Who could forget the long, tortuous funeral procession that occupied TV screens and online exposures? The strong typhoon that was about to batter Japan was lost in the pomp and pageantry. Know more:
It is difficult to die as a royalty. There are rigorous procedures, last wills to follow. What pearls to wear? What crowns must be raised? There is majesty to uphold even as they claim everything to dust returns.
By the calendrical gem-color of remembrances, this year, this month, and a particular day, is Golden. The 50th anniversary of the declaration of martial law.Some days are meant for remembering, and some days are meant for forgetting. The grandparents of my generation were old men and women who were cautious for us. They recalled another era, when their own neighbors spied on them and gave their names to the Japanese. You could not trust anyone, not another kin who lived nearby, not the kindly man passing by your window. The same anxiety was felt when martial rule was in effect—we whispered when we talked about soldiers dying in Mindanao and about the rice shortage. Newspapers were scared.
It was because of this that we, my generation, appreciated the return of the so-called democratic space. This was the time when people could speak again, when newspapers were brought back and could say anything, both truths and lies. That democratic space, a legacy of one particular president, is all but gone now. No one celebrates that.
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