I was recently given this rather interesting job of envisioning the world and the current power structure sixteen years down the line in 2026. This background would be used as the background for a simulation of the Security Council of the UN with some 25 participating countries. The special areas of focus were to be the arms race in space and nuclear arms race, and with mention of the 25 participating nations.
The whole thing got rather unwieldy with too many factors being mentioned to explain the causality of the vents happening.
Don't really expect much of anyone to read through the whole goddamn thing, even the participants in the Model United Nations. But I hope that what I have written might raise some questions about the future. Not that anyone will really answer them, or can answer them , but questions asked are perhaps the last things that keep us alive.
Oh, and look out for the references! Most of the people mentioned are real life personalities in today's world, some very well-known (e.g.- Sarah Palin) and some not so much ,(e.g- Commandante Marcos, look him up- brilliant guy). The literary references are rather bland and childish, but anyhow...
So, with no more delay, welcome to the world of 2026 :-) :
A Security Council reform has been an
important and highly controversial topic at the
United Nations for many years. Although expansion
and reform of the veto powers were widely seen as
vital, agreement on a specific formula was
impossible. Chronic disputes raged over which
countries to add to the council and what would be
their powers.
It wasn’t until 2018 that a reform was actually
passed by resolution of the General Assembly
(voting 181/52/4). Under this resolution, the original
five permanent members remained on the council,
but their veto powers did not remain intact. UK’s veto power was taken away following the mass human rights violations proved in the International Court of Justice during the Civil War of 2017 which resulted with the withdrawal of Scotland from UK and the Commonwealth. In addition, three new-permanent seats and two additional
rotating members were appointed to the council.
Individually, these new members do not have
veto power. However if Great Britain and a 4-1 majority of the five countries are agreed on a point then they can veto a move. However, the vote of UK is compulsory for such a veto to take place.
The Council expanded to 25, and the number of non-permanent members to 15, rotating on a two-year basis. As approved by the reformed Security
Council for a five-year term beginning in 2022, the United Nations Secretary-General is A.C.Verghese, from Nigeria. The composition of the Security Council for
2026 is:
ORIGINAL PERMANENT MEMBERS (with
individual veto power)
- People’s Republic of China
- Republic of France
- Russian Federation
- United States of America
With collective VETO power:
SPECIAL PERMNENT MEMBER-
- United Kingdom
PERMANENT MEMBERS
- Germany
- India
- Brazil
ROTATING MEMBERS
- Mexico
- South Africa
With no VETO power:
NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS
-Iran
-Iraq
-Venezuela
-Saudi Arabia
-Austria
-Republic of Korea
-Israel
-Italy
-Japan
-Libya
-Spain
-Portugal
-Nigeria
-Pakistan
-North Korea
UN DEVELOPMENT UP TO 2028
Regional Organizations:
These have kept the same role of enhancing cooperation and communication amongst states in a specific region. However, internally some of them have had alterations regarding the participation of their members. Countries like Brazil and South Africa have taken almost total control of the OES (Organización de Estados Suramericanos) and the AU (African Union), respectively. Due to their growing power in world politics they have managed to be the greatest powers in their particular regional bodies. A similar situation occurred in the Arab League, with Libya changing their economic and diplomatic policies drastically and having an immense influence in the other member states’ policies, playing a role in mediating between the West and the Arab states in face of the new political dynamics.
The Security Council and the UN as a whole:
Due to veto power, polemic solutions are most likely to be dismissed, and with Brazil, South Africa, and India as permanent members of the SC, the non-permanent members have even less participation in this UN organ. Even though efforts are being made to maintain impartiality within the body, developed countries are gaining ground in the decision making process. However, the continued demands by the South Africa for entry to the so-called “Elite Three” and the considerable economic clout commanded by Japan and South Africa mean that the reflections of this rather polarized group doesn’t fall on the world as a whole. The leading powers of the world try to gain allies by any means, and this causes a marked division of blocks in most UN assemblies.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
World of 2026 PART 2
World after 2010:
2010-2014: Even as the world reels from the terrible after-effects of the economic depression of 2009, North Korea firmly put its name in the list of rogue Nuclear powers. In spite of the firm trade embargo placed on them at this point, North Korea signed a plethora of treaties with Iran on a range of matters including a special treaty involving the price of oil sold by Iran to North Korea. Whilst most of the countries in the UN strongly condemned of this, even dubbing it the ‘Axis Of Evil’, pre-emptive military action against Iran was veteoed by the SC. This deviation from the so-called juche policy of North Korea is also associated with renewed trade contacts, including unconfirmed rumors of trade of Nuclear fuel for defense research.
While the economic pace slows, emerging economies continue to grow.
Governments tend to focus almost exclusively on problems with a clear historical precedence and incapable of finding creative solutions to newer problems (e.g., climate change, global terrorism). Short-term, temporary solutions to problems requiring a long-term commitment are ineffective. Lack of global leadership only worsens conditions. Traditional international institutions are weakened by the diffusion of state power and new powers challenge the status quo. Global economy is weakened and nations are unable to manage security and environmental challenges.
Japan launched its first fully self-made satellite Hitokiri-I in 2013. It took the world by a storm with the secrecy of the whole space mission raising several questions. Japan insists that its space mission is for scientific purposes only.
The dream of the G-20s(Emerging
economies, like Mexico, Brazil, India and China) fades and
global insecurity increases (e.g., natural resource
and ethnic conflicts, Middle East arms race, etc.). Fidel Castro passes away after prolonged illness in 2014, and Kim Sung-Il dies in a supposed assassination attempt, blamed on a South Korean right-wing extremist group. His successor, the hitherto unknown Kim Sung Kao, places the full might of his army at the borders and threatens nuclear war unless an unconditional extradition of all the members of the group is done. South Korea refuses and asks for US help. Four nuclear submarines and two battleship are deployed all within missile range of Pyongyang. This attempt at Gunship Diplomacy fails as china supports the North Korean government and deploys its own submarines. After 46 days of a complete stalemate, both sides decide to withdraw the Nuclear warheads.
2015-2026:
2016: Hugo Chavez dies after a prolonged rare blood disease. His death brings the end to an era of Leftist dominance in South America. The prolonged struggle for power after his death basically paves the path for Brazil to take its place as the biggest player in the region. Venezuela however still commands the biggest army of the region and also the second biggest economy.
