It is tempting to read the re-election of the UPA with moreseats in the 2009 elections as a mandate for continuity. To many, these resultsappear to be a contrast from the election of the first Black President inAmerica on a historic mandate for change in November 2008. The political dramasenacted in two of the world’s leading theaters of democracy have verydifferent scripts and characters. Despite important differences, there areremarkable parallels in the recent electoral victories in the US and India.Indeed, the outcome of India’s elections may be no less transformational thanthe election of Barack Hussein Obama in America. The story of the resurgence ofthe Democratic Party in America and the Indian National Congress in India shareat least one common refrain. In both countries, the youth seem to have emergedas central to the political discourse and may have unleashed a process ofchurning that can have far reaching consequences.