Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Ingredients of awesome political speeches

Politics seems no tougher than just mobilizing the crowd, but, the agenda as whole it is the biggest and the most influential aspect and the step in the first stance to produce an individual at the hot seat in the parliament. When it comes to politics in India and the political speeches we often lay its foundation the stone of the pre-independence speeches, and one of the most influential speech of the pre-independent India is of Mahatma Gandhi, the Quit India speech, made on August 8, 1942. The birth of a post independence India speech was made by Pt. Jwahar Lal Nehru, the tryst with destiny speech. It is not the heading of the speech which makes it look alike one of the most famous speeches of Martin Luther king, made in context of the American civil rights movement, or it is not the motive in general of the Quit India speech made by Mahatma Gandhi or if seen globally, the pearl harbor speech made by Franklin D.Roosevelt.  If seen the latterly mentioned speeches are one of the most influential and globally reckoned speeches by the globally reckoned personalities, but, the best part is that both the speeches have a context which differentiates them from each other, one is made in the context of, ‘ahimsa’ and the other in the, ‘warfare’ strategy. This makes us to believe that it is not the context or the definition (which is given often after deliverance) and uncertainly not the personality delivering the speech, as we have seen the both personalities mentioned above are of the opposite circumference in the field of politics (one being a national leader and other the President). This makes us to believe a political speech to be of the outstanding is not to be governed by any of the factors of definition or the heading and even the motion concerned for which the speech is made or delivered. It is the body of the speech and the persona of deliverance of the speech which makes it influential and ultimately leads the deliverer into the boundaries of the parliament house.
Coming to the part of framing a political speech which is to be seen no more easier task than framing a constitution and especially when the deliverance of the speech is to be made in the most ethnically diverse region, where caste(s) system flow irrespective of the time, region no wonder such as Uttar Pradesh or Bihar. The general idea of an influential political speech is to governed by the idea of making a speech more and less rhetoric, in a sense politics is a world where the justification for the words less answerable and rather the more influence is laid on how the deliverer make the words appear to be satisfactory on the grounds of your future actions which indeed makes your ballot box heavier. ‘It is a struggle for power’, a well said quotation by Karl Marx in context of defining politics, but, the struggle begins from the dice set over the stage and your party symbol pasted over it. It’s all what and how the candidate makes the words of speech appear more or less justifiable for future actions and plans.
It is unfortunate but, many people believe that often speeches made by politicians are fake and unsupportive of the empirical arguments. The classics of the speech made by either the Prime Minister of a state like India or a MP, the question is to the speech is often a sarcasm in context of the empirical arguments, no wonder it is either the press or a common activist(s). To an extent the general idea which is to be kept in minds either by the framer of the speech or the deliverer is to pronounce out only factual arguments which are covered with a base of their origin. This not only vaccinates (in a sense) the whole speech but, also proves to safeguard the image of the spokesperson.
Moving further in the context of ensuring a political speech to produce an impact on the mob in a nation like India where the diversity is much more supportive in terms of language, it seems to be an ideology of the political candidate to deliver her/his speech in the local language, no wonder the other supportive factors are to be considered. This not only mobilized the speech but, leaves an impact over crowd which in a direct way expects from the candidates, i.e. the poor. The support may come either in terms of a vote bank or an individual youth as party worker(s) considering the language factor. It even ensures the image of the candidate as one amongst the general and the local crowd.
The time which the biggest player, plays a wonder role in a political speech, when a candidate is to deliver a political speech he firstly has to feel lucky that there are people who came to listen his explanations and promises, considering the part it comes to the duty of the candidate to make and deliver succinct speech. The two most influential parts in making of a political speech are the introductory and the conclusion of the speech, general public either concentrates when the deliverer starts the speech and often when he concludes, with a round of applause in both cases. The political candidate making a speech to general public must make his speech look most influential and concerned in the introductory paragraph, the latter part of conclusion is often to be supported with a quote which is to be made in context of the local mob.
It becomes the foremost duty of any political candidate to support his speech with the concern for the local issues and problems surrounded around her/his constituency. Supporting the above point the candidate must not just walk away after his deliverance, the general criteria must be the round or a consensual time period to be devoted for the grievances which the poor and may be the common local crowd would like to share on the grounds of an appeal to the candidate. The most important factor to be considered in ending a well framed political speech is to make the crowd present aware of your party symbol and the motto of party which is often to be raised over and again in the deliverance of speech.
The well framed structure of political speech depends on one and many factors but, it is all about how you make the crowd influenced and inclined towards your party and yourself by leaving no gaps between the deliverer and the concerned.  

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