"He came he saw and he conquered...", long before Barack Obama's ancestors were making rounds somewhere in central Africa for a piece of raw flesh, one good guy addressed this line to Alexander the great. History repeats itself and its very much true.
Today is a day to cherish, a day which will mark the beginning of an era in the history books all over the world. One of the best and the voracious speakers ever to be heard in the history gave his inaugural inspirational speech as a President of the United States in Capitol hills,Washington DC as the world watched it live streaming with their mouths open and hearts asking for hope.A man seen as a savior like Lincoln ,an administrator like Roosevelt,a charismatic personality like the great Kennedy, Barack Hussain Obama, a humble but a tough man from Illinois, born to a Kenyan father and a white mother took pledge to save this world from the crisis it is in. The phrases of 'Change', 'Yes he can', 'Hope' reverberated over the Lincoln memorial to the banks of Potomac river.But can he actually deliver what he has assured this world off, only a clock can answer.
From an Indian perspective, being an Young Indian, I would like to see the Obama Phenomenon hit India.I don't want my hard earned penny paid as a tax to be wasted (I don't own a Pan card yet,oops i am not even an employee:P)to a useless PM like Dr.Manmohan Singh who cant even deliver his own speech and whose vocal chord is weaker than Tendulkar himself! I don't want an 80 year old man like Advani who is generations behind us and speaks as if he has a pain in his ass(with apologies).I neither want the corrupt and galeeju slum(as I put it in our local tapori way) Mayawati nor Sonia as my ruler too. Hoping against hope that even we can have the desi Obama avatar soon cos even we need a 'Change...'.
3 comments:
Hope- yes, all those who see Barrack Obama as the messenger from God to save them from the worst ever situation they are currently undergoing is having!!!.
But he has not delivered yet!! And himself wants other not to expect miracles out of him, which shows nothing can be done as one hopes it has to be. Each change takes its own time and will be called revolution, and we need it at present and more than that there is need of patience to attain that.
About India a leader may be face of the nation but face cannot deliver all the body can. Body needs a complete makeover rather than face alone, which will eventually change face as well.
It is too early to call Obama the superhero all of us have been waiting for. He might be an excellent orator, but whether he will be able to deliver on all fronts is still a question mark. The undue media attention he has garnered in India will not make him give special preference to India.The fact that democrat Presidents have never taken a liking to India has largely een ignored. Bill Clinton was extremely popular, but it was his Government which imposed sanctions after Pokhran. On the other hand, Bush did a great deal to improve Indo-U.S relations, but he was a villain in the eyes of many.When I look at Obama, it is with a lot of skepticism.
@shaz and satish
Agreed guys, even I am in complete resonance with all your thoughts. Its too early to call the shots now, but we cant deny the hype and the buzz around, it is phenomenal. I cant remember reading about any leader in history who created so much of impact on the masses before he is actually in the frame!
Speaking of Democrats, they have let us down time and again from the great JFK's, to Carter's but did Republicans live up to our dreams? never! until Bush era, we were never an ally of US irrespective of the party on the chair. Obama has some strategic interests in India and hopefully he can deliver or lets just hope so.
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