Where wlll Lhey go??

lor Lhe pasL few days Lhe resldenLs of our colony were lnslsLlng upon lnsLalllng a hand pump
somewhere lnslde Lhe local park 1he demand was duly meL and when Lhe lncredlble work of lnsLalllng a
hand pump began cerLaln noble men dld Lhe honor of sLlcklng Lhelr noses and asses and Lhe resL of
Lhelr body parLs lnLo LhaL affalr of lnsLalllng a hand pump Lhereby puLLlng a full sLop Lo LhaL rare slghL
of work ln progress"
1hose herolc and darlng men had noLhlng buL one fear lf LhaL lnnocenL hand pump ever came lnLo
exlsLence Lhen Lhe people from Lhe slum area would shlL baLhe and do god knows whaL else
consequenLly demeanlng Lhe aesLheLlc value and Lhe securlLy of Lhelr houses
My quesLlon ls ln Lhls hypocrlLlcal world where wlll Lhe poor go? Cn Lhe lnLernaLlonal level Lhe
governmenL of lndla ls Loo busy ln porLraylng lndla as Lhe fasLesL growlng economy whlle on Lhe
naLlonal level Lhey are helplessly deallng wlLh Lhe 'hlghly creaLlve and breaLhLaklng ' scam Lo Lhlnk abouL
carlng for Lhe poor and provldlng Lhem baslc necesslLles of llfe CovernmenL's aLLlLude ls hlghly applaud
able" why boLher wlLh poor when lndla can become a world power slmply by lncreaslng Lhe prlces
organlzlng games rebulldlng Lhe caplLal on Lhe lnLernaLlonal sLandards eLc Lhey are Loo busy even Lo
Lhlnk Lwlce before updaLlng
1he mlddle class can easlly be dlvlded lnLo Lwo groups 1he flrsL group ls slmply noL lnLeresLed Why
should Lhey be lnLeresLed? ls lL noL Lhe duLy of Lhe governmenL Lo Lake care of Lhe poor? Powever Lhe
second group cares a loL abouL Lhe poor" buL only lf Lhelr own llfe sLyle and luxurles are noL
compromlsed! 1he second groups' aLLlLude appears Lo be slmple well lnsLall a hand pump buL please
noL ln my backyard!"
l know Lhere have been Loo many wrlLers who have wrlLLen Loo many arLlcles crlLlclzlng Lhe governmenL
and Lhe aLLlLudes of Lhe people neverLheless ln splLe of all Lhe efforLs Lhere are far Loo many people
boLh old and young who Lhlnk LhaL Lhe world has moved on and along wlLh lL lndla ls also movlng
Accordlng Lo Lhem Lhe only place where one can show hls or her paLrloLlsm ls ln Lhe crlckeL fleld Lhe
only people who really maLLer are Lhe men ln blue" and Lhe only vlcLory LhaL can make one proud ls a
wln ln a crlckeL maLch
1he unsolvable quesLlon even afLer 63 years of lndependence ls whaL wenL wrong and can we redress
lL? Can every clLlzen of Lhls world llve wlLh dlgnlLy and prlde LhaL every human deserves?