As the drama on television draws to a close, “Operation Cyclone” has been termed successful (if we really can call it that!). As our leaders shamelessly make an issue of everything, the question is, were the lives lost over the last 3 days warranted? We unashamedly talk about the unbeatable spirit of Mumbai. It is not an unbeatable Mumbai, Delhi, or Jaipur spirit. It is actually the compulsion of life itself. Do people like us have any other option than to return to our normal work and lives?
We as a nation have a short memory and life goes on. Indians are used to putting up with worthless politicians and inefficiencies in all spheres of life. Terror attacks, the flooding of our biggest cities, and many other situations like these could be averted if only we were not, collectively, a country of non performers. All analyses said and done, things will change in the real sense only when all of us change our ingrained attitude towards work. I understand what John Gardener meant when he said:
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes not its theories will hold water.”
Literally true in our case, isn’t it??
P.S. I wonder where the coward Raj Thackeray and his bully sena are hiding. Does he have brains enough to figure out that the officers involved were from all parts of the country (not just Marathis) struggling to save fellow humans (including Marathis)?
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u r right Grace - it is the compulsion of existence - we will go out and work - it is just the hope that that compulsion is not taken for granted by those who make policies. i also was pretty disturbed by the some of the television coverages - just had to express that
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