We, Malayalees are different. We've shown it time and again. And today happens to be yet another occasion!
It's 'Bharath Bandh' today and we've mercifully(?) kept ourselves out of it. No, it's not that we've given the calls for 'hartals' and 'bandhs' the go by. We'd just 'celebrated' a 'hartal', protesting over the same issues, last Saturday. And thus we're the first to raise our voice against coalgate, FDI in retail and aviation etc, etc and of course, the Rs.5/- hike in the price of diesel.
The railway level crossings that remained open throughout the day were stark reminders of the untold suffering that the passengers, who're unfortunate to be on trains today, had experienced in various parts of our country. We'll never come to know of their sorry plight because the organisers have already proclaimed that their strike was a grand success! And they care a damn about the plight of their fellowmen!!
The huge loss in terms of productivity, the consequent idle man hours and destruction to public property have set the country back in terms of progress. By how many days, nay weeks or is it months? Forget it, one's gonna feel terribly sad at the grim statistics.
A recurring theme, a continuing story! We haven't learnt our lessons from the past and we don't seem to want to do so. Will we ever learn?
I weep for you, my country! I'm ashamed about my countrymen committing the same mistakes again and again and again.....
It's 'Bharath Bandh' today and we've mercifully(?) kept ourselves out of it. No, it's not that we've given the calls for 'hartals' and 'bandhs' the go by. We'd just 'celebrated' a 'hartal', protesting over the same issues, last Saturday. And thus we're the first to raise our voice against coalgate, FDI in retail and aviation etc, etc and of course, the Rs.5/- hike in the price of diesel.
The railway level crossings that remained open throughout the day were stark reminders of the untold suffering that the passengers, who're unfortunate to be on trains today, had experienced in various parts of our country. We'll never come to know of their sorry plight because the organisers have already proclaimed that their strike was a grand success! And they care a damn about the plight of their fellowmen!!
The huge loss in terms of productivity, the consequent idle man hours and destruction to public property have set the country back in terms of progress. By how many days, nay weeks or is it months? Forget it, one's gonna feel terribly sad at the grim statistics.
A recurring theme, a continuing story! We haven't learnt our lessons from the past and we don't seem to want to do so. Will we ever learn?
I weep for you, my country! I'm ashamed about my countrymen committing the same mistakes again and again and again.....
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