My Musings

Musings....... I thought I had done justice to the 2019 protests through my previous Musings. Later I realised my folly that I had just touched the tip of the Iceberg.  In fact the seemingly small protests had snowballed into huge protests with its geographical extent extending into both hemispheres. Now it’s been dubbed the Global Protest Wave of 2019 !!  Confining myself to Latin America in my last article was a deliberate attempt to highlight the ply of the people in a hitherto lesser known part of the world. However, I now realise I have opened up a Pandora’s box and would not do justice without writing about protests elsewhere.   ASIA  Hong Kong  The 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill was seen as a threat to Hong Kong’s autonomy from the People’s Republic of China. These protests of the people were similar to the Occupy Hong Kong Protests of 2011 and the Umbrella movement of 2014 where the protesters were mainly fighting for social and economic...

Musings....... 2019 was a year of protests and most notable of them were the Latin American. Also called Primavera Latinoamericana or The Latin American Spring, these protests have rattled institutions and corrupt governments.  Even thought that part of the world is not oblivious to protests against establishment, what stands out this time is the spontaneity of the protests with immediate triggers being trivial to say the least. Venenzuela Most well known country from the Latin Americas, especially all the way down here in Kerala. We have had our Communist Finance Minister emulating Venenzuelan Schemes in Keralas budget at one time. Malayalis fixation with Communism, the everlasting fight against the Bourgeois and the emancipation of the proletariat - a dream which seems to have lost its way- finds solace in giving examples from far away Cuba and Venenzuela for prestige. However, the state of those countries and its impoverished people do not give us any hope. Nonetheless I d...