To me, the defining image of the new India emerged last night at the IPL’s grand finale in Mumbai.
As Shane Warne, surrounded by his boys, gleefully accepted the trophy, firecrackers went off right behind them. And Warne’s knees began to tremble, he almost had a heart attack during what was his career’s most memorable moment. Clearly, the lurking fear of bomb blasts came to the fore, the Oz hasn’t gotten over the Jaipur blasts, and must have nervously read about the bomb that was diffused only hours back in a New Bombay theater.
And this is the accurate picture of the nation for me: a global outlook, a booming economy, financial muscle power, hard materialism, and yet, complete apathy to the real issues that plague us. That, in our desperation to make money and entertain, we have given a shit for our own dirty backyard.
And the image of the agri mantri, Shri Sharad Pawar, beating his chest on the IPL’s global success, even as yet another farmer killed himself somewhere in a remote village, came a close second to Warne’s in painting a vivid pic of the new India.
2 comments:
Point taken my friend....now tell me what have you and I done to make sure that these instances do not happen again, lemme illustrate :
1 ) how many of us register our servants profile with the police ..Ans None
2 ) how many of us do not pay bribes to gov officials
...Ans none
3 )how many of us inform the police when we see something suspicious...ANs none
4 )HOw many of us work hand in hand with the police to maintain law and order in out city...Ans none
So i guess that pretty much explaines the picture...and no this time i do not blame you as i guess we are all like this...
Warm regards to all citizens of this country who enjoy Democracy by the corrupt , for the corrupt and of the corrupt
Very vivid, very poignent, this superficially shining image of India, rattling with bullock carts nudging with BMWs ..... Smeetha
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