Reel To Real

Most of the time I talk about the films. But it is high time I do some reality check. Not concerned with the movies but the real life situations which affect the real people.

The monsoon have hit the Indian coast. Poor people were waiting for the rain gods to shower their 'blessings'. Indian crops heavily depend on the monsoon rains and if these fail, there would be drought and people might even starve.

Now India is a 'developed' nation. Software companies are comming up from everywhere. In Bangalore in every nook and corner you'll find at least 5 software companies. India has become the back office to the world. BPO are everywhere. The retail is booming as well. Walmart has hit the Indian retail sector. Target is planning a tie-up. News channels have become a disease spreading like a cancer. People don't watch movies unless it is a multiplex.

Amidst all this the moonsoon has hit India!!!!

And the scene is very different. The commercial capital of India, Bombay is submerged if it rains continously. Its satelite city Pune is a chaos. In Silicon Valley Bangalore any time during rains you have threat of falling into a pothole which is not visible due to water logging. Air traffic is disrupted. Rail netwrok in shambles.

What is the cause? It has been now 60 years since India was independent. What has it achieved. We can say it is a nature's fury. But nature's fury hit at other countires also. The basic thing is that we are not ready. Indian people/politicians only think of short term benefits. When nature hit hard they'll take action. There is no long-term planning. No disaster management teams. You'll find lot of commisiions set up for ridiculous cases.

Tax payers pay so much money. Where is it gone? Pre-monsoon they built the roads, which will be destroyed before the next year's monsoon. So the road contractors can send their tenders again the next year.

People don't complain. It is not their job. It is the job of government. Ah come on ...wake up. The government is taking you for a ride and you don't even know about it.

This is India my dear. It'll remain like it is no matter what.