The Hungarian Revolution:10-23-1956

Today is the 50th anniversary of The Hungarian Revolt against Soviet domination.It failed.Wall street Jouranal noted ,probably accurately, that Hungarian revolution was impotent and poignant.It failed but it demonstrated the Hungarian desire to be free.Peter Nadas, a novelist,in Wall street journal and Kati Marton in the New York Times wrote wonderful personal stories.The description of that day by Mr.Nadas, when he was a student , at the Parliament house in Budapest is gripping, and Ms.Martin's description is moving. Some people describe this as the begining of the end of the Soviet domination. But I do not believe it .One of these days ,I will go to Budapest and wander those streets. Today I saw Ms.Kiran Desai on Charlie Rose show.She is so real. Looks like a great wonderful person with no airs.I will buy and read her novel " The inheritance of Loss". Other Interetsing books are Katie Morton's" The great Escape: Nine jews who fled Hitler and changed the world" and "Thirteen days that shook the Kremlin" by Tibor Meray.