Life begins in office

Well, well.
My first day in office! Having been shortlisted to work for a PR firm in India, i was quite excited since while passing through the MBA phase i had always wanted to get into advertising / PR and here i was working for a highly rated PR firm in India!
Here i come and the first thing i am told is to get into newspapers and magazines. I am thrilled. Imagine being paid to go through magazines and newspapers the whole day! Before 11 a.m., however, i realize that it is not about reading the stuff...its simply about noting down any and everything relating to any and every client of the firm. So the whole day spent reading, or rather, going through 24 newspapers and 11 maagzines! At the end of it, if you were to ask me, what was the news, probably i wouldnt remember a thing since the only thing i was tracking was aerated beverages, shoes, liquor, telecom, heavy machinery, television, computers, u name it!
Before, i realized, the day was over and my boss, a lady, no less, asked me to cut all those articles that mentioned anything remotely related to any of the above and many more. Once the articles were all cut, they were to be pasted on white sheets of paper, photocopied in sets of three and one copy faxed to the respective clients. I came to the office at 9a.m. and left at 9p.m. on my very first day at work! And all that i got was gummed fingers!

Indian National Congress

The problem with the Congress is very well explained. The issue is how to go about doing this? TO begin with, why doesnt the Congress hold genuine organizational elections for each of the party posts. What is this nonsense about High Command deciding vital positions?
Why cant the High Command demolish itself for the betterment of the party? Because there are just far too many vested interests. Why does the party that brought India freedom have to pander to religious and casteist emotions when it is this same organization that gave us Nehru, Patel, Azad and Gandhi.
Why is it scared of anything at all? It needs to revamp the organization and thats about it. Yet again, who will do it and who has the time?
Can Rahul really bear the heat and dust of India? Can he really travel across India like Gandhi did when he vitalized and made the Congress relevant to the masses? How does anyone feel that a Rahul so out of touch with ground realities can really do it, sitting in Delhi? Its a long road ahead but if someone can withstand the heat and dust, then India is there, waiting to welcome with open arms.