Mera Bharat, really Mahan!

Just when you think you've seen it all. We've all heard of seat grabbers, the first thing that comes to one's mind when you hear that is a politician. And not to deny the probability that politicians could and would be involved in the racket, but students from rural areas are actually being physically threatened and coerced to give up their hard earned seats in Engineering colleges!

One has seen the gradual erosion of all societal structures and values in India, and just when you think the country cannot sink any lower, you have land grabbing political mafia snatching coveted real estate in Bangalore and elsewhere. And now this. When you have sections of society prey on everything and everyone that is in their purview, where does it leave our 5000 year civilization. Can you imagine surviving the next century, forget the millennium? I think Winston Churchill has to be credited for his foresight when he predicted Britain would be making the biggest mistake in turning over the India to " a set of rascals, bandicoots and scoundrels, who would loot India, and tax even water and air”. With all IT/BPO/Bio Med led prosperity the country is seeing only in urban pockets, notwithstanding new initiatives in agricultural products reaching the consumer without Shylocks eating their pound of flesh, the country is rapidly deteriorating in every other arena. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Is our newfound prosperity adequate to trickle down or bubble up for a more equitable distribution? Are we going to stop breeding these vultures eating their own kith and kin?