The writer wants war, yes, let's go to war right at home -- let's tackle on a war-footing deplorable living conditions, which includes the `cattle car' state in which Mumbai's commuters travel, each day, to earn their livelihood. What about our hospitals, just the front `lobby' if one may call it so, is enough to scare one away. I'm thinking of the thousands of dying and injured, who are currently spending forced time there. It makes one want to be sick, except that one can only do so at one's own peril. I'm sick of listening to India is booming, wish, we were brooming more. One wishes residential developments were planned and there were no troubles with water supply, electricity and cooking gas. One could go to war over paani, roti, kapda aur makaan, which aren't just the prerogatives of the educated employed and the elite. These should be a given for the lowest of wage earners. One wishes one could go to war with the entire greedy builders' lobby. Declare war upon greedy officials who allow building on unauthorized land and then hold hapless residents to ransom even as they are paying off their housing loans. That's enough war for all of our lifetimes.
Enough is enough is enough is enough is enough
by Pure Desi on Jul 20, 2006 03:58 AM Permalink
Ms Bhagat, I salute thee.
I was so moved after reading your views, especially after reading the appalling views of the rest.
I would just like to add a few more wars to be fought - war on child labour. No one seems to be bothered about children begging on the streets, no one seems to be bothered about child abuse and the way little kids are forced into prostitution. All these people making statements of bravado about war seem to be absolutely fine with Kamathipura in our midst, or giving that fifty rupees bribe to the cop.
We are decaying. And young frusrtated youngsters picking up arms to becoming terorrists is the result of our failiure to fight these wars on social evils. The dirt is within, no puprose in glamourising war with another country.
By the way, Hey Rediff, why are you provoking our guillible youngsters into wanting a war. Cant you see how easily they can be waylaid. You are putting great stress on their impressionable and already constrained minds.
