Whatever that looks-close-to-reform happens in the Arab World is always seen through scepticism by the West. And the Egypt Revolution was no different. Still there are some things that make it stand out despite WHAT-NEXT-SYNDROME that the western media will plunge into. Remember 1962 ..."After Nehru Who" ... they did the same thing. The incoherence stands out distinctly here - That despite being such a individualist society, why do Westerners think that Asians and Arabs tie their future to few people up the hierarchy and there are no suitable [if not as good] replacements. I call it myopia. And they have been very effective in manipulating our pshyche and leading us believe that we have very few to lead.
Anyways ... Following are few of the observations on this.
1. It shatters the Myth that anything that the pre-dominantly Islamic countries do is violent. This was a bloodless revolution. It took the sacrifice of less people than Sabarimala Stampede [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sabarimala_stampede] to topple a dictator.
2. The Egyptians didn't burn their Buses! Is anybody in India observing this??????? They didn't burn the buses or vandalised public property. Probably we take freedom too seriously while Bandh and Morchas!
3. Toppling dictators/Governments takes revolution. Changing Governance takes .. ??? India hasn't yet found an answer after 60 years.
I just hope Egypt doesn't fall in the hands of the hardliners and prospers as a democracy.
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