Maharashtra houses Mumbai: the citadel of moolah. Famous
film stars, sportstars, and business moguls all make an envious gang that any
other city of India would love to cradle. Opulence is slave of this city. Some politicians
of the state might give IIM alumni better ideas about running a business than Kotler
.
Despite all positives ensconced in the state, its people are
today bound to collect water from toilet of trains. People in general will feel
squeamish about the use of water from toilet flush other than ablution of bottom.
But hapless people from drought hit areas of Maharashtra are collecting water
from toilets of trains crossing their place to quench their thirst and douse
the hunger of their belly.
India is in the race of becoming a superpower. It has super brains
that make the economy soar, it has intellectuals that can debate with their la-
di -da english accent at any
international platform to prove how immaculately developed a nation we have
become after the years of independence. Many a time they speak on the minute financial
or strategic issue with such finesse that you can have an illusion of listening
to an omniscient who has solutions to the world’s every problem. But how come their
probing and piercing eyes overlooked the tragedy of drought hit region of our
country?
India has enough rivers to quench the thirst of its children
but despite the fact, today a part of the country is wailing silently due to
dearth of water.
In the state that has glamour of film-stars, glimmer of
sport-stars and gumption of political-stars, is it so difficult to bring relief
to dry lands and perched throats?
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