How Ironic !!!

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Hello friends, Let me see if I have ever understood the concept of Irony. You tell me when you are through, reading this post. The day-break was dark and murky with incessant rain. By the time I reached near the railway station one of the busiest, in Mumbai called the Bandra Terminus at 5:30 in the morning the cab got struck in the mud and puddle as the roads were broken. With very hard clutching and accelerating somehow the driver got onto some solid ground (if there were any left). The water logged on the road looked so Grey with a dark sky looming over that I felt a sense of extreme dejection right at the start of the day. The Driver finally retorted swearing under his breath, why don't someone raise voice against the injustice on us? Busiest station of Mumbai, the city whom we Indians proudly call the Financial capital, well the roads say a different story. Billions of rupees are generated per day, every day, with our taxation system but people don't have proper sanitation facility who live by the stations in the ever degrading slums of Mumbai. I bet on my life if you ever happen to visit the inside Mumbai you can very well get the picture how Hell might look like. A city where there are so many millionaires, so much of revenue generated, where does the money finally rest, puzzles me. When I reached to the place where I was headed, this city is called the Diamond capital of India. Surat. After extracting diamonds from mines of the poorest of the African nations like Botswana, Lesotho or Tanzania they are smuggled by the Russians or East Europeans by the route of Far-East in India and then the diamonds are polished and embedded into jewelery and finally gets a price tag.Then exported to the customers of Europe and America fetching scores of Dollars and Pounds. While my way back the next day, my train was running a couple of hours late and I was forced to sit near the ticket counter, waiting. An old man shriveled up with rags and tatters on his body as clothing was on the floors having his supper with an old news-paper as his plate. A stray dog was looking at him with hunger to seize whatever he throws at him. To my surprise the old man did save a morsel to give the dog finally, or maybe the food he was eating couldn't be chew any more. The diamond city, well... The prices are shooting up every day for everything, tax structure is getting stringent and merciless, and we the people are watching this amazing spectacle with awe. Like the cabbie I ask, when would someone raise their voice???? Do you feel happy with the place you live in? Please do share. Bodhi