It is truly said that there exists two countries in India - one that belongs to the dictatorial affluents and the other to the submissive poor. About seventy percent of India is occupied by the rural masses, who are largely depended on the agriculture sector.
This portion of the country has never even felt a titillation of food, shelter and literacy. They lead a life void of these basic amenities. Their drab surroundings have kept their malignant lives under wraps. With hopeless faces, with no one to complain to, with no one to pay heed, the dream of a complacent life with food, shelter and education has disappeared into thin air. Few months ago, they did make up to the news when they were dying in the freezing cold in the streets of Delhi due to lack of shelter, but what happened there on, nobody knows. Children have retired from their wishes of becoming doctors, engineers and IAS officers. Having meals thrice a day has become "mission impossible".
Indian government is said to be 'by the people, to the people and for the people'. But the demagogues just seem to alter the tagline by equivocating after their win in the elections. Things can still change for better if not government, but citizens can join hands to work on the uplift of the poor. The rich may spare some money from their lavish expenditure on dining, corporates and offices may collect donations, big residential societies may conduct camps etc. The government should also look upon and upgrade the infrastructure at their schools in the rural areas, open up 24- hour helplines, night education, build housing complex for the rural populace and see to the easy availability of ration items.
If we work altruistically. the two Indias can congregate into one and can prove, "nothing is impossible."
This portion of the country has never even felt a titillation of food, shelter and literacy. They lead a life void of these basic amenities. Their drab surroundings have kept their malignant lives under wraps. With hopeless faces, with no one to complain to, with no one to pay heed, the dream of a complacent life with food, shelter and education has disappeared into thin air. Few months ago, they did make up to the news when they were dying in the freezing cold in the streets of Delhi due to lack of shelter, but what happened there on, nobody knows. Children have retired from their wishes of becoming doctors, engineers and IAS officers. Having meals thrice a day has become "mission impossible".
Indian government is said to be 'by the people, to the people and for the people'. But the demagogues just seem to alter the tagline by equivocating after their win in the elections. Things can still change for better if not government, but citizens can join hands to work on the uplift of the poor. The rich may spare some money from their lavish expenditure on dining, corporates and offices may collect donations, big residential societies may conduct camps etc. The government should also look upon and upgrade the infrastructure at their schools in the rural areas, open up 24- hour helplines, night education, build housing complex for the rural populace and see to the easy availability of ration items.
If we work altruistically. the two Indias can congregate into one and can prove, "nothing is impossible."
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