Happy New Year

Its another New Year now! Its past one hour the New Year 2008, India time and Japan, China and the rest of the Eastern world have crossed the New Year with Happy New Years ringing in the air mingled with beers, whiskies, promises, orchestras, DJs and resolutions. Here in India, every resaturant, night club, Hotel worth its salt has at least one known artiste to bring in the guests...as unclad urchins look on through the frosted windows...Will the New Year be any less traumatic for these little street kids, born to daily wage earners, street beggars, scavengers, rickshaw pullers? Will they be less bullied by the police? Will there be some decent street shelter (poorhouses - though the term is obsolete, the concept couldnt be any less meaningful) where thay can at least be assured of one square meal? Will those kids ever have a chance or will they be condemned to a lifetime of disease and deprivation...somehow I dont see it happening -not in metropolises, not in big cities, maybe a little empathy is still left in one-horse towns...Anyways I dont think we will concern ourselves with them - they are not our problem...

Happy New Year 2008


(PS - I posted this blog on New Year at another site. Thought would share it here too)