Less we know about hockey until Shah Rukh Khan played the key role in Chak De. A ‘dry’ topic suddenly turns interesting when it is / becomes a fave of our beloved persons.

One of my friends never liked a dish that is made of paneer. He wished to try it once at his favorite restaurants of Delhi. Since that moment he started tasting it at places elsewhere. Within three years he knew everything about paneer and tasted almost all paneer-recipes. Interestingly, now the restaurant is no longer there in New Delhi.  

In our lives, most of the unknown things come and sit on our minds with the influence of our loved ones and pets. In my childhood, I used to enjoy the movies so much that I watched along with my father. Again, here the credit goes to dad, but not to those movies.

 You might have felt like wearing baggy pants that were donned by your favourite hero, or sometimes, even thought of taking up a profession with his inspiration – though the profession is totally new to you.

Administration, government bodies, protocol and many other constitutional affairs are Greek and Latin to common people living in this country. But when their favorite person forays into politics they certainly think at least for few minutes what he/she is up to and what it really means to be in power.

In Andhra Pradesh many people came to know about this with NT Rama Rao’s shift to politics from movies. The number of constituencies, the self-government concept, the language and many other issues were magnified and became interest of public who used to worship him, loved him and people even who hated him.

Whether the person wins or loses doesn’t matter. One big advantage of people with stardom entering politics is the awareness levels of people grow. People, especially the so-called professionals working for MNCs and local corportaes (who never tried to vote, didn’t bother to know who their rulers are and how their citizenship helps the country grow further) will give a thought to elect someone close to their heart and see him in power.

This in turn develops their knowledge of society and reminds the responsibility as a citizen though their favorite leader is not in power.  The “reach” factor is going to work again with Chiranjeevi’s new party launch. Unfortunately, sometimes, the same factor affects the winning chances of true-to-society, hardworking and passionate leaders.