Health Minister/ ill-prepared government/ swine flu/ panic in the nation/ terror attacks/ never learning from our past.html/11.08.2009 – II
NATION NEVER PREPARED & WILL NEVER BE… SWINE FLU or TERRORISM!
I was really appalled when I saw Ghulam Nabi Azad, our Health Minister’s interview on various news channels… as it has been our glorious past, we, Indians have never-NEVER learnt from our past mistakes, be it a natural calamity, various terrorist attacks or else the havoc created by dreaded diseases like AIDS or the recent one Swine Flu. WE ARE NEVER PREPARED for any thing and we will never be prepared for anything ever…
Are we truly democratic in our approaches towards any of the above mentioned disasters, even though we are one of the largest democracies in the world? Why are we, the citizen of India, time and again, vote politicians to power, so that they can talk carelessly (forget about performing their duties towards a prosperous healthy nation) by just blaming the huge population problems, system failure, ill-preparedness of the situation and last but not the least passing the buck to the next scapegoat… isn’t it funny how our wonderful democracy works for the welfare and safety of its citizen???
While the whole world knew about the epidemic Swine Flu’s dangerous tentacles spreading like wild fire, our government and health ministry were busy in their own world. Only after an innocent child became the first victim, they woke up from their deep slumber and not knowing the implications of its dangerous magnitude, were seen busy giving silly quotes in the media circus… While terrorists from our neighbouring country walked freely in Mumbai to create a massacre, not even a single politician has really intervened or created an issue (They will create stir about North-South divide / They will fight to name and rename the recently opened sea-link / They will take the nation at ransom for silly reasons and all the stupid issues in the world…) as to why the MEDIA is portraying the plight of the person (Qasab) as if he is a hero/saint or a saviour of our nation…
Qasab wants to meet his mother / Qasab wants to be tied rakhi / Qasab wants biryani / - some of the silliest, callous and amazing reporting that has been highlighted by our media – was an iota of thought ever given by respective Editors of various national dailies and electronic channels??? While he was seen laughing at the judge while the trial was going on, our media was oh-so-sweet-caring and sympathetic towards Qasab’s emotional bonding with his mother, have an Indian as his sister to tie Rakhi and his penchant for a delicious plate of biryani…
My heart really boils about such a callous approach toward such dangerous situations – be it terrorism or else an epidemic like Swine Flu… I know pretty well that my write-ups in my blog will hardly be effective and will never reach the DEAF EARS of our politicians to awake them from their responsibilities… We call ourselves educated in this modern world, sadly though EDUCATION has hardly awakened or taught us, to be more humane in our approach than just greedy pigs… like the Swine Flu!
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