My India Feels Deceived- Looted by the Politicians and the Bureaucrats. Isn’t?
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
1. Rahul Singh, a Veteran Journalist: Does it, ‘Politicians wanted bribes and bureaucrats stood in the way of Mohan Shah’, not mean “Politicians wanted bribes and bureaucrats stood in the way of Mohan Shah or My India”? Politicians wanted bribes and bureaucrats stood in the way of Mohan Shah or My India?
2. “At 8 pm, on March 19, our Prime Minister brought the ongoing threat of the mysterious virus into virtually every Indian’s home. In a half-hour riveting broadcast, he graphically outlined the gravity of the situation and what he proposed to do about it.
3. For a start, he declared a self-imposed Janata Curfew the following Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 7 am to 9 pm: a virtual, but voluntary, shutdown of all outdoor activity nationwide, except for the running of essential public services.
4. This was followed two days later with another broadcast, making the curfew much more severe, and almost mandatory.
5. Three weeks confined to one’s home seems surreal-odd, unreal, dreamlike, strange. As I write this, it is almost two weeks since the lockdown. How have I coped…?”
6. …And then, it came home to me in a far more real way, with a sudden jolt, when I learnt that a dear friend, Mohan Shah, had died from the deadly infection in a New York hospital. As he was not feeling well, he had gone to a clinic for treatment. He caught the virus there and died a few days later. He was only a little older than me.
7. Mohan was one of the early pioneers of Indian garment exports to the US, which would become a huge business. Many others followed behind him, and India became a leader in the manufacture and export of garments, giving employment to millions. After garments, he saw another opportunity — linking the island city of Mumbai to its suburbs and its hinterland, via the sea, thereby decongesting the over-burdened roads and trains. But it was the usual Indian story.
8. Politicians wanted bribes and bureaucrats stood in the way. Mohan gave up in frustration and the ambitious project never got off the ground”.
The Extract From: “Love and life in the time of corona: We all are facing something that seems unreal, yet it is right there in our faces, real and terrifying. And like magic, it is fooling us. What I miss the most is my newspapers. I used to get seven and spent much of the morning reading them. Unalloyed-absolute pleasure”: April 05, 2020, 07:16 AM (IST): BY: Rahul Singh is a veteran journalist. https://www.tribuneindia.com/…/love-and-life-in-the-time-of…
Highlights By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
First Posted On: April 5, 2020, 8: 08 AM (IST)
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My India Feels Deceived- Looted by the Politicians and the Bureaucrats. Isn’t?

We all are facing something that seems unreal, yet it is right there in our faces, real and terrifying. And like magic, it is fooling us. What I miss the most is my newspapers. I used to get seven and spent much of the morning reading them. Unalloyed pleasure