Tuesday, April 21, 2009

This summer

This summer spare a thought for each of these:

1. The Bus conductor who is standing throughout his long journeys in this heat
2. The Goods Truck driver sitting in hot truck cabins who ensures supplies reach your neighbourhood store
3. The old man who sells vegetables by the roadside because there is still no pension provided for the unorganized sector
4. For all those government employees who have to do compulsory election duty for a reimbursement of only Rs 128 per day(A steep hike from the Rs 95 per day in the last election :-))
5. For all those non-corrupt candidates with different ideologies who are campaigning in this heat, at least they dared to take the plunge into politics!
6. For all the policemen who have to stand in scorching heat for terrible pays and still be criticized.
7. For all those who do not get regular electricity to keep their fan going
8. For all those who not get enough water to quench their thirst
9. And for the UNFORTUNATE STUPID COMMON MAN who like all of us travels in buses and trains, walks for kilometers, at times drinks un hygienic water so that a few summers later he can afford to have an air conditioned car, sit and enjoy bread with honey, have his children to afford a cold drink when they please, watch un interrupted television and criticize the system!