Rotten grains and hunger

Amazing to see metric tons of wheat rotting up in punjab go-downs while 60% children in madhya pradesh are under malnutrition and hunger according to state government's survey. The dichotomy of the situation is, at one hand we boast of GDPs and highest growth, on the other see majority as sufferers from extreme poverty. Where leaders of the union are garlanded with millions, while millions are unhealthy and crippled with exigencies of life. What a apathy of the state these poor has to face, when they can not get help from their own leaders whom they elect. For some people in media summons to Narendra Modi is more important than increase in LPG to Rs 40. These raises concerns. Are our watchdogs really working as they should! Are we just surviving democracy or are we matured enough to decide what is more important?

We have to recognize that the higher the variance between rich and poor, the higher security will be needed. Further, huge sums of money that is being spent on forces will increase many folds. This is foolishness to sell jeans and t-shirts in Rs. 2000 when people in various parts still live on Rs.20 a day. What model are we into. Are we socialist, communist, consumerist, saving based.
I still remember a poem which will then become a fantasy- "where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, into that haven of freedom, my father! let the country awake". The music in these lines get shrill as time passes. People are forgetting the real meaning of freedom and life. Every one of us have to devout some time working for these men and women who are suffering. The least we can do is to raise voice as intellectuals and middle class for rotten grains and hunger paradoxically.

new-clear liability on US

If you have not missed the brawl in parliament about the Manmohan's nuclear liability bill then you have not missed anything. Government decided to table this bill to facilitate nuclear business liability laws. In a very sporadic gesture, before even the debate could take place, it was withdrawn. When the reasons were asked, government expressed its discretion to not give a reason. Well I thought parliament is place where you seek answers and plans for the benefit of countrymen. But in hush and rush media was given brief introduction and in my own words the bills concludes that in case of any accident with nuclear plant, the private organization will be liable to pay a cap of max "xyz" amount. Now weather the destruction is of a city , state or more the company pays the amount and is done with it. Intellectuals were of the opinion that there should be a committee to analyze the destruction and levy fines.
The haste to place the bill in house was due to certain US corporations insistence after union carbide case in Bhopal where huge amount was levied by Indian courts. They argue that they had to pay a huge sum to get rid of the case. Well well... we had been doing nuclear trade with Russia from ages. They never insisted.
Anyhow, I m not opposed to any kind of liability bill but who pays rest of the liability and the government says "We". So the common man tax payer money pays the price of a fault committed by a private firm. Amazing how does such things are even tabled by the law making crooks. The sources say that this was exact clause wanted by GE corp and one other US firm.