Cheap Lives
Written on May 28, 2008 by Sid
On the way back from office today, we were delayed by a roadblock. Due to the cars in the front turning back, we gradually reached the reason for the delay – an accident. A car had overturned, probably due to the rain and an occupant was trapped inside it.
Within minutes, there was a senior police official, a police car with regular staffers, two fire brigade lorries full of men and an ambulance at the spot. A few minutes later, blow torches were at work cutting the car, so the occupant could be removed. Volunteers proceeded along the length of the vehicles waiting, telling them that they would be here for a while, if they couldn’t turn around.
Then I think of the many, many cases in India, where people lie at the side of the road, slowly bleeding to death because no one could be bothered to take them to the hospital. Most of them are also robbed of their possessions, unable to do a thing to stop the theaves. The polices and ambulances come much much later if they ever do.
Indian lives are cheap I guess.
- Sid
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Its not that Indian lives are cheap, its rather that lives are cheap in India.It does not matter if its a European in Goa or a American in Himalayas or a Russian .in Delhi.