Election year is near. And honestly, my hopes are pinned on the fact that in 2010, we would be electing a new President. It’s my dream that the Filipino people would be wiser and more logical to elect the right leaders. I dream that come 2010, it would be the start of a better Philippines…
A Philippines where Filipinos would opt to be homebound because they can see a brighter future here.
where children have equal access to education.
where government officials put their electorates’ priorities on top of their own.
where Filipinos are proud of what they have become as a nation.
I saw a youtube video about Times of India’s India vs. India. This was a campaign launched by India’s most widely circulated national daily – Times of India. I was so envious because they were able to launch a massive campaign that aims unite the whole of India. This appeared on the front page of Times of India last January 1, 2007. I hope that in 2010, we’ll start to realize that it’s our time to fly. Below is the full transcript of the essay and the Youtube link.
INDIA V/S INDIAA Philippines where Filipinos would opt to be homebound because they can see a brighter future here.
where children have equal access to education.
where government officials put their electorates’ priorities on top of their own.
where Filipinos are proud of what they have become as a nation.
I saw a youtube video about Times of India’s India vs. India. This was a campaign launched by India’s most widely circulated national daily – Times of India. I was so envious because they were able to launch a massive campaign that aims unite the whole of India. This appeared on the front page of Times of India last January 1, 2007. I hope that in 2010, we’ll start to realize that it’s our time to fly. Below is the full transcript of the essay and the Youtube link.
There are two Indias in this country.
One India is straining at the leash, eager to spring forth
and live up to all the adjectives that the world has been showering recently upon us.
The other India is the leash.
One India says, give me a chance and I'll prove myself.
The other India says, prove yourself first and maybe then you'll have a chance.
One India lives in the optimism of our hearts.
The other India lurks in the skepticism of our minds.
One India wants.
The other India hopes.
One India leads.
The other India follows.
But conversions are on the rise.
With each passing day more and more prople from the other India
have been coming over to this side.
And quietly, while the world is not looking,
a pulsating, dynamic, new India is emerging.
An India whose faith in success is far greater that its fear of failure.
An India that no longer boycotts foreign-made goods
but buys out the companies that make them instead.
History, they say, is a bad motorist.
It rarely every signals its intentions when it is taking a turn.
This is that rarely-ever moment.
History is turning a page.
For more than a century, our nation has sprung,
stumbled, run, fallen, rolled over, got up, dusted herself and cantered,
sometimes lurched on.
But today, as we begin our 60th year as a free nation,
the ride has brought us to the edge of time's great precipice.
And one India - a tiny little voice at the back of the head-
is looking down at the bottom of the ravine and hesitating.
The other India is looking up at the sky and saying, it's time to fly.
YOUTUBE LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgHyjMgPi2Q
my husband downloaded this clip a few months ago. and i just can't recall if he was successful in sending it to some PDI columnists. but i hope we can be like india too.
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