[Politics] Arun Bhatia - Can we have the 'NAYAK' from reel life in to our real life??

Remember Nayak - where Anil Kapoor a.k.a Shivajirao, a white collared [or whatever collar the media insdustry boast they have] guy enters politics and changes the landscape of Mumbai and Maharashtra??He has no political background, no party flagship, no lobbies behind him; but just a will to do his job honestly and diligently.But then, that's reel-life where nothing's impossible.
The question before me tonight is - Can Arun Bhatia, already with an halo of Honesty over his head be the real life Nayak? My thought process on this matter has intensified since last week, when I had a chance to have a Q&A session with Mr. Bhatia through a video-con, arranged by my friends Sameer and Swapnali.
So, Shivajirao got to be a CM for a day, thanks to a legislative ordinance and also proved his calibre, integrity and honesty - whatever he did on that one day proved to be his USP for the elections, when he contested.
Now let me begin talking about Arun Bhatia with an analogy to this and thereby expressing some of the concerns which people have about him as a lok sabha candidate and Arun Bhatia's answers or my thoughts about it.Firstly, he hasn't been given a one day tenure to prove himself; he is directly contesting the elections, so we will have him as MP of Pune for five looong years. If he succeeds in keeping his commitments, he is a winner and so are his voters. If he doesn't, his voters are the losers.
Bhatia has declared an agenda for improving Pune within 8 months, else he is ready to resign after a year. This should make it up for those supporting to give him a chance [one year tenure as MP] and those who are concerned about what if he fails/wavers [resignation after a year].What would be more practical is if he quantifies his proposals, so that common people from Pune can judge his acomplishments and failures after a year. [Sorry, I know my mind has been infested too much with Infosys process fundas]
Moving forward, there is no ordinance in effect to make Arun Bhatia prime Minister over night, atleast not yet. He has already declared that he will not take sides during government formation. He will thus be just another MP, one out of the total 543. So, can he manage to get the required attention and government funding for Pune?If he gets ignored and sidelined, due to absence of any peers in Maharashtra govt and absence of any influential post at the center, Pune's future looks screwed up. Annual MP fund of 2.5 crores or his total annual salary would prove a meagre amount compared to the needs of Pune. With no lobby behind him, can he succeed in raising capital as and when required? [Kalmadi succesfully raised the required money for Commonwealth Youth games, and did this swiftly]To this, his answer is ready. Pune has got a 2500 crore rupees development fund planned. If this gets sanctioned appropriately, as and when required, there should be no shortage of funds for Pune. To make the government politicos and bureacrats sanction this development fund, is his responsibility and he is all poised up for the job.He believes the wide-spread media network and coverage in India can be put to use in this regards. If a government official or a politico delays or denies to release the funds, expose him/her in front of media; file a petition in Court; Make a media propaganda of the suit and ensure that the judiciary system gives their ruling within proper time.Sounds like some plan. Again, my only concern is yes the Judiciary system would not want bad publicity just because they are delaying some decision, and yes, the bureacrats would not want bad media attention; so, to avoid embarrasing situations, they will comply. But, what of the politicos? Will the people who have footage of their regular brawls in the assembly hall broadcasted on DoorDarshan daily give any damn to being questioned in front of media, about sanctioning funds for Pune? Ensuring that the politicos comply equally to his demands is the biggest challenge Arun Bhatia has to meet.Also worth mentioning, with all the UN experience he has, he is hopeful to bring in international monetary aids and fundings for development projects in Pune.
Talking about his calibre, integrity and honesty - those who are his followers worship him for that, those who are his opponents assume these qualities about him; but, nobody denies them. This is a major plus he has. This also highlights another challenge he has, and that is to keep up to his reputation and to people's expectations.One argument which was provided in this regards was that he has proven all of this, but as an administrator and not as a politician. Well, i would like to argue that if he stays the same way, away from political gimics, isn't it better for people? The question which should be raised here is, can he be a good leader? I have my own beliefs that he can be!!
That brings us to another argument put by those not supporting him - What if his life - personal and professional [as an MP] gets infested/impacted by the politics around him? Seriously, I mean, If we can have talks of IPL driven out of India and media all over the nation speculating this to be Congress's measure to 'cut-Pawar-to-size', wouldn't these big political banners attempt to always score politically over Arun Bhatia, whenever possible, wherever possible, however possible?
Even the reel-life Nayak had to suffer loses in his personal life due to villianish tendencies of politicos. I do not consider the extent of tactics in real-life to be as brutal or evil, but they can be equally cunning.And, even the reel-life Nayak had to play a dirty political trick to get rid of the Amrish Puri character. He also could not help getting infested with politics for personal use.So, can Arun Bhatia stay clean? and can Arun Bhatia stay immune from the tricks and tactics of fellow MPS and two governments - at state level and at center?
