I begin with some bits of information:
We can send 10 satellites into space in one go, proving our expertise at handling a complex, zero-error scientific job. But we are criminally inept at providing a simple, hygienically cooked nutritious meal, which is no rocket science, to the kids who are the future of India.
The negligence, which snuffed out the life of 23 innocent kids in the Dharam Sati Primary School in Bihar's Chappra district, is an integral part of our lives. But we have developed gargantuan tolerance for this negligence.
We just need to turn our head to find this negligence staring us in the face. Like,
While moderating a discussion on the Dharam Sati School tragedy, the presenter on a TV news channel said he had lots of stats to show how mismanaged is the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in Bihar. May I ask the presenter that whether there was any condition that these stats could only be released after a mid-day meal tragedy?
My compatriots in the media, if your concern for corruption and mismanagement in government functioning is real then please do your bit to highlight the shoddy implementation of well-meaning but money-devouring government schemes and thus prevent avoidable tragedies like that of Dharam Sati Primary School.
- 23 children died from a poisoned government-supplied lunch in a Bihar school.
- A Bihar government inquiry has blamed widespread mismanagement by the school for the tragedy.
- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch its Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft in October-November 2013 to establish the Indian technological capabilities to reach the orbit of mars.
- In 2008, India launched 11 satellites, including nine from other countries, and it became the first nation to launch 10 satellites on one rocket.
We can send 10 satellites into space in one go, proving our expertise at handling a complex, zero-error scientific job. But we are criminally inept at providing a simple, hygienically cooked nutritious meal, which is no rocket science, to the kids who are the future of India.
The negligence, which snuffed out the life of 23 innocent kids in the Dharam Sati Primary School in Bihar's Chappra district, is an integral part of our lives. But we have developed gargantuan tolerance for this negligence.
We just need to turn our head to find this negligence staring us in the face. Like,
- The Dharam Sati Primary School principal and her husband, who supplied groceries for the kids' mid-day meal, had no fear of law while serving unhygienically stored and prepared food to the kids until the tragedy happened. But perhaps, the school was transported from mars to earth only on the day of tragedy, so neither the media nor local politicians were aware of the fearless dirty deeds of the teacher-trader couple. Otherwise, our sting operation expert journalists would have exposed them long ago.
- A contractor building a road in our neighbourhood is leaving no stone unturned to present the road as the classic example of a shoddy construction job in a country which not long ago had built architectural marvels like Taj Mahal. For, the man has got a licence to waste your and my money by stuffing the pockets of the right people at right places. But, the media is too busy with politicians, film stars and cricket to care about a small fry like this contractor. However, it's another matter that when this shoddily-constructed road would cave in or its surface would wash away in just one heavy rain, the media would faithfully carry detailed reports with big pictures.
While moderating a discussion on the Dharam Sati School tragedy, the presenter on a TV news channel said he had lots of stats to show how mismanaged is the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in Bihar. May I ask the presenter that whether there was any condition that these stats could only be released after a mid-day meal tragedy?
My compatriots in the media, if your concern for corruption and mismanagement in government functioning is real then please do your bit to highlight the shoddy implementation of well-meaning but money-devouring government schemes and thus prevent avoidable tragedies like that of Dharam Sati Primary School.
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