A dawn to remember

The 5th of July 2010 may go down in India's history as "Bharat Bandh" or the so called day of "awakening of the common man", but to me, it was just another day. Nothing special except coming down from Adipur to Mundra at 5:30 am in the morning, at a time when the weatherman would have called it a rainy day.
It all began with a wrong decision, a mis-timing, a haphazard plan of relying on Govt. buses the previous night and the horrible service to a village like Mundra. How can all people expect to live in cities and neglect any development in villages. Anyway, whatever happened , happened and there was no better way things could have happened.
Coming to the so called "Awakening"

According to an article by Rediff, the Orissa state exchequer lost 120 crores to this bandh, Bengal state lost a whopping 500 crores and even a state like Jharkhand lost 110 crores. This apart from other indirect costs such as, distrust by foreign investors and weakening of the common man who is already at his weakest.
The website link is attached for reference : http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/apr/27/slide-show-1-bharat-bandh-which-state-loses-how-much.htm#contentTop

How many people would actually be affected if the prices go up is the question to ask. Not, how many times the Govt. has increased the rates or by how much percent. But, our politicians are busy throwing dung at each other's face and waiting for someone to lick it off. Does it come to our mind even in the faintest of thoughts that all the protesters shown on TV are actually bought for Rs. 100-150 per hour and such people always wait for opportunities like these (elections, rallies, protests etc) even if the 'burning issue' doesn't concern them. Do you really think, these people are fighting for their rights? Are they even aware of their rights? Do they even serve an iota of purpose by having a strike?

So here we are, in a sick poor country, a mess of sorts, complex web of situations still battling for survival because for the common man of this country

"Survival of the fittest" is the only thing on his mind.