2017: In a shock election result, the Communist Party of Iraq sweeps into power with a two-thirds majority. The new government blames the continued insurgency and terrorism on shadow-play by the USA. While it did condemn the USA, they kept all previous relations with the developing nations intact. The following 5 years is characterized by a remarkable alacrity in the diplomatic policies of the government as it signs a series of treaties aimed mostly at isolating arch-rival Iran and neutralizing Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
2018: Experts in Saudi Arabia claim that the remaining amount of oil in the reserves of the country are hardly enough for the country to sustain itself for ten more years. As oil prices escalate world-wide, large scale riots break out. Osama Bin Laden makes a public appearance in one such huge gathering, showing Al-Qaeda links to the whole movement. In an unrelated incident, police start firing on an unarmed procession protesting the continued presence of the Western Oil Companies in Saudi Arabia. The movement reaches a whole new fever pitch with anti-Shah groups all demanding the ousting of the royal family. A coup is carried out by a faction in the army two months into the movement. The whole Royal Family is massacred and all USA passport holders are given 48 hours to evacuate Saudi or risk being shot. Power is transferred to General Al-Nassiri, who cuts off all Western links but nevertheless keeps Osama banished, showing a Franco-like tendency. In spite of the oil trade still happening, the power is now shifted to the Arabs, who sign a joint pact with the newly communist Iraq and Libya in a bid to control oil prices. Much of this money is supposedly going to the newly revived nuclear program of Iraq.
2016: Germany and Israel withdraw from the NPT, creating a huge furor in the UN. Both the countries claim that the clauses of the NPT are draconian in the new energy world order and new research must be done to meet future needs and further security.
2017: India, Germany and Japan launch satellite Uno, which is declared to have covert capabilities within hours of a successful launch.
2017: Unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet. Extreme pro-democracy riots take place all over China.
2017: Government and rebel organization Zapatista Army of National Liberation meet in historic summit in Chihuahua province in Mexico. Talks fail miserably midway and the iconic rebel leader, Subcomandante Marcos, is caught and executed within an hour. However, within a few days the Marcos appears on national television and reveals the person executed to be a double. He also expresses wishes to rejoin the political mainstream.
2010-2014: Even as the world reels from the terrible after-effects of the economic depression of 2009, North Korea firmly put its name in the list of rogue Nuclear powers. In spite of the firm trade embargo placed on them at this point, North Korea signed a plethora of treaties with Iran on a range of matters including a special treaty involving the price of oil sold by Iran to North Korea. Whilst most of the countries in the UN strongly condemned of this, even dubbing it the ‘Axis Of Evil’, pre-emptive military action against Iran was veteoed by the SC. This deviation from the so-called juche policy of North Korea is also associated with renewed trade contacts, including unconfirmed rumors of trade of Nuclear fuel for defense research.
While the economic pace slows, emerging economies continue to grow.
Governments tend to focus almost exclusively on problems with a clear historical precedence and incapable of finding creative solutions to newer problems (e.g., climate change, global terrorism). Short-term, temporary solutions to problems requiring a long-term commitment are ineffective. Lack of global leadership only worsens conditions. Traditional international institutions are weakened by the diffusion of state power and new powers challenge the status quo. Global economy is weakened and nations are unable to manage security and environmental challenges.
Japan launched its first fully self-made satellite Hitokiri-I in 2013. It took the world by a storm with the secrecy of the whole space mission raising several questions. Japan insists that its space mission is for scientific purposes only.
The dream of the G-20s(Emerging
economies, like Mexico, Brazil, India and China) fades and
global insecurity increases (e.g., natural resource
and ethnic conflicts, Middle East arms race, etc.). Fidel Castro passes away after prolonged illness in 2014, and Kim Sung-Il dies in a supposed assassination attempt, blamed on a South Korean right-wing extremist group. His successor, the hitherto unknown Kim Sung Kao, places the full might of his army at the borders and threatens nuclear war unless an unconditional extradition of all the members of the group is done. South Korea refuses and asks for US help. Four nuclear submarines and two battleship are deployed all within missile range of Pyongyang. This attempt at Gunship Diplomacy fails as china supports the North Korean government and deploys its own submarines. After 46 days of a complete stalemate, both sides decide to withdraw the Nuclear warheads.
2015-2026:
2016: Hugo Chavez dies after a prolonged rare blood disease. His death brings the end to an era of Leftist dominance in South America. The prolonged struggle for power after his death basically paves the path for Brazil to take its place as the biggest player in the region. Venezuela however still commands the biggest army of the region and also the second biggest economy.
2017: In a shock election result, the Communist Party of Iraq sweeps into power with a two-thirds majority. The new government blames the continued insurgency and terrorism on shadow-play by the USA. While it did condemn the USA, they kept all previous relations with the developing nations intact. The following 5 years is characterized by a remarkable alacrity in the diplomatic policies of the government as it signs a series of treaties aimed mostly at isolating arch-rival Iran and neutralizing Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
2018: Experts in Saudi Arabia claim that the remaining amount of oil in the reserves of the country are hardly enough for the country to sustain itself for ten more years. As oil prices escalate world-wide, large scale riots break out. Osama Bin Laden makes a public appearance in one such huge gathering, showing Al-Qaeda links to the whole movement. In an unrelated incident, police start firing on an unarmed procession protesting the continued presence of the Western Oil Companies in Saudi Arabia. The movement reaches a whole new fever pitch with anti-Shah groups all demanding the ousting of the royal family. A coup is carried out by a faction in the army two months into the movement. The whole Royal Family is massacred and all USA passport holders are given 48 hours to evacuate Saudi or risk being shot. Power is transferred to General Al-Nassiri, who cuts off all Western links but nevertheless keeps Osama banished, showing a Franco-like tendency. In spite of the oil trade still happening, the power is now shifted to the Arabs, who sign a joint pact with the newly communist Iraq and Libya in a bid to control oil prices. Much of this money is supposedly going to the newly revived nuclear program of Iraq.
2016: Germany and Israel withdraw from the NPT, creating a huge furor in the UN. Both the countries claim that the clauses of the NPT are draconian in the new energy world order and new research must be done to meet future needs and further security.
2017: India, Germany and Japan launch satellite Uno, which is declared to have covert capabilities within hours of a successful launch.
2017: Unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet. Extreme pro-democracy riots take place all over China.
2017: Government and rebel organization Zapatista Army of National Liberation meet in historic summit in Chihuahua province in Mexico. Talks fail miserably midway and the iconic rebel leader, Subcomandante Marcos, is caught and executed within an hour. However, within a few days the Marcos appears on national television and reveals the person executed to be a double. He also expresses wishes to rejoin the political mainstream.
World of 2026 PART 3
2018: Zapatista Army of National Liberation, with unconditional support from the Left parties sweeps to power in Mexico. Marcos is sworn in as President in his iconic balaclava. His first order was to re-create a true Mexican Miracle, one of the points in which was starting a Space Program with defense specialty with Russian collaboration.
2018: Germany launches Vielfrass–I, a satellite with an ultra-modern defense system making it immune to ICBMs.
