Mayawati is the richest CM in India. Some of the richest government officials are from UP. There is not shortage of wealth in UP. In a celebration for SP in Mulayam Yadav’s village, they had dancers from Ukraine! UP has so much money that they can erect statues after statues of Mayawati and Elephants. What they do not have is way to feed their people or even keeping them warm for a couple of weeks. We all know that intense winters in India are no longer more than two weeks. If the government could somehow build shelters for people where they could be protected from the elements then a lot of these cold related deaths can be avoided. In the enclosed area, people's body heat itself will keep them safe if not warm. Out in the open, an already malnourished body has no prayer.Dr. Gopal Singh has written the following article in a gut wrenching way which would make you very angry. And it should! As long as people are dying of cold and hunger, what good is it to host games and double-digit growth? The current day India is beginning to look more and more like the Czarist Russia. We know what happened to them.
India Shining!
by Dr. Gopal Singh
“I was cold and very tired” - Jaan had finally started answering my question. “I sat besides my mother (mother’s body) for a long time and then I fell asleep against the wall. When I got up it was dark inside. My mother was still lying next to me. I tried to wake her up and then realized that she was already dead (she started sobbing). I took off my Chaadar (a worn out cotton shawl) and tried to cover her body but it was too small for her”. She became quiet again but at least her eyes blinked. I stared back at her not knowing what to say.
"Kis abhaage ghar ki hum chaadar huye,
Tan dhakaa to haath muh baahar huye."
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Democrcacy is suggested and practiced since the kings were enjoying at the cost of people. But this is not correct. Kings were the custodian of wealth and protected people at the time of natural disasters like floods, famine, chilled weather. Kings allowed some larre spaces in their palaces to provide shelters for the people. They also provide food from the reserves during famine. This is the case of Hindu Kings. I have witnessed practically in my young days. Pudhukootai in Tamilnadu was a small kingdom. It was very small samasthanam before independence.
ReplyDeleteKing of such small kingdom has constructed big dining hall and kitchen which is call annachatram to probide food for the people during famines, His palace and a big temple has provided shelter during heavy rains and storms. Now a days CMs and Ministers are more than kings. and they are arrogant also. They won the election and came to power (which helped them to build enormous wealth,) because of their votes do not care the poor. This is the present day state of affairs of this wonderful democatic system.
A system is as perfect as the participants. You are absolutely right in raising the point about the honorable Tamil royalty. On the other hand, we had Mughal royalty and the Jeziya.
ReplyDeleteEven in today's India, we have the example of Gujarat. So much money is being poured into the state. Bhai Narendra could become the richest CM in a day. But he is more like the Tamil royalty.