Public Speaking - is it always by choice?

I have been a part of the Toastmasters Club both in India and in the US. Toastmasters is an international organization with a global presence. The clubs registered with Toastmasters International provide an avenue to people who either want to overcome their fear of public speaking or want to nurture their talent for public speaking. People take conscious efforts to become better public speakers. With both my fiance and brother as active members of Toastmasters (Mumbai), I have seen the efforts, the research, the practice, the dedication and the persistence that they have to put in, in order to pursue their passion for public speaking.

A random thought (the title of the post) crossed my mind after I read a column in Times of India about Dimple Yadav (Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law) contesting by-elections from Firozabad, UP. The 32 year old shy 'bahu' got a ticket to the election solely because of her identity. The column also depicts a picture where she addresses her maiden rally of about a thousand people. And thus is born a public speaker, mind you, not by choice, but by virtue of her association to a political family.

• Does she like being a public speaker? - does she have a choice?
  
• Does she want to learn the nuances of becoming a better speaker - are you kidding me? 
• Does she write her own speeches - are you from Jupiter to be asking that question?
• Does she care about the voice modulation - only if that means a larger vote bank.

From Rabri Devi in Patna to Kanimozhi in Chennai, both of them started as not-wanting-to-be-public-speakers eventually ended up becoming one. Is it their ability to convince masses through their speeches that was instrumental in their wins in the elections? They claim so, but I wonder...

P.S: Btw, Dimples' interview in English was far more bearable than her speech in Hindi.

On another note, while she is pitted against Raj Babbar in the political battlefield, it is Sanjay Dutt versus Salman Khan from the Bollywood fraternity extending their support and exhibiting loyalties in these political rallies. (This can be another topic for a post)

Election Update - As I am about to publish this, she has already lost the election to Raj Babbar. Looks like, she needs to attend a Toastmasters session to become a better speaker..