2018: UK launches Saurion-I, a satellite which is rumored to have nuclear weapons. UK confirms the covert capabilities of the satellite, but does not confirm the nuclear capabilities.
2018: Controversial USA President George W. Bush is assassinated by a Islamic fundamentalist while on a Peace Mission to Nigeria.
2019: Germany tests a Hydrogen bomb. It is faced with much condemnation from all over the world. However, India, Brazil and Russia support the right of Germany to conduct the tests.
2019: Islamist extreme right-wing parties come to power in a blood-filled election process that analysts take to be the beginning of a second series of ethnic struggles in the African region. The new government underlines its pure-Islam propaganda by ordering all non-Islamic foreigners to forego of all their assets and leave the country within a month.
2020: China joins the space arms race, with Confucius-III, with nuclear capabilities.
2020: Angela Merkel wins a heated election for the post of President of European Council defeating Christine Lagarde of France. Germany effectively becomes the head of the EU, commanding a fatal combination of strong economy and defense.
2020: Russian satellite trio Lyka is launched. It is armed with a new type of long range cruise missiles and can strike at any point in the world at a given point.
2020: USA alleges that Russia is producing nuclear arms en masse and starts arming its nuclear arsenal. Several civilian nuclear plants are modified to this end.
2020: Inflation in Nigeria reaches 347 per cent.
2021: In the throes of its 16th military coup since independence, Pakistan, under its new dictator General F.Tali declares war on India, and launches a pre-emptive nuclear strike on New Delhi. The surface-to-surface cruise missiles are brought down by the Israeli missile detection system. However, the explosion and subsequent radiation poisoning kills nearly one million people in Punjab. India launches three nuclear Agni-VI Missiles 36 minutes later aimed at Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore, killing 16 million people, including General Tali and his Cabinet. Three nuclear subs are put on alert in Bay of Bengal in anticipation of a Chinese attack from Tibet. China attacks India at Arunachal and Aksai Chin. Both sides suffer huge losses but no nuclear arms are launched. China also attacks Bhutan, taking over the small mountain nation within 2 days. The international community brings a stop to the war, with Brazil playing a leading role. A truce is signed between the two nations, with Tibet being declared an international arms free zone under UN protection. However it continues to be a part of China. Bhutan is given back its status, but it is a full democracy now, with the whole Royal Family being massacred by Chinese troops.
2022: Iraq tests a nuclear bomb.
2022: Pakistan, devastated by the nuclear attacks is declared the first under-UN state, a special characterization defined by an amendment to protect nations under peace-keeping forces till stability is regained. Its nuclear arsenals are cleared and nuclear fuel used in civilian facilities. However, the North-west frontier remains a fierce unruly terrain, with most of the disgruntled members of the disbanded army joining the tribesmen there to carry out guerrilla attacks on Un troops and India.
2022: After the Middle-East oil crisis South America finally came to an agreement, and completed the efforts to unite in a European Union like system. The unification began with the efforts of UN and currently Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela are joined together in free trade with their neighboring countries of South America in the OES (Organización de Estados Suramericanos). The only difference is that the currency hasn´t been able to be unified.
2023: Uno-2 launched by Japan and India.
2023: Italy launches Garibaldi-1, something that
2024: USA and UK launch Saurion-III. Within one week of its launch, it shoots down a Russian drone that had strayed on Alaskan airspace. An USA spokesperson declares it to be the, “Ultimate Eye in the sky”.
YOUR COUNTRY IN 2026
ORIGINAL PERMANENT MEMBERS: These
countries have the right to a VETO vote, this means
that if the member nation of this group votes “NO”
to a resolution this automatically fails.
PEOPLE´S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: After its years as the dominant world power
in the 2010’s, when it peacefully rejoined the Province of Southeast
China (formerly known as Taiwan). China was greatly harmed by the 2020s oil crisis, which eliminated its sovereign wealth fund and foreign currency surpluses. Continued conflicts and internal disturbances meant that its development process was constricted to a large extent. But its nuclear arsenal and space program remains one of the most formidable in the world. In its foreign policy, China has sought to limit the influence of the other major powers, buying energy from all three powers (Germany, Russia and the United States) and actively exporting
goods to all three countries.
China unlike other major powers has not increased the size of its nuclear forces since 2018, it remains committed to protecting Southeast Asia
from the influence of Germany, Russia, and the United States, also is increasingly suspicious of India, whose nuclear arsenal continues to grow, with
China, being it’s obvious target.
2018: Germany launches Vielfrass–I, a satellite with an ultra-modern defense system making it immune to ICBMs.
2018: UK launches Saurion-I, a satellite which is rumored to have nuclear weapons. UK confirms the covert capabilities of the satellite, but does not confirm the nuclear capabilities.
2018: Controversial USA President George W. Bush is assassinated by a Islamic fundamentalist while on a Peace Mission to Nigeria.
2019: Germany tests a Hydrogen bomb. It is faced with much condemnation from all over the world. However, India, Brazil and Russia support the right of Germany to conduct the tests.
2019: Islamist extreme right-wing parties come to power in a blood-filled election process that analysts take to be the beginning of a second series of ethnic struggles in the African region. The new government underlines its pure-Islam propaganda by ordering all non-Islamic foreigners to forego of all their assets and leave the country within a month.
2020: China joins the space arms race, with Confucius-III, with nuclear capabilities.
2020: Angela Merkel wins a heated election for the post of President of European Council defeating Christine Lagarde of France. Germany effectively becomes the head of the EU, commanding a fatal combination of strong economy and defense.
2020: Russian satellite trio Lyka is launched. It is armed with a new type of long range cruise missiles and can strike at any point in the world at a given point.
2020: USA alleges that Russia is producing nuclear arms en masse and starts arming its nuclear arsenal. Several civilian nuclear plants are modified to this end.
2020: Inflation in Nigeria reaches 347 per cent.
2021: In the throes of its 16th military coup since independence, Pakistan, under its new dictator General F.Tali declares war on India, and launches a pre-emptive nuclear strike on New Delhi. The surface-to-surface cruise missiles are brought down by the Israeli missile detection system. However, the explosion and subsequent radiation poisoning kills nearly one million people in Punjab. India launches three nuclear Agni-VI Missiles 36 minutes later aimed at Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore, killing 16 million people, including General Tali and his Cabinet. Three nuclear subs are put on alert in Bay of Bengal in anticipation of a Chinese attack from Tibet. China attacks India at Arunachal and Aksai Chin. Both sides suffer huge losses but no nuclear arms are launched. China also attacks Bhutan, taking over the small mountain nation within 2 days. The international community brings a stop to the war, with Brazil playing a leading role. A truce is signed between the two nations, with Tibet being declared an international arms free zone under UN protection. However it continues to be a part of China. Bhutan is given back its status, but it is a full democracy now, with the whole Royal Family being massacred by Chinese troops.
