Why is it Easy to Bomb Indian Cities?

It is very disturbing to find small school going kids walk barefoot on the filthy and unhygenic roads of the city. These kids are mostly in government and municipal schools and hail from the economically weaker sections. Quite often one finds broken glasses and other materials that could cause serious injury to the kids' tender feet. That would result in infection and much misery; also they wuld be forced to miss school.
thouhg many of us do charity work I feel this needs to be given some more importance for it relates to the health and fitness of the child and feet are vital in one's work life later.
Of course one needs to do it systematically by approaching the school authorites and identify those who are really deserving due to economic reasons. Kids outgrow shoes fast and old shoes in real good condition could be colleted and donated in a graceful and compassionate manner. Care shouldbe taken to see that the parents of the child or the child itself does not feel some kind of embarassment in accepting this gift with love.
Kids from the better of schools would be ideal to undertake this task as they could relate more easily to kids.
I think it is worth a try.

sibuiyer | 18 July, 2011 18:26

Anytime a bomb attack takes place in India, there are so many comments and 'expert' opinions from the 'bhajiwali' to the NSA. This cursed country will continue to be an easy target as long as we do not strictly follow the laws of the land; whether they are of traffic rules, tax laws, building laws, 'red-beacon light on my car' laws or whatever. In this country there are very insignificant few who want to obey every law sincerely. Most of us are in 'break every law' mode. We have been raise so. We pay bribes; our business contracts are shady and not transparent [ADARSH HOUSING and others unreported]; I can park my car anywhere in the city and go away; if I am fined, I either call my police friend or bribe the cop. When I buy I refuse a bill to avoid tax. THAT IS OUR CULTURE> Of constant cheating and deception; to the community I livein; of the society I breed in; of the country that I call mine.

And then I want the police to catch the culprit and jail him. I also want the politican to stay true to his oath! The system that exists to day in this country just does not help yopu to do this.

It’s so very nice feel to see the citizens of this country take up the issue of corruptionin a big way. They have assembled to support both Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev, notwithstanindg the many pitfalls the movement went through. People have protested , written copious pages and made banners and shouted hoarse against the the biggest evil in the Indian polity and society today.

It sometimes appears as if all this was just a tamasha for being Bollywood brainwashed, we need a ‘show’ to go and ‘time pass’. We did our bit by ‘being there’ for our friends and our fading icons and show support. It was the ‘done’ thing and it felt nice to keep up with the crowds.

Many of us moved on from that venue to buy a ticket in black to see a movie or bought a pirated DVD or did some very natural things that come to us like feeling macho when not buying a ticket in the bus and such like. We have been indulging in this since childhood. Why? Our parents taught us to drive when we were hardly able to see out of the window. They smiled proudly when we drove the family car without a licence; they allowed us to drink when we were not yet ready; they got us the admission in the colleges paying huge capitation fees. They felt great when they jumped a red light or were able to ‘fix’ an annoying cop to forget our little indiscretions.

Forget it my contrymen. Count your blessing each day your wife, child, parent, or sibling or friend is not blown to pieces by a bomb placed by a terrorist. He was not checked properly, or he was not on camera for the camera was not either monitored or functioning [like our traffic lilghts], he was able to get away for he had parked his car that no traffic patrol bothered to check. And the citizens? Well they were busy brining the system to high heaven.