Its 3.28 am in the morning. What a dreamy day it was . Why I slept the whole day? Because I enjoyed seeing my Nani, mother, brother and Papa in my half asleep consciousness. every time I closed my eyes I entered into a different world which was so beautiful and full of warmth, a different world where I saw my nani in immense pain, i started crying and suddenly my phone rang, . It reminded me of a real world .
It was call from Paris. Such a long time and I didnt speak to Satyan sir, There is connection between him and me which is spiritual in nature and I felt content after talking with him for half an hour, however that phone was interference in dream sleep of the day . Martial came around seven and left for club after having dinner , I kept lying on sofa and thinking about my parents and few girls. I also started working on my project which is due on Monday. Here I am working relentlessly (oh such a lier i am ) for the IFRC Project .
Coming back to the topic of this blog .. Just now received email from world social forum . They have my name from the days when I participated in annual world social forums in Mumbai in 2004. It was amazing time, i met few life long friends like Pol, Magali and Naoko . I still write to them and receive their warm messages from time to time.The organizers of world social forums have changed their design of annual meetings and now they organize polycentric forums which is supposed to more productive and environmentally friendly. This also goes with idea of decentralized and empowered meeting where people can feel connected. Actually from Mumbai Social forums , where it was debated that the very core of values they oppose how they can practice the same values of centralized and alien organization of meetings , so they made it decentralized in another two years. As a result now we have regional World Social Forums , for example In Africa , Asia etc .
When I participated in Mumbai World Social Forum, I was overwhelmed to see people from all over the world in that great celebration of culture and alternative life styles. It was colorful and people's gathering, for where those who afforded to come, a touristic flavor captured the moods in streets of mumbai. It was special occasion for me to witness that extra ordinary sangam of people from all over the world.
When I compared this event with 62nd general assembly session at UN with World Social Forum in Mumbai, it has very similar architect and mood. The differences are obvious, Nation States are unit of UN systems, whereas people's organization and single individuals are members of World Social Forum. Individuals who can afford to buy plane tickets, have accessibility to passport and convincing claim that they can get visa from another country. They were the people who participated in World Social Forum . They claim another world is possible, three years later a representative from some country made speech in a general assembly while I was sitting as observer on behalf of IFRC, refering to World Social Forums, that another world is possible.......
What a strange coincidence when Nation States referred to its alternative forum's slogan as reference points.
Any slogans and symbols can be used by clever people to promote their motives. from swastika to Nietzsche to another world is possible . ......
Why the unsaid is always powerful than said? why the power of unknown is vaster than known, why when say something it becomes small and vulnerable to other 's manipulations? why democracy which make protest as standard method become teeth less, for example we have place or designated space to protest in mature democracies and these protests doesn't generate much impacts that media headlines , why we are so impotent ? why we are loosing the meaning of democracy by becoming indifferent to its lethal weapons, or we need another Paul Alinsky who can write the rule of radicals again to awake us from within..........
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