Understanding aam aadmi

Must have seen the images of Jaya Prada on Monday on television and in Tuesday’s newspapers. She did a heroic act by ploughing herself on the flooded reins of Rampur and that too on a bullock cart when most of the ministers, Parliamentarains survey the area via helicopter. She may not have imagined the hardships that people in village have to undergo for meeting the everyday commitment of living. To further exacerbate the misery, the floods puts them on the edge of extinction. It’s a pity for India, that our MPs claim to know their people and regions well enough and yet are not aware whether there are roads in the constituency or not. Jaya Prada is indeed one of the hard working MPs in Uttar Pradesh. She had really worked for her constituency. At least the same was said in Union Elections, 2009. You can imagine the areas in UP (Uttar Pradesh)where there has been no development.

She started crying and wailing when the bullock cart got stuck in waist deep waters. Yes….. like a true Indian Parliamentarian, she was moved by the plight of the people due to flooding of the region. She was moved and retracted from her emotional state and promised that a proper pucca road will be built connecting the village to the city. The best she could offer to the people struggling to keep themselves afloat against the flood.

She can perhaps learn something from people of her constituency. Not to lose confidence and try to stay afloat as long as possible.

The photograph beneath shows a barly clothes man making his way through the floods carrying his livelihood on his shoulders.