To answer the first question, for a person with 26 transfers for his 'demolition acts' - as everyone likes to refer them, entering parliament after his retirement, with his family members all earning well and good, the answer is simple. YES, he can stay clean. Whether he will, that is something, he has to prove by his conduct.As for immunity from tactics against him, he has already seen so many transfers and tasted the impact, though in a different sense, at a different level. But, we can always expect him to scale up on his endurance, considering that he is now entering a bigger arena and will have higher responsibilities.
But, i did raise this before him. If the trishankhu loksabha comes to a point where Arun Bahtia is among the 10 MPs needed to vote for deciding who will rule, what will be his criteria in selection of alliances? Does he have a political favourite already, due to what he has experienced in his life time? Because, we as common people will assume 10 more Sorens getting richer in this scenario.
His answer was simple - he will not vote during the process of government formation. This eradicates the question of whom he will vote for and why? This also maintains his immunity from c-virus [corruption].And after the government is formed, his vote for every motion will be on case-by-case basis, after accessing the pros and cons of the motion.
That raised another question in my mind. What if all the blue collared and white collared middle class population [the one which he hopes for to vote for him in majority] still thinks on similar 'typical' lines that there can be no end to corruption? They may be sure that Arun Bhatia will be a clean politician. But, with the fear that anyways, he wont accumulate enough votes and may never win, what if they don't vote? Every one is expecting a magic spell to work if Arun Bhatia is to win this election. Does he see this magic brewing around in minds of people? magic strong enough to get people away from their TV sets and make them vote on a holiday?For most of the slum-dwellers, the motivation for vote is simple - vote for a person who gave him/her 500 bucks or free drinks for last 5 nights or free biryani for last 10 days. Will Arun Bhatia's call against corruption, and of better governance be motivating enough for middle class and upper middle class [as we IT folks like to call ourself :-D]?
Nikhil Joshi, the campaign manager for Arun bhatia answered this.He described us the vibe that he can see among the various people and their readiness to fight corruption. He was very optimistic about the response of Pune population, and of all classes - people from slums to upper middle class, and to rich, influential folks.Bhatia further added that there are many people who have the will to do good. This election and the plan of governance through people committees offers them the chance to have the courage for doing good. So, they are already optmistic and motivated for voting. He also added that many of his activitists are from slums, they are good men and women and working with them, he has come to believe that the general perception that slums vote for money is not true in most of the cases.
While this discussion was going on, Swapnali asked Mr. Bhatia's opinion about preference to localites and the overall 'rights of bhumi-putras' campaign by Raj Thakre.His answer was one fo the most convincing and un-biased answers I have heard from a politico or political aspirant on this topic. 'In India, as per legislative rights, we cannot deny free movement of people accross regions. It is ridiculous to do so. Instead what we must demand, and strive for is to get the minimum wages act implemented strictly in the state. Once, the businessmen know that they have to pay a bihari or a marathi same wages for his one-days work, then its a fair ground. It is then upto the skillsets and readiness to work harder, which will win'. Also, if this gets implemented in Bihar as well, we can see lesser people migrating :-)
I know this sounds too idealistic to some, and again they will raise the same issue - how will a single MP get this mandate on minimum wages implemented? But, if you ask me, I am happy that someone is gauging this situation free from regional vote bank biases, and has a logical and not emotional solution and I would love to see this happening some day.
Resuming my questions, I asked - how would he ensure the induction effect of his acts and policies in the neighbouring constituencies and eventually through out the nation? Also, as the number of people ready to join him, and follow his ideals increase, how will he manage this growth? having 50 independent Arun Bhatias in Lok Sabha does not sound like a good solution. Is he planning to have a political flagship for himself and his associates?Arun Bhatia started with saying that even all 543 Loksabha members can be independents and there can still be someone who is Prime Minister among them, and the Defence Minister and so on. [I didn't find this practical, but then i guess so did he :-)]. He has already applied for a political party registration with the election commision - the 'People Guardian Party' or the 'Lok Rakshak Party' [don't worry, i don't think there is any communism idealogy involved in selecting this name :P] and this party will eventually open branch offices around the country for accomodating associates.
As for induction, even though this query was missed in my lengthy question, I feel it is more for voters to get induced, and demand a corruption-free representatives. I do not belong to Pune constituency, yet, I have my selfish motives in Bhatia's win. Firstly, to induce representatives in my home-town commit a similar corruption-free, better governance and development and secondly, to work in a better Pune.
All readers of this post may fall in same category as me, or may be voters of Pune constituency. I hope, they will give a serious thought to Arun Bhatia as a Lok Sabha candidate. Who knows, someday their single vote will transform into a molecule of celluloid and give Pune the real-life NAYAK!!

