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Heed Message from Heaven! |
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by Dr. Rajinder Puri |
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When the forest is aflame the lion and the lamb make common cause to escape. Is the recent deluge of rain a message from nature that India’s politicians should heed? There is criticism that the disaster is man made and could have been avoided. Perhaps it is so. Thousands of stranded passengers are protesting bitterly. But do not blame just the Congress government for it. Any other party in power would have performed no differently. Do not blame just politicians. No politician in the prevailing political culture could have performed differently. Do not blame just the political culture. It cannot be different given the political system. Any dispassionate critic would accept this truth.
The death toll eventually may run into thousands as the fate of all missing is discovered. There are certainly innumerable lapses of governance that are man made and avoidable. Why, even right now people are dying in Mumbai because one building after another constructed in violation of laws is collapsing. That tragedy has nothing to do with rain. But is this the time to indulge in a blame game? Is this the time for politicians to score debating points and for media commentators to sermonize and pontificate? The deluge of rain was visible. There are even greater threats of disaster that are invisible.
Should we not unite to face these future threats that our crumbling system and collapsed governance are not fit to address? |
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