2022: Iraq tests a nuclear bomb.
2022: Pakistan, devastated by the nuclear attacks is declared the first under-UN state, a special characterization defined by an amendment to protect nations under peace-keeping forces till stability is regained. Its nuclear arsenals are cleared and nuclear fuel used in civilian facilities. However, the North-west frontier remains a fierce unruly terrain, with most of the disgruntled members of the disbanded army joining the tribesmen there to carry out guerrilla attacks on Un troops and India.
2022: After the Middle-East oil crisis South America finally came to an agreement, and completed the efforts to unite in a European Union like system. The unification began with the efforts of UN and currently Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela are joined together in free trade with their neighboring countries of South America in the OES (Organización de Estados Suramericanos). The only difference is that the currency hasn´t been able to be unified.
2023: Uno-2 launched by Japan and India.
2023: Italy launches Garibaldi-1, something that
2024: USA and UK launch Saurion-III. Within one week of its launch, it shoots down a Russian drone that had strayed on Alaskan airspace. An USA spokesperson declares it to be the, “Ultimate Eye in the sky”.
YOUR COUNTRY IN 2026
ORIGINAL PERMANENT MEMBERS: These
countries have the right to a VETO vote, this means
that if the member nation of this group votes “NO”
to a resolution this automatically fails.
PEOPLE´S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: After its years as the dominant world power
in the 2010’s, when it peacefully rejoined the Province of Southeast
China (formerly known as Taiwan). China was greatly harmed by the 2020s oil crisis, which eliminated its sovereign wealth fund and foreign currency surpluses. Continued conflicts and internal disturbances meant that its development process was constricted to a large extent. But its nuclear arsenal and space program remains one of the most formidable in the world. In its foreign policy, China has sought to limit the influence of the other major powers, buying energy from all three powers (Germany, Russia and the United States) and actively exporting
goods to all three countries.
China unlike other major powers has not increased the size of its nuclear forces since 2018, it remains committed to protecting Southeast Asia
from the influence of Germany, Russia, and the United States, also is increasingly suspicious of India, whose nuclear arsenal continues to grow, with
China, being it’s obvious target.
World of 2026 PART 4
FRANCE: has stabilized economically but its political clout has long destabilized. But it does not act
like it, since it remains highly
outspoken on all issues, seeing itself as the carrier
of Western civilization, France relies entirely on its
allies to achieve its objectives. It has lost stature as
German power has grown.
France tends to support its neighbor,
Germany although attempts to unite with the
United States and United Kingdom have been
considered in the past..
France worked with Germany in developing
its nuclear program in return for economic
assistance. France is interested in attempting to limit
the power of Russia and the United States. It is
worried about Brazilian pressure on French Guiana.
It remains committed, as always, to friendly ties
with Germany, and is concerned about increasing
unrest in Africa.
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION:
Home to the world’s greatest
nuclear arsenal, Russia relies on
regular threats, although it has
launched only conventional wars on its neighbors.
The aging Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev
swapped the posts of President and Prime Minister
for two decades, before illness forced them to
surrender power to Orthodox Church and obscure
business leaders. The Russians maintain effective
political control over Central Asia and the Balkans.
Russian leaders are eager to limit German
influence in Africa, South America and Eastern
Europe. Often cooperating with China, Russia has
become a protector of new radical Islamic
governments of the Middle East, providing
economic development aid, although it fights Islamic
assertiveness in Moscow and Petersburg. Russia has
tolerated rising Chinese control over its own Far
East, and they often collaborate for influence in
Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA: While President Thoma J.Krauss would defeat Senator
Sarah Palin in the 2020 election, Palin was victorious
in 2024 and won reelection in 2028.
As always, the now great-grandmother
remained a polarizing figure, revered as a patriotic
icon by admirers, detested as a war prophet
elsewhere. Refusing to hold her ambitions in the
face of a declining American power, President Palin
sought to expand the United States’ influence in the
tri-polar world. Even though Germany’s nuclear program was given support initially, its greater influence in the early 2020’s political scenario led to thaw in this stance. She worked hard to improve relations in
Latin America with a $500 billion aid proposal in
2027. Her major foreign policy objective has been
to restore declining United States influence by
building relations with emerging powers. She helped
found the Anglo-American Atlantic-Pacific Union
(AAAPU). Her second best known initiative was the
Palin Pact, which calls for the sharing of green
technology, economic aid, and military
technology to any country “that has a need,
promotes democratic values, and supports
common security interests.” So far, Australia,
Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Estonia, Myanmar,
Lithuania, Latvia, Tonga, Myanmar, Portugal, the
Republic of (South) Korea and Somalia have joined.
Other countries led by China and Russia insist the
Palin Pact is a thin disguise for rebuilding the useless
American alliance system, a conspiracy for conflict
and possibly war.
SPECIAL PERMANENT MEMBER-
UNITED KINGDOM: Greatly
weakened by the oil crisis, the
United Kingdom has returned to
stress its long-forgotten special
relationship with the United States.
The loss of Scotland, which declared
independence in 2017 (after previous unsuccessful
efforts), was made possible by support from the
European Union and the huge outcry in the international community over the proved use of biological weapons to suppress the revolt. Its space program remains the only saving grace, even though it is currently falling back even in the space race. Concerned with such actions and rising German domination of the European Union, the UK withdrew from the EU in 2023.
It convinced Washington of the need for a new organization to replace the EU and NATO, and the Anglo-American Atlantic-Pacific Union
(AAAPU) was born, joining the, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States in economic free trade and collective
security. Critics believe the arrangement a romantic appeal to lost power and influence.
MEMBERS WITH COLLECTIVE VETO
POWERS: These countries have the right to a
VETO vote, only if they all agree to do so. This
means that if they all vote “NO” to a resolution
this automatically fails.
PERMANENT MEMBERS: These countries have a
permanent seat in the Security Council but no
individual “VETO” vote.
BRAZIL: After managing to
weather the 2020 oil crisis by
switching from petroleum based
energy economy to a sugar-ethanol
one, Brazil is the preeminent Latin American power
and the sixth largest economy in the world.
It considers itself the leading proponent of
Latin American interests without being too much in
Latin American problems, although it now has small
military based in other countries of the region.
Brazil is a large contributor of personnel to UN
peace-keeping operations. The country is suspected
of reopening its nuclear weapons program and
withdrawing from the NPT, which would put great
pressure on its historical antagonist, Argentina.
