But his loud mouthed bureaucrat did not talk of the shortage. Instead he told me how he too was spending the nights in the open. Well, sorry for him but then the next private flight he hopped back to Gandhinagar to the air-conditioned comforts of his home. Well, the national calamity has exposed administrative callousness and political shallowness. All bureaucrats seem to admit that they are not reall taking any initiative.
Some bureaucrat try to justify that it is because their morale is at an all time low.
Similarly, politicians too are more bothered of keeping their images intact. After aIl, they live on the mercy of the voters. Seeing them wear new kurtas while they go on television shows to discuss the Gujarat disaster. Pity and pain. Agreed that a tragedy is no time to pinpoint fingers or apportion blame but its time to unite and do everything possible to mitigate the agony and the anguish of those affected.