Fragrance of a Jasmine

The heat of the Arab Spring had drenched not just the middle-east but shivered the world over.What could have been the possible reason for such a co-occurrence of civil turmoil in all these regions?The scent of the jasmine filled the air and blew across along with the trade-winds making everyone agitated for a democratic change.End of tyrannical eras brought about spurs of hope in these autocrat nations wafting winds of change to look forward to a prosperous,happier developed tomorrow.
The jasmine revolution will be written in the chapters of history for our kids to read.The names Hosni Mubarak,Md. Gaddafi,Ben Ali and Saddam Hussein all of them conspicuously share two resemblances -dictators who ruled for decades and violent uprisings marking their declines in their own reign with devastating fiasco.
Sun Tzu phrases in the Art of War "The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources." Clearly,true leadership takes a back seat when the state has been quashed for years at a stretch.

But there are certain germane questions which need to be answered to understand the system of running a economically growing, prosperous, developed and healthy nation:

Q1.Has 62 years of democracy proved successful or do we have more number of demagogues arising each day from everywhere ? Some dressed in saffron and some not.

Q2.The awakening of masses happens under years of suppression under a single leader but what about gradual dilapidation led by varied corrupt parties?

Perhaps,we could say that it takes time for a nation to rise & build. We are still in adolescence trapped between old & young leaders.