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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 to do things that they did which seems impossible. Well, my point is not about them. It is those who are not remembered, even though they are equally great. It happened in the past. It is happening now. And I am sure, it will continue in the future too. If it is only the Bolivian struggle, even the great Che Guevara wouldn’t have achieved the status he got now. Yes, despite the same determination, intelligence and devotion, we wouldn’t have remembered him.



Hansie might have moved so much on hearing those struggles, and that abruptly terminated Che Guevara’s dream. He wasn’t interested in food for a couple of days, and we had to force him to eat. There could be something related to this which might have triggered him to think of his own diary.

So, Hansie! What are you going to write today?
“Yuck, today also the same milk and idly breakfast. I hate it. The rest of the daytime was ok, mostly slept. I enjoyed playing with toys in the evening. Good night!.”

I know he would repeat the same throughout his diary.

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