Dedications

One fruit seller in Tunisia with an act of self immolation as he could not take the atrocities of a corrupt regime set an inferno that spread to Egypt, and is slowly spreading to other countries in the Middle East, and even Sri-Lanka in Asia.

Acts of individuals will drive the future of the world. It no longer would be governments or power hungry politicians. Any form of government whether democratic, dictatorial, and communist or kingdoms have failed. The need for a new world order has become immanent. A comment on my earlier blog read, ‘the system is corrupt or corruption is the system’, either ways it is the man on the street who suffers. The common man, who is toiling to make ends meet, is not asking for much. The basic human need is peace and harmony. Then basic infrastructure, security, education for all, health care, jobs, and a law that guarantees rights. None of these have come through any form of governance. All these are easily achievable. The budget of countries like India, China and Pakistan spend on Arms and Ammunition if invested for the basics would more than surplus.

The US who claims to be the beacon of democracy has only proven how rotten its system is with the financial meltdown, and the subprime crisis. China the world’s largest populated nation on earth has the worst cases of human rights abuse for its development. The world’s largest democracy India has been a hog wash showcasing its economic development, when it is rotting with scams, farmer suicide, no law and order, etc. Kingdoms or countries under dictatorial rule are experiencing uprising.

The rich and the powerful will always be safe is a myth. The poor gets hit bad with bad governance, and the rich get hit worst when it’s a revolution. So when power and greed is only for exploitation there is always going to be a back lash. Clinging on to power at any cost is the sole motto. Hosni Mubarak who is estimated at USD 70 billion worth, refuses to give up power. Death toll continues, but for leaders for who opiate on power, the voice of the common citizen is the last thing they want to hear. US drugged its citizen with the smoke screen of freedom of speech, freedom to live American dream, legalize everything immoral, and today the President Mr. Obama prays that the length of the skirts of his daughters be longer, and wants to keep them away from Face Book. None of these leaders ever imagined, that every policy made is a boomerang. It hits you back. No policy was ever aimed at the good of the citizen first. It was always an afterthought. It was primary selfish gains of the leaders, then the good of the people if anything remained of the crumbs of the pie that is gobbled, by politicians.

Flinging shoes at Politicians was an innovative act by an Iraqi journalist aimed at George Bush during his visit to the country. The act found many takers and in India there was a Sardar who flung a shoe at a minister, which was followed by another at some BJP leaders during a rally. The latest being a shoe flung President Musharraf in UK.

You can fling anything on these thick skinned animals. Nothing can hit their soul. It does not make a difference even if you are aiming it with your sole.