USHERING IN THE NEW YEAR 2010

2009 has been a difficult year for many. The good thing is that there is some optimism that on the economic front things are improving in the US and even in Britain there are some signs of recovery. In India as always there is talk of 7 and 8 % growth but the reality on the ground is very different for the majority of Indians who are living on the breadline. 42 % of Indians live on less than one dollar a day. So nearly 75 % of Indians are living on the breadline. For these people on a subsistence level life has become a genuine nightmare. In 2009 food inflation has been over 20 % and essential foods like potatoes have more than doubled in price. So it is only the salaried upper middle class who are celebrating the so called 7 and 8 % growth in this land of the poor. The others have absolutely nothing to cheer about. Wake up Indians for things are only going to get worse and worse. Global warming and population explosion will impact on India and large regions of the country will be affected by drought and there will be no drinking water in the country in the years to come. Food prices will spiral out of control and the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer and everyone will choke to death in the cities as pollution levels rise and the traffic congestion increases. The greatest polluters in the world today are China and India. Soon we will be choking on our own fumes. No one in India has the sense or the awareness to change anything. Greed, avarice and competiiton rules the day.

Shaw