As another Republic Day silently passes by amidst perpetual fear of another terror attack, it’s time to retrospect and ask a few uncomfortable questions. It’s a known fact that if there’s one country which is responsible for most of the predicaments that the world is facing today, be it economic recession, unprecedented ascension of terrorism,
perennial unhappiness in a rat race from which there is no respite, it’s none other than US. And yet ironically if there’s one country which can take the responsibility of bringing the whole world out of all the predicaments, if there’s one country the world is looking up to for signs of hope amidst despair, it’s again that very same US. But why is it like that? Why is it that when the US President gives his inaugural speech after his oath taking ceremony, the whole world listens with bated breath? And why is it that while most of the educated Indians who would otherwise have little interest in politics, are crazy about the prodigy called Barack Obama and make sure to hear his speeches time and again in the YouTube while the address of the Indian President Pratibha Patil to the nation a day before the Republic Day just comes and passes by and no one cares two hoots to hear it, forget about getting inspired by it? Well, even if there is no straightjacket answer to it, one thing that can be claimed with impunity is that in spite of the all the protocols at place, the President of US is not driven by protocols. ....Continue
perennial unhappiness in a rat race from which there is no respite, it’s none other than US. And yet ironically if there’s one country which can take the responsibility of bringing the whole world out of all the predicaments, if there’s one country the world is looking up to for signs of hope amidst despair, it’s again that very same US. But why is it like that? Why is it that when the US President gives his inaugural speech after his oath taking ceremony, the whole world listens with bated breath? And why is it that while most of the educated Indians who would otherwise have little interest in politics, are crazy about the prodigy called Barack Obama and make sure to hear his speeches time and again in the YouTube while the address of the Indian President Pratibha Patil to the nation a day before the Republic Day just comes and passes by and no one cares two hoots to hear it, forget about getting inspired by it? Well, even if there is no straightjacket answer to it, one thing that can be claimed with impunity is that in spite of the all the protocols at place, the President of US is not driven by protocols. ....Continue 