Kaala - Some Probing Questions...

To start with a disclaimer: I believe in equality and my views should not be twisted in the name of religion, caste, colour or creed. My view is that when we observe things, be it a movie or a theatrical or an event, we are influenced by our upbringing and our own biases, beliefs and ultimately we see it through those multi-coloured lenses. Some quotes to start setting my write up:

Desmond Tutu “When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”

EVR : “While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah (the Untouchables ) or Panchama is sheer nonsense. It is roguish to say so. It is a big hoax played on us”

Swami Rāmānuja (Sri Vaishnava Guru) the first of his 82 commandments “Serve all devotees without regard to their status.” For the uninitiated, Swami Rāmānuja’ espoused equality and sought a lower caste “guru” to initiate himself and then went on to do social engineering (and this was a 1000 years ago and during a period when discrimination was supposed to be at its heights and none of the western religions or EVRs weren’t even around). The irony is that today within Swami Ramanuja’s context, even amongst the Srivaishnavas themselves, one does not get equal treatment, let alone Dalits or Thirukulathar, the way Ramanuja named them to socially blend the downtrodden.

Pa. Ranjith’s Kaala is quite contextual to read alongside these quotes. It’s a movie of struggle for land ownership among the downtrodden and can be seen as anti-establishment (especially the current Indian ruling party) as well as anti-Hindu.

Kaala has reminded me of the purpose to which I had aspired in my earlier parts of the life. Even though I have been cocooned in a plush environment in the last 15 years, during my schooling, I grew up in an economically challenged situation back home. Those days, there was a rebel in me that helped to see things differently. But being a rebel is not enough to understand a Dalit’s mindset and struggle.  I had an opportunity to spend some time through the அறிவொளி iyakkam to serve  the downtrodden in 1994. Though an overnight camp was enough to give a feel for the pain, to understand truly, one needs to experience it inherently from birth. 

My immediate honest reaction after the movie was sheer frustration and that Rajini has fallen!

Then my soul searching and questioning mind took over. These key questions came up, also I read a negative review about the movie. Sometimes to see light, one needs to experience darkness. The negative review made it clearer or gave me an opportunity to look positively. In my view Kaala brings many contradictions and nuances. I sincerely hope everyone takes a positive bit out of it, as opposed to get blinded by their inhibitions and beliefs.

Contradictions and nuances: (the way I see them...)

1.  Why would a spiritualist like Rajini agree to a movie like this especially when he is allegedly associated with the ruling party’s principles ? He’s someone who’s acted Raghavendara to Linga all that espouses hard work, spiritual quest etc. He is also known for selecting his movies carefully.
2. If he wanted to cover communities for the sake of votes, he could have done a Muthu.
3. Is he that gullible to fall into Pa. Ranjith twice!?
4. If he believes in the superficial script of Kaala, why say the exact opposite in Tuticorin?
5. Kaala's son a vegetarian but also a body builder - goes on to save his dad
6. Beef shop just in front of Kaala's house
7. Rap Song after the death of an young guy
8. Ravana kavyam in the background with Ram followers trying to usurp the land
9. Kaala has a big image throughout the movie, but only once he gets into a fight and rest of the movie he is being protected by his people
10. He doesn't drink, except for once when he drinks, something bad happens and he regrets for that
11. He almost romances his ex-lover and manages his wife as well (as opposed to a conservative cinematic view)
12. Both Kabali and Kaala have pro-Dalit themes

The biggest nuance of all, is that for many years Kaala, the leader has done little for his people, yet lives in a spacious big individual house,  has his family around him, all his kids are educated in one way or another, and well settled. He has a nice sporty, trendy jeep for himself, but hasn't done constructively anything for his folks in the slum, not even a decent place for morning doodies. This is the hidden biggest message that Ranjith tries to portray in my opinion. 

The so-called leaders are not prioritising what needs to be done and are unable to make step-change or a systemic change to the lives of downtrodden. Sometimes to win the war, some battles have to be lost - to move from an underdog status, Kaala doesn't think strategically but carries his battles for another day. This is the biggest contradiction of all. - Do we go with development or deal with slow, yet steady change? (and the rappers would sing, tell us kaala, now what to do? - he doesn't have any answers?!)