The United States is suspected of
encouraging Brazil to go nuclear, as are China,
Germany and Russia, all courting the favor of the
Latin American leader, with varying success. Brazil
has dramatically raised its regional profile, fighting a
quasi-war with Spain over humanitarian assistance
to Uruguay, and challenging Venezuela for
dominance of Guyana, which houses extreme right-wing dissidents of the government.
like it, since it remains highly
outspoken on all issues, seeing itself as the carrier
of Western civilization, France relies entirely on its
allies to achieve its objectives. It has lost stature as
German power has grown.
France tends to support its neighbor,
Germany although attempts to unite with the
United States and United Kingdom have been
considered in the past..
France worked with Germany in developing
its nuclear program in return for economic
assistance. France is interested in attempting to limit
the power of Russia and the United States. It is
worried about Brazilian pressure on French Guiana.
It remains committed, as always, to friendly ties
with Germany, and is concerned about increasing
unrest in Africa.
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION:
Home to the world’s greatest
nuclear arsenal, Russia relies on
regular threats, although it has
launched only conventional wars on its neighbors.
The aging Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev
swapped the posts of President and Prime Minister
for two decades, before illness forced them to
surrender power to Orthodox Church and obscure
business leaders. The Russians maintain effective
political control over Central Asia and the Balkans.
Russian leaders are eager to limit German
influence in Africa, South America and Eastern
Europe. Often cooperating with China, Russia has
become a protector of new radical Islamic
governments of the Middle East, providing
economic development aid, although it fights Islamic
assertiveness in Moscow and Petersburg. Russia has
tolerated rising Chinese control over its own Far
East, and they often collaborate for influence in
Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA: While President Thoma J.Krauss would defeat Senator
Sarah Palin in the 2020 election, Palin was victorious
in 2024 and won reelection in 2028.
As always, the now great-grandmother
remained a polarizing figure, revered as a patriotic
icon by admirers, detested as a war prophet
elsewhere. Refusing to hold her ambitions in the
face of a declining American power, President Palin
sought to expand the United States’ influence in the
tri-polar world. Even though Germany’s nuclear program was given support initially, its greater influence in the early 2020’s political scenario led to thaw in this stance. She worked hard to improve relations in
Latin America with a $500 billion aid proposal in
2027. Her major foreign policy objective has been
to restore declining United States influence by
building relations with emerging powers. She helped
found the Anglo-American Atlantic-Pacific Union
(AAAPU). Her second best known initiative was the
Palin Pact, which calls for the sharing of green
technology, economic aid, and military
technology to any country “that has a need,
promotes democratic values, and supports
common security interests.” So far, Australia,
Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Estonia, Myanmar,
Lithuania, Latvia, Tonga, Myanmar, Portugal, the
Republic of (South) Korea and Somalia have joined.
Other countries led by China and Russia insist the
Palin Pact is a thin disguise for rebuilding the useless
American alliance system, a conspiracy for conflict
and possibly war.
SPECIAL PERMANENT MEMBER-
UNITED KINGDOM: Greatly
weakened by the oil crisis, the
United Kingdom has returned to
stress its long-forgotten special
relationship with the United States.
The loss of Scotland, which declared
independence in 2017 (after previous unsuccessful
efforts), was made possible by support from the
European Union and the huge outcry in the international community over the proved use of biological weapons to suppress the revolt. Its space program remains the only saving grace, even though it is currently falling back even in the space race. Concerned with such actions and rising German domination of the European Union, the UK withdrew from the EU in 2023.
It convinced Washington of the need for a new organization to replace the EU and NATO, and the Anglo-American Atlantic-Pacific Union
(AAAPU) was born, joining the, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States in economic free trade and collective
security. Critics believe the arrangement a romantic appeal to lost power and influence.
MEMBERS WITH COLLECTIVE VETO
POWERS: These countries have the right to a
VETO vote, only if they all agree to do so. This
means that if they all vote “NO” to a resolution
this automatically fails.
PERMANENT MEMBERS: These countries have a
permanent seat in the Security Council but no
individual “VETO” vote.
BRAZIL: After managing to
weather the 2020 oil crisis by
switching from petroleum based
energy economy to a sugar-ethanol
one, Brazil is the preeminent Latin American power
and the sixth largest economy in the world.
It considers itself the leading proponent of
Latin American interests without being too much in
Latin American problems, although it now has small
military based in other countries of the region.
Brazil is a large contributor of personnel to UN
peace-keeping operations. The country is suspected
of reopening its nuclear weapons program and
withdrawing from the NPT, which would put great
pressure on its historical antagonist, Argentina.
The United States is suspected of
encouraging Brazil to go nuclear, as are China,
Germany and Russia, all courting the favor of the
Latin American leader, with varying success. Brazil
has dramatically raised its regional profile, fighting a
quasi-war with Spain over humanitarian assistance
to Uruguay, and challenging Venezuela for
dominance of Guyana, which houses extreme right-wing dissidents of the government.
World of 2026 PART- 5
INDIA: Frustrated by its efforts to
become the next superpower,
Indian leaders have shown to be
resentful of other greater nations. India has yet to
fully recover from the 2020 Oil Crisis, when its
economy dropped from 4th to 7th largest in the
world. Only the Indian nuclear arsenal has
continued to grow. Also, while the conventional army strength remains stable, the space program in collaboration with Japan, is one of the most formidable in the world.
Two promising areas are the technology
sector, which managed moderate profitability
throughout the crisis and which saved the economy
from total depression, and declining population
growth, expected to stabilize at 2.5 billion people in
2040.
GERMANY: is now the third most powerful nation in the world, not just economically, but especially since announcing development of nuclear weapons in 2025, although it has not actually tested any of them. After decades of uncertainly due to American decline, retreat from Europe, and the rising of Russia, the coalition government of the Green Party Chancellor Cem Ozdemir became much more active. Although non-nationalist and pro-European, the German government also is highly anti-Russian. Trust on Russian natural gas and oil was
abandoned in favor of massive nuclear energy. The switch is often described as something only the Green Party could lead.
Berlin for the better part of a decade has led an aggressive foreign policy. It has consolidated the Central European countries into its area of
influence. Now nuclear-armed, Germany does not fear to actively compete with the United States and Russia for influence in other parts of the world, and
it has improved relations with such countries as Ukraine and Canada.
It has actively provided aid to many African countries, promoting its “Berlin Consensus” to replace that of the Washington-controlled IMF.
Such recipients include Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Comoros, and the DRC.
ROTATING MEMBERS: These members rotate just
as the other non-permanent members, the only
difference is their possibility to join together with the
previous three (3) and consolidate a VETO vote in case
they consider it to be appropriate.
SOUTH AFRICA:
Once expected to become the dominant actor in Africa, South Africa has been less active since the collapse of the once dominant political party, the African National Congress (ANC). After years of dispute following the contentious presidency of Jacob Zuma, the ANC split into three main rivals in the 2010s.