[Hindu Mythology] Ramayana - It is Written [English]

Ramayana - An Epic saga in Hindu religion. To explore it fully and understand its various aspects can be a job for a life-time.
I am using this forum to put forth my thoughts on one such episode in the entire saga, the background and reasoning behind this event and the after event reconciliation attempted.
This event is killing of Wali [Bali, in some places] by Ram. The theme of write-up is based on destiny and purpose of each one's life.

Ram:

Time is Treta Yug. An era when gods and demons roamed freely over the middle earth. An era when Parshuram - the incarnation of Lord Vishnu himself, was making rounds of earth, just to make it bereft of Kshatriyas; killing any male above age of 21 that he encounters - all to revenge his father's death and to punish the sins the Kshatriyas committed thereof.

But then, there would come a day when Treta yug ends and that will mark a reduction in human devotion towards god. And the more that humans cease to believe in the divine and cosmic powers of gods, lesser will they find god's indulgence in maintaining harmony and prosperity on the earth.

Atleast at the conscious levels, HUmans will soon become more responsible for their well-being, prosperity and existence.

So, It should come as no surprise that Lord Shiva - the god of the gods, started planning about setting an appropriate example before humans.

As a first step, Parshuram was convinced to stop all the blood-shed and punishment. His karma was done, his destiny ful-filled. Punishment was now to be replaced with Reformation. Parshuram - the first brahma-khsatriya [priest and a warrior at the same time], in his pursuit to offer better rulers to humans, distributed the land he won among brahmins [and did not give it back to the kshatriyas], and made them rulers and owners of this land, creating more brahma-kshatriyas.
But then, even while these new rulers were free from sins, would they be able to refrain themselves? When the demon kings were equally stronger and influential, Whom will they follow as a role-model?

And this dilemma was upon Kshatriyas in other regions [which were not under control of Parshuram] as well. Even if they had to follow a path of dharma, what was that path?

In Treta yug, the gods were still accessible and hence could be directly consulted in case of dire needs or by great devotion. But, what fate was upon the generations to follow?

Lord Shiva's plan for having an ideal king, and more importantly an ideal human being, does became critical if humans had to survive in the eras to follow.

