Most Unfortunate day

Happened to watch SUN news yesterday(thanks for the free service from Indiamoviezone.com). The gruesome videos of the fire accident in a private school in Kumbakoanam terrified me and I was literally shaked for a while, after watching it. Those black corpses lined up in the hospital still flash in my mind. I pity for the poor parents, for whom it will be a while until they get over with this horrifying incident.
 
The teachers who ran away from the school are blamed for this ghastly incident. What comes in my mind is that anyone who was in that situation would not have known what to do and would surely had run for the safety of ones own life. Though their act cannot be justified I think the situation would have been so worse that they cannot think or would not have got enough time to decide. They would have never had any experience of this kind and would have never gone through any fire drills or any practices of that kind. So its really hard to think and decide what is right and what can be done at that time.
 
 
The people who are solely responsible for this are the law enforcers in India. Starting from various departments, the police and the ministers, these people are the one responsible for this. Education system runs on monitorial basis rather than the purpose it actually is destined for. We all know that 90% of the schools lack the proper infrastructure and lack even the basic failities. This is not the situation only in villages or towns. In Chennai most of the schools do not have a play ground too and still run in thatched roofs.
 
But I’m happy that people are taking this incident seriously to their heart. Special appreciation goes to Rahul Gandhi and the people of Kumbakoanam who have shut their shops, schools and business for a second day yesterday and have taken up rallies and condolence meetings. I’m sure this incident will prove to big lesson and will lead to the removal of dangerous structures and thatched roofs from public places.
 
Its kind of disheartening that we learn from costly mistakes of this kind every time. Be it for the Sarika Shah’s death due to eve-teasing or the John David case for raging. I hope the government takes this seriously and takes an initiative to change the structural safety of not only the schools but also the places of all public gatherings.
 
 
One thing I always tell myself is India should change, but I don't want it this way.