The problem of land struggles, discrimination, step-motherly treatment by the establishment etc. are problems, not just for India, across the world, for a long time such struggles are going on. Maybe that is why African return Zaareena featured in the movie as Africa return. (Hence my quote from Desmond Tutu). Well known is the fact that China has been usurping Africa and its natives, so did the west in the yester years. West or East, Capitalism or Communism, governing powers maybe seen as discriminating and marginalising the downtrodden. Africa is the biggest living example. Should India allow itself to be manipulated in the name of anti-development or should it 'sacrifice' and develop its people in the Capitalist model? If the answer was so easy, we wouldn't have this movie or we would have developed the whole world.

We are in times of conservative nationalism and protectionist regimes, in such times, it takes more guts to treat everyone equally and it's not easy. Kaala asks probing questions to both left and right, to the ruling and opposing and to the downtrodden and the so called 'settled'. 

Kaala can come back to life in reel-life, but not in real life - so do you fight and loose the opportunity to live now? Hari dada has everything and continues to live happily (even after Kaala kills him, his family would continue to enjoy the benefits), Kaala has enough comforts and his family surrounds him during fun and grief; whereas the ordinary is left to dream for a future and doesn't seem to have an answer to live for the day. That's the take-away Pa. Ranjith wants everyone of us to think!  The clue is in Rajini's interview where he says Pa. Ranjith is such a nice guy, his best quality is he wants everyone to live happily. To live happily compromises are necessary.

The way i see it, Rajini initiated himself into spiritualisim mainly through self-made gurus and not the usual 'madams' that espouse the varna system. This is where Rajini's true spiritualism shines. Both Kabali and Kaala with Pro-Dalit themes have found support from Rajini and he may be purusing a systemic change by appealing directly through their view of the world.

Swami Ramanuja knew equality was difficult to attain, but livelihood and day to day living is more important, hence he reset the system in Srirangam and brought people from all sects to participate in temple administration, this was a step-change and systemic-change in 1100AD. That gave a way for people from different sects to blend socially and a means to feed the starving as well as the hope that one day we will be equals. We needed a spiritualist to do that. At times i think the DMK patriach Kalaingar realised very late and the best he could do was telecast Swami Ramanuja's life and the need to do something here and now, but not oppose everything just for the sake of opposing.

Can Rajini reset the system and bring a spiritualistic progress where everyone has a means to live with a level of satisfaction?

All views are strictly personal

Time to disappear for 52 days, but then just do it!

RaGa has brought me back to blogging! It pains me to see that over the last few years Congress-I has been going through a roller coaster and nothing is happening. This has to stop, they need some direction. I am tired of waiting for change. So RaGa, if you get to read this, some free suggestions for change. 

1) Start with an end in mind - just declare to the world that change is in motion and once the change is complete, the family ties will be completely severed; this will be shock and awe. Sycophants and Aam Admi will see this as the "seed of change". Give yourself a timeline. Accept the fact you need a full scale change and some solid time for such a change. Go for 2024 not 2019. Please don't call it vision 2024. For Indian democracy to thrive, it needs Congress-I. Just take this plan and modify, you may wish to use it as a straw-man.

2) This is the logic - "In some cases retrofitting is expensive, worthless, start again!" Just do it. 

Take Congress to grass roots, especially there are so many people who want to see a strong opposition and a strong counter-balance. Start again from Principles especially on secularism - say everyone is equal and re-build for long-term; NO to short-termism. Believe me this will work. (Forget the Parliament, let Modi and co do whatever they want - they can't destroy India any more than your party has done in the last 60 years) - This should be the only focus.

3) Create simple Principles that aspires for Centre and Neutral view - never can we bring equilibrium, but that doesn't mean Congress should be left. Today it is aligned with leftist and seen too left. Take it to centre and Centre will come to you!

4) Plan elections of Congress-I leaders from district through to state and National across all the 4 directions. Create Nodes from grass roots and ensure the system promotes people from base node to the higher e.g. a number of village/town leaders vote for blocks and block leaders elect a district leader and a number of district leaders vote for state and the state leaders choose a regional leader (at least 4 per region) and those regional leaders chose central leaders who would choose at least 2 candidates for the top seat.

5) Bring democracy all over the organisation - this will rejuvenate your party, the Nation and more importantly fresh blood and that will be a strong system. Use the facebooks and twitters - needless to say the media is waiting for you - they will hail you as a phenomenon.

