A Strange coincidence!
Well, writing after a long time. November has been a month of turmoil. Especially the so called right wing parties (BJP & Sena) are facing one of the worst turmoil of their life.
But the blog is about killing of 2 Indians. The coincidence among them is both were killed (murdered) while performing their duty in far flung areas from home.

The one I am talking about is Manjunath (IIM-L alumni & IOC sales officer) who was killed when he detected adulteration in petrol at a petrol pump. The economics of cross subsidization killed a person who was just performing his duty. But our leaders have come and gone without realizing that subsidies carry no meaning if they don’t reach the target. In this case it’s kerosene…..petrol& diesel actually have the same production cost as kerosene. However they are way above costlier than kerosene….thanks to our policy makers we have ended up subsidizing kerosene, so that poor can afford this fuel. But it actually ends up in our fuel tanks because pump owners and even some oil cos want to make quick bucks. The result poor suffer more, environment pollution and even murders of such innocent persons. It’s a 10,000 crore business…..

The second one is Maniappan Kutty…..who was a BRO (Border Roads Organisation) driver and was involved in road construction project in Afghanistan. He was abducted by Taliban and brutally murdered, to give a warning to India to stop all development activities in the war ravaged country. The message is clear Taliban (also read Pakistan), does’nt want it’s arch rival to earn good points of Afghani people. As engagement of India increases in this country so does the uneasiness of Taliban and their masters. India should think of deploying it’s army for the safety of government servants working in this hostile country.

Their souls may rest in peace and GOD give their family members courage in this time of providence.