What should and should not be done with President Trump between today Jan 6th 2021 and Jan 20th 2021 will be debated passionately over the next few days. Some groups are already calling for VP Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment in order to remove President Trump from office. Some are calling for a fast track impeachment. More opinions will continue to be cast by pundits in all sorts of media outlets. However the fact remains that what has already happened in Washington D.C. today cannot be undone. And I am afraid the ideology behind this is here to stay.
I watched with utter disbelief as the pro Trump crowds moved up the steps of the Capitol building, some jumping up the railings and eventually breaking in. The remarkable visuals moved from stunning to mortifying and surreal and quickly became horrifying. Members of Congress were being told to Shelter in place?? Gas masks are being distributed?! This can’t be real! It’s not a Hollywood movie. This was meant to be a routine constitutional procedure of counting electoral votes and confirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as the next President of the United States of America. I cannot describe the feeling as I watched these crowds (I say crowds because I’m still trying to struggle what category to put them in) walk into the senate chamber and pushing against doors that were being guarded by armed guards with members of Congress crouching under benches. I think I heard myself say something like “is this really happening in America?!” …
It was a bright Sunday morning as I woke up very late in the summer of 2020, feeling surprisingly light headed and happy. I felt a strange sense of relief! I recalled the events of the previous day and got out of my bed with a smile on my face and a flight in my step!
Thanks to some amazing organization and technology it had felt like I had a full blown birthday bash despite my milestone birthday coming during a pandemic lock down! And with family in India +12 hours ahead, my phone had started buzzing the previous night itself making it a non-stop 36 hour celebration! It was a very eventful day… Surprise birthday decorations by my family, flowers & chocolate deliveries during the day, the evening brought two masked girl friends with gifts, balloons and cake for an intimate yet socially distanced backyard surprise, pre-planned zoom calls with friends and families that I wasn’t aware of including one very chaotic hour with over 20 cousins that took me back to my childhood days in India. The day ended with one last surprise… personal video messages from my very large extended family played on big screen TV!! This was an entirely unexpected and very touching gesture especially since I had just been on video calls with most of them! …
How shall we remember the year 2020?
As this remarkable year winds down the one thought on most people’s minds is that we can’t wait to forget 2020 and welcome the New Year 2021!!
Like in every December, I can’t help ponder how yet another year has gone by and more so this year because it was a milestone year for me. I started the second innings of my life in 2020! But unlike all other years, 2020 begs to ask the question what do I really make of this year? How can I really define 2020? …
Diary of an Immigrant mother Living in the United States - Hope is a Beautiful Thing
November 7th 2020
11:45 PM
As the euphoria of the first few hours is slowly settling down and the magnitude of this event, this 2020 Presidential Election result is just beginning to sink in, I’m still teary eyed as I write this…
Yes it’s a sweet victory to finally settle a score with one of the most abominable human beings by Christian standards (and I say Christian because I relate the word Christianity to Compassion & Kindness) and someone who was an absolute disgrace to the highest office of this nation. This day has finally ended a personal chapter in my life that started on election night of Nov 3rd 2016 when I couldn’t decide what hurt me more — Hillary Clinton’s loss to Trump or the deep pain and the tears in my 17 year old daughter’s eyes. We started the painful four year journey together by venting out at the Portland Women’s March on January 21st 2017. I joined local organizations to volunteer so I could do my bit to fix it and she went off to college studying Human Rights, Law & Justice and International Studies. …
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