Bubble Wrap for the Fragile

Obviously, the homeless are a fragile lot, a fact which the Government of Delhi understands so well that just before the winter freeze set in, the Government decided to distribute bubble wraps instead of blankets to the homeless in Delhi.

Historically bubble wrap has been used to wrap fragile goods amongst other things (now the homeless) but wrapping the poor and homeless in bubble wraps was definitely a stroke of genius.

‘Ingenious ‘I am sure were the words that did the rounds in the Ministry, some one surely was also promoted and was even given a year’s bonus for his/her master class decision. Obviously bubble wrap was