Unable to form majority governments, South African politics have been dominated instead by the king-making, white-dominated Boer Rectitude Party (BRP). Although it is not wanted as a union party, it effectively rules through dominance of the parliament.
Economic strength returned after the historically unprecedented Kimberley-Atherstone diamond mine opened in 2018. The South African government gave ownership of the mines to a majority South African controlled company, instead of diamond titan, the German-owned DeBeers. South Africa survived the 2020 Oil Crisis. It considers itself the protector of African governments from international intervention, especially that of the major powers. It has voted down any peacekeeping force in Africa that was not expressly supported by its president, the former mayor of Durban, Obed Mlaba, widely considered a puppet for the BRP. It has conducted its own, unilateral interventions in Swaziland and Namibia in the last few years. These have met with moderate success, and were able to restore democratic governments.
VENEZUELA: When Hugo
Chavez suddenly died in 2017, the country
was thrown into political disorder. A succession of
military juntas and short-lived civilian governments
followed through 2024. Although the overall
economy was helped greatly by the Great Oil
Crisis, the impact on poor consumers was
disastrous, leading to mass demonstrations and a
final political crisis.
On 14 September 2024, the peaceful
government of former Governor Carlos Ocariz was
overthrown by a massive popular revolt, reportedly
with aid from the government of Ecuador. In a
surprising move, the popular leader, Jorge Arreaza,
rejected constitutional and historical procedures
and proclaimed himself dictator of the country.
Despite regional and international
condemnation, domestic attitudes were accepting,
responding to his approach as a stern but
benevolent consensus deal-maker rather than the
feared authoritarian tyrant. Over the next two years,
he gained regional if not international acceptance,
enough to permit the country’s election to the UN
Security Council, with strong support from
American President Palin. Venezuela has stabilized.
Though it is not the regional player it was during
the Chavez administration, it faces serious
challenges from Brazil and Colombia, since relations
with this neighboring country have weakened ever
since the Colombo-Venezuelan war in 2010.
become the next superpower,
Indian leaders have shown to be
resentful of other greater nations. India has yet to
fully recover from the 2020 Oil Crisis, when its
economy dropped from 4th to 7th largest in the
world. Only the Indian nuclear arsenal has
continued to grow. Also, while the conventional army strength remains stable, the space program in collaboration with Japan, is one of the most formidable in the world.
Two promising areas are the technology
sector, which managed moderate profitability
throughout the crisis and which saved the economy
from total depression, and declining population
growth, expected to stabilize at 2.5 billion people in
2040.
GERMANY: is now the third most powerful nation in the world, not just economically, but especially since announcing development of nuclear weapons in 2025, although it has not actually tested any of them. After decades of uncertainly due to American decline, retreat from Europe, and the rising of Russia, the coalition government of the Green Party Chancellor Cem Ozdemir became much more active. Although non-nationalist and pro-European, the German government also is highly anti-Russian. Trust on Russian natural gas and oil was
abandoned in favor of massive nuclear energy. The switch is often described as something only the Green Party could lead.
Berlin for the better part of a decade has led an aggressive foreign policy. It has consolidated the Central European countries into its area of
influence. Now nuclear-armed, Germany does not fear to actively compete with the United States and Russia for influence in other parts of the world, and
it has improved relations with such countries as Ukraine and Canada.
It has actively provided aid to many African countries, promoting its “Berlin Consensus” to replace that of the Washington-controlled IMF.
Such recipients include Burundi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Comoros, and the DRC.
ROTATING MEMBERS: These members rotate just
as the other non-permanent members, the only
difference is their possibility to join together with the
previous three (3) and consolidate a VETO vote in case
they consider it to be appropriate.
SOUTH AFRICA:
Once expected to become the dominant actor in Africa, South Africa has been less active since the collapse of the once dominant political party, the African National Congress (ANC). After years of dispute following the contentious presidency of Jacob Zuma, the ANC split into three main rivals in the 2010s.
Unable to form majority governments, South African politics have been dominated instead by the king-making, white-dominated Boer Rectitude Party (BRP). Although it is not wanted as a union party, it effectively rules through dominance of the parliament.
Economic strength returned after the historically unprecedented Kimberley-Atherstone diamond mine opened in 2018. The South African government gave ownership of the mines to a majority South African controlled company, instead of diamond titan, the German-owned DeBeers. South Africa survived the 2020 Oil Crisis. It considers itself the protector of African governments from international intervention, especially that of the major powers. It has voted down any peacekeeping force in Africa that was not expressly supported by its president, the former mayor of Durban, Obed Mlaba, widely considered a puppet for the BRP. It has conducted its own, unilateral interventions in Swaziland and Namibia in the last few years. These have met with moderate success, and were able to restore democratic governments.
VENEZUELA: When Hugo
Chavez suddenly died in 2017, the country
was thrown into political disorder. A succession of
military juntas and short-lived civilian governments
followed through 2024. Although the overall
economy was helped greatly by the Great Oil
Crisis, the impact on poor consumers was
disastrous, leading to mass demonstrations and a
final political crisis.
On 14 September 2024, the peaceful
government of former Governor Carlos Ocariz was
overthrown by a massive popular revolt, reportedly
with aid from the government of Ecuador. In a
surprising move, the popular leader, Jorge Arreaza,
rejected constitutional and historical procedures
and proclaimed himself dictator of the country.
Despite regional and international
condemnation, domestic attitudes were accepting,
responding to his approach as a stern but
benevolent consensus deal-maker rather than the
feared authoritarian tyrant. Over the next two years,
he gained regional if not international acceptance,
enough to permit the country’s election to the UN
Security Council, with strong support from
American President Palin. Venezuela has stabilized.
Though it is not the regional player it was during
the Chavez administration, it faces serious
challenges from Brazil and Colombia, since relations
with this neighboring country have weakened ever
since the Colombo-Venezuelan war in 2010.
World of 2026 PART - 6
With no VETO power:
NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS
SPAIN: Following the economic
decline associated with the Oil Crisis,
a series of rightist governments
steered Spain into closer relations with
Washington. Showing resistance due to leftist
distaste, Madrid did not join the Palin Pact. The
country remains an observer state of the AAAPU
(described under the United States).
