......as the new formation took charge of India amidst high hopes, despair & a pall of gloom descended as nearly forty fellow Indians perished near Gorakhpur in a railroad accident.....dampening the spirit.....benumbing & forcing me to a huddle.....the perished were not VIPs but migrant labour force returning back home.....whn u function in a limit with limited means ,u calculate to make ur ends meet.....having left their homes to seek greener pastures , taking the train frm Delhi with hopes nd happiness to reunite with familiar environs of frnds & fmly...their limited quest for happiness truncated abruptly.....blessed with a huge populace & manpower, I thought we r lacking in sensitivity towards a loss of this magnitude.....time to introduce national mourning to drive home msgs tht wht we feel for fellow countrymen.....the New Rly Min. experiencing baptism by fire hv talked of Safety First......its a step which is most imp. now tht the operations r huge & on fast track outpacing the much needed overhaul, Maintenance, research & development .......quoting John Donne.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee......" John Donne....."....
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee......" John Donne....."....
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