The Times of India cartoon below aptly describes the title of my post.
Truly we are shining. Newspapers report that the ten richest people in the Country have increased their net worth by 51% in the past seven months. That amounts to roughly $ 41.2 Billion. And yes, people still die.
Capitalism seems to have taken a new course in this Country. the rich become richer and the poor don’t seem to be a priority anymore. The left seems to have become a shadow party and the Congress’s AAM AADMI seems to be the rich man who wants to make his millions.
Traffic jams still occur; the cities still have bad infrastructure. I still hate Bombay because of the traveling hassles. So the question is; Where does all the money go? Surely not only into the pockets of the top 10. 🙂
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October 8, 2007 at 2:26 pm
xntricpundits
Brilliant cartoon.Look at the way the cartoonist sketched it.You can see convoy of cars to your top left,ropes hanging to trees to your top right.Politician wearing goggles..mota golmatol babu in sharp contrast with lean thin frames of farmers and the dog by the side of cot.Politicians PA holding a file named SEZ.
The irony in the carton hits the solar plexus.
Truly India is shining.
regards
October 9, 2007 at 2:45 am
amreekandesi
Well presented, Very true, and Very Unfortunate!
October 11, 2007 at 5:24 pm
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March 28, 2008 at 9:12 am
Mohammed Qutubuddin
It is a true shame
June 26, 2008 at 3:01 pm
paavani
we all blame the politicians alot of them are to blame but we are too… i went too agra where the electricity on an average goes for 15 hours. for one of the first time i came out of my comfort safe side of the world and entered another world all together.where children have to work for a living they don’t get pure clean water,they don’t get food. while most of us blame the politicians how many of us come out of our comfort zone to take action? how many of us have the courage to stop corruption? how many of us give something more than cheap sympathy to people who need it? how many of us take correct action? how many of usa completely abide by the rules? yes! the politicians are definetely wrong, most of them are corrupt..how much money actually goes to the public?..but the fact is they are people like us…who think only about themselves. the only difference is they have the power but we can take our own steps and measures… msot of haven’t even sen the terrible side of life..hardly any of us have seen really poverty where 5 rs is like a thousand. where the everyday struggle is to survive..im not suggesting we all become leaders or heroes all i’m suggesting is we think less about ‘which top to wear’ and more about issues that actually matter!
May 20, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Gapexaltgep
Wonderful website,, Will come back again.