Secrecy is power.

We, the people of India, are totally powerless because of complete ignorance about our politicians. Even after 52 years the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report about the total humiliation visited on the Indian armed forces by the Chinese in 1962 remains a secret. The only reason is to protect Jawaharlal Nehru's image which then protects the lineage to the present generation of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. So when Ms Maneka Gandhi asks," How did Sonia become so rich?" the answer is we do not know. We do not know the source of this family's wealth or how it is invested. We do not know if Ms Sonia Gandhi has officially renounced her Italian citizenship or whether she and her family have dual nationalities. And we do not know the nature of her illness that takes her to the US so frequently. It is this sense of entitlement in our politicians that they do not have to answer any question on their activities and laws are only for the aam aadmi that is at the root of social inequality. This is not peculiar to India but is present in every developing country which is the reason why we remain poor. Turkish Prime Minister, RT Erdogan has blocked access to the social networking site Twitter after news of corruption by his family began to circulate. With local elections due shortly he threatened to " wipe out " the network, which is an empty threat because it is an American company. Like in India the Turkish economy grew strongly on the back of massive debts and a boom in construction because of cheap money from the west and very low interest rates. Erdogan was strutting around like our Congress fellows. No longer. Growth has dropped to 3.9% in 2013 from 9.2% in 2010, Current Account Deficit is at 8%, core inflation is at 8% and is expected to rise to 10% and the Lira has dropped 23% against the dollar, raising cost of imports. However, just like the Congress Erdogan blames everybody except himself. So yesterday Turkish air force shot a Syrian fighter in Syrian airspace. Erdogan was gloating. Meanwhile 31 people have been killed by the police in Venezuela for protesting against inflation, uncontrolled violent crime and shortage of basic necessities. President Nicolas Maduro blames the people when inflation is above 50%. Keep people ignorant and if they protest shoot. Citizens are always weak.