India: For the fear of gods and men

Rupali Gaurav

As swine flu takes 25th victim in Pune, disease, frustration and corruption daubs dark molasses across India; Shabana Shaikh who succumbed to the deadly virus last week in the government-run Sassoon Hospital was not the only one dying helpless within the limping cast of Incredible India.

This is also the week in which Rajisthan declared 26 out of its 33 districts scarcity-hit. A record score of malnourished children residing in India and a sharply rising trend of suicide in the countryside speaks of the long drawn neglect on part of the government in providing for the shortcomings of the people and also explains for the rising despair and widespread frustration taking root in the society.

That being said for the natural calamities, fear hangs low in the neighborhoods of Orissa, Jharkand, Bihar, West Bengal and Chattisgarh leaving the locals panic-stricken and sabotaged as a result of the recent 48 hour Bandhh (shut-down protest) imposed by the Maoists that left Jharkand Police rattled, their futility exposed.

In Patna Maoists blew up two Mobile towers in Gaya district using 400 ultra detonated dynamites while also setting ablaze four vehicles at Talhautu in Rohtas district of Bihar during Tuesday, which was the second day of their 48 hour shut down in protest against detention of two of their top leaders.

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