Poor Management or only power !.
The two reports in the Times of India (7/11/09) ' Most victims still await compensation' and '11 months on,farmers' kids await education allowance' confirm the observation that India is a rich country poorly managed. That the government was not able to protect people from terrorists' attack is a reflection not merely on the government ( apathetic,even after repeated attacks on Mumbai) but the people of Mumbai as well ( UPA got all the seats in Mumbai). That the compensation for the victims of the attack has not reached the kith and kin even after almost a year and the announced educational allowance to kids are a matter of great shame. If the government cannot give compensation money in time and educational allowance for a year,there must be something radically wrong with our governance.
All the top bureaucrats and the ministers should be constitutionally and compulsorily go through management course of at least of a short duration. They should know how to keep their promises and to track them. The opposition or an NGO could have taken the credit by helping the victims' kith and kin, and the kids in Amaravathi, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldana, Washim and Wardha.by accessing the promised compensation. Our elite is too far away from 'am admi'; too attached to loaves and fishes of power. We have a democratic system, no democratic temperament. We have 'rulers', not representatives. What a farce ( or is it a tragedy ?), my countrymen! Gandhiji would have started a satyagraha.
November 8,2009
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