A Sixteen year old Prime Minister: Wove a History in the Realm of Finnish Politics

Did you watch Anil Kapoor’s ‘Nayak’? The answer to this question will be an affirmative one without any room of doubt. Anil played the role of a reporter in the movie. In an interview he was thrown the challenge to become the minister for a day in order to taste the ethos of the nation. Anil agreed and proved his mettle in the political domain. But at the end he received a terrible blow as he desired to eradicate poverty and corruption from the nation’s face! This was the celluloid reality. But the Finnish story is completely different in its account and approach! There is definitely a chance but not essentially a menace to the earthly existence!

  Undoubtedly it is a revolution in the history of Finland. The youngest Prime Minister Sanna Marin has chosen a sixteen year old girl Ava Murto from Vassay to hold her office for a single day! A melodramatic proposition. The motto is to uplift the status of the girls and women in the society. Sources say that Ava has a huge potential to change the mindset as well as the fettle of the female gender. She is optimistic, caring, vocal and above all humane! All these qualities will help her to accomplish her mission. She will be able to reach her destination by the dint of hard work!

   However, there will be millions to believe and accept the truth that a one day prime ministership is nothing but a farce, an illusion, a chimera or a shadow. Whatever may be the matter, the news has really created a considerable impact upon its audience and more on Ava as she has been summoned a lucky chap to have been blessed with this opportunity by the management of the nation! Time and tide will record how far success crowned her! Frost’s lines are apt to quote here:

    “The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

     But I have promises to keep,

     And miles to go before I sleep,

     And miles to go before I sleep”.(Stopping by woods on a snowy evening)

Kunal Roy