Second step of the plot - If some Lord of the gods have to appear on earth as an human incarnation, there needs to be a reason for it. Life without a purpose is no life!!

and guess what!! Lord Shiva found a purpose. One of his staunch devotees and a great Demon King - Ravana, just asked for a boon as an appreciation of his life-long devotion and worshipping to Lord Shiva - to die at the hands of a Lord of the Gods.
Lord Brahma, being the creator of all beings - asking him to kill someone ... lets drop the idea. Lord Shiva himself cannot kill his most devoted worshipper. So, that leaves only one option - Lord Vishnu.
If Ravana wavers from path of dharma and incurs cruelty and sins, Lord Vishnu agreed to take a human incarnation and kill him. This incarnation would then set an example before all other human rulers.
But what if Ravana does not falter from the path of justice and goodness?
In that case, He is already a powerful ruler on earth, and he faithfully worships Lord Shiva - so, if he is just and good, what can be a better example?

But then, Ravana faltered. And he faltered not because of any evil influence or any plot by the gods to end his demonic rule, but mostly because of his own ego.

Let me illustrate his case by giving a modern day illustration. Consider a kid, who has been topper of the class from grade 1 to grade 5. He has been beating the rest of the class in every competition and exam and has become obvious favourite of the head-master.
He is also a big fan of Head-Master and worships him from bottom of his heart.
Considering all this, the head-master calls him on the first day of school in his sixth grade and gives him a written promise - you will graduate from this school with distinction, no matter what!!
In his Sixth grade, during initial days, the kid continues to study with same devotion as earlier, but then as time pases the feeling develops - he is going to graduate for sure!!
So, he still continues to study, but he knows he does not need to. Gradually, he starts believing he is doing his teachers a favor by attending their classes, as time passes he becomes arrogant, deeply indulged in his own ego.
What begins with arrogance, turns into in-subordination, indiscipline and then there comes a time, when he thinks he does not need any teachers. Next step, he feels he is better than his teachers and it can be in the interest of his fellow class-mates to start taking lessons from him!!

What happened to this kid in above illustration, was the same that happened to Ravana. His death was certain some day, but he had been promised that he would be killed only by the lord of the gods, which in turn meant mokshya - the ultimate enlightment of the soul. [The Amrut possessed by Ravana looks like just an additional safeguard to ensure that no lesser being succeeds in killing him, even by accident.]
So, while in his initial days, after receiving the boon, he did just and good deeds, later on he passed through the same stages as the child above - ending up considering himself better than all other gods and demons, expecting everyone to worship him.

Too bad, there was no Uncle Ben around him to say 'With great power, comes great responsibilty!!'

So, now that Ravana has turned evil and has oppressed the gods enough, all the gods appeal the lords of universe for help and rescue and Lord Vishnu responds to it. This becomes the karma of Lord Rama - the Human incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The purpose of his life is written!!

Ramayana traces the life story of Lord Rama, his siblings, his wife Sita and his kids Luv and Kush. Every act by each one of them exemplifies how a king should be, how a son should be, how a wife should be, how a husband should be, how a brother should be, in situations good or bad.
The deeds and character of Lord Rama are so strong that after so many generations and thousands of years later to this episode, we humans look up to him as a role model.
The plot of Lord Shiva, with help of Lord Vishnu, has succeeded.

But, it did have a glitch, or to be specific two glitches - which were addressed in the due course of Ramayana. These glitches were contemporary presence of Lord Hanuman and King Wali.

Hanuman:

Even while Lord Shiva was over looking the plan for sustainable human civilisations, he himself was obliged to incarnate - and that too, as a son of most unexpected of the beings.

To free an easrt-while Apsara [courtisan of heaven] Anjani off her curse and to fulfill the boon which Wind god Vayu conferred on Anjani and Kesari, Lord Shiva incarnated as son of the couple - a monkey child and came to be known as Lord Hanuman.

Legend is that as Hanuman grew older, he confused the red sun with some fruit and tried to acquire it. Indra, the king of gods ran to Sun's rescue and in the process hurt Hanuman. Baby Hanuman fell unconcious. Vayu did not like this and in an attempt to convince him from taking away the winds from this world, all the gods, including the three lords, bestowed numerous boons on the child.
Hanuman - the reincarnation of Shiva himself, thus grew stronger and more powerful than any of the gods.
I sometimes wonder whether all the gods actually conferred their boons on baby Hanuman because they wanted to pacify Vayu or they knew hanuman was an incarnation of Shiva and so possessed great powers anyways, and all they did was to acknowledge those powers by their boons.

