I am posting on this blog after 1 and a half months. One reason for that is I was busy. But the more important thing is that I have found more important things to do in life rather than blogging pointlessly.
As I look around, I see the euphoric feeling in everyone around because of the sweeping victory of President-elect of United States Barack Obama. The thing that surprises me the most is that even a lot of foreigners including Indians are celebrating his victory. Yes, I too believe he is the better one among the two. And I can understand that people may feel good about what happened on 4th of November. But I find it hard to comprehend the crazy celebration by Resident as well as Non-resident Indians. I don't remember anyone celebrating even when Dr. Kalam became Indian president or when Manmohan Singh became PM.
What I wonder and keep wondering is that at the end of the day as a "resident alien" in United States, how (much) does it matter to me ? Unemployment is on the rise. Considering the fact that Obama too is against out sourcing and he has a economic crisis to manage, there is very good chance that he will make outsourcing more difficult. That means lesser jobs and lesser money in India.
He may try his best to bring the economy back on track but no matter what he does, it's going to take time. You can't just wave a magic wand to fix things like this. Yes policies do affect economy but usually there are a lot of other factors that may play a role in what happens in future.
All this makes me wonder if at all I should be celebrating or not. If we are just talking about a black man being a president, then India is well ahead of US. We already had a female president, a female prime minister and a president from a caste previously considered as "Dalit". And no one ever bothered to cheer that (definitely not to this extent).
I don't want to sound like a cynic (which I know I am), neither do I want to take credit away from Obama and friends. But if you expect me to go out and do a victory dance... I am sorry... to most part I do not care.
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Valid points.
If we are just talking about a black man being a president,... (definitely not to this extent).
This is America i.e. this is the world. Obama hailed his staff as the best in the world. You should know this by now, for America, America = World.
I don't know about you, but I cheer that stuff when I talk to people. Why not? They do it, don't they?
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