look, its my first day in office and its quite weird of sorts to start writing on a public domain for a person who could not quiet maintain his own personal diary. but i am excited about blogging and sharing my thoughts with the world... this time around i say "Yes I Can."
Now back to the guy who made the phrase a household name. Some years back, when i read a book on US Presidents, i wondered when the US would have its first non-white president, leave alone an African American with a Muslim lineage. He is young, dynamic, and assertive without being jingoistic like Bush. His presidential speech, watched by over a billion people worldwide, symbolises the hope and aspirations of every American. Every American who heard him was proud to have him as their president.
Sadly, its quite not the same in India. When a bunch of terrorists stormed into India's commercial capital Mumbai, held the country hostage for over 60 hours killing citizens of more than a dozen countries. Our PM's response was anything but inspiring saying that such 'barbaric acts will not be tolerated', 'we will not spare the terrorists, etc etc...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Quite agree with u Khomba abt your comparision between US president nd our own PM, Mr Singh. But I think hope has to come from us, the people. If we dont believe we can be happy we will never be. I dont think its right to blame the government for everything. We have r responsibilities too. He is nt a very impressive orator, nd dats dat...y shud it b such a big deal.
ReplyDeleteBesides the point its quite interesting to see the awarded journalist write up on a blog. I have personally never been able to akin myself with the idea. bt kudos to you. Hope to see more such write ups...:)
Khomba, its really a good beginning.. hope to see much more such write-ups on ur blog... i do agree with u... as i watched Barack Obama delivered his speech on his oath ceremony day on TV.. After hearing him, i felt, this person will not only deliver goods for his own nation, but even for the world. He seems more attached to the grassroot population of his country and will not easily play into the hands of the elite classes that rules and poke their nose into the policy framing. Obama, who even after been elected as president, is not ready to give up his blackberry, as he mentioned in one of his recent CNN interview.. that he would like to be in remain in touch with outside world and hear their voices, through blackberry and access his mails sent by millions of common US citizens. Thats shows that he is more concerned about 'COMMON MAN'. IN TRUE SENSE HE SEEMS TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR 'common man'.
ReplyDeleteRest of the things will be judged by time...
Vishal Dutta
journalist, The Economic Times
Ahmedabad
Hi Khomba congrats on ur first post....ur absolutely right mr singh needs a crash course in public speaking......cheers meenakshi
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