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No. Don’t wonder. It’s not about any new version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. It’s about “The Indian Express List of the Most Powerful Indians in 2009″. This Sunday when I got my hands on news paper , I saw an extra 32Pages booklet as suplement. My curious mind made me to read it first. The intention was not to know the Powerful Indians but to be very frank, To see if I have my company’s(Wipro Group) chairperson’s name in the list or not. Certainly, He bagged the 55th position.

I was offended to see the name at 1st position. The position belongs to Mr. Rahul Gandhi. The IE says that “Power in this context is not about achievement, visibility or excellence - although these are factors - but about influence”. I agree people around India are influenced by Mr. Rahul Gandhi but name me those young people like us who are influenced by him and look forward to follow his footsteps. I have an open question to everyone. How many of us would like to go for Politics? Its my point of view . I am not posing my view on you but this is what I have seen around me l. No position among 100 in this list is bagged by any military official.  May be , They are not much on tip of our tongues , can be the reason behind this. My say is where were our young achievers like Abhinav Bindra , Sania Mirza or Aishwarya Rai when the list was made.

Almost 50% positions in that list are given to Politicians. I wonder How Orissa CM or Political Secretary to Sonia Gandhi have influenced us. I know what is roaming in your mind.  Yes we have Shahrukh Khan , Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in the list . And Yes, Baba Ramdev as well .

PS: IE, We look forward to see some meaningful names in ie 100 ‘10 .