WisdomThing

What is the objection to Smriti Irani on being the minister of Human Resources for the country?

Opposing an appointment for having a less of paper degree, I think, is not the contention of most when they have opposed appointment of Mrs. Smriti Irani as HRD minister. Less so, when a woman is involved who discovered her success through sheer grit and self confidence. The opposition is more so on substantial ground of how wisdom operates. At the outset, it needs to be clarified that it is not to argue that Smriti Irani is not wise; that she sure is; her IQ score, it is hoped would vouch for that, scientifically; which empirically is visible any day whenever she has appeared on TV through her articulation. Rather, it is about fit-ability of the general wisdom that she possesses into the ministry that she is going to run and minister in person that she is going to be. It is about the contextual wisdom that is required to endow a vision to the ministry that has craved for attention for many a long years now. No doubt that many an earlier ministers in the same department must have been misfits on this similar count, or even the current ministers in other departments. But she has become a test in case, and because of degree of misfit-ness she has become receptor of severe criticism, that even runs the risk of critiques bordering on elitism and sexism. But the case still needs to be stated. Concession may be made as to have this critique on contextual wisdom applicable to all and sundry who happen to occupy the high chairs of public office. In private offices, the contextual wisdom is the altar on which the appointments are always made.  It is in the distribution of public office that the occasion needs to be staved off from a situation akin to distribution of spoils of electoral victory, on the basis of incidents of personal loyalty and moments of chivalry for the party and the leader.

Wisdom in the current case?

          Wisdom is gained though knowledge. Only two sources of knowledge are, education and experience. A wise person has both in adequate quantity. A visionary soul is generally one that has good knowledge through reading books, dialogues, discussions and importantly, the reflection. A wise leader necessarily have this knowledge tested in the field that reveals the legendary gap between the theory and practice, and making the one who is making policy for the entire country a little sensitive to this wedge when the discussions and decisions are made in large air conditioned walls. Now, Smriti has neither of them-by education or experience. Unlike many other middle class Indians who just acquire degrees after degrees—because they are so free and jobless—She had no time for any degree as she was into modelling and acting profession. She was successful. She made feeble attempts at getting a degree, but messed up in finalizing an Arts or a Commerce degree for herself. She lost interest. She then lied in her affidavit in order to cover up for her lack of formal education. She perhaps never felt the need for knowledge, she was bothered only about the curriculum vitaé. There is no demonstrable effort by her to either evince interest in the field level implementation of the educational deficiency of this vast nation be it in primary or higher education. She articulated for the party, she forcefully noised her points on the TV. She was fiercely loyal to the leader, like a vassal to the lord, she spoke good body language too that gelled well with the inspirational youth. She just acted, shallow mostly.

 Because of this, she does not qualify to be wise to decide on the policy matters concerning education. she might qualify for a youth affairs or similar ministry, where her experience, if not education would be qualification sufficient to decide for the course the nation might have to follow, yet it would be far from visionary. But education, no! Far from a visionary leader, she appears unwise to guide HRD ministry. She just may run it, like everything and anything is just being run in this country.

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