Questions!!!

Questions is what I ask myself,
and try to seek the answers....
some lead to the light of knowledge,
some to the gloomy dungeon of pessimism.
I hope there dawns a day
when my country would awake
there will be new questions, of course,
but things would look different with the Dawn,
as shining bright eyes would assure me
of their power to answer those questions.

I got up today, and switched on the light....
nothing happened.....

Ahh! It was the power cut. As the cold increases in Delhi and temperatures go below the freezing 5, 6 degrees, there also starts the season of powercuts. Maybe this was just one of the many.
Cursing the government for poor power supply, i carried out my daily chores and went out to see the sun.

I saw the familiar sight that you can see above. Yes......population!

The board on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences reminds me every other day of the vast "human resource" (sophisticated way of calling "human liabilities") that our country holds. 103,00,00,000 (1,030,000,000) people live in my India. And this is just a small bit which is waiting for bodyshoppers to give them their share of opportunities for the day.

Lots of questions swarm in my mind. I try to pacify myself and clear away the nagging doubts that crowd in. "This is a resource, and not a liability. I am sure our vast population will be instrumental in catapulting India to the top." I tell myself.

The skeptic in me raises his head. "They can serve as a resource only when we train them. This is just a mass of unskilled labour!".

"But the government is doing its duty and educating people, providing equal opportunities." There is a part in me which hates to surrender, fighting till the last breath.

"Look at the quality, the loopholes, the inconsistencies......do i need to explain everything to you?" The skeptic seems to suck my own will power and grow stronger on it.

Questions.....is what i face.....

He poses them relentlessly.....

My mind tries to seek answers to them.......

When I feel really low, I just tell myself......."I can't give up! #$#& $%&!"

It's tough to survive with a head that thinks!