So what do you do when you get angry, irritated and bugged by all the non-sense going around you? When you dont have a proper outlet to tell people why you are angry?
I believe most of my fellow Mumbaikars (and yes i am one) would be feeling the same way as i am feeling right now.
Its become a trend for people to comment on Mumbai's Spirit of Bouncing back.... which is a fact, but we mumbaikar's already know that!!!
What we need to know is, though we stayed afloat after the floods, did anyone in the government, state or central, even bothered to rectify the whole thing? Going by this years' managment it doesnt seems like!!!
What we need to know is, after paying the highest service tax, sales tax and income tax in the country, why is our city not getting enough water & power?
What we need to know is, although number of blasts have rocked the city, not just now, but since 1993, has a single person been prosecuted for it?
People it is very easy to stay away from all this and make a statement, but try living it out here then you will understand what WE feel.
When you get back home after a bad day in office, where some one climbs up because of thier sources and not merit ( no this has nothing to do with reservations) you get irritated. Then the local trains are over crowded which irritates you more. If you take the roads its no better. Your house may have been flooded while you were away due to floods. Or it may so have happened that there is shortage of water... Dont you think we will get very irritated?
Then it may so happen that blasts will take place and we looose near and dear ones.... all over the country it will be said MUMBAI WILL BOUNCE BACK, and we do, but nothing is done about it.
IRRITATED!!!!!!!!!!
On top of it, some wired person makes a study that MUMBAI IS THE RUDEST PLACE ON EARTH!!!!!!!
Boy if i meet that person i will show him what being rude can mean... and i tell you, I have lived in Delhi for good long time!!!!!!!
WE BOUNCE BACK BUT IT DOESNT MEAN YOU TAKE US TO BE THE HIT ME JOKER!!!!!!!
If we strike and decide not to pay the taxes and duties that we do... the costlies petrol that we buy... you guys making these statement will really have a big problem.
So please stop telling us to bounce back. We have done it and we will do it.
And by the way, this may be my last blog as the government has decided to block all indian blogs.
Boy does this government find new ways of being called Backward!!!!
3 comments:
I am floored by the understanding and the depth of the writer (Mayur), Unforfunately..in there everything boils down to personal interest and vote bank only.I believe one gerneration of politicians have to be forced retired if we wnat that our country to really take the path of development. I feel ashmed when someone says India is competing with super powers..Yes India is in lagging behind in terms of interest of masses and basic infrastructure of living/education and moral values..
What a deep anguish and expression of thoughts. You really said it. Keep it up. Always post a copy to TOI or any other papaer for broader debate.
mks
not residing in Mumbai anymore now, where i once discovered one of the best days of life but definitely have a fair understanding of what Mayur means by this irritation. There seems to be just no answers to the many miseries which Mumbai faces. And not even one responsible govt to try and do something about the city. Lets put it like this, every misery that the city suffers is just another political game and nothing more probably. And thats sad. Rather pathetic. A little too much has been said, rather an overdose has been created of Mumbai bouncing back and Mumbai fights back and the spirit of Mumbai and all such jazz. Media need not hammer this so many times as if it's only now that Mumbai has suddenly awakened and rising from the ash like a phoenix. The city was always like this. lets not digress from the real core issue by blowing this bouncing back phenomena out of proportion. Face it, Mumbaikars or for that matter now even Delhiites have no option than to be back on their feet the next day of a calamity. It's the pace and the demand of the life, it's the demand of surviving and moving ahead in life. But sad that the commom man in his trudge of survival has to fight the irritant questions of life WHY US???
Mayur wish we have more of thoughts like yours collecting to be able to spread some sanity around.
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