Around the world in 80 days

Around the world in 80 days.

Once it was considered as an achievement; but not any more.

Today, if someone says, I will be travelling for the next 180 days; that means, that person is on a trip to Mars. As per NASA, it takes 180 days to reach Mars.

Most of the desi complains about the 32 hours long flight to India. They don't realize the fact that Vivekananda took a ship journey to Chicago. Gandhi went by ship to London to participate in Round Table conference.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just completed going the world trip. Now, Modi is back home and facing local political challenges.

 The media may review the news that they had published; at least once in a month; what did happen to that BRICS bank? When they review, naturally these questions may arise. Just keep running is no good; take a break and review.

In today's world, political leaders have lot of domestic problems. They go out of their country to escape from local problems.

For Brazil President; they lost the world cup; domestic politicians were criticizing the Brazil President for hosting the world cup with so much of money.

Putin has his own domestic and other challenges. Japan Prime Minister has to face a lot of domestic issues. Chinese Premier is a ceremonial position; nobody knows who has the power in China. Hong Kong protest is a serious issue for China now.

Imran Khan is a threat to Nawaz Sharif's leadership. President Rajapakse visits Sri Lanka once in a while; most of the time, the President of Sri Lanka is on tour; visiting Cuba or Pope.

Domestic demand is huge; people expect magic from their leaders; not only expect; people demand.

People demand high character from their leaders. In 1998, people in United States were highly critical about the character of the President Bill Clinton. But, they don't follow any high standard in their private life.

Nobody could meet the demands of today's people. Let it Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Winston Churchill or George Washington.

Modi's America visit. Google Eric Schmidt attended the meeting. But no big commitment from Google. In fact, Eric Schmidt forgot Java and other technology a long time back. Now, Eric Schmidt learns a lot about politics in Washington, China, India and all other nations. Eric Schmidt is a potential candidate for the next Presidential election.

The other day, I was talking to a policeman. I mentioned, one day, there will be a President from Silicon Valley.

The policeman asked, you mean as an advisor to the President.

I said, "No. as the President."

Then the policeman asked, "Will it happen? will it happen in my life time?"

I said, "Sure. it will happen in five or ten years time."

American politicians enjoyed Modi's visit; it is a refreshing experience for them; an escape from their monotonous repetitive dull life.

For the next election, most of the candidates may seek for Modi's endorsement. They may invite Modi to participate in their national convention.

When someone visits your home; when you host a dinner for the guest; you need to do it with whole family. During Manmohan Singh's visit, Michelle Obama participated with great enthusiasm. But, for Modi's visit, there is no picture available with Michelle and Indian team.