Govinda Govinda…….. Ok, hold on, I am not going to talk about filmy Govinda nor the movie Slumdog Millionaire. I am here trying to reference our Millionaire God in Tiirupathi. Before all you communal and secular folks start reasoning let me finish this. I have just started this in the Name of God. Majority of the bad and also the good things these days are done in the name of God.
Now coming back to our God who has been attracting millions of pilgrims from around the world for fulfilling their wishes has also been attracting a lot of these children. To grant their wishes? Childhood dreams? Nope but livelihood. Oh God thank you for providing these poor souls a piece of bread. Many of these children may not even try and have a darshan as it would consume too much of their working hours and they do not have the money to pay thousands for that comforting way of praying in shorter queues. As Mahatma once said, "people can be so poor that the only way they see God is in a piece of bread".
Poverty has been the problem for the parents and their children not our God. I do not complain. Our millionaire God, has his trust which provides many good services such as free food, education and medical services being a few important of those many services. It’s just that they are not sufficient. I do not think it’s the money that is insufficient it’s the services that are. Oh my lord I pray for that day you will provide education and food for every kid that turns up to work at your holy place.
Is it not interesting to listen to our prime minister when he says strict laws are in place for eradication of child labor and they will be implemented strictly? Oh Lord our Prime Minister cannot, you are the one who foresees the good and evil in society, Please provide good vision to all the law enforcing agencies in your holy town to see these poor children who have flooded all of the hotels and shops. I saw them everywhere; you see them everywhere then why not our law enforcement people. There are additional law enforcing people at your service for all the reasons we could think of, just bring in a thought to implement their duty. I wish, hope and pray that every child who turns up at your holy town for livelihood be identified and proper resources be provided to him for his education and living. If this cannot be achieved here where else can it be achieved? You’ve got the money; you’ve got the good people coming to you wanting to do good work and the bad people to wash away the sins. Please give them the will and means to implement these services for all those younger ones in a more efficient way.
For any of those media persons reading this please do not restrict yourselves to the occasional documentary once in months. Please take up this issue. There is nothing more grave then the future of the younger ones in our Country. If, we as a nation cannot provide food for all the children of our nation for which they have been turning into labors what does GDP or any growth percentage mean.
Oh my lord, finally, though you could not save the thousands who died in East and West, hundreds who are dying in war against religion, its just that we do not have any other source of Hope. We just cannot tell the kids that we elders have been fighting between ourselves in the name of religion, region and money and there is nothing we could do. We can tell them to pray you, our only source of hope for a better tomorrow with peace and prosperity.
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