Whom to blame?

Yes, my friends.. whom to blame for our current state?

Is it the politicial setup or the education system or the social setup or our individual greed that has taken us to this level?

I ask this to myself and I am confident that you people are also troubled by this..

I don't have to start a fresh discussion on inflation as it has impacted the every household and the impact is such that soon our kids will learn .. it's I for Inflation and not "Ink Pot", "Icecream" or something else.

I am not an economics expert but I know a bit of economics to manage the things at home and so is the case with the majority.

And this element of economics in us forces us to think, "Is the goverment taking proper steps to contain inflation??".

"Are they really concerned on how the majority of ppl are managing the things??"

"Do they think that how an auto ricksah driver is feeding his family and dreaming a proper education for his kids??"

"Do they think that how a bunch of naxal affected states coping with the frequent bandhs??"

"Do they think anything at all???"

"NO", for me it comes very naturally..and I am sure that a few ppl will also agree with me.

It's only our "chalta hai" attitude and a few honest ppl that is driving the nation and nothing else.

Let's go to some stats as I know our scientific mind digests facts only when they are supported by some stats.

Fuel price is an important component while handling inflation, I read this somewhere and logically also it proves to be correct.

You increase the price of diesel,petrol and LPG, the prices of essential commodities like cereals,vegetables,food items etc will go up.

So, why is the goverment increasing it every time??

The answer comes, the rate of fuel is decided by the price of crude oil in International market.

Agree, but the situation now is not the same..the crude oil price has dropped from 100 $/barell to 82 $/ barell.

Then why again a price hike?? Also let's compare our oil prices with our neighbours..

Country Name Price/litre in Indian Rupees

Pakistan 26

Bangladesh 22

Nepal 34

Burma 30

Afganisthan 36

India 58

A second thought can also creep in to our mind at this time.."May be the other countries are offering the fuel at subsidised rates.."

But, please for a moment think about the state of Pakistan and Afganisthan..

are their economies better than us??

We all know how pakistan's economy works. So, definitely they are not offering any subsidies.

Then why the rate is so high?? to answer this let's look into the components..

Basic Cost of petrol 18.50 Rs

Central tax 12.80 Rs

Excise duty 9.75 Rs

State tax 10.00 Rs

Vat 4.00 Rs

Misc 3.00 Rs

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Total 58.5 Rs

do i need to present anything else to prove our case???

Yes, we are the victims and the govertment knows very well where to impose the taxes..

I relate this to Mughals where there was a tax for following a religion other than Islam..

yes, we are paying the taxes as we belong to the middle class as a lot in our life depends on the price of essential commodities..

"Jis minister se desh ke karodo bhukhe log aas lagaye baithe hain..usko hamari kadr he nahi hai.."

His first love is cricket and serving ICC, is more important to him than feeding a population of 1.2 billions...

"Pawar jee, ya to aap cricket dekho ya phir kheti..aur please kheti ko cricket jaisa majak mat banao..kyunki yahi backbone hai aaj bhi hamari.."

Shame on you when you went to Mr. Manhoman Singh seeking to reduce your burden, so that you concentrate more on Cricket and your party..

We know both are waste... friends do you see a hidden character emerging out of this act???

Yes, the greed and affinity for attaining things within a short period...bingo!!! this is what I have observed a trend among all...

whether they belong to the elite political community..or the Page 3 crowd .. or even within the down troden ppl..

"Subko ek pal mein badshah ban na hai..bagal wale ban gaye bina talent ke to mujh mein kya kami hai..."

"sharma jee ka beta jab +2 fail hoke IBM mein kaam kar raha hai to tum kyun 80% marks laa ke fine arts padhna chahte ho??"

"Agar Rabri devi bina padhe likhe chief minister ban sakti hai to aur koi kyun nahi??"

"Agar mera manager bina kuch jaane sirf excel sheet se life bita sakta hai to mujhe din raat java code likhne ki kya jaroorat hai???"

"Agar Rajiv ka beta Rahul, PM ban sakta hai to Mulayam aur YSR ka beta CM kyun nahi???"

And at a much microscopic level "X mukhiya ka beta mukhiya kyun nahi??"

Again it proves that it's our greed that is spreading like a flu ...the disease has spread and everybody is now infected...

"kyun bekar ke pachde mein padna.. chalo jaise chal raha hai.. petrol abhi bhi mere salary ke heesab se kam hai... "

"kyun bekar mein manager se panga lena.. wo to pehle he bol rakha hai ki u will get a long term onsite.. so baaki logo ka hike ho ya na mujhe kya..."

"kyun bekar ka ladna, minister ne pehle he bata diya hai ki ur caste will get an extra 10% reservation.. baaki jaye bhand mein mujhe kya..."

"Jat alag desh ke law and order ko haath mein lete hain...Mayawati alag hamare tax ke paiso se apni murti banwati hai.. laloo alag chara khate hain..

DMk alag free mein color tv batti hai..."

"maloom hai kyun.. kyunki hum jaise log sochte hain chalta hai..koi nahi..."

"Hum bhool jaate hain vote dalne ke pehle ki humein ek jat ya ek dalit ya ek yadav ya phir ek tamil super hero ki nahi jaroorat hai..."

bus jaroorat hai to ek sachhe aur imandar neta ki jo humein in sub se nikal kar ek nayi disha mein le jaye jahan hum fakr se kah paaye..

"Mera Bharat Mahan"...

Jai Hind!!!

Amit Upadhayay