Wednesday, February 19, 2014

1 Katha Land and Siddhant's "Fiiz"

The other day I was very upset at the family of our maid. They have been staying at our Company B’low maid’s quarter for some generations.  I was angry that in spite of volunteering to bear all the education expenses, their both children have stopped going to school. The only profession they will take up is either B’low gardener or maid and the continue to live in the quarters of B’low servants followed by untimely death out of heavy drinking and smoking.

This morning, read Akhil Gogoi has vowed to stop Rahul from entering Guwahati as long as land allotment to the landless people is not done. I have been a fan of Akhil all along as with self less devotion, he has exposed corruption and limitation of Administration. But allotting land to the landless people in the wasteland and Hills, an issue I couldn’t support. Will not this result in more of encroachment  and ring the death knell of a city already suffocating?

Millions of hectares of Land, you kept unused for the people from Bangladesh to occupy. If you look at those land and its inhabitant today, you will be amazed by the prosperity those people have achieved -be it agriculture, pisciculture or education. In contrast, look at the plight of the so called indigenous people - shouting for one Katha land allotment at the Dispur Last gate.

All I can say- you deserve to be landless, weak and get trampled.
      
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I have been “Papu”, “papla”, “Paputa” or even “ puppy” to our two year old younger son  Siddhant. Now he has a new word in his vocabulary as I heard him calling me “Paputa .. fiiz, fiiz.... ahana”. Needed some time to beak the code of “fiiz”. It was “please”.

With the addition of this new word in his armory, it  will be even more difficult for me not to allow  him ti indulge all the forbidden activities by his Mama. 


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