Mayhem at Mumbai
No No.. iam not talking about the the Iron Maiden concert.. This post has more to do with the political storm that has caught innocent cab-drivers and street hawkers completely unawares.
If you watched the Hindi news channels or atleast been up to date with the news, i think you'd reach the "aha" point regarding this post..
What i felt when i watched those images of carnage, the 'goondas' on the streets of Mumbai weilding iron rods and apparently trying to emulate their martial arts heroes.. was one of total shock and pity for the small minded attitude.
But the eyes of the cab driver who was mercilessly pulled out of his vehicle and trashed about till he resembled the shattered automobile, ignited a different fire inside me..
"who the hell do these mob people think they are.. don't they know that they belong to a 'democratic' nation.."??
Coming from a different part of the country myself, the indignation i felt was really uncontrollable..
Somehow i managed to sleep after picking up an old Tom Clancy novel..
When i reached office in the morning, i overheard a group of people talking about the issue.. Well, it was more of an intense (hopefully friendly) argument..
One of them was really charged up and trying..well.. not outrightly but somehow justifying the ire of the mob, seemed to be a staunch supporter of the political party that created the ill-will in the first place.. What did he say..? "You really have no idea how the jobs are being lost to outsiders from northern states..etc etc.."
Looking at his passionate if not fanatical arguments, i began to think.. isn't this the same feeling that many american's had when the offshoring circus got all the media hype? Yes.
Oh.. but this is different.. we are part of one country.. they are the 'goras' but we belong to one common Nation...? Right? Well.. if you look at the amount of abuse we met out to our fellow countrymen, be it on the roads while driving or passing lewd remarks on the poor and the hapless.. i can only smirk at the irony of the word Nation..
The local people are right in their own way, jobs i guess are being lost to 'outsiders' (as they intened to label anyone who can't speak the local language).. The problem is not of people stealing jobs.. the problem is of skewed development throughout the country.. In the same state where farmers are commiting suicides every year, the 'goondas' who obviously are an offshoot of the city's gangster era really can't be made to understand the intricacies..
Tell you what, i think its not a case of 'earning' a living in Mumbai.. the rate at which the mercury is dipping all around the northern part of the country, our politicians might just make a call one day, to shift the 'capital' of the country on a seasonal basis!
This would really make the people of south happy as they always seem to feel that the capital is too far and does too little..
In the meanwhile, i pray for the poor souls caught in the web of the politicians-media-goondas!
Duniyamerijaan.. at least think of Munnabhai if not the father of the nation!
If you watched the Hindi news channels or atleast been up to date with the news, i think you'd reach the "aha" point regarding this post..
What i felt when i watched those images of carnage, the 'goondas' on the streets of Mumbai weilding iron rods and apparently trying to emulate their martial arts heroes.. was one of total shock and pity for the small minded attitude.
But the eyes of the cab driver who was mercilessly pulled out of his vehicle and trashed about till he resembled the shattered automobile, ignited a different fire inside me..
"who the hell do these mob people think they are.. don't they know that they belong to a 'democratic' nation.."??
Coming from a different part of the country myself, the indignation i felt was really uncontrollable..
Somehow i managed to sleep after picking up an old Tom Clancy novel..
When i reached office in the morning, i overheard a group of people talking about the issue.. Well, it was more of an intense (hopefully friendly) argument..
One of them was really charged up and trying..well.. not outrightly but somehow justifying the ire of the mob, seemed to be a staunch supporter of the political party that created the ill-will in the first place.. What did he say..? "You really have no idea how the jobs are being lost to outsiders from northern states..etc etc.."
Looking at his passionate if not fanatical arguments, i began to think.. isn't this the same feeling that many american's had when the offshoring circus got all the media hype? Yes.
Oh.. but this is different.. we are part of one country.. they are the 'goras' but we belong to one common Nation...? Right? Well.. if you look at the amount of abuse we met out to our fellow countrymen, be it on the roads while driving or passing lewd remarks on the poor and the hapless.. i can only smirk at the irony of the word Nation..
The local people are right in their own way, jobs i guess are being lost to 'outsiders' (as they intened to label anyone who can't speak the local language).. The problem is not of people stealing jobs.. the problem is of skewed development throughout the country.. In the same state where farmers are commiting suicides every year, the 'goondas' who obviously are an offshoot of the city's gangster era really can't be made to understand the intricacies..
Tell you what, i think its not a case of 'earning' a living in Mumbai.. the rate at which the mercury is dipping all around the northern part of the country, our politicians might just make a call one day, to shift the 'capital' of the country on a seasonal basis!
This would really make the people of south happy as they always seem to feel that the capital is too far and does too little..
In the meanwhile, i pray for the poor souls caught in the web of the politicians-media-goondas!
Duniyamerijaan.. at least think of Munnabhai if not the father of the nation!
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