What we have had in Mumbai over the past few days has not been deluge only in terms of the weather, but also a deluge of warnings for the rest of the country. Rain is but one natural calamity, many others are waiting to strike any of our 'cities'. I live in New Delhi, and after being here for almost a decade now, I have enough reason to believe that should a natural calamity like an earthquake is to strike our capital city, millions are going to pay with either their lives or their property, the taxation levied by nature against the superbly organised corruption racquet, which functions even better than corporates, to ensure that profit, and small-time ill-gotten profit is the only motive behind almost all planning and developement going on in and around our capital city. I shudder at the thought of the thousands of innocent people, who never knew what an organised city-life could be like, having to pay the ultimate price for something they never did. God help us, God help our banana republic. I choose to still be proud of a billion-plus strong battery of people, who are stripped naked of most basic human-rights in our country. Our country needs help, and fast.