Now comes the first glitch. At conscious level of thinking, Hanuman was incarnation of Shiva and not Shiva himself. He was powerful enough to kill Ravana. What if he encounters Ravana some day? Ravana faced a certain death in this case. Frankly speaking, Ravana himself had no reason to deny a death from hands of a powerful god -an incarnation of Lord Shiva himself.
Hence comes in to Ramayana, the episode where-in troubled by the childish meance of Hanuman, a hermit curses him that he would forget about all his powers and will not be able to use them. But how can you be religious and curse the Lord himself?? [even though he is a child]
So, we see an escape clause - Hanuman would be able to use his cosmic powers only after he meets Lord Ram. Also, he would remember about any of his powers if someone reminds him about it.

So, are you one of those who think that if this little incident would not have happened, and the 'glitch' would not have been removed, Ramayana would be better than its current course?

Let me put it this way. Have you seen Harry Potter? What do you think that Dumbeldore's decision to keep baby Harry with his aunt and uncle, was it correct?
If he would have grown up with some wizarding family, say weasley's for that matter, most humble and purest at heart folks, how would Harry be?
Knowing that Voldermort left a part of his powers within him, when he was just a child, and that he belongs to a highly valued wizarding family, wouldn't he have been just another Draco Malfoy, when he turned 11? Or possibly, much more arrogant, if you ask me.
Keeping Harry away from wizarding world, unaware of his powers, of the magic he can pull-off for better or worse of others, was a decision dumbeldore took to make him a humble and compassionate wizard. Add to it, as it was DUmbeldore who ensured that Harry gets to know his wizarding skills at the right time, Harry always has a respect and gratitude for him [not that Dumbeldore was deliberate with this].

Now to establish the analogy, consider Lord Shiva as Dumbeldore, who wants to make sure that Hanuman is humble, peace-loving and compassionate and also as voldermort [not in the evil sense], who has transferred all his powers into Hanuman by making Hanuman his incarnation. But his most recent experience has shown him, that a learned, god-loving being, his favourite of disciples can also become the most evil being alive, if he is consumed by pride. Ravana had just one boon from Shiva, but Hanuman was Shiva incarnated.

A egotist Hanuman could have been the end of the world. It was important to pacify him. Ofcourse, all the above discussion about the incident is so much at human level. I feel there is a greater cosmic plot involved in this.

When Shiva incarnated as Hanuman, there had to be some meaning, some purpose to this incarnation, to this life. Just like purpose/destiny/karma of Ram's life was to kill Ravana, Hanuman was incarnated to be a god of humbleness, strength with modesty, of well-being - rescuing those in trouble, helping those in need. [his birth itself was to rescue Anjani off her curse, which explains this karma, at the very beginning of his life]
I feel this episode of placing a mild curse on Hanuman was entirely aimed at facilitating this karma.
Just a passing note, as an illustration of how Hanuman can remember his powers, when somebody needs them to achieve a good cause, and when he is reminded about these powers - can be found in Ramayana when Jambuvant, one of his peers explains him of the need to cross ocean to complete search for Sita, and reminds him of his ability to do it.
I along with millions of Indians believe and worship Hanuman, as our rescuer.

Thus, as a modest hero, Hanuman would not have killed or even challenged Ravana, just to prove his strengths, as an incarnation of Shiva, at a subconscious level, he would not have killed his most devoted worshipper, as a compassionate warrior, [let me use Joker's quote here] he would not kill Ravana just out of some mis-placed sense of self-righteousness, as a modest and best friend, he would not ruin the destiny written for Ram to be fulfilled. He would not and did not Kill Ravana. so, even if Hanuman was a powerful contemporary of Ram and Ravana, and possessed strength to kill Ravana, it was not the destiny written for him. His destiny was to be a humble friend, a modest rescuer and he is fulfilling his destiny!!

