The Land of Rama ?

In 1992 when mobs demolished the Babri Masjid they in fact destroyed not just a mosque but also Hinduism, a liberal and tolerant way of life. But that was not all. 30 years later when the Supreme Court of India decided the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid case we saw how India's judiciary too had been demolished. Of course the court order is a court order to be respected by all parties but after this one wonders if Indian courts will be respected the way it was earlier as a custodian of our constitutional rights. The Muslims have been given no choice but to bear the pain. In fact under this majoritarian regime minorities are not protected at all. We have seen assaults and riots like never before. As a new temple emerges from the debris of a mosque the government of India has shifted it's capital to Ayodhya. A new airport, a new train station and new roads have been built to welcome Ram Lalla. The airwaves are full of Sanskrit shlokas and one presenter informed how Maharishi Manu is the founder of the city of Ayodhya. And yet in my dream I saw Ram Lalla playing on the vacant space allotted to the Muslims to build their mosque. So I feel like donating to the mosque committee, as they plan to build a Cancer Hospital along with a masjid.

Infant Death By Anganwadi

A girl child born on Dhanteras just three months old died a few days ago. She was the daughter of my staff's brother. My staff informed me that she must have died from the cold. But when I told him this winter it's hardly cold he told me two days before her death some Anganwadi staff of the government had inoculated her. When I enquired a doctor told me inoculations are avoided if baby has fever or sick otherwise it can react. Causes for infant deaths can be many but in India infant deaths are high is a matter of shame. In 2001 Gujarat had a very high infant deaths 60 per thousand live births. But in 2020 it's reduced to 23 deaths per thousand live births. Bihar has 27 deaths per thousand. While Madhya Pradesh where every other yojana is called Laadlee something has 47 deaths per thousand. Of course Gujarat figures could be higher because everything including GDP is rigged these days. I remember as a Reporter I was asked to report on Millennial Baby in the year 2000. So from 11 pm I waited inside the Patna Medical College Hospital. From midnight onwards several babies were born but they all died. So the first millennial live baby we got was in the morning 6 am, it just showed how far behind we are in everything, sadly health care and nutrition are still neglected.