All quiet in bagjolakhal!!!!
The bus that breathed its last in the obnoxious lower bagjola khal claimed several lives. Among them was one a kid of class 9...who belonged to my alma mater.
We can call it destiny. We can wipe the incessant tears from the eyes of the childless parents! But whom will we blame for the money hogging overtakers???.Whom will we blame for the 2 and a half hour delay to send the rescuers?????
Irene Ishika Jaiswal wanted to visit N.A.S.A. A topper of her class...died struggling to breathe ...her mother is still unready to accept her death. She disobediently is waiting for her return...!
The driver escaped unhurt! Arrested but is under the blanket of Power!
50,000 for compensation.50, 000 is the auctioned price for each Irene who died trying to live!
her eyes emitting the helpless shadow of life- which fleeted from her 14 year old body, turning the burning energy into swelled up fetter!-no one to blame!
Parents living dead, childless in one stroke of so called destiny!-no one to blame!
delayed rescue...unsure of duty...cranes that do not work...
fire brigade who can extinguish flames therefore cannot allow the flame of life to glow!-no one to blame!
There is force to save Power. There is Force to save backs of branded criminals. Alas! no humane force to dive into emergency crisis-no one to blame!
"Dream! Children"...but do not blame anyone if your dreams are shattered and all the vibrancy of your salad days are turned into cold morgue meat.
. Just forget who cares. Let them race for money! LET THEM PLAY THE DEADLY GAME...AND MAKE KOLKATA BLOODIER! Do not blame because you are safe!!
ARE YOU???
Swagata Basu
Ex-student,
Loreto Day School, Sealdah
(published Telegraph Young metro)
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