Wali:

The Monkey kingdom was not just blessed with one powerful soul of Hanuman. There was one more - king of Kishkindha Wali. Wali was son of Indra, the king of gods. While he himself was powerful and strong, he also had a unique boon - any contender or challenger fighting against him, may it be god, human, demon or monkey, would lose his powers by half, just at the sight of him.
That can give us a fare idea of his might - so terrifying and frightening for opponents that their confidence drops to 50%.

Surrounded by Dandakaaranya on one side, where primitive demons roamed around freely and having a constant threat from Lanka - the kingdom of Ravana on other side, Kishkindha needed such a powerful ruler.

Wali was courageous to answer and pacify any demon - trying to cause trouble to his kingdom and in this attempt killed many powerful demons.
Enraged by this, Ravana decided to challenge Wali and take over his kingdom, during one of his war expeditions.
Wali defeated Ravana. He beat him to death and walked away with glory.
It was only the virtue of Amruta - the elixir of eternal mortality that Ravana had already consumed, which kept him alive, even after taking such a fatal blow from Wali.
But, he learnt his lesson. Ravana, the most powerful of Demon Kings, who had defeated all the gods, wisely kept away from Kishkindha.

So, Wali played his part in the bigger plot. He freed the Dandakaranya off many a demons, making life for Ram, Laxman and Sita, a little better. He made sure that there was atleast one free kingdom, close to Lanka, which Ram can come to for rescue.
Being deprived of his own kingdom and army, if Rama had to challenge Ravana, he wanted an army. Wali ensured that there is one - the army of monkeys, which was not under rule of Ravana, thanks to valour of Wali.
Also, think of it as a soldier. When you have seen that one of you - even if it was your mighty king, has defeated the mightiest of the demons - Ravan, you dont panic when ordered to march in straight in to Lanka. You know its possible to win!!

When Ram reached Kishkindha, there had been a triffle between Wali and his younger brother Sugriva [son of Surya the sun god]. On the expedition to kill a demon Mayavi, Wali got himself trapped into a cave and did not return at the stipulated time. Sugriva assumed him to be dead and became the ruler himself.
So, when Wali returned, he suspected the whole plot to be a conspiracy to overthrow him. He banished Sugriva from Kishkindha and kept his wife as a hostage - to ensure that his little brother does not create any nuisance for him again.

Ram first met Sugriva, who was accompanied with Hanuman among others.
He now had a choice to make -
1. ask Wali for help against Ravana and free Sita;
2. challenge Wali, defeat him, then order him to return Sugriva's wife and also to help in defeating Ravana;
3. kill Wali, make Sugriva the king and ask his help to defeat Ravana.

Asking Wali, who himself had kept somebody other person's wife as hostage, to free Sita from hostage situation???
It was like protecting and helping Pakistan to seek its help in war against Afghanistan!!
Thankfully, Ram was a ideal man and did not resort to such dirty politics :-)

Consider that Ram challenges Wali and defeats him. Frees Sugriva's wife, restores the justice and takes the Kishkindha army on the quest to defeat Ravana.
When Ravana enters the battlefield, as a general practice, he would have to be met by the leader of challenging army. In Ramayana [after Wali was killed by Rama], it was Sugriva who first faced Ravana and Ram was asked to help only after Sugriva's defeat at hands of Ravana.
So, with Wali alive, if he was still king, he would have been first to fight Ravana, and even if he wan't a king anymore, the monkey army and officials would have resorted first to him [and not Ram, as he was an outsider and a guest] for help. Not to mention they all knew their history, where Wali had defeated Ravana.
With Bibhishana [the younger brother on Ravana] on their side, they would know that unless the Amruta accumulated in Ravana's glands is spilled off, he wont die.

So, what if Wali kills Ravana with little help from Bibhishana?? Or worse, what if seeing Wali, Ram and Bibhishana on one side, unaware of the fact that Ram was an Lord-incarnation, and fearing his death from a lesser mortal, Ravana surrenders, postponing his death!!

