What America means to us ?

These days, I am consistantly coming across articles claiming latest financial crisis as end of 100 year old American empire. It is a general perception that America's military might lies in its economic muscles. Now that muscles are losing tons of weight, there are waves of panic world over. There are predictions of new power equations everywhere. People are hoping that new power centers of world will be Russia and China. I feel it is too early to predict demise of USA as world's only superpower. America will bounce back on shoulders of its inspiring leaders and patriotic commoners.

Accept it or not, we are living in a era of US-haters. Most of the general people and media revile US. This is also true about most of the governments across the across which are against democratic instituions. I never understand the reason for that. Are people jealous of US or it is just sheer hatred for ts actions in past ? I think people are just jealous of the way Ameica assert itself on world stage. Sheer ruthlessness and arrogance are trademark of US foreign and economic policy. American influence over world just can be annoying for the ones who dream of a multipolar world. We have seen the capacity of America to involve in lenghthy conflicts without any concern for social and economic unrest back home. Amrican way of life, their patiotism and will power to rule the world invites the envy. Thats why a American failure is generally celebrated throughout the world whether it is crash of columbia spaceship or their failure to retain top spot in olympics.

So, lets assume that American empire is destroyed. What that mean for world ? Demise of American hegemony will be black chapter in world history. There is a conflict going on in the world. Democratic powers are on one side and a nexus of evil powers like religious terrorism, communism and totalitarian regimes are on other side(May be it sounds like a fantasy). America is leader of democratic powers. Who will take up challenge in absense of Ameica. India ? Are we in dreams ? We are yet to come come out of shadow of China. Our leaders keep begging before China for friendship. We just lack self-respect to lead a global coalition. Without America, it will a end of democracy and freedom. America symbolises everything good in this world.

I never understood why people want to hate US. Media says that US has a fetish for war. 9/11 attacks were an attack on soul of a progressive nations. What do you expect ? Just like our leaders, they should have keep repeating bullshit like Pakistan is resonsible for action and something like guilty will not be spared etc etc. and then forget about it ans start waiting for next terror attacks. Guys, they are nation with self-respect. Their leaders wanted to restore dignityof nation. After attack, whole nation stood together. Even opposition who fought a bitter battle for presidency just few months back was behind leader of nation. They just have no business for bickering and playing vote-bank politics. They answered and removed one of the most brutal regime of world. Osama bin laden, Saddam Hussein and Taliban were no saints. Nobody has dared to attack US again. Even today, US is trying to protect innocent Iraqis. Terrorist are killing innocent citizens and people are blaming US for all this.

Next one year will be decisive for the all of us. If US survive current economic crunch, democratic countries will get a morale boost. China and Russia have always helped anti-democratic regimes. They have always opposed sanctions on Sudan's ruling regime which is involved in genocide of its own people. They have supported nuclear weapon programmes of Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. They have supported anti-people rulers like Mugabe and Myanmar;s military junta. They started to make moves on their long-term strategy. All Latin Americans countires have turned communists expect Columbia. Russia incursion in Georgia is enough to create waves of terror in central Asia and East Europe. So, all hopes of future lies in rise of America and its coordination with other responsible nations like France and India.

On the edge

I am back! I know there are not many people who felt my absence in bloggers world, but still, I cannot not stop myself from exclaiming my return. There is a state of turmoil in the world. There are bomb blasts, communal violence, back-off on industrial projects, economic slowdown. low salary increments and monstrous inflation. Looks like we returning to some sort of dark age. I have not returned to make dark predictions about a world which is going to be doomed but last few months are giving the feeling that everything is just slipping out of hands.

Who is responsible for this ? We humans always curse a figure named god(or it is just a illusion) for our all woes. Everyone preach that his god is epitome of good and benevolence. Then suddenly, a sort of competition starts and people commit every known sin known in this world to prove(or force) that their god is the biggest(or more importantly, bigger than other gods ?) statue of goodness. It is a irony that despite all this, we human beings consider ourselves as most brainy children of mother nature. Well, some people plant bombs in cities and send mails to newspaper bragging about how they hold a whole country at ransom. It is a pity most of these guys belongs to a banned organization that has word student in its name. Alas! what education has done to these guys. Education has made them realize that they and their god is disrespected in this country and they are licenced by their god to punish the offenders. Some other guys are involved in mob terrorism because they feel that they have every right to kill someone who is trying to implement 'switching over to new god'. hmmmmmm...........I don't know how come these guys have time for all this bullshit.

If this all is not enough, there is economic slowdown world over. This is just an indication why today world is considered a small village. Falling of stocks in Wall street is creation great ripples in India. every news article with news of large layoffs and cost cutting is adding to blood pressure of IT and MBA professionals in India. Well, what is most noticeable here is ruthlessness of big corporates to defend themselves. These guys at top management level take faulty decisions. The guys at lowest level just implement those policies. But still, these managers generally get their dues. Even they plan their future in other corporates and keep their employees in dark about what is going to hit them. Always employees at the lowest level have to pay. They are first ones to be booted out as burden and useless. The freshers who join their first venture with high hopes and a burning desire to prove themselves overnight turns into bitter and heart-broken individuals. The anger is quite easy to be channeled as hatred and mistrust for whole soceity to turn them into sociopath. In India, it is common phenomena. Every mass recruiter here has incompetent managers who do not have full knowledge about existing process in the organization, leave aside new ideas. These irresponsible organizations allow these irresponsible people to handle affairs irresponsibly to ruin the career of new entrants in corporate world who can win the world, if given a chance.


So, is there any ray of hope ? It is very necessary to find solutions. Being from typical Indian middle class family, I am not going to put forward a solution. I will just selfishly and cowardily try to ignore the problem until it start to hit me without realising that every denial is pushing me towards a wall. There are two options. Either educated middle-class of India come out of it comfort zone of shopping malls and multiplexes and defying all fears and hesitations. take the rein of country in its hand or allow someone like Hitler to rise and capitalise on mass discontent prevailing among large section of our society. Like me, we all have choice. Act in time or wait in silence for inevitable to happen.