6) Call for change - find the sycophants, weed them out - whoever praises you should be fired. Find a small team that can drive this change, don't let any old or new "chamchas" near you.

7) Last and most important - Let everyone know that you would resign after a number of central leaders are in place and cut all family ties - let the structure run the congress. If you truly cared about India, you will attempt something of this sort

Ironically if this is how Parties are supposed to run their inner party elections, just re-create the system and just go for it!

If you don't do this now, it will be never and there will be very few ways to counter BJP or help Indian democracy.

NB1: Start with Karnataka - if this helps you win, the momentum swings to you and your party will not let you resign, you can continue the dynasty ;)

NB2: I started writing this yesterday, but just finished it. But this morning (spooky coincidence), Sashi Tharoor had come out with a similar suggestion in NDTV.

Good Morning 'Modi'fied India

Assuming exit polls are true, tomorrow will undoubtedly be a good morning and a dawn to India.  I moved out of India when the previous NDA government was midway in power and hope to go back when they are back in power!

5 key takeaways if the polls results lean towards a majority vote to BJP+

1. EVM cannot be tampered? If it is a hung verdict like 2009, then this scepticism will go up, if not it will vindicate the EVMs

2. It is indeed a Modi wave - After 1984 there has never been a majority. In the new social media age, with so much changed, getting a majority in India is actually a wave but not a clean sweep. Yes a wave gently brushes your foot and removes what's underneath your foot, doesn't sweep you off like a tsunami

3. India's democracy will be going through its fifth major cycle of change. From the Nehruvian to Indira to Rao to Vajpayee to Modi. However as a political cycle it will set foot onto a federal set-up from a central (till Indira) to regional (till MMS).

4. India will it become the 1980s China? Ushering a growth not only for itself but to the wider global-economy?

5. A proper rule of law might finally happen. I am already hearing that many groups in Delhi are facing the unknown and are clueless on their next strategy. They have all along played chamchas and will be uprooted.

In fact Delhi will not be the Capital any more!

All the best India.

சந்தைக்கு போலாமா ?

Many of my friends know my life began in Neyveli. People from Neyveli rarely have anything negative to talk about the township. I have been to many places in US, Europe and a few cities in India, but Neyveli has a special place. May be simply due to the fact, that it was my birth place...

Santhai (சந்தை) in Tamil means a market place. Usually people can get groceries at small stores next to their houses and for veg they tend to go to Santhai. This market place has to be described... Imagine a huge vacant land probably a size of two football grounds. A part of this is marked off for two-wheeler parking (I mean bi-cycles) and a bit for motor-bikes and scooters. The rest of the ground is neatly plotted into long rows of shops.

A mile early, you would know that you are passing the Santhai zone, simply through an unusual traffic and people carrying a lot of veg/other products stuffed in wire-knit-bags. These wire-knit bags have a place in Neyveli's home-makers (aka) house-wives' life...They buy bundles of nylon made wire and knit to make them bags with all sorts of designs. As in any town, people borrow such bags, lose it and get into a bit of tiff. Anyway with people carrying big bags of veg in bicycle handlebars and balancing those bags and their plump home-makers sitting in the rear (career-seat) and shouting at their husbands for not driving carefully, you can make it out, that the markets must be nearer...

Usually when my Mom, Dad or Brother/Sister calls me for aide to a market visit, i try and come up with new excuses every time. Simply coz' it's long way from the house and not only that, they go around haggling and sometimes it becomes a scene, though i would never realise that every one around creates a scene, it is just not my family folks. But more importantly it takes ages to go and come back. Sometimes they would chose to take a bus to this market which is a lot worse than taking a bicycle or our infamous lambretta.  A - is our home and B is Thursday market, and the round black circle over in no-man's land is Sunday market. There are certain key differences in these market places (according to my mom and other Neyveli folks). However I never got to understand those key differences. It would be along the lines that in Sunday market the prices are high and in Thursday market you get better green veg and the unsaid reason being everyone goes over to Sunday market as it is a day off. But i guess everyone just did go to Thursday market, simply coz' of this unsaid secret rationale.

