006. And now Soren repaid the anti-India congress party by providing them the vital support during the July 22 trust vote. Now Congress wants to continue the business of give and take by making this murderer the chief minister of Jharkhand.

I wonder if the politicians, including the so-called educated ones like Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram etc are bothered in the least about shaking hands with the cold-blodded murderer that Soren is. At this rate India’s future seems to be that of a country controlled by mobsters and murderers and money launderers who squeeze blood out of the common man.