I am just 24, and I feel like I have been lucky enough to be witnessing such an eventful year. 2008 American election, the historical Contituent Assembly in my home country, Tibet's march for cultural freedom and so much more. 2008 has heralded an exciting, unpredictable but still a very hopeful beginning. So if I really had to start, I would do it with an American Politics. Just till mid-2007, American politics was a complete stranger to me. If it wasn't for the heated forum discussion I wouldn't have had ever paid attention to what was happening here in the US. Certainly a great time for America to change the course of its history. What a time to be in. The time where a lady has been fighting for the presidentship against her male counterparts. The time when the black man is for the first time running for the same position. At a time when America is changing, its economy taking a downhill with a fear of recession. Its immigration problem. Never had america needed someone to help save them from the slow-death. and thats when comes in Barrack Obama. Singing the songs of hope and change and yes that Americans can. The fact that he belongs to a very diverse family consisting of everyone from each continent. It has certainly helped him to make a connection with people across America regardless of their race or age.
And amidst all this- I am witnessing the results of contituent Assembly that took place on April 10, 2008 back home. The poll date had been postponed twice and this was the third attempt to make it possible. Amidst the doubts among the regular crowd and political pundits. It happened. Infact with less violence than expected. and was considered a success. I feel pitty that I couldn't be a part of this event but, still hoping for a great change ahead as I go back to my country for good. Another surprise that hit the nation was the Moaist's overwhelming success. Well I for one wasn't. But the news of their win even in the capital city was certainly a stunner. I'm up for anything that could possibly lead our country to a path of development. So I wish a prosperous years ahead for me, for my country and for everyone around.
P.S : I feel blessed to be a part of this great wave of change taking place all over the world. Where we are being more than just a politician, where we are giving up the arms to peacefully collaborate with the government to solve the problem. Where we are joining hands for a free Tibet. And not just expecting but working on things to work out!
Written date: April 14, 2008
2 comments:
"Another surprise that hit the nation was the Moaist's overwhelming success. Well I for one wasn't. But the news of their win even in the capital city was certainly a stunner."
Hi there,
I found that observation quite interesting. Why, could you elaborate, were you thinking that Maoist would do better in the rural areas? And an hypothetical question: Would you have voted for the Maoists were you in Kathmandu?
I certainly thought Moas would do good in rural areas. First and foremost they had always been advocating for the poor, even though it might not exactly had been the case. They certianly used the supressed as the tool to move forward with their endeavor.
Well may be it all started with more than just an idea of lets awaken the dead generation or lets just wipe out the poverty from the country. However, in many cases, lets face the fact that people have been brainwashed...for all those who died, I'm sure lot of them didn't surrender to their ideology saying they are ready to give up their life for this.
ANd a thought of casting vote
to them have had crossed my mind many times. I must say, Prachanda and Baburam have a very impressive life history. Although I haven't studied them that well, their inspiration to go for people's war took birth primarily from widespread poverty deep rooted
across Nepal. And they did try it out through mainstream politics as well..So from that p[erspective, I did think of voting for them. But ofcourse what really would stop me was the fact that they chose violence as the mean to get over all this. I do wonder, if Mahatma Gandhi style would ever work..but I myself do not have an answer if death of 1000s of people could justify where they are right now. Costing someone's life for this, I don't know if it was at all worth it. WHich ofcourse we shall find out in future. Plus, Moaist is headed by the two main revolutinaries but we can't hide the fact that they are nothing wihtout their caders. And that scares me the most. These are hte sections that had been widely neglected by the early government.
Unedducated and poor, a deadly combination of those two- now raised to the power of havin a chance to rule the country could turn out a little toxic for us.
But still having said that, I am positive about the future, and am willing to give them a chance.
And yes, voting for the Moas have had crossed my mind as I mentioned earlier, but for all the reasons mentioned above. No I wouldn't have voted for them.
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