A word leads to a paragraph, and the paragraph culminates in a post. A moment of distress is experienced between the first and second paragraph, toying with elements in a phrase to shape a sentence advances the writing towards its goal. The nasty moment when everything seems to be falling apart is generally overcome in the said fashion. However, sometimes the subject matter seems to become a noose that throttles a post sending the entire thing into the trash can.
Much has been written about authors tearing up their manuscripts, pulling their hair. In the digital age its the keyboard that takes the brunt of an author’s ire. A lot of banging of keys, a lot of…well let’s say angst expressed in popular verbiage not fit to print! Thence a blog emerges. Graffiti posts are a culmination of all of the above and also overcoming laziness.
This is a funny season, elections are in the air. No one can predict the outcome…howsoever confident the candidates may seem in their articulation of the results, there is an aura of mystery. People are agog, this is not the ho-hum election of the past. National politics has taken center stage in Graffiti [Wall that knows]. From a discussion on reforming Indian politics, cronyism, to personality cult among leaders, it has supercharged the debate on the way forward for national politics and its main actors. Graffiti [Wall that knows] had come down heavily on the state of the nation on the 65 year of the Republic. In fact most of what has been discussed in the past few weeks had already been articulated in various posts In Graffiti [Wall that knows].
The global nature of the Internet means that stories from other parts of the world get as much prominence as national events. Graffiti has over the years given prominence to events that shook the world, from Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, and the African continent, Graffiti has been building a picture of the world. Much change is expected in the scheme of things.The global actors are facing new challenges to their leadership; they are constantly changing course. Emerging power blocks are causing headaches in Washington. Economies of the world are facing a massive crunch although there are indications of a lifting of gloom. Then there are challenges posed by climate change, it is endangering lives.
The number of refugees and internally displaced people has gone up sharply, beginning with Syria. The uncertain future of children in the refugee camps and the camps for internally displaced prompted the UN to use the phrase, “lost generation”. They are victims of the brutal violence in Syria. In South Sudan there were clashes between the refugees and the villagers. In the words of one of the refugees:
[Fatna, a mother of five...is still troubled by the memory of the confrontation.]
“When we returned to the camp, I struggled to get a good night’s sleep because I was afraid that the conflict would resume again,” she says.From: UNHCR.org
There are other reports of abuse from other refugee centers, created to accommodate victims of other man-made cataclysms. It is apparently a no win situation. There are reports of clashes between authorities and protesters from South America,Turkey, etc. The world has become restless. The dictators overthrown by western intervention have resulted in destabilization. Iraq and Libya are witnessing unceasing violence. Egypt which witnessed protests that overthrew the Mubarak regime, is now in the grip of another turbulence, this time because the military backed regime ousted a duly elected government of Mr. Morsi. There are indications that there will again be a government led by an ex- army man, a Field Marshal no less. Afghanistan is gripped with uncertainties as NATO pull out comes closer.
How many wars would lead to peace? Or would the planet end thus?
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