The farmers would 'directly' bring their produce and sell it off. I have learnt the dynamics of life through shopping in these market places... Things like even though you see tomatoes at the front of market entrance, one should not buy it as the first choice of veg, but buy it as the last choice and that too while returning. (That depends if you came last, you got only leftovers... there is a lesson too). One is not allowed to mix veg like root-veg/ripe-veg/leafy-veg/fruits. But its a joy to watch people buying these vegetables in an order and packing them in different bags. In the end, you get to drink a coconut sometimes or a bit of sugar-cane juice.

Those Sundays were challenging, but I did enjoy my 'Santhai' day-outs. When I grew into a teenager, I started volunteering (no big secret here...), I just became responsible. So once there was a situation, where my dad was to do his annual Shrartham (click on hyperlink on what Shrartham means) rites to his father... I chose to go with him and support as we would buy a lot of stuff and more importantly a lot of long-banana leaves to serve food. He suggested that I wear a drawer (Half-pants/shorts) and not come in a dhoti. But I wanted to show I am a grown-up man and not a teenager. So decided to ignore his advice and chose to go wearing a dhoti. Needless to say, we took our embarrassing lambretta scooter and it is the best 'device' to get a girl notice you... I mean riding a lambretta, not wearing a dhoti and driving a lambretta. So

Interestingly all through the row of shops, every 10 minutes I would stop, re-tie my dhoti and it became such a nuisance. When we had finished shopping fully, I was loaded in both hands and my dhoti started slipping. Needless to say my Dad smirked and gave me a look-u. I learnt another lesson.

I guess as every grown-up in my teenage use to say -Gone are those days where the milk sold for 3 anas and oil sold at 12 anas... I can safely repeat the history.... Gone are those days of Santhai and welcome Wal-Mart! An elected government for 65 years could not get rid of agents and middlemen, an elected government for 65 years could not get the best price for its farmers, an elected government for 65 years with no means to control proper agri-chain has decided to put its trust on private bodies that are meant as profit-only organisation, is self-proclaiming defeat and has prostrated in front of capitalism.

We have Tirupurs and the Punjabs where with foreign investment the clothing and agriculture industry are controlled by different middlemen - the difference being its pocketed by a few individuals, whereas in erstwhile market, it was a shared livelihood. I am not against FDI, but not many know that FDI <51% has been there for years and has not resolved anything... (for many of our news-media, FDI and 51% still don't mean anything, they are just writing junk in the name of FDI - it bother me very much - am i the only one?) Siddarth Varadarajan with a leftist voice is a loner in the crowd like mine... I am yet to see some good arguments. But I want to build a 'Capitalism with Indian Characteristics' (Vasudeva Kutambakam)  and will write my thoughts in the next post... Jai Hind!

Mahathir is Mahawrong!

Sampling the comments for the article, I can very well see people will ignore what Mahathir said. But to emphasize, I wish our people/media reflect more on the positive aspects of Indian growth story and relax. I have often said to my friends that we (Union of India) are just 60 years old... Growth should be natural and democracy should evolve but not forced upon. 

India is like an elephant. An elephant's gestation period is 22 months (!) and goes on to leave for another 60 years. It has a gait similar to running but walks at a pace and can max to 45KM/H. Its proverbial to say "walk before you can run" yet its true! US of A took more than 250 years to where it is today.  I prefer not to emulate the US model of growth too. There should be an Indian way! Look how pathetic we have been in dealing with our North East states? I am ashamed that I did not know about Irom Sharmila until very recently. Look at the way we deal with Mullai Periyar dam? FDI in retail could be a shot in the arm, but in my view its not going to solve the fundamental infrastructure issues. There is no leadership or vision.

I digress, but the point is, let us grow in our own pace and let us ensure we grow together... 

On a different note, I see Venky at his best. I like the way he has constructed this article. Budding journos should learn from this article. Journalism changes too! especially in the web 2.0 media age, this apt for the modern day readers i.e. brings many issues (China Model, Malaysian issues, Indian context, devolved governance and more importantly disagreeing to Mahathir's idea)  through the article and attaches links to it, so a reader can get the crux quickly and browse the underlying articles in leisure. 

Regular Breaker Rahul

I grew up hearing stories about Rahul's dad Rajiv how he wanted to change India and how he is to lead the country into a super-power. However I also heard stories that how he is interested more in technology than in politics and as a matter of fact not interested at all in entering into politics. But the Congress Chamchas' had to have someone with blue-blood to keep their interests secure. So Rajiv was made and sadly missed. Today 'they' understand the nuance that with Power comes more Responsibility (as Spiderman says...). How to be in power and limelight, but shrug responsibilities.

