He was born in a modest middle-class family. The school was far away from his home. He walked all the way to school covering long distance. And he studied in the dim light of a kerosene lamp. Studious he was, ambitious he was and he emerged out of school and college in flying colours. He chose teaching profession which he loved most his students were/are still respectful and worshipful towards him. Education his unquenchable thirst to go on with higher studies ultimately landed him in England, where he joined Oxforrd University, one of the prestigious institutions in the world. Upon successful completion of his higher studies with distinction he took doctorate in Economics flew to US, joined the World Bank, took up a high position there.
You must have already traced the identity of the great man, he is none other than Sardar Dr. ManMohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. From a humble beginning he climbed up the ladder to reach the topmost position of World’s largest democracy, our India, lets shower him with applauses galore.
So be it. More than the topmost position of a Prime Minister, what he always covets is teaching position.
‘My education made me what I am today’ – with smile in his lips, delight flashing across his face, speaks he elatedly.
On September 5th , Teacher’s day on the occasion of conferring awards on illustrious teachers from across the country he was giving vent to his happiness and excitement addressing a large gathering.
All for good. Congrats our respectful PM.
And all respects close to the heart let me ask you a few humble questions. Needling you with uncomfortable queries is not at all my cup of tea whatsoever.
You were born in a modest middle class family. You studied in the dim light of a kerosene lamp. Covered long distances to reach your Alma-Mater. And overcoming innumerable hurdles now you are vaulted to the highest post of land. Means, the fate of a big nation, the welfare of its citizens across the spectrum, the rein of power all lie in your hands, thus we believe.
Seven years of your rule already elapsed. Yes agree, a few positive measures you took and implemented. Thanks. Weighing the pros and cons as a citizen of India I don’t have any moral prick to mention still you are far below our expectations. Top to bottom adverse consequences of your policies are visible. Be it on various fronts like education, health, infrastructural development, price, financial, empowerment of women and welfare of children, mal-nutrition and corruption, you are a failure. It seems if anything worthwhile you were/are still interested is in the welfare of those at the top of the pyramid. Already they are blessed with enough and more, even then you are eager to turn keen ears to their needs whenever demanded by them and on the matter of majority across the spectrum you turn a deaf ear.
A min-boggling news was reported almost a year ago by a National news channel NDTV 24X7, later the matter already taken up by other channels ultimately its repercussions got reflected in Parliament with opposition parties taking up cudgels against your govt. Yes, I am coming into it. Simultaneously the serious issue was taken up by the highest court of the land and took strong exception to it.
Here I am referring to the hot issue of lakhs of metric tons of food grains rotting up in the go downs across the country. Those rotten food grains would have been a welcome relief to the millions of poor starving and perishing in our nation. Even after bringing it to the notice of your government either you or the Minister concerned our Food Minister, Sharad Pawar cared not to initiate any measures.
Then came the Supreme Court order directing the govt to distribute the food grains freely to the poor who are even deprived of one square meal a day.
The Food Minister cared not to listen and he was of the view that Supreme Courts was actually making a suggestion not passing an order. He was not willing to supply the rotting food grains freely to the deprived sections of society under the pretext of subsidies. He expressed however the generosity of selling the food grains to them at BPL rates.
Supreme Court again came out into the open and made it clear to the Food Minister and all concerned that it had passed an order not a suggestion.
In came a fuming Prime Minister taking strong exception to Supreme Court order with the point that Supreme Court shouldn’t interfere with the policy formulations of the govt, here read the Executive…
While food grains in large quant ties are rotting in our go-down, no storage facilities whatsoever, that is not the concern of the govt depriving the deserving sections of their legitimate rights, and Prime Minister is reportedly girding up his loins to harp on policy decisions. No worthwhile steps are being taken to construct safe go-downs or warehousings across the nation to prevent the food grains going rot. Even if these items day by day go on rotting with rats, birds and insects on feast, a govt is not at all willing to distribute it free to downtrodden. This hot issue is not a matter of good economics or bad economics, judicial activism or policy formulations but an issue of love, affection, compassion and empathy. As an average citizen I recall those harrowing days in my teens without a square-meal a day and was compelled to survive on black tea and vadas or tapioca. I don’t have any qualms in frankly speaking or writing about it or speaking about it. Try to experience hunger at least for a few days the good economist will come to know about the gravity of that ‘horrible’ feeling. Please shut your American obsession and the free market inclinations and come to terms with the myriad problems affecting millions of poor citizens starving under your regime.
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