Sunday, August 25, 2013

Real Indian Idol...

A real Indian Idol is a double amputee destitute -- who lives on the streets. 
A real Indian Idol is a visually impaired beggar. 
A real Indian Idol is a rickshaw puller. 
A real Indian Idol is a ragpicker. 
A real Indian Idol is a street sweeper. 
A real Indian Idol is a shoeshine boy. 
A real Indian Idol is a bullock cart driver.
 
And, so on ad infinitum.
 
We sit in our cozy air-conditioned rooms -- and watch Indian Idol on telly. We're ivory-towered -- armchair critics of our system. I'd like to ask you one thing: What're you doing for your community as a responsible adult?  There're killing fields out there -- people are dying everyday -- out of sheer poverty. We're morally responsible for these homicides. This'd be stopped -- IF -- we start doing something about it.

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