2 Observations

1) I was musing about something which caught my eye and I am still thinking whether to laugh or cry at this. You decide.. :)
Recently, I saw this in a tamil weekly journal. The person was talking about the 1 kg rice for 1 rupee. He was mentioning, how (thanks to Honble CM(sic)) he was able to avert his hunger with this scheme. But as with all human beings, he had a complaint to make. His point was that it took as little as 1 rupee to feed himself. On the contrary, the charge for relieving themselves(shitting, to put it crudely) was at 3 rupees in public toilets. He is wondering why he should pay 3 bucks to sh** if he pays only 1 buck to eat. If the tax payers of this country are reading this, please be careful and try to oppose any schemes, which entitles people to sh** with your hard earned money.
2) Its been more than 60 years since the great Leaders(sic) got(brought?, bought?) freedom for us from the imperial British. Elections happen with unfailing regularity(barring the few (!?) irregularites). I was not alive during the first few elections. But I realise that the electoral promises from the great Indian politicians still are centered around food, clothing and shelter. Something which we should be ashamed of. I wonder if anyone is.