Dynasties... Nasty for Indian Politics??

The recent election campaign was a major cacophony against dynasty rule. Political parties wanted to leverage on the fact that one major party has a dynasty which makes the decision for the country. I am no great supporter of Gandhi family apart from admiration of the charm. But when I started thinking I saw a different angle.
Why Rahul Gandhi announced his entry to politics was puzzling to me. He was one guy who was away from the hustle bustle of Indian politcs happily spending his days with a Slovakian girl friend. In politics the Gandhi family always had a curse (reminds of Hound of Baskerville??). Indira Gandhi has been under threat from Sikhs long before she was assassinated. Same is the case with Rajiv Gandhi. Even after three murder attempts he never gave up politics until dead. Till this day there is a constant threat from Sikhs and LTTEs to the Gandhi family, then why should Rahul Gandhi enter Indian Politics? He needs no money, his ancestors gave him much. He needs no name, his family name is enough. He needs no power, he already excercises even from a foreign country. I just feel he is attending a call of duty for the Gandhi family. People respect this tradition specially the rural vote bank. But the urban vote bank (read as the neo-mindsets) scorn at this idea brushing off the idea as a rustic, illogical and outlandish. Let me take up a counter argument against each of this:
World wide, India is not the only country which votes for a dynasty. There are more than 35 countries in this world which have set dynastic rule. In fact even developed nations like UK, Australia, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Canada have head of the state as a hereditary position. In fact a referendum in Canada, Australia has shown the popular opinion in favour of dynastic head. Even in US, Kennedy's kith and kin are still governors of states only because of JFK's charm. So this is no rustic idea but an idea which even modern economies practice to date.
In one poll-opinion gathering, people of Rajasthan were asked why they always voted the Scindia Scions (remember Vasundhara Raje is from BJP which strongly opposed the dynasty rule!! ) into power. The rustic vote bank has given a deep cut argument. They said that they have enough money to live for generations. There is no chance that they can be corrupt unlike a new, small time, politician. Now this is what is logic!!
Even this day, where corporates thrive on the principle of professional management, we still have Tata, Ambanis, Birlas ruling corporate kingdoms as dynasty's. Even on global front we have Mittals, Trumps, Hiltons. Why only businesses even movie world is dominated by this. (Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood). So do you still think this idea is outlandish?

Dont Utopia'ize India ...

Ask any MBA student and he will characterise the personality of a professional this way: All Marketing guys are optimists (thats where I belong to) ... finance guys are pessimists... IT guys are day dreamers ... lawyers are suspicious. True to the statement I have come across professionals in each arena. But the most prominent breed in current day society is the IT breed. Give a chance they eulogize, utopia'ise society and things and come up with wierd dreams which they believe will come true and have to come true. These are snippets from my encounters:
There should not be any corruption in India... it should be made corruption-free. There should not be any filth/waste thrown on the ground/road. There should not be any one left unemployed. Every one should have access to internet. PM should answer queries on orkut and facebook. All citizens should have hi-fi gadgets like smart phones.
I never understand why should India be so eulogized? Why should India be compared to Singapore, Malaysia, US and should not have filth on roads? Why should people be prevented in attending nature calls in open air? What happens if everyone passing out is put in a job without any free labour? Why should all citizens have access to internet and smartphones like those Singapore? Why should we be compared and assessed? India is a mighty power from ages. Infact a report from Goldman Sachs says that from all recorded history from 1AD India has been in the top three of highest GDP. Only last 250 years were an abberation and we would again climb back to our previous ranking. All these years we never imitated any country. Our ancestors from ages have been using empty vast lands for meeting nature.... throwing waste on roads... common citizens never had access to super-knowledge or super equipment. But all the time we were rich. Thats because we have our own way of moving things. If we are bound to grow at 6% even this day when the world is facing recession/slow down, thats only because we have a large unorganised market. We still have 30% of illiteracy, almost 40% living BPL. All this though appear as drawbacks, have kept us on our toes and made us acheive higher. This was the driving force for our growth and will be the driving force.
So next time you come across any IT professional saying that India should develop more in this area.... or we do this in India while it is the other way ... just tell them:
"Hum logon ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani
Ulti seedhi jaisi bhi hai apni yehi kahaani
Aankhon mein kuchh aansoo hain kuchh sapne hain
Aansoo aur sapne donon hi apne hain
Dil dukha hai lekin toota to nahin hai
Umeed ka daaman chooka to nahin hai
Thodi majboori hai lekin thodi hai manmaani
Thodi tu tu main main hai aur thodi kheecha taani
Hum mein kaafi baatein hain jo lagti hain deewani
Phir bhi dil hai hindusatni"