Politics is a game played enthusiastically by power mongers to have absolute control over the state. The insatiable desire for the power is the root cause for all the wars and the destruction witnessed by the mankind so far. History is replete with volumes of avaricious kings whose covetous desire for wealth and land had resulted in tumultuous wars and bloodshed. This trend has been in vogue for over several thousands of years from now. The same pattern would continue to exist till mankind fails to relinquish his greed for absolute power. The authority and absolute power brings a drastic change in the character of any person. People with great character can alone withstand the allurement of power. Another key factor in the entire process is it that the King maker is equally perspicacious compared to the king. The kingmaker is the real strategist engaged in devising all the plans and moves to topple the putative opposition or the enemy.
Politics is an art and people who can excel in outwitting the opponent
will emerge as winners. The real crux lies not in strengthening his camp but
weakening the opposition. It is not about absolute strength that is the boon on
the contrary it is the weakness of the opposition which keeps us in good stead.
It is all about the incredible game which finally determines the destiny of the
country its welfare and wellbeing of its citizens.
In the light of importance of politics and its crucial role, only
players with outstanding brilliance can design strategies and right moves at
the right time to have the desired effect of the plan on a long term. Chanakya
is acclaimed to be the best political pundit whose audacity has glorified
Bharat and the reign of his protégé Chandragupta Maurya was reckoned as the
golden age of India. The book Chanakya Chant by Ashwin
Sanghi
is an interesting read that culminated the age old strategy followed by
Chanakya and the present day political moves in a befitting manner. The
ultimate aim in both the cases was to acquire the political hegemony for their
protégé.
The author has tried to draw parallels between the erstwhile Guru and
the present day GangaSagar the king-maker and the protagonist of book. There
are so many similarities between the two characters and both the stories are
narrated in parallel. The story is beautifully woven and the plot is very
gripping. But most of the political plots designed by Gangasagar could be easily
guessed they lacked the novelty and are the usual prototype political
conspiracies hatched in movies. In short the story had a usual hand in glove
kind of relationship between a goon, a greedy business man and a cunning
political strategist who tries to moves the pawns carefully making eloquent use
of both bad men and money to attain his ultimate motive in life.
Extensive research has been done by the author in elucidating the
theories put forth by Chanakya. Some of the discussions and the humour filled
conversations between Chanakya and his students are exquisitely drafted. The
words were carefully chosen in all these conversations and they seem to have
different intrinsic and extrinsic meaning. This sort of colloquy is just a
delight for a reader.
This book finally draws a conclusion that politics is a mind-game like
the game of Chess and without sagacious planning the player may not achieve the
desired motive. But as always people seem to belief if the ends are good then
means doesn’t matter. People condemn politics as it is involves lot of deceit,
manipulation and insidious activities nevertheless peerless power and authority
demands ruthlessness as evident in our contemporary world.
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