Some things just bring back memories .... the recent Jasmine revolution in Tunisia and the ongoing revolution in Egypt brings back memories of the fall of communism in the early 90s when I was still in school..... At that time television was not as sophisticated as it is today and most often we had to rely on radio to get uptodate news about the events in the world...newspapers were always every exciting those days.... I remember getting lost in the literature .... and I also remember having attempted to keep the newspaper clipping of those days for posterity.... somewhere thinking that I would find immense pleasure in reviewing those headlines again....

This time round I can see the part played by technology in bringing about this revolution..... facebook, twitter, you tube etc are all responsible for bringing so many people together... in a way the millionaire inventors of these applications actually provided a service to the people around the world..... and this time I can see action live on TV... almost as if I am part of the revolution....

I never thot I would see the day when democractic movement would sweep the Arab world..... especially since there was a feeling that generally democracy would not work in that part of the world.... I sure hope we are witnessing the birth of a new form of government in the Arab world.... and I also hope that such a change will bring prosperity to the people ... and once the prosperity comes all forms of violent protests will subside and people will be just busy with making their lives better .....