15mins rendezvous with Deve Gowda

Today i had the opportunity to talk to our Honourable Ex PM Deve Gowda, for what felt like more than 15 mins of an eye-to-eye coversation. Little did i dream, that after writting the article on him (link to Speakupcitizen blog)) i would actually get to meet him face to face. I asked him if there was any opportunity for people like me to enter politics now. (I must say this now that this is the second time i'm declaring in public that i'll be entering politics. The first was at the Global Perspective Meet of Ericssion). He bowed down to me and said 'with all due respect please enter.....i have no qualms, or something to that effect). So that was my stint with him. He seems so ordinary nothing great. I didnt feel overwhelmed or anything of that sort......felt like i had the right to ask him something...watever it maybe. He said politics is a place for those who only have selfish interests in mind. And that is where i believe i will not fit in and so have identified a slot that is ment for the geniune. I strongly believe that if u have pure intentions and the humility to accept corrections with a burning desire and passion to give ur life for the good of the nation - there is still room for you in politics. It may seem hard but u will succeed. (My professors, my colleagues and I were among the audience for the program "We the people", anchored by Srinivasan Jain and the topic was Bangalore's IT Dream - is it dying (with specific reference to Deve Gowda's comments on IT companies and N.R.Narayan Murthy's resignation from BIAL).