India, Nov. 9 -- On several counts, the past few weeks have been, for the world, historic indeed!

'Historic' in the authentic and positive sense of the word! After a phase of darkness, primarily caused by dictators and autocrats, fascists and fundamentalists, fanatics and feudalists, profiteers and bloodsuckers, corrupt and communal, violent and warmongers - there is suddenly the warm and welcome glow of a new dawn. Something different, something new! At this moment, it seems clear that the long and relentless struggle of millions around the world is beginning to pay rich dividends. Historic indeed!

Serbia may have set the tone for the global change currently underway. For more than fourteen years, Aleksandar Vu?i?, Serbia's populist, ...