There are many leaders who arrived on the world stage and mesmerized the common man, the business world and the intelligentsia with their leadership. We could take names of right thinking men and moderates like Winston Churchill , Ronald Reagan , Jawaharlal Nehru , Lal Bahadur Shastri , Mikhail Gorbachev and many more as well as the not-so-right thinking ones (understatement) like Adolf Hitler , Joseph Stalin , Benito Mussolini , Indira Gandhi , Richard Nixon etc.
A common thread that binds them all is that these leaders came to the fore in times of hardship, in times of imminent war or a demand for radical change. Whether it be the World War II era , the Cold War or Indo-Pak war , these men led their people to what they thought was right. However , we really weren't a witness to those times and all we know about them is either through books or the History Channel.
Now look at the following names and tell me if you really ever considered them 'leaders' in the first place :
George W Bush , L K Advani , Asif Ali Zardari , Vladimir Putin , Ahmadinejad etc.
Common thread 1 : our generation leaders
Common thread 2 : HOPELESS MEDIOCRES
However , they say 'Change is the only constant in life'. The US of A was lucky to discover and then elect this 'change' in Barack Obama. A story of an inspiring journey to the top with humble beginnings but lots of determination. A second-rate citizen, to be precise, for the America of the pre-Martin Luther King era assuming the top government office is nothing short of a social phenomenon. The Americans braced themselves up to embrace this change. They grabbed this opportunity with both hands and in one voice. The results are there to see for one and all. The man talks of peace and not war. He talks of sound economics and not mindless politics. He talks of nuclear disarmament and not nuclear warheads. He talks of an increasing role for the developing countries in the new world order and not of preserving the ineffective and stifled G-8 in the scheme of things. Not an armchair theoritician , Obama promises to act and fulfil his promises in his new role as the world's president.
Coming back home, we get to see a completely opposite scenario. Our elections see the emergence of more and more criminals, mass murderers, scamsters, frauds, swindlers occupying the treasury benches in Parliament. Have we really stopped caring?
Today, its upto us if we are willing to follow the example set by the people of America and elect leaders of the stature and promise of Obama in our own elections. It is only then will we be able to say that India, too, is READY FOR CHANGE...
A common thread that binds them all is that these leaders came to the fore in times of hardship, in times of imminent war or a demand for radical change. Whether it be the World War II era , the Cold War or Indo-Pak war , these men led their people to what they thought was right. However , we really weren't a witness to those times and all we know about them is either through books or the History Channel.
Now look at the following names and tell me if you really ever considered them 'leaders' in the first place :
George W Bush , L K Advani , Asif Ali Zardari , Vladimir Putin , Ahmadinejad etc.
Common thread 1 : our generation leaders
Common thread 2 : HOPELESS MEDIOCRES
However , they say 'Change is the only constant in life'. The US of A was lucky to discover and then elect this 'change' in Barack Obama. A story of an inspiring journey to the top with humble beginnings but lots of determination. A second-rate citizen, to be precise, for the America of the pre-Martin Luther King era assuming the top government office is nothing short of a social phenomenon. The Americans braced themselves up to embrace this change. They grabbed this opportunity with both hands and in one voice. The results are there to see for one and all. The man talks of peace and not war. He talks of sound economics and not mindless politics. He talks of nuclear disarmament and not nuclear warheads. He talks of an increasing role for the developing countries in the new world order and not of preserving the ineffective and stifled G-8 in the scheme of things. Not an armchair theoritician , Obama promises to act and fulfil his promises in his new role as the world's president.
Coming back home, we get to see a completely opposite scenario. Our elections see the emergence of more and more criminals, mass murderers, scamsters, frauds, swindlers occupying the treasury benches in Parliament. Have we really stopped caring?
Today, its upto us if we are willing to follow the example set by the people of America and elect leaders of the stature and promise of Obama in our own elections. It is only then will we be able to say that India, too, is READY FOR CHANGE...
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ReplyDeleteIndia wants change and it is ready for one, but that won't happen unless you flush out the entire system. Every person should be tracked down and if found corrupt should be shot to death then and there !! No second chance to be given. Unless we take such strong measures nothing is going to happen. People and ready for change ... but this corrupt system won't allow them to make change happen or for that matter be a part of change !!
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