"No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come"-Victor Hugo
Chanced upon a certain piece of news recently,
'observing that AIDS could have serious consequences for the country's economy and future, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said people should do away with traditional inhibitions on discussing matters related to safe sex rpt safe sex and all sections of the society should be made aware of the disease.' Full story here
It's not something truly land breaking, yet another politician speaking about the importance of sex education in India.
In this speech of his, delivered to the Youth Parliament, he continues to say:
'our youth leaders must lead by example and lead from the front. You must be the agent of change that you seek in others.'
Again not something that hasn't happened before, a PM talking about 'youth power'.
But, something about Manmohan Singh tells me that when he asks students to lead from the front, he means it, and it is not just a political gimmick. Political gimmicks don't go with the image of this guy, if he at all depended on gimmickry he woudn't have lost all his elections as of date and yet be respected and admired by all (democracy sucks or what!).
It's quite sad that the comments of actresses and petite sports stars get front page news with photos et al but when a guy (and not just any guy!) actually talks some sense and asks for action most just don't hear his call.
I'm grateful to Dr. Manmohan Singh for being one of the reasons I'm proud of India.
Do go through his full speech on HIV/AIDS at http://pmindia.nic.in/lspeech.asp?id=233 , it's quite a read.
As an afterword, the little quote at the beginning of this post, it was made by Manmohan Singh during his maiden speech as Finance Minister.
