I have a solution

for the growing menace of ugly political posters and of course the perennial traffic woes of Bangalore.

I start my day with a drive down Bellary Road watching with discomfort the wily, ugly and outright hideous faces of various politicians hanging from every light pole, stuck to every compound wall facing the road. And god help me when I get stuck in a regular traffic jam with some ugly old monster staring down at me from one of those large cut-outs. Yuck!

One of these days, I hit upon a solution. Politics is largely entertainment in our country anyway, so why not encourage all these Bollywood actors to join the fray? You see, politicians today don't have to have an opinion, they don't even have to debate or make speeches. All they have to do is look good and utter inanities in front of the press. And bollywood has natural talent when it comes to these things. And by actors, I mean current idols and not some old, drunk who used to be a star some eons ago.

Think of the advantages. No more ugly posters! You have Deepika Padukone smiling from the nearest lamp post and Shahrukh's six pack on a 30 feet cutout! Well, I would prefer Deepika Padukone's smile to a crook's any day...

So there... all political parties, my vote goes to the party that gets the prettiest candidate, at least in Bangalore. Ideology and development be damned!