Washington
has
favored
Madrid
nevertheless, supporting its UN Security Council
submission and working through its leaders to
oppose Germany and Russia. Spain still has strong
ties with Latin America, and often conducts
diplomacy. This distinction brought the former
colonial power into conflict with the newly
ascendant Brazil. This growing animosity peaked
during the Uruguay Crisis of 2025. During the crisis,
Spain and Brazil competed for influence with
humanitarian support, leading to a series of ugly
confrontations, including violence between rival aid
missions. Although Brazil is now ascendant in
Uruguay, Spain has found a regional ally in the
Venezuelan monarch, King Alfonso Juan Bolivar.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: The
continued division of the Korean
peninsula, and the survival of the
Democratic People’s Republic of
(North) Korea, is one of the great surprises of
2028. At first, with then-US President Obama’s
successful negotiations with North Korea, the
prospects for peaceful reunification and continued
economic development seemed hopeful.
However, after the oil crisis, the North
reverted to its narrow and dictatorial ways, causing
a gradual but evident change within the mindset of
the South. Having abandoned the optimism of its
previous Sunshine Policy of engaging the North, and
increasingly assertive in its disputes with China and
Japan, The Republic of (South) Korea is likely to go
nuclear if Japan does. It has joined the Palin Pact,
concerned about possible North Korean invasion.
President Song-Lee Park Kim has also
conducted “goodwill” talks with Germany and
China, hoping to keep pressure on the North
Koreans. The government also wants to continue to
spread human rights across Southeast Asia, despite
these negotiations with the Chinese.
the
tattered remnants of regional stability.
LIBYA: With the fall of the Gulf
monarchies, Libya is now the clear
leader of the Arab states. It has
continued its policy of peaceful coexistence with
Israel. Libya weathered through the oil crisis of 2020 very smoothly thanks to it more than sufficient resources and meager population. Its GDP soon moved from second best to best in Africa. After Gaddafi’s death and the subsequent tryst with democracy, Libya soon over-shadowed Egypt as the North-African link to the West. Many observers in the country and outside fear all
government will collapse after the impending death
of its long-serving president, the aging Gamal
Mubarak. Islamist government is widely viewed as
the only hope for national unity. Mubarak has
devoted his life to preserving secular government
and countering the influence of the numerous jihadist
neighbors. Libya has negotiated deals with Syria and
other Arab states to share “vital military
technology”, leading to speculation by many that
Libya is developing a chemical and biological
weapons program. But Libya is most visible as the
“restrained” voice of Arab anger and resentment.
Austria: Its existence has been mostly reduced to being one additional vote for Germany. Austria has been Germany’s most faithful supporter I both diplomatic and defense matters. However, its economy is one of the steadiest in EU, and it has been a recurrent subject for extremist attacks for housing the research laboratories for Germany.
Portugal: Again, a nearly neutral stand on all matters make this nation an unknown quantity. It is considered to be closer to Brazil than its neighbor Spain, something which is a very sore point between the two. It is rumored to be researching biological weapons, but no hostilities in recent times mean that such reports are all unconfirmed. Its present government is a liberal yet semi-dictatorial set-up with President P.Luigita and General S.Mariola sharing power.
North Korea: Near isolation from the world around it except for close ties with China and Iran. Continues to be a nuclear pariah, but has come to an unsaid truce with South Korea. Is rumored to have a huge nuclear arsenal. Often indicted of massive human rights violations.
Israel: A smaller player in the Middle-East ever since its nuclear program failed to really succeed, specially in the presence of Iran and Iraq. However, they still command the most fearsome conventional army in the world. With the unresolved Jerusalem issue, it has distanced itself from the USA and makes its individual diplomatic decisions now. It is considered to be close to India and has signed several treaties, about the space program in particular.
NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS
SPAIN: Following the economic
decline associated with the Oil Crisis,
a series of rightist governments
steered Spain into closer relations with
Washington. Showing resistance due to leftist
distaste, Madrid did not join the Palin Pact. The
country remains an observer state of the AAAPU
(described under the United States).
Washington
has
favored
Madrid
nevertheless, supporting its UN Security Council
submission and working through its leaders to
oppose Germany and Russia. Spain still has strong
ties with Latin America, and often conducts
diplomacy. This distinction brought the former
colonial power into conflict with the newly
ascendant Brazil. This growing animosity peaked
during the Uruguay Crisis of 2025. During the crisis,
Spain and Brazil competed for influence with
humanitarian support, leading to a series of ugly
confrontations, including violence between rival aid
missions. Although Brazil is now ascendant in
Uruguay, Spain has found a regional ally in the
Venezuelan monarch, King Alfonso Juan Bolivar.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: The
continued division of the Korean
peninsula, and the survival of the
Democratic People’s Republic of
(North) Korea, is one of the great surprises of
2028. At first, with then-US President Obama’s
successful negotiations with North Korea, the
prospects for peaceful reunification and continued
economic development seemed hopeful.
However, after the oil crisis, the North
reverted to its narrow and dictatorial ways, causing
a gradual but evident change within the mindset of
the South. Having abandoned the optimism of its
previous Sunshine Policy of engaging the North, and
increasingly assertive in its disputes with China and
Japan, The Republic of (South) Korea is likely to go
nuclear if Japan does. It has joined the Palin Pact,
concerned about possible North Korean invasion.
President Song-Lee Park Kim has also
conducted “goodwill” talks with Germany and
China, hoping to keep pressure on the North
Koreans. The government also wants to continue to
spread human rights across Southeast Asia, despite
these negotiations with the Chinese.
the
tattered remnants of regional stability.
LIBYA: With the fall of the Gulf
monarchies, Libya is now the clear
leader of the Arab states. It has
continued its policy of peaceful coexistence with
Israel. Libya weathered through the oil crisis of 2020 very smoothly thanks to it more than sufficient resources and meager population. Its GDP soon moved from second best to best in Africa. After Gaddafi’s death and the subsequent tryst with democracy, Libya soon over-shadowed Egypt as the North-African link to the West. Many observers in the country and outside fear all
government will collapse after the impending death
of its long-serving president, the aging Gamal
Mubarak. Islamist government is widely viewed as
the only hope for national unity. Mubarak has
devoted his life to preserving secular government
and countering the influence of the numerous jihadist
neighbors. Libya has negotiated deals with Syria and
other Arab states to share “vital military
technology”, leading to speculation by many that
Libya is developing a chemical and biological
weapons program. But Libya is most visible as the
“restrained” voice of Arab anger and resentment.
Austria: Its existence has been mostly reduced to being one additional vote for Germany. Austria has been Germany’s most faithful supporter I both diplomatic and defense matters. However, its economy is one of the steadiest in EU, and it has been a recurrent subject for extremist attacks for housing the research laboratories for Germany.
Portugal: Again, a nearly neutral stand on all matters make this nation an unknown quantity. It is considered to be closer to Brazil than its neighbor Spain, something which is a very sore point between the two. It is rumored to be researching biological weapons, but no hostilities in recent times mean that such reports are all unconfirmed. Its present government is a liberal yet semi-dictatorial set-up with President P.Luigita and General S.Mariola sharing power.
