Obama’s Inaugration speech; Thoughts

I stayed up till late yesterday to see the inaugural celebrations of Barack Hussein Obama.  My younger brother was the one most excited about it. He is 14 years old and stays miles away from studies and general knowledge, but somehow he too understood the importance of this historic event and the crowd were proof that this was no ordinary day.

His speech was true and real. He seemed like one of us, like you and me and looking at him it made a path to believe that you can be whatever you want, you just have to want it. He talked about the current situation and why did we reach where we are, he didn’t make fake promises but he did promise that we will all try. He said that this was time to come back to our roots and basics of honesty, loyalty, hardwork and humanity.

His mention of the various religions that combine to make America and his mention of ‘Hindu’ has moved many in India. Its not that he is aiding certain religion, but he recognized them. This is what we all want, don’t we? This is basic human nature, we want to be recognized not ignored, we want love and respect, we always give back what we get. He touched these simple feelings that were not acknowledged for a long time. Similarly, when he spoke of success and progress, he spoke in a language that everyone understood, from a children to elders . He said we have to think as one and work for our better, we have the strength and we need to pull ourselves up, dust off the dirt and get back to work.

What is really amazing about him is that, he is bringing ahead a ray of hope to this world. Even though I am not an American, i still feel his leadership will do good to this world. After all America is a powerful nation and directly and indirectly its decisions do impact other nations, and when it comes to developing nations, we all look ahead towards cooperation and prosperity, opportunities and world peace. In many ways the current situation was all about the fight for power, but now there is a hope for peace and love. Everywhere people in the world are now exhausted from trying to outdo each others and we all wanted some one to walk beside us, walk together towards progress and harmony.

Obama has lighted hopes in many a hearts today. May he lead to bring the changes that will make this light glow with pride and joy for America and the world. Amen!