..."a man who wanted to see important political, economic and social changes in the world"

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••• one got this strong sense that Michael Jackson perhaps wanted to leave a message for us all through his music and dance…of a man who wanted to see important political, economic and social changes in the world so akin to the ideas of the father of... our nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s “greatest good for all’.

Political and Social Legacy of Michael Jackson

Saturday 26 September 2009, by Namrata Goswami

Michael Jackson’s musical message of social and political equality amongst races the world over influenced the political and social thinking of many around the world with a liberal ideology of progress, change, human emancipation and equality. Significantly, during the height of the Cold War, his song “We are the World” was popular in Eastern Europe and the USSR, to say nothing about the heart-beating popularity of his music album “Thriller” amongst the youth of these countries. Given his talent and creative genius, it is therefore really no surprise that Michael’s music vibrates from places as far apart as Kohima or Dimapur in Nagaland, India to Alice Springs in the heart of Australia to Addis Ababa in Africa to the up-market streets of New York. Hence, in the light of the immortality of the man’s music his mortality on June 25, 2009 has left the world with a physical void as it missed out on his last shows “This Is It” planned for July 2009 to March 2010.

Michael Jackson, the man, was finally laid to rest on September 4, 2009 (nearly two months after his death) amongst the greats of Hollywood like Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields and Red Skelton at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California in a hidden mausoleum made of marble and mortar. While we grieve that we did not see him perform his magical shows for the last time, with the benefit of hindsight one can argue that it was perhaps meant to be that way…his sudden passing away has left the world with a desire to practise what he so ardently believed in his lifetime: a peaceful world order based on human equality.

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