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| TOI, 30th of September 2017 |
Navami,
the ninth day of the auspicious nine days proved to be not at all auspicious. Atleast
for some 30 of the not so privileged class of our country, the cattle class, as
a few like to address them as, it brought tears. Today’s newspaper is filled with
sympathies and statements by the custodians, as to why someone else needs to be
blamed for this catastrophic disaster. I get appalled at the insensitivity of
such citizens of this land. Are they, in true sense, the true citizens of our
country?
But,
I have another thought. Aren't we all to be blamed for all of such happenings,
almost every now and then? Are we not the ones who bring these so-called
custodians to power, who are supposed to protect us rather than protecting only
themselves and their next seven generations? No wonder we rank 79th
on the corruption index out of the total of around 200 countries! A lot of us
go gaga over the Bullets and the mad rush to
create the largest of Shiva and Shivaji, or any such event or a boastful
sensational news. I am sure, the great Shivaji and the mighty Shiviji would be
happier seeing hospitals and schools being built rather than thousands of
crores being spent on statues and the showcase of the Japanese speed!
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| HT, 30th of September 2017 |
It
saddens me to see kids dying in bulk and we do not have decent hospitals,
passengers die in their sleep travelling on the tracks, dreaming about their
loved ones who would be waiting to receive them in a few hours, it saddens me
to see young of this country getting crushed with their bikes because there are
roads, but with potholes.
Oh
please, you Netas and also the cash rich Godmen in India, the need of the hour
is to get the infrastructure overhauled, to create what is not available for
the middle of India, and by the way this middle is far away and below the
middle class of our country. We need to create for the mass, not only for the
class.
I
feel disheartened at the fact that all those who tweet big sympathies, who
issue statements on the national television and the media are the ones who never
go to setups meant for the largest of Indian population, the deprived Indians. Top
of the pyramid of our country’s population and the custodians of the nation
live in and around or utilise setups run by the miniscule of India. This
miniscule are the ones who get massive loans from our banks. They are the near
and dear ones of the political bigwigs. Most of the times they also get
entitled for loan waivers without penalties. At the same time, the bottom of
the pyramid, who are behind running the most critical part of our economy,
agriculture, are pushed to take the path of suicides. Oh, I forgot, they
sometimes do get waivers in single digits and sometimes just a few paise. What
a mockery!
I
am disappointed and feel pity for a lot of my acquaintances who blindly follow
the flow of the political colours or self-proclaimed Messengers of the God.
Oh,
you people, the netas and the influential page three, the ones who make noise
or post sympathies or show blind support to the so-called colours of the
politics, get rationale on your thoughts. Be a simple human being, show
humanity and start living for it. Stop being a hypocrite!
