A vain search for logic

Inconsistency in State actions is nothing new but its frequency in recent times seems to be reaching alarming levels.Oppressive pricing of petroleum fuels and a bankrupt CPC notwithstanding, fuel-guzzling SUV's (and even a "Hummer" or two) continue to be imported with gay abandon! Carelessly discarded plastics are a massive and unsightly health hazard. Yet, a popular make of soda has abandoned the use of returnable glass bottles in favour of expensive disposable plastic bottles! A country beset with a massive alcohol problem, chooses to price the less objectionable (and perhaps nutritionally superior) beer exorbitantly, apparently preferring the quicker inebriating and death-dealing alternative of illicit hooch and unhealthy spirits.

And this is in a Tropical country where thirst-quenching would be a plausible excuse for a chilled beer! Rather than enforce the "right of way" rule at roundabouts and compelling lane discipline, we instead erect accident-inducing road separators and the World- record phenomenon of traffic lights at roundabouts! Apart from this, traffic policemen are detailed to wave their hands around in conflict with traffic lights at busy intersections.

frequently disappear at rush hour and during power failures! Paddy stores were hawked to the private secor for establishing garment factories and we are now busy building new ones in their place! Likewise, the CWE went on a grandiose scheme to rival Supermarkets in opulent displays just before they closed down. There are sounds that the exercise may repeat itself under a new name! We aim to become self sufficient in liquid milk while simultaneously discouraging (correctly) cattle slaughter and beef consumption! Since one bull calf (approximately) is born for each heifer, how do we propose to  handle this mismatch? This is only a small and random selection. This is a poor show for a nation full of Policy making and Planning Institutions and a plethora of Think Tanks and similar devices. Some of these are perhaps Acts of Omission and others Acts of Commission!