my father says that he has waited for 34 years to see this change. when i ask him what he means by it. he slips into expletives. nobody around me (including myself) can talk of this change sweeping my home state in rational and polite terms. blood curls, tongues coil, faces cringe and body language stamps of aggression. i wonder why? they say that this change which has come is not simply a change of guard, but a change for the better. el dorado-  more jobs, more matti (read spoils) to be shared and generally more bonhomie. simply irresistible. i know that this mass hysteria generated by the cult personality of 'didi' will die a slow and sudden death. all fads, political and non-political meet the same death. so if TMC really wants to be the alternative to the humdrum of daily politicised lives that CPI(M) symbolises, it will have to work at break-neck speed to produce the 'results' of change. here again i'm a skeptic. but i will not play spoil sport on this historic day. for many millions like my dad hope for a better tomorrow and i do not intend on taking that away from them.