Long Live Democracy!!

What a great day for democracy. After 18 days of protests by Egyptians, President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down. It is truly a momentous day for Egyptians to finally have true freedom after 30 years of dictatorship.

Let me be clear, I usually do not follow Middle East (or North African) politics very closely and am not too clear about their conflicts. But when it came to Egypt, it was different. For once it was ordinary people looking for freedom in every sense of the way from decades of dictatorship. Also being from India, a democratic country and living in USA which also is democratic it is hard to imagine living in a country without freedom. From day one I started following it closely, mostly on BBC news and NewsHour on PBS. Both did a great job of covering it in-depth. Just yesterday, President Mubarak refused to step down until September 2011 as he has been saying for the past 18 days. Finally this morning I hear about the News of him stepping down.

What a difference a day makes!!!! What a difference the power of people can make.