Comrade GC was watching telecast games of ongoing World-cup Football. To his dismay, portraits of historic revolutionary leaders of the host nation couldn’t be spotted anywhere. “I guess the revolution had been long dead. Wish Facebook and Twitter were already there to spread the news,” murmured comrade.
Comrade GC (“norm de guerre”), a bright student was in the forefront of left-leaning political movement in college. Born in post-colonial India, he dreamed of a utopian nation of wealth-equality and fair-justice. But that was three decades ago. New country, abandoning path of socialism, chased west’s capitalism. Along came wealth-inequality, nationalism, and religious-fundamentalism.
Comrade GC was watching telecast games of ongoing World-cup Football. To his dismay, portraits of historic revolutionary leaders of the host nation couldn’t be spotted anywhere. “I guess the revolution had been long dead. Wish Facebook and Twitter were already there to spread the news,” murmured comrade. Comments are closed.
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