Its final, after beating John Mccain by huge margin Obama is going to be the next US prez after G W Bush Jr. The stage is set and the world is waiting fot the new US prez. Here in India everyone is giving comments on the new prez and the change. New channels have their panel of experts to comment and almost every person in this part fo the world is waiting for Obama. At this time of global slowdown, econmic slump and when the world is at the verge of being divided into two parts (Islamic and non ismlamic) thanks to few wars in last few years by US. Perhaps, this is the worst time for Obama to take the hot seat. But the big question i want to know Is this change really for us ??
One of my freind was very happy to see obama win the elections. I asked her why is she is soo happy about this. She said many things but i wasnt impressed. She talked about his brilliance, how he helped Bush etc. But my question was that it good, but for them why the heck should i be happy i live in India. And she had only one point for this n it was "Foreign policies". Now, i was amused because i couldnt understand wat better foreing policies she was expecting from US towards India that can transform our nation. Why would a prez of another country be willing to do something for us untill it benifits his country more.
I mean in a county with 100billion population there are lot more important things to do than be happy abt Obama n his yet to be announced foreign policies . I dont say that she was wrong, but does this change really for us or for a common farmer commiting sucide in Maharashtra or a woman dying in a bomb blast in varanasi, or a young employee woking extra shifts to save his job. At a point where the worlds stand, the developement is coming to Asia. I dont really see Obama turning USA's reds into greens. The global slowdown is bound to happrn, the power has to be divided, countries like India and China are rising. The cycle for US is coming towars an end, they were going towards the top, now its time to fall. Slowly and gradually the power will be shifted from North America to East Asia, and new superpowers will rise. What can a person Obama do in these circumstances, nothing more than slowing the process down or delaying it for some time but there is no magic wand which you can just use to change everything.
But does that mean that the Asia is better than US ?? Well for me absolutely not. I still rate US n Europe over East asian countries. Thanks to muted wars, terrorism, lack of unity n peace in the region, EA is not the place u would want to be at. With the goverment sleeping , corruption, population bursting, no value of human life, lack of infrastructure, education, and no social security its in no way a good place to live. Its a land of opportunities and jobs but not a land of peace and harmony. With bomb blasts every sunday in a country like India, Riots and agitation before Olympics in China and in malaysia, blasts in Pakistan, afganistan , wars of Iraq, and zero law n order situation in Nepal etc. The future is seems like where Richies will live in NA or Europe and having all the work in East asia.
One of my freind was very happy to see obama win the elections. I asked her why is she is soo happy about this. She said many things but i wasnt impressed. She talked about his brilliance, how he helped Bush etc. But my question was that it good, but for them why the heck should i be happy i live in India. And she had only one point for this n it was "Foreign policies". Now, i was amused because i couldnt understand wat better foreing policies she was expecting from US towards India that can transform our nation. Why would a prez of another country be willing to do something for us untill it benifits his country more.
I mean in a county with 100billion population there are lot more important things to do than be happy abt Obama n his yet to be announced foreign policies . I dont say that she was wrong, but does this change really for us or for a common farmer commiting sucide in Maharashtra or a woman dying in a bomb blast in varanasi, or a young employee woking extra shifts to save his job. At a point where the worlds stand, the developement is coming to Asia. I dont really see Obama turning USA's reds into greens. The global slowdown is bound to happrn, the power has to be divided, countries like India and China are rising. The cycle for US is coming towars an end, they were going towards the top, now its time to fall. Slowly and gradually the power will be shifted from North America to East Asia, and new superpowers will rise. What can a person Obama do in these circumstances, nothing more than slowing the process down or delaying it for some time but there is no magic wand which you can just use to change everything.
But does that mean that the Asia is better than US ?? Well for me absolutely not. I still rate US n Europe over East asian countries. Thanks to muted wars, terrorism, lack of unity n peace in the region, EA is not the place u would want to be at. With the goverment sleeping , corruption, population bursting, no value of human life, lack of infrastructure, education, and no social security its in no way a good place to live. Its a land of opportunities and jobs but not a land of peace and harmony. With bomb blasts every sunday in a country like India, Riots and agitation before Olympics in China and in malaysia, blasts in Pakistan, afganistan , wars of Iraq, and zero law n order situation in Nepal etc. The future is seems like where Richies will live in NA or Europe and having all the work in East asia.
For the change to really occur we need to change our mindsets and attitude in life. We should not be looking towars anyone for make this things happen for us, we'll have to make things happen ourself. Join our hands and fight corruption, refuse to give bribe, help ppl get educated not by reservation of seats but by helping ecomomically weaker ppl study. By asking questions to the govt officers, politicians, by stop voting based on cast. In the end i think only one thing can change things for us, that is we the people.
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