Rediff.com |  Feedback  
You are here: » Rediff Home » Discussion Boards » Permalink
  
View : Single Message | Complete Thread | Read complete Discussion
AIRPORT STORIES
by naresh joshi on May 25, 2008 11:24 AM

OURS IS THE MOST UNFORTUNATE COUNTRY I SHOULD SAY, WITH MORE THAN 3/4 OF OUR COUNTRIES POPULATION BEING OF MIDDLE CLASS AND ALL THAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USING COMMONG MODES OF TRANSPORTATION LIKE TRAINS OR BUSES, ALL THESE DAYS I HAVE BEEN SEEING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AIROPORTS ONLY.

SOME DAYS EARLIER IT WAS STORY OF HYDERABAD AIRPORT, JUST AT THAT TIME I ALSO FOUND HERE SOME STORY RELEASED ABOUT MANY OTHER AIRPORTS IN INDIA WITH THEIR PICTURES, THEN THERE CAME STORY OF 'TOP 10 AIRPORTS OF WORLD' AND SO ON...., BUT WITH THE GREATEST APATHY I HAVE TO SAY THAT EVEN TODAY, WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY CASTE AND RELIGION BASED RESERVATIONS ALL AROUND OUR SYSTEMS IN COUNTRY, WITH SO MANY LEADERS TALKING ABOUT WELFARE OF POOR PEOPLE, LOWER CASTS, MIDDLE CLASS AND ALL THAT, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED ABSOLUTELY ANY LEADER OF INDIA, RIGHT FROM THE DAYS OF J.L.NEHRU TO CURRENT TIMES OF SONIA GANDHI, EVER DOING ANYTHING FOR WORLD CLASS RAILWAY STATIONS WITH ACTUAL WORLD CLASS FACILITIES??? OR WORLD CLASS BUS FACILITY THROUGHT INDIA FOR COMMON PEOPLE???????????????????????

ABOVE ALL THIS ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT EVEN MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE THEMSELVES KEEP BOASTING ABOUT THE BEST FACILITIES AND SECURITY AVAILABLE ON AIRPORTS, BUT HAD A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY EVER ASKED FOR GOOD FACILITITES ON TRAINS OR BUSES?????????

WHY?? THOSE WHO TRAVEL ON TRAINS AND BUSES ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS OR ARE'NT THEY INDIANS???????

POOR PEOPLE TRAVELLING IN GENERAL COMPARTMENTS OF TRAINS HAVE TO SUFF

    Forward  |  Report abuse
The above message is part of the Discussion Board:
http://specials.rediff.com/money/2008/may/24sld1.htm