Books by M G Warrier
November 28, 2020 Saturday
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M G Warrier
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Quote* for the day:
"All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.”
-Rahul Gandhi
A Satyajit Ray Movie
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Books by M G Warrier
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Books on display:
1 Restoring TRUST in Governance
2. India's Decade of Reforms
3 Assorted Letters of Dissent
4. Scrambled Monologues
5 Chasing Inclusive Growth (eBook)
6. Saving for Survival
7 Ants and Honey Bees
M G Warrier: Incomplete Scribblings
Riots...
Journey begins
Men... and women
Running... howling
Crying... shouting
With bags... bundles of clothes
With infants on shoulders
Buildings in flames...
I move on
Travel in three sub-urban locals
Before reaching Victoria Terminus
Along the way
Witnessed horrifying destruction
Fire, blood, abandoned belongings
All the way...
VT railway platform
Reminiscent of flight of populations
From one geography to another
During a famine or a pandemic
A "surrendered" crowd...
Old men and women sleeping on the floor,
Some of them eyes wide open
Youth arguing loudly
Children crying
Mothers looking on helplessly
Staring at the next uncertain moment
I locate my reserved sleeper class compartment
In Jayanti Janata
Which will take me to Kerala
In two days...
Packed...no space to move and search numbers...
My seat is already occupied...
I'm allowed to sit somewhere...
People are leaving Mumbai...
The young man opposite me
Abruptly
Started a conversation
He was talking my language
"Look...look..." said he
Pointing to a boy of 6 or 7
And his young mother
Quickly, I could stop his further comments!
Lest the jhagada escalates..
Fear...
Attention focused on the 7 year old
Cute...In new dress...
But, a scared look...
After feeding the boy
Some bread and biscuits
Mother settled down...
She had bright new dress
Matching imitation jewellery
Currency carelessly stashed
Among other things
In a carry bag...
She asked me in Malayalam,
Whether I was a Malayalee!
Enquired my destination
Mentioned hers,
Three stations before mine.
She was traveling to Kerala
To leave her only son
With her in-laws.
Has to come back,
And locate her husband
Missing since the riots started.
Why taking Abu to Kerala?
The previous night
He saw someone dying.
He asked his Mom:
"Do we kill humans...
The same way we kill,
A goat?
Mom had no ready answer.
She said:
"Tomorrow, we'll go to Kerala"
Batchmates*
One day a Colonel Saab from the Army, fell into a well. The soldiers would throw a rope into the well and pull the Colonel Saab out. The moment the Colonel would come up, the soldiers would leave the rope snap to attention and salute. The Colonel Saab would fall back into the well. This happened many times.
Someone suggested that a Brigadier be requested for help-because HE wouldn't have to salute the Colonel. So one Brigadier Saab arrived. He threw the rope into the well and the Colonel Saab gabbed it. The Brigadier Saab began pulling the rope. As soon as the Colonel Saab reached the top of the well, he spotted the Brigadier Saab. He immediately left the rope and saluted. And he fell back once more, into the well.
There was total silence. Then everyone heard the desperate Colonel Saab's voice from down below
*"You idiots - get hold of a batch mate !!"*
MORAL OF THE STORY: Batchmates ARE important ! They can save your life!
(Dedicated to all batchmates)
*Forward received from Dr T V Surendran, Mananthavady
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