Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Great Indian Railgaadi Tamasha!!!


It was shocking to see the drama unfold on Railway budget 2012. India is a democratic country: what does that mean?
Government formed by the people, of the people and for the people
“By the people” and “of the people” definitely suits India today, but “for the people” sucks
For once someone thought “for the people” and he got sacked the very next day because of “of the people” :)
If Indian railways (world's fourth largest railway network), which is home to more than 1.4 million employees, and connecting 65,000 kilometres and 7,500 stations meet the same fate as Air India or HMT, then it would be the biggest shame we Indians, would have to face in future,we will not have the government or opposition to be blamed, as that will be our biggest folly…folly of “BY THE PEOPLE”
We all realize this folly and yet, we do nothing about it…at such times, weird thoughts come to my mind, why don’t we all unanimously just stop paying taxes, until things are sorted!
The Indian railways requires better services and amenities and if that calls for increasing the fare by few paises and rupee, so be it…it’s definitely for the betterment of people!
It weird we all see the drama happening, how the government is in a super mess, with regions trying to show their power in center…And when we look at the opposition, they are in equal mess…situation in Karnataka is just one example…
In such cases what happens to an aam aadmi like you and me…what happens to “by the people”?
Whom do we vote next for betterment of INDIA and INDIAN PEOPLE???

P.S : Its hilarious, at one end, the eleventh planning commission says that Indian poverty line has dropped and at the other end, a minister is sacked due to a small increase in rail-fare...India as usual a land of contradictions!!!

1 comment:

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