That would alter the destiny of Ram, of Wali and of Ravana. Besides, after the human life span of Lord's incarnation is over, if Ravana is still alive, Lord Shiva would have to arrange for another incarnation, to fulfill his commitment to Ravana - and offer his mokshya!
So, lets not have Wali at the war zone :-)

Now comes, what I have observed as the most controversial part of Ramayana. Many people argue the righteousness of this one incident. Ram asks Sugriva to challenge Wali and then kills Wali from a distance by his arrow.

If Sugriva and his group saw the flying charriot of Ravana, carrying Sita, it was most likely that someone from Kishkindha also saw this. And they knew Ravana's charriot from the legends associated to it.
So, we can very well conclude that Wali also knew about abduction of Sita and the reason why Ram has entered Kishkindha
What if Ram challenges Wali and he renders all his army to help Ram and also agrees to restore Sugriva back to his earlier stature and return sugriva's wife?
He was a proud warrior and definitely regretful that his business of killing Ravana remained unfinished. he would have helped Ram to finish the job.
But, it was not written for him!

so, What was written for him - he had freed the earth of many a demons..and retained an army of monkeys to help Ram when time calls for it. His father was Indra, the king of gods - he himself had slayed many demons from time to time and whenever the lords call for it, he had brought the army of gods at their disposal.
Wali had done a similar job, but as a monkey and on middle earth, with no direct heavenly help [apart from his one boon, ofcourse].
He had matched his father in his good deeds, and that was his destiny!! Destiny which lord had written for him and now that it was fulfilled, he deserved a rightful death - what better a death than from hands of lord himself!! The key to Mokshya.
Ram killed him to free him from the worldly bonds, and to make a statement - With great powers, comes great reposnibilities.
Even if your younger brother falters, as a more powerful elder brother, you cannot take his wife as a hostage. It is against Dharma and it is punishable!!
And as the lord of this universe, Ram was the source and destination of all the powers in this world, so he does not need to hide from Wali, fearing his powers would reduce.
He just avoided confrontation with Wali, so that wali cannot avoid his death - the moment when Wali's destiny would be fulfilled;
Not to mention, it saved Sugriva from the sin of killing his own elder brother, when he knew that the entire mis-understanding was started by him.

So, the two monkey warriors, were no glitches after all - because they had a completely different destiny written for themselves. They could not have altered the course of Ramayana and only Ram was the one who would kill Ravana, no matter what!! In words of Danny Boyle, :D it is written.

Later Reconciliation:

somehow, the Vyasaas of Mahabharata era seem to have the same dilemma as many people even now - whether the Lord did right in killing Wali and also if he was right in killing Wali when Wali himself was unaware of it.
This partial guilt and dilemma many a times gets projected to us by two reconciliation acts, that can be seen in Mahabharata -
1. Lord Krishna is the next incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This is the era, where to respect the friendship of Duryodhana, Karna - the son of Surya has joined hands with him, passing to the evil side.
And, we have Arjuna - the son of Indra, and to respect his friendship, Lord Krishna volunteers to help Arjuna in the war.
This is one make-up act, where earlier favor done to Surya's son got reversed and Indra's son became lord's favourite. Lord also arranged for Hanuman to be on Arjuna's side in the war of Mahabharata.
Again, although Karna's life was full of mis-fortunes and his self-less acts of friendship and generosity, all that mattered in Mahabharata was whether his soul and conscience was on side of the just or unjust, good or evil. Karna chose the side of friendship, even though it was unjust and met his fate. Lord did not arrange his death, just to make up for favors on Sugriva or favor Arjuna just to make up for some injustice done to Wali, but because he was on the side of just and good.
2. A hunter [who is believed to be an incarnation of Wali himself] unaware of the fact that Lord Krishna is resting beneath a tree fires an arrow, which gives fatal blow to Krishna. Krishna thus dies a death, without knowing so, without seeing his killer.
But WAIT!!!
isn't Krishna the incarnation of lord himself, and didn't he explain the whole Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield!! How can he not know when he is to die or how he is to die!!
So, this argument is also invalid and equally ridiculous!!
I dont wish to stretch these arguments further as they would be out of the scope. Lets get back to Ramayana :-)

So, after all this loooong writeup, I have only one statement to conclude.

"Ramayana, It is written!!"