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My Hansie and his diary

Hey, Hansie! What is that? “Pen. I am going to start a diary.” What, diary? ... Why now? History may record everything but only a few are remembered. Should we call it unfair because there is only a minuscule difference between those who are remembered and those who are not remembered? That was what I felt when I completed The Bolivian Diary . The Bolivian Diary is Che Guevara’s last diary entries that he wrote before he was captured and executed by the Bolivian army. His diary shows the pathetic situation of rural guerrilla life and misery filled end days of Che. The Bolivian army hit them constantly. He had his asthma killing him slowly. He was moving in a tough terrain. Hunger and wounds were travelling with them. Despite all, he was focused on his next moves and his goal. In the end, he failed to spark a revolution in Bolivia and his life ended. History tells about hundreds of revolutionaries and rebellions. I still wonder how people like Subhash Chandra Bose and Mao Zedong managed