For a journalist there is so much happening in India right now to report that Hindi saying \”haath main ladoo aur sar kadhai main\” (Hands full is sufficient) is just apt. Look at it – Delhi is full of smog, there is Whatsapp snooping, two political parties in Maharashtra are fighting like families agreed to a match but now refusing to take Saat Phera demanding more alimony. And if this is not enough, the police and lawyers are now fighting it out in the open with several videos of policemen being attacked doing the rounds.
None of these, except Delhi smog, is going to make an impact. Maharashtra will have a government by tomorrow, police and lawyers are conjoined twins and will call a truce, Whatsapp snooping is already dead. So what remains is smog which has been troubling Dilliwalas for the past three years. It usually happens around this time of the year and it has been happening for the last three years without fail. Think about it – We cannot say the same about monsoon (which is surprising with all the forecast apparatus at our disposal).
Yet, every year the citizens face this problem. Every body wakes up couple of days after they have inhaled the poison and then it\’s free for all. There are jokers who break the rule and claim the odd-even thing is really odd and certainly not even. The National Green Tribunal wakes up from the slumber and so does our legal system. Strong worded orders are passed and that\’s it.
What this offers the circus managers is a lifetime PR opportunity. So a minister would cycle to his office and get it recorded by media. Another minister who rode a bicycle a month back as good health initiative will not do so now it as it would give mileage to opposition. Some will distribute free mask to the people on road. All the stake holders behave like Chatur of 3 idiots who would release obnoxious air in the environment and blame his roommates.
What no one realises is after the photo op everyone gets into air purified rooms and breathe clean air. It\’s you and me who inhale the air, get sick, may be lung cancer and die. Human life has no value in India. None. While we may believe in rebirth and all that but if I leave the planet in this condition I would want to come back as an alien.
As for common man, he will dutifully add to the chaos not realising it\’s he who has created the problem and the solution also lies with him.