One section of media has a regular section on security breaker Rahul Gandhi. I don't understand what he is doing up there. I am told he strengthens grass roots and he plays wisely. btw why do we always paint politics as a game of chess and a matter of high canniness?

I was quite annoyed about the recent security breaker in UP and a second-class sleeper travel with 10 commandos. I was searching in google for such news in the past two years and actually he has been consistently doing this for the last 2-3 years.

Exam question: If one aspires to be a 'leader' of the nation (he will not be a direct PM but a remote PM), is it actually sensible to belittle your security teams by giving them a run?

What is the purpose of this hide and seek?

What if you actually stumble upon a situation that the 10 commandos around you couldn't help?

Let me analyse it purely from a security perspective:
I am about to play naive and assume that Rahul's intention is to break away from hassles of security and VVIP, that he doesn't fear life - that's easy: Write to the government and break free! No more security, no more news and you go free, wherever you like...

or let us assume that Rahul understands the need for security, but would like to mingle with crowd and understand the grass-root issues: This could also be done by arranging for spot Q&A with very little time for chamchas to massage the news - that is ask the local cong leader on the spot to assemble pockets of people who could be checked by security and allowed to interact, so the 'leader' could understand local issues. - in my defense, he has actually done this a few times where he meets students in locked up auditorium (why a locked up session?) and in Mar 2010 with a very short notice, he arrived at a wedding where the minimum security was given.

Over to Alternate thoughts...
or let us assume Rahul is interested in media-management: Hence break free especially when kids are around or in second class sleeper trains where 10 commandos are with you to protect etc.

or let us assume Rahul is actually dumb and doesn't understand the challenges of security and breaks once in a while. - if this be the case, then can't help an argument.

I can think of a few worthless scenarios, anyway not for today.

In the grand scheme of politics, one can only assume its media-management. Unfortunately the power of media and information is too great, so the alternate scenarios of his stunts come out very well. I can think of only one proverb in tamil 'Puli varadu, Puli varadhu ngra kadai oru naal unmaiyya puli varapohuthu' - (one day the tiger might actually come and get its prey). On a serious note, if he seriously aspires for the future of Indian premiership, this is quite worrisome as these acts highlight his IQ & EQ and what might be in store, if he becomes one.

News in 2030:

• Rahul gives a miss to Cabinet meeting!
  
• Parliament Finds Rahul sitting with Backbenchers
• Today Rahul lands a suprise, dressed as a security guard and standing next to speaker!
• Rahul does it again, his ministers complain to Sonia-Ji...
• Young (just 60+) Rahul's journey to Parliament was a surprise...
• Rahul breaking protocol leaves UN fuming
• Chinese delegation searches Rahul as he travels by world's fastest train (slept under the seat and missed the stop)
  

His chamchas will continue to say, what a rebel he is... Unfortunately gone are those days! (Hopefully, or we will find similar headlines about India)

Jog, Run and Kashmir...

Last week I started getting back to good health. I am on my sixth day of running. I couldn't believe myself as i struggled to run just few hundred yards, indicating my stamina. Today after a bad sinus headache, I decided to lay down for a good sleep. I was cranky after that nap and dull, but i decided not be a broke!

I hit the roads again and today i ran well and i was quite comfortable and completed probably a mile. A shame for regular runners but not for me. I was proud of myself. I overcame my sluggishness and procrastinations! I have been through a tough year mentally and physically. First 3-4 months of 2010 was a lot of flu and then later guests, travel etc. On top, I had my office chores and MBA. A lot to take on. I feel 2010 is almost over; mainly because at office, the plans for next 2-3 have been in progress for a while and it feels 2011 already.

Things have started looking better! My friend just called me over the weekend to say, he might buy his family home near mine which is great news to us. October feels a lot chilly comparatively for this time of an English year and weather. My in-laws are here and its some family time too.

These days not many things bother me, but a few things still do. Especially what i read in the paper (especially political sections). Having said that, Ms. Roy's comments are certainly not welcome. I acknowledge freedom of speech, but everything depends on comments and circumstances. If you drink grape juice in a vineyard, with very little or no doubt, one would say that you are tasting a wine not a grape juice. Same here, if Ms. Roy had aired those comments a few days back or later, or even when there was a lot of chaos (a few weeks back), it would have been okay. Sharing the dias, Ms. Roy shared her thoughts with a separatist. In this circumstance I pronounce her irresponsible and attention-seeker, limelight-grabber etc. She goes on to say that many people in Kashmir say that, yes many in Pakistan say that; however a lot more in India think otherwise. It is not about the number of people. Pakistan, India + Kashmir, Bangladesh share some cultural roots. It is a delicate issue, if you are a responsible journalist, why not do things in-camera with an outcome in mind? Why grab limelight?

Gandhi (I mean Mahatma) just did not talk! He had an action plan and delivered it. I am so frustrated with her as i see this as her trend. She did a similar thing with the naxal problem. She spent a day with them, narrated a dramatic story to the media and poof! Disappeared into ether? What was your value add? what was your contribution? at a time, where media is just momentary in its news and value, I see her sharing the same 'momentary' basics. No strategy, no action, plain talk! If you intend to play just a journalist, then so be it, but if you aspire for Suu Kyi, then play big. Don't just talk and aspire to play big.

Reminds me of a proverb - "Empty vessels make more noise" !!

Its New Year Today

Happy new year to all. (Today Jan 21 2009) The official new year starts for Obama followers! Hurray Obama has taken reins, not to worry everything will be hunky dorry from now on - No it won't be - at least to me. I was away on a trip home, came back, fell ill, got the boy into day care, fell ill, got better, fell ill, son's not liking the day care, son's the agenda on my mind and until he settles not even Obama for the matter Osama can help me. O! Rama can you?

Torn between the pros & cons of day care, the pros & cons of modern style of parenting, the pros & cons of traditional ways of parenting, I am all cranky, in fact cranky than the boy himself. So can Obama save me? That's how our 21st century brains are. How could we dream of one man saving the world for us? it could be he is infusing hope blah blah, but fundamentally the human mind is so conditioned that they have tried out many forms of government and have gone back to Monarchic ways.

Until the day we all, i say again - we all understand that 'team works' its going to be Deja vu even in 521st century. I don't deny his raise to where he is, what he has gone through - to be honest his meteroic raise has infused hope in me too (blind)... I will be a slave to him, if in his 3rd day of the office he makes a law to get the bonus back from fat cats. C'mon on one end the bankers have taken all their bonuses and made their money. Economy is doomed, the ordinary man is asked to work again! The UK spends millions sorry billions sorry trillions in getting the banks back, instead if they had given 200,000£ to citizens with good credit report with a surity that these citizens should make more money and invest in banks, we all would have invested in houses, cars, better stuff and the economy would be in better state; whereas now our money (from taxes) is invested to insure our own mortgage repayment protection plans!

Can we all grow up? O!Rama bless Obama, Osama & Citizens of MamaMia world.

USA Ba(rra)ck to monarchy!

I always have a different view of events around me. Sometimes the view is a pretty nasty one, sometimes its crap. I was waiting up to 1 AM this morning to follow the events around the US elections. Will Obama Barrack win? By now everyone knows, actually most of us knew even before the results.

People always work their questions against India and keep comparing India to some of the western nations. I wrote an email once to a group of friends requesting them to compare India with US. I think they have many common things. (will write about that another day) I think India - the largest democracy has followed a much better path of democracy - there may be a lot of blips but things happened in India at a different level. India had PMs, Presidents from minority community, represented by the opposite sex and still the representation continues. Western countries that talk about equality and human values, rights actually have not followed.

"America was a democracy in name only," "It's only since the mid-1960s that we've had this experiment in a multicultural and multiracial democracy." - Click here to see the views.

When i see the emotions, the expectations its all just on one person - Obama? How many people know him personally? really how many people really understand what he stands for - he may be a good orator, but how different is it from Monarchy? A man/woman from queen's family who is well trained (or at the minimum, grown-up in the climate) in the game of politics would lead the country, it didn't matter if he/she was a good, righteous person or not. This man he kept flaming the colour and displayed qualities of a leader; cried at the correct moment - well enacted to the path of victory. Can he deliver? Time will answer...

But if i look at the mob frenzy, i could only conclude that this madness is no different from Monarchy except people choose their leader. Will we have a day where no one leads and people just live?