Comments on: A historic moment

By: Suresh Nayak

Suresh Nayak — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:47:12 +0000

Indeed it was an historic momemts for Americans. I wish our politicians can take a cue from the way Obama handled his election campaign and how he avoided (most of the time accusing others for the problems facing the country). Wish our politicians reflects on what he said and take the country forward rather than showing one upmanship.

By: Kush Kochgaway

Kush Kochgaway — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:31:31 +0000

It was very refreshing to see the whole country come together and welcome the new president - it was a festival like environment for a week or 10 days leading up to the inauguration. He has definitely brought hope to an environment full of gloom and doom. America is going through a very rough time now and the hope that Obama has brought to America is commendable. He has to now deliver to make sure that the momentum created by him during campaign and after winning the election is not lost. Reserving comments on the merit of his policies, I think he is doing a great job of connecting with people across the board - he has support of almost every major ethnic group of America. It feels like most of the world wants to see him succeed and so he has best wishes of the entire world!! If Obama succeeds, so will America and many other parts of the world because of their dependence on America. Good luck to the new President!

By: Anil Kurnool

Anil Kurnool — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:36:35 +0000

The US and India are worlds apart..

India has race, caste, region etc as part of the 25, 26 and 27 chromozomes and it cannot change… or at least the vote-bank loving politicos would not help it change…

By: KaZorba

KaZorba — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:51:16 +0000

if words can move people to action - in this case voting for Obama, it has worked. i sincerely hope that more words produce more action, as he tries to clean up the dump US has put on the whole world in the last 8 years of bush presidency… back to india - coaliation governments need to end and perhaps have idelogical alginments in crating 2 or 3 parties in Inida..

By: arvind

arvind — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:15:34 +0000

Watching and listening to Obama’s inaugration speech was truly inspiring.So crisp and clear about his fundamental themes,so confident and articulate.He truly is a master communinicator.It seemed like every word was coming from the heart.Conviction was written all over his words,style and articulation.In addition to what he said, what struck me was how he said it and the body language.Here’s a man who appears completely in control and supremely confident of what he’d like to do and in what direction he would like the US and the world to move forward.

Indian politicians could learn a thing or two from Obama about how to speak to get the point across.Most cant speak a few sentences without the crutch of notes.More importantly, they sound lame and most unconvincing.

By: Amit R Verma

Amit R Verma — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:51:52 +0000

Indeed a historic moment Nandan. With general election round the corner here in India let us see if we have our Obama moment too (though very unlikely but in next decade or so I am sure India will have her Obama moment for sure.). There have been awakening(!!?) in youth (at last I applied for a voter ID card to make sure that I do exercise my franchise this time around) and perhaps we will see gradual change in India also.
By the way you have really nice views on diverse topics

By: Palak Mathur

Palak Mathur — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:14:03 +0000

True, he has raised hope. Though I believe, that his victory is not an achievement yet. He has to go a long way to prove his worth and do his part to abate “blacks” and “whites” division. Nothing has happened to be optimistic about anything. In India, just a win by a black in US is not a door of opportune. We must understand that we need someone who will work at ground level to remove the misery of the people keeping aside caste politics, etc. Obama’s win will be optimistic if he shows such a work in US. Until then, there is nothing to be optimistic from his win.

If we talk about India, we have always been optimistic. Despite our failure we have progressed and have pressed onwards. So, we are hopeful and optimistic that a day will come when identity politics will vanish and leaders will lead the country to new era. Obama’s victory has nothing to do with it.