Far from the politics and the two camps, this election saw the rise of the unlikely common man (Aam Aadmi), the mute spectator who for once rose from the silence and decided to break the shackles which has kept him bound for years. Six decades over but things remain the same from being tormented and looted by the outsiders now the country is been tormented and looted by the insiders.
The last decade has been the threshold. What worse could have happened to this country that didn't happen in the last decade? Terrorism, gang-rapes, riots, mega-scams, farmer suicides, all are the milestones of the last decade. Will the coming years bring any change? Somewhere in the heart this country does believe that "acche din aane wale hai".
This election was driven by a high wave of hope. At one end, there is an authoritarian, a politician, a projected figure who promised development, development, development. At the other end we have a common man, that's it, a common man. Both gave hopes. Hope is what was needed the most at this juncture. So tomorrow even though the common man might lose but the hope will survive.
And one day when this hope dies, the common man will rise again, this time to bring down the system and built a new one, to find the order in chaos, this time it would be you and me.
In the end though, I wish that the hope does not die this time...
