Thursday, September 9, 2010

Setting our priorities right !!!

On the verge of a quarter life crisis (thanks to my friend Guru who reminded me about it) I was thinking about whether I had prioritized the right things at the right moments in life. Only then did I realize that it was not only me who had faltered in setting right priorities. We have a government at the centre which has spent close to a thousand crore on a stadium which at it's best will be used only for a fortnightly spectacle. In total, in excess of 70k crores will be spent in what has been touted as the most expensive CWG in the history so far. The same government has been magnanimous enough to allocate 125 crores for the destruction caused in Leh. This is not just a one off incident. I am currently very close to a place where we have a temple plated with gold.
Do we really need a monument of worship to be made of gold?
What difference will it make to the eventual outcome if we have a monument that is very simple?
How much of a difference could that money make even if a fraction of it reaches the people who strive so hard just to make sure that they don't sleep with empty stomach every night ?
What difference could it make if a fraction of it is spent for improving the literacy rate of the country ?
The other incident that comes to my mind is spending huge amount of money for promoting a language. What difference would a language make for so many people who live below the poverty line? Language as such is supposed to evolve over time and nothing can be done about it.
In all these incidents that I have cited we have not given humanity the due priority it deserves. Will this change ? It's a difficult one to answer. It has to come from people within. When I myself feel that I have faltered in prioritizing things which were totally in my control how can I expect someone to take decision for the sake of the society at large? As usual it's easy to ask questions but it's very difficult to answer questions like these ... I m taking the easy way out ;)


By the way, in a couple of days one of my friend whom we call as Mr Legal will be walking down the aisle. My hearty wishes to the couple. Let all their dreams come true ;) and my condolences for losing their bachelorhood ;-)


PS : I m completely apolitical ;)