Gas Chamber

 

 

Today is 27 Jan 2023 , and it is 7:30 in the morning

 

I look out of my 9th floor window to see smog enveloping Vile Parle / Andheri

 

Newspapers tell me that , air-pollution wise, Mumbai has become worse than Delhi. I realize that I am living inside a GAS CHAMBER

 

I am 89 - and do not have many years left to worry about the fact that this Gas Chamber is accelerating my end

 

But I do worry about my grown-up children ( who cannot leave their businesses in Mumbai ), and about my grand-children who are self-employed here

 

At 89, beyond worrying, there is not much else that I can do , except request the much younger citizen of this great city ( the financial capital of India ), to get together and prepare / submit a " CITIZEN's CHARTER of DEMAND " to the political parties , telling them in clear terms :

 

 

" Dear Neta,

 

Enclosed find a list of very sharply worded / specific / time-bound , ACTIONS that we ask you to commit to .

 

In the forthcoming General Elections ( Feb 2024 ), we will vote only for that party which includes these ACTIONS in its Election Manifesto "

 

 

Dear Fellow Mumbaigars,

 

 

You have always taken a lead and set an example to the rest of the country.

 

Please rise to protect the health of your children / grand-children .

 

Prepare that CHARTER of DEMAND and demand accountability from our political leaders .

 

For a change, let us lead them !

 

As to specific ACTIONS to include in that CHARTER, please look up :

 

Climate Conundrum ?.................. [ 10 Oct 2018 ]

 

 

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  27  Jan  2023