Indians As Electorate

In the 21st century,the information age, where we are surrounded by these loud mouth economists,analysts and politicians claiming that India has arrived,India to become a superpower by 2030,India soon to surpass japan in terms of gdp(ppp) etc etc .a big question arises-- Are we really prepared to assume the responsibility of a world leader or to take important international decisions ,when India's very own citizens are not proving to be a responsible electorate. Almost every third person in our country is heard cribbing about the central government,state government or the municipal corporations for various reasons be it the law and order problem in the area,sanitation and drainage problems,dilapidated conditions of the area they are living in etc,but not once do we realize that it's in the hands of the common people to make or break the leaders,a power which we are not exploiting very efficiently.It's a shame,that people especially the 74% literate ones don't even know the names of the leaders contesting the elections.In the MCD Elections(2012) for the three recently divided zones ,i personally witnessed a highly disappointing scenario .On april 15,2012 in ward number 108 (Khyala region),standing in the queue to exercise my right to vote,i noticed that even the educated people especially the youth was more interested in discussing the things like, the features of  recently launched IPAD v3 rather than pondering over whom to vote or which candidate is genuinely interested in solving the area's problems.And when they arrived at a stage where they had to press one of the buttons on Electronic voting Machine(EVM) ,without thinking much about the candidates they preferred to choose one of the popular parties randomly.People are hardly interested in taking the pains and just have a look at the manifestos of the parties and its future plans and that what are the problems of their respective areas and how the prospective candidates plan to solve those problems.If the so called responsible citizens of this country are not even thinking over above mentioned basic questions before electing their leaders ,then how can we expect our leaders to perform their duties responsibly, If we are not much bothered about the problems then we don't have the right to criticize the governments or the leaders.