When people come together and drive systems that do not have measurable rewards, e.g. money, it becomes all the more difficult for them to stick together. What they look for in the system is a reflection of their own values and principles.Humans differ in their values, sometimes subtly, at others a great deal. While some people would rather be defeated than compromise on their values, others would manoeuvre their way by flexing their values a little here, a little there. The ones that do not compromise their value ensure that a principled policy is in place, the ones that know how to get something done ensure such a policy does not paralyse action.
It is obvious that both are essential.
There is, however, a tendency to see the aggressive man as the sole man of action, and given a hero worship culture, it is not difficult to believe that saner voices might be marginalised in many cases.Since AAP is a recent phenomena of hope, Arvind is a hero to millions of hearts in India. Now that in itself calls for a lot of caution within the party. Few men are capable of handling that kind of power and Arvind for all his qualities, is yet to score on that one.
I am not sure if Yogendra Yadav or Prashant Bhushan are as transparent and value driven as they have appeared to me in the last two years, when I have followed them really closely, but AAP definitely needs to rethink its strategy of tackling dissent. AAP will continue to run with or without both these otherwise extremely brilliant people, but without creating mechanisms to make space for dissent and address it,it would nowhere be close to the party of my dreams.
It is obvious that both are essential.
There is, however, a tendency to see the aggressive man as the sole man of action, and given a hero worship culture, it is not difficult to believe that saner voices might be marginalised in many cases.Since AAP is a recent phenomena of hope, Arvind is a hero to millions of hearts in India. Now that in itself calls for a lot of caution within the party. Few men are capable of handling that kind of power and Arvind for all his qualities, is yet to score on that one.
I am not sure if Yogendra Yadav or Prashant Bhushan are as transparent and value driven as they have appeared to me in the last two years, when I have followed them really closely, but AAP definitely needs to rethink its strategy of tackling dissent. AAP will continue to run with or without both these otherwise extremely brilliant people, but without creating mechanisms to make space for dissent and address it,it would nowhere be close to the party of my dreams.
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