Statutory warning- sharing sorrow

It is a State of confusion- we all want to do the right things. But it is difficult to choose what is best at this time. When action has been delayed for so long, it is impossible to expect things to be well by virtue of an apology and a positive intent.

Years of neglect will have to be paid for.

But who will pay? And who will pay more than the others?

No one can be sure of that. There will be many surprises- mostly painful ones.

Turbulence is on. Seat-belts can be fastened- but who knows who survived until he is out of the eye of the storm.

And this one in Chhattisgarh is big, brutal and definitely not brief.

Those who have more stand to loose more.

Himanshu ji is better off now that his material acquisitions are gone. I did post earlier about the demolition of Vanvasi Chetna Ashram.

It is almost funny in retrospect, to have the same things happen to so many people I know- one would think that a problem that repeats itself might be easy to address with the passing of time, and the repetitive nature of the problem.

But clearly it is difficult to learn. And practically impossible to learn without making the same mistakes- and not many people learn even then.

Himanshu ji is one of the more eminent of the many people I know who are trying to do something in an area where not much has been done.

Sometimes people in his situation want to protest.

I find that worrying. It is a head banging exercise and in my experience it can only result in damage to the head, if there is a wall that one is hitting against.

The other frightening phrase is for a War on Terror. When the powerful are the more terrorized, I think they declare wars. To me it looks like a seasonal sale for arms and ammunition.

For those who are keen to know more, there are some photo essays that are not for people who want to pursue only happiness.- http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/slideshow/20348.