North Korea: Near isolation from the world around it except for close ties with China and Iran. Continues to be a nuclear pariah, but has come to an unsaid truce with South Korea. Is rumored to have a huge nuclear arsenal. Often indicted of massive human rights violations.
Israel: A smaller player in the Middle-East ever since its nuclear program failed to really succeed, specially in the presence of Iran and Iraq. However, they still command the most fearsome conventional army in the world. With the unresolved Jerusalem issue, it has distanced itself from the USA and makes its individual diplomatic decisions now. It is considered to be close to India and has signed several treaties, about the space program in particular.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Looking glasses left far behind, I've runaway to this corner of my mind-
You're lost, when I need you the most,
Or have I just turned blind?
Another day, another home- All roads lead to Rome-
I was at among the desert sands, and now, with all the time in my hands
I wish I knew where I've come.
Life's happy, it's true; but there were a hundred of you
I've left behind, I've left behind
Hundreds of myself, too.
Looking at the world with the eyes of a child; whispering in accents mild
The crowd won't hear my song; all the more reason to sing along,
This world is easily beguiled.
Walk on, walk on, as I know you walk along;
Our paths keep a-crossing, clouds keep tossing
Blowing in the wind with an everlasting song...
You're lost, when I need you the most,
Or have I just turned blind?
Another day, another home- All roads lead to Rome-
I was at among the desert sands, and now, with all the time in my hands
I wish I knew where I've come.
Life's happy, it's true; but there were a hundred of you
I've left behind, I've left behind
Hundreds of myself, too.
Looking at the world with the eyes of a child; whispering in accents mild
The crowd won't hear my song; all the more reason to sing along,
This world is easily beguiled.
Walk on, walk on, as I know you walk along;
Our paths keep a-crossing, clouds keep tossing
Blowing in the wind with an everlasting song...
Friday, January 22, 2010
I Wanna Fly
this is a 30 sec long exposure shot, taken at around 1 in the morning. twas an awesome clicking session with Jabba, where we went around our University campus, the Birla Institute of Techology and Science (BITS), Pilani, clicking whatever and whoever we felt like. though the night is rather memorable for the incident i am going to narrate now.
ok. to begin with the place where we first went clicking, the grounds of the Birla Museum, is off bounds after 6 pm. though we did check 4 chowkis n all, they were asleep then. while we were clicking at the dirty pond, two chowkis suddenly apparated from seemingly nowhere and asked us what we were doing. we replied in our politest voices, or rather we tried to, that we were just clicking randomly. well they refused to but that, and asked us pack our DSLR n tripod, come bak in the morning, talk to the museum curator (they called him manager, i called him curator coz it sounds way more cool) and he would talk to the Dean and decide course of action. if everything went well (balls only it would), we could have camera and the tripod bak.
now the camera belonged to a good friend of ours, a kickass clicker himself (name withheld. our friend is no showoff \m/) and the tripod to our University's Photography Club. i was in my first year and in all probability get mega bambooed if caught breaking rules of any kind, and Jabba himself, works with the Dean almost everyday and wouldn't want any close encounters of the third kind (read wannabe pop culture referrence).
ok now over to the chowkis. fitted the stereotype all right. bulging tummy, old, had a stick, beedi smoking, bald, hoarse voice and wife beater (ok that was unnecessary. also plz note the sad attempts at humor). we then went to plead with the senior chowki (the other chowki looked at him 4 all instruction) to just let us go. and the God-fearing honest man he was (again sad attempt at humor) told us he couldn't do that. and if we wanted he could turn us to the police and we would be forced to spend the night in the lock-up. prick. a real prick.
by now i had finished packing up the cam and the tripod. now the nicer chowki was standing right beside me n Jabba now. i picked up the tripod n the cam. n then i pushed him. yes i pushed him. i handed Jabba the tripod n we ran. simply ran. n yes Jabba ran, all freaking 230 pounds of him. and pretty fast, mind you. we happily jumped the wall and well ran to a different part of the campus. n continued the clicking session.
well haven't blogged in ages. hope to start blogging a bit more regularly. n this is for Shounak. excuse the humor or rather sad attempt at humor. n the narration style also. it is heavily wannabe i know, but then the reason i blog is also extremely wannabe :)
so ppl Across the Universe (see there again - wannabe) peace n love :)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
OK here goes
This is the first poem I had written when I came to BITS. I haven't given it a name yet. If anyone gets any ideas do tell.
I walk alone in the Desert- weary feet treading weary sand
I watch the sands of Time blowing in the desert wind
And I think of the time when the Desert wasn't between you and me
And I almost want you back
And I a tired of the blame game
the name game
the Game
(I was never good at games)
I remember the time
I wanted to fly
spread my wings across the wide empty Desert
But I'm flying now(can you hear my wings flutter?)
the Albatross flies above the ocean blues
I fly a stormy sky
I tire of this turbulence as I tire of the calm that is sure to follow
So
Cut off my wings so that I may not fly
Cut off my legs so I may not swim
Cut off my throat so I may not speak
Cut off my heart so It may not beat
Cut me up into my basic elements and
Assimilate me into your
Womb so that I may regrow in Death
And I'm crying(can you feel it?)
Does your heart quake every time my teardrops shake the earth?
And my tears they fall
on the dirt, my
Salty tears mix with the
Dirty earth to produce
Salty dirt
And i hope my tears shall evaporate
And travel high
to far distant lands
And fall on your cheeks so that
You may cry and
I shall feel your teardrops on my cheek
(let it rain in the interim)
And I wonder how many tears make the salty sea
I shall throw myself one day to
Caress the Sea and It shall
Caress me as you once did
And the salt shall cut me
Bleed me
And I hope my blood will flow
to distant shores
where you will one day
Feel my salty blood on your hands
And know that
I bled tears
Saturday, January 9, 2010
First Post(BITS n pieces?)
Plebeian title of the blog notwithstanding it will actually contain(or at least i hope so) completely unique, unconnected thoughts and feelings- the fragmented fripperies of the mind. I hope more people will contribute thus giving rise to a mosaic of different minds working in different ways, thinking different things, connected by a common poetic expression. This blog's purpose is to act as a sort of diary where you can enter small(or big), underdeveloped(or fully polished) ideas or metaphors which you find appealing. It won't be a conventional diary however because there will be (hopefully) multiple entrants. God knows what that'll accomplish but sounds interesting no?
OK regarding the name- I wanted to name it pawrobaash paanchaali but non-bengali entrants(assuming there will be any) wouldn't understand. Why not come up with something wittier? Come on it's 5:30 AM for God's sake!
P.S if anyone wants to share artwork on this blog you are most welcome to
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