Obamania - It's Too Much

Barack Obama is the new US president. Everywhere is the talk of the “Change We (he) Can”. What will be his policies towards Indo-Pak relations? What towards the war on terror? How will he take on the global economic recession? Will he favor outsourcing? Many more questions are there which everyone is trying to find the answer to.

But aren’t we over-reacting to his stature. Are we subconsciously accepting US as a super-power or Godfather to us? He is not the President of the World, nor should his decision influence the life of the 1.2 billion people.

The educated society talked so much of the US elections, many of us had followed its complete execution, from the days of Hillary-Obama clash for the Democrat seat to the final vote count and then to the oath. We appreciated the age of the newly elected President for the US. But can we ask ourselves, how many of us will cast their vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Or how many of us are truly interested in Indian Politics.  The result, we will end up abusing the Indian politics once again after the polls. Yesterday, I was watching the interview of the Delhi CM Mrs. Sheila Dixit, where she said, the politicians are not always that bad, but when things go wrong, since it’s a habit of common men to finger point his leader, politician do come always at the center stage. And that to me a greater extent looks an appropriate statement. If we can’t do the cleaning of our house we have no right to say it dirty.

On the same lines to politics, we are dependent very much on US economics. The Dalal street has just become the blind follower of the Wall-street. The exporters and so do the govt. of India always prays of keeping the Dollar rate appreciated. But have we thought that the appreciating Dollar is the major cause for the high inflation rate which we got in the rear past. Majority of the Indians, these days just following the job cuts the organizations are pursuing to face the recessions. But how long will we be dependent on some other to earn our meal. We should start building our own infrastructure, so that we can be self dependent.

Let us not talk how US’s decisions can influence us, but how we can lead our own way.