Tora..............Tora.............Tora

During World War - 2 , as they approached Pearl Harbor on American coast , pilots of Japanese bombers chanted ,

Tora , Tora , Tora

( Attack , Attack , Attack )

As they approach 2014 National elections , 725 million Indian voters are chanting ,

NOTA , NOTA , NOTA

For past few months , they have been watching the mud-slinging by their political leaders on TV , Newspapers , Internet , Rally  etc

And they are wondering :

Only time these leaders cared to talk to us is when they wanted our votes during the past 10 years  !

They are least bothered if,

>     We commit suicide ( with family ) because we are jobless

   

       ( JOBS )

>     Our children go to sleep hungry

       ( POVERTY )

>     We sleep on the footpath

      ( HOUSING  )

>     Our dilapidated buildings are about to crash

       ( URBAN DECAY )

>     Even employed among us have no money to buy vegetables

       ( RISING PRICES )

>     Our children are dying of dengue because we live on overflowing gutters

       

       ( LIVING CONDITIONS )

>     Our women must walk 5 miles to fetch water

       ( SAFE DRINKING WATER  )

>     Our children must walk 5 miles to go to a          teacher-less school

       (  EDUCATION  )

>     For want of nearby hospital , our wives die during delivery

        ( HEALTH-CARE  )

>      Without fans , we get scorched in summer heat

        ( ELECTRICITY  )

>      To and fro , work-place , we spend 4 hours on the road

         ( TRANSPORT  )

Do these persons whose names appear on Electronic Voting Machines ( EVM ) , care for our tortured / tormented lives  ?

Are these not the very persons who have made our lives , a living hell  ?

From their air-conditioned cars and their air-conditioned bedrooms , do they have any time to peep into our slums  ?

Their only concern is to get voted back to power and make tons of money  !

NOTA , NOTA , NOTA

*   hemen  parekh  (  02  Nov  2013  )