Like many others, I could be seen crying my little eyes out yesterday. jumping for joy, inspired to believe in change, or at least, inspired to believe in hope instead of fear. I don't know if things will change much. But it is important to at least have milemarkers along the road. Moments when we can rejoice and believe for a short while. A day to be proud to be alive.
One small comment from a broadcaster here in India, before the election was called, as a picture of the crowd at Grant Park was shown:
"Well, we usually associate this type of crowd, this sheer number of people, with India, but it looks like today the Americans are in the streets."
I was proud to hear a citizen of the largest democracy in the world give that compliment to the citizens of my country of origin.
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Short introduction to where i am and what i am doing
Eby is where? Karnataka state, southern India
Can you be more specific? Most of the time Eby is in Bangalore, but she also travels to Belgaum district in North Karnataka, where her field work is located.
Why? She is ostensibly doing “research” for her masters degree.
What does that mean? She goes around asking farmers lots of questions that they find very obvious. They figure she is a bit thick in the head. They are probably not mistaken
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How does she travel? By the wonderful night train, exactly 12 hours long, just enough time for a good sleep. (expect blog entry on amazing trains in India shortly)
When will she leave India? November 28th 2008
And when will she return to India? Ah ha, now that is a good question.
Can you be more specific? Most of the time Eby is in Bangalore, but she also travels to Belgaum district in North Karnataka, where her field work is located.
Why? She is ostensibly doing “research” for her masters degree.
What does that mean? She goes around asking farmers lots of questions that they find very obvious. They figure she is a bit thick in the head. They are probably not mistaken
.
How does she travel? By the wonderful night train, exactly 12 hours long, just enough time for a good sleep. (expect blog entry on amazing trains in India shortly)
When will she leave India? November 28th 2008
And when will she return to India? Ah ha, now that is a good question.
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1 comment:
It's one of those moments we are all going to remember. I can only imagine the significance of the moment for African-Americans, as I saw some pretty big names overcome with the emotion of the moment.
I expected the win to bring out the best in Obama; I was pleasantly surprised to see the loss bring out the best in McCain.
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