Terror strikes

Another set of terror strikes in the form of bomb blasts. I felt the pain, anger and then discussed about it at the party I attended( for a b'day not this) that very night. Guess that sums up what we as a nation really feel about what happens to others in our country. At some time during our lifetimes we do realize that poverty, unemployment, hunger--these issues don't affect us. Brands, higher salaries, bigger cars and smaller cellphone-- these things bother us.
I saw a lot of politicians give the same old crap about how they would catch the perpetrators and help the affected. We have seen time and again that neither of them is true. Same government, different government....all the same. The noida police screwed up a simple murder investigation and the CBI had to step in to solve the case. Imagine these guys being pivotal in the homeland security network. IB, RAW or anybody else cannot answer a simple question of mine "will I come back home in 1 piece if I step out of my house today"? Answers to complex questions like "who is responsible" etc that my wife/folks/friends will ask after I become processed food are like the universally unanswered questions like "why are we here" and "who is god"?
I fail to understand how a government is elected with any performance commitments. Meaning...when anybody join a company or starts a business he/she has set parameter which will measure their value/performance at the end of a specific time period. Some are qualitative and some quantitative. All are actionable. No government can guarantee us the basics:
1) No farmer will commit suicide due to failure to return loans
2) Everyone will have 24 hrs of electricity/water
3) There wont be more than 10 civilian deaths due to terrorism this year
4) Inflation wont cross 8 %
etc...etc
How does a government not own up to anything or promise anything that benefits the nation rather than his constituency, caste, gender, religion etc.
Why do I have key result areas (KRAs) when the government dont?

Why should I pay taxes this month?????

Delhi - kya bole ji!

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Am not a big fan of Delhi. People there are perpetually high on aggression, anger, hate and are ready to slug out at the drop of the hat. No one talks straight and if someone does he/she is imaginary. I have spent a considerable part of my life up "north" - Delhi, Noida and Dalhousie and as years go by the place (delhi) has started to scare me. I know quite a few Delhites that cant stand the place anymore and trust me coming from a dilliwala, its huge. Came across the TOI city headlines today. It gives a news snapshot of 8 cities on 1 page. The image is that of todays headlines.
Observe the red boxes around some sort of neutral/positive news in each city. Even Jaipur with the bomb blasts has 1. Delhi unfortunately lacks any neutral/positive news.....no surprises