Obama made history on Nov 4th 2008 to become, 

“First Black President in White House”

This victory is significant not only for “The Skinny Guy With a Funny Name (Obama)”, but for the great concept of democracy itself.

Let me briefly put forward my reasoning why this event is a major mile stone for democracy.

Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as,

“Government OF the people, FOR the people and BY the people”

This statement speaks volume about the inclusive and empowering nature of democracy.

Democracy has its critics too; most vocal of them - the extreme left wing.

Their definition of democracy is,

“Elected representative democracy is just a Majority Dictatorship”.

Their justification is, in democracy one can easily get elected by being divisive and spreading hatred against minorities. Their great example to illustrate the deficiencies of democracy is ”Adolf Hitler”, who in spite of spewing venom against minority Jews, was successful in winning a democratic election.

But Obama’s victory broke the barrier that democratic elections are always pro-majority. In spite of belonging to a segregated suppressed minority community, he won a historic election in world’s oldest democracy. Though this event will not silence the critics of democracy it will definitely tone down their volume.

 As we know, world loves to ape America. From “Hollywood” to “Fast food”, happenings in America will have profound impact across the globe. Hope this latest positive development in America too will have impact across the globe as this event is more dramatic than “Hollywood” and much healthier than “Fast food”.