"KUDU RAAJJE"

Italy had its  MAFIAS – and Latin America and Mexico had their drug cartels.  Unarguably, these Mafias and cartels virtually controlled and ran the affairs of their countries with the politicians just as fronts, making and unmaking them according to their whims and fancies.

As one might rightly say, what prevails today is criminalisation of politics and politicisation of criminals.

Currently, racketeers smuggling Heroin and Ethanol are having a hey-day while the ordinary people are struggling for existence against different odds and are not in a position to have two square meals a day.  Ruling party officials often take the law into their own hands and mete out injustice to the people who are living in constant fear of the threat of politicians.

In fact, people are now facing more hardships than during the North East war, despite the government’s promise to provide relief to people after the war ended.  Instead, vices including drug, Casinos and prostitution are increasing in alarming proportions.  Lawlessness is the order of the day.

Apparently, the rulers are drunk with power – in spite of the so called “Mathata Thitha” – and hallucinating with all sorts of drugs in order to fatten their pockets. 

Instead of the much touted about “Miracle of Asia”, we are now forced to live in a “Kudu Raajje”.  Truly, indeed, the Debacle of Asia!