We are a country of riches.The riches are displayed everywhere.They can be seen in the makeshift tenements of those living below gigantic flyovers or you can sight them through children who cut our paths everyday like minuscule scissors and beg for fulfillment of their stomach.The riches can easily be found in the sweeper who cleans the dust from the roads only to find it deposited on self.Oh yes,we are definitely fussed over by money.Isn't it ironical that even after more than sixty years of independence we are still at the same point where we used to be earlier.Its comical actually.Leave apart the mouth,it can split even the mind open.What have we actually got after independence.Scores of people travelling many a mile for just quenching their thirst,standing in long queues and ranting about the government machinery which seems eternally stuck like a rusted cogwheel,prices of commodities rising like satellites launched for space.Nice gifts,one must say!!We keep on telling that our society has changed for the better.Technology has saved distances and we have been now empowered with provisions which we couldn't have possibly imagined earlier.We can now shop to our heart's content sitting on the soft sofas at our home.We order shoes,clothes,jewellery,cellphones and what not!We have really succeeded in making our lives better.Or have we??
                                                                             Just see the coin from a different angle now.Majority of our populace lives in absolute poverty with no access to electricity,telephone,clothing,food and shelter.The list actually is as mind boggling as some of the rocket science calculations.Have the government schemes failed here or has our generation failed in taking care of the poor and the downtrodden?? Have we become so self-indulgent that we haven't thought about the shadows that lurk beneath our bright world?? We can't always blame the society or for that matter the whole gamut of emotions and indifferent behavior that it plays on us.Rather than being a victim of it,we must try to conquer it.Time has come for our own selves to be more proactive and help the mother who goes to report the rape of her daughter at a police station and gets chided and sniggered  by the people present there.Time has come for our own heart to be steadfast in values and not waver when a bribe is offered or an injustice is done before our eyes.Its time we lend a helping hand to poor farmers who commit suicides and be a support system for the older generation who have made us what we are.The change starts from us.Let's enrich the lives of people surrounding us.In this wave of unparalleled passion and synergy,let's get soaked. I am already drenched.Are you??