THE CONFUSED NATION THAT WE ARE.. A policeman kills a leopard that is actually attacking a villager, and instead of being felicitated he is booked for the crime of saving a human being at the insistence of some Wildlife Organisations. A nation where: * Rice is Rs.40/- per kg and SIM Card is free. * Where a pizza you have ordered reaches home faster than an ambulance or police, even if you were being murdered or having a heart attack!!! A nation where: * A car loan is charged at 5% but Education loan, so necessary for our youth is charged an interest of 12%. A nation where: * Students with 45% get into elite institutions through the quota system, and * Those with 90% are sent away because of merit. A nation where: * A millionaire buys a cricket team, spending crores instead of donating the money to any charity. A nation where: * Two IPL teams were auctioned at 3300 crores, * Yet we a poor country where millions dont get two square meals per day. A country where: * Ordinary salary tax payer is punished/fined for error in paying little less in tax, * But the IPL collecting thousands of crores has not paid any income tax and no body has any issue about it. A country where: * Footwear is sold in AC showrooms, * But the vegetables we eat, are sold on the footpath and very often next to garbage dumps. Its a strange nation we live in, * Where assembly complex buildings get ready within a year, while * Public bridges, flyovers and sea links take several years even to get off the drawing board, and another decade to be completed. * We have malls, and sky-rises, with slums forming their boundary wall. A country where: * Men and women squat on railway tracks, with no where else to go, while * Watching them from windows, are couples (just Two) with three bathrooms and one for the guests. A country where: * Politicians who are supposed to serve the people accept money from the same people they are supposed to serve, and then * Take a salary from the government for their services to these people. We are a nation: * Where we talk in hushed whispers about the corruption in the country and then * Dig into our pockets to bribe a cop when we are caught cutting a red light. A country: * Where to get small service in Govt. needs a minimum qualification of graduation, but * No qualification is required to run the same Govt. (get elected!). A country: Where our soldiers defending our borders, when jailed by neighbouring countries,are tortured & not even provided proper food/ facilities, but The militants from across the borders when in our jails are served biryani on demand. Think about it
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 18:10:43 +0000
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