Hues of Indian politico’s

Jai Prakash Narayan always tapped the micro phone twice before starting his speech and former president APJ Kalam used to touch the microphone several times during the course of his speech. Character traits or habits, the media doesn’t only listen to words of the speaker, it also reads the body language and the personality of the speaker. Following is an analysis on the types of personalities in India’s current polity:

The Mavericks:
Media feeds on this type of politicians; their words provide the best breaking news and headline captions. Their remarks create ruffles in the government as well as out on the roads. They are media darlings as they shoot up the circulations and send TRPs through the roof. Confident of their statements (irrespective of its popularity or consequence) these leaders take the camera like Amitabh Bacchan of the 70’s.
E.g. Lallu Prasad Yadav; Raj Thackeray

Gen Y:
All the young blood that runs in the central hall of the parliament, the BB generation with a barrage of backroom researchers, image managers and constituency planning committees. These politicians with international degrees and political exposure since their formative years (since either/ both parents are in politics) are extremely tech savvy. They have tapped into the potential of social media networking to reach out to their vote banks, blogs, online forums, tweets are a daily routine.
E.g. Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora, Naveen Jindal

The Doctors:
These are the types who have a doctor effect in their interactions; they could make you feel calm and peaceful even in the most dreadful situations. Their speech is doctored and often comes from eons of experience in political and media management. Ironically most of these “speech doctors” come from a law background; either by learning it, or by breaking it. Their command over the choice of words and verbosity has guided them to their current elevated stages.
E.g. P Chidambaram; Salman Khurshid, Arun Jaitley

The Teachers:
Politicians who fall under this category seem to have been around since the start of democracy and lived it all. Most of the current COB, Editor-in- chief’s would have been studying journalism when these politicians were caught with oath taking ceremonies in their respective state cabinets. Journalists dare not challenge their replies and cross question their credibility; these are the sprinkles on the cream of Indian Polity.
E.g. Pranab Mukherjee; AB Vajpayee

The Hidden Treasure cove:
No media interactions and no media liaison – not because the media is disinterested, it is a conscious choice out of a meticulous career mapping. Only one of his kind, no one knows who will hit the jackpot and have his first exclusive interaction. As of now, the prince of Congress is truly a well guarded secret.