Hyderabad, June 1 -- Shafeeq R. Mahajir

Criticism of Critical Criticism: Whither National Conscience?

Once upon a time, we had a judgement based on the national conscience.

Video:Toddler tries to wake up dead mother lying at a railway station: reportedly collapsed and died due to extreme heat and hunger soon after she deboarded a train from Gujarat.

The kid's situation: unaware mum was dead, trying to get to safety and home, like lakhs of others.

Where was the army? Why no field kitchens, field hospitals, transport for these poor people? Where were the politicians? We don't know how long we shall live, but that we were living in our country at this time to see this treatment given to our fellow citizens will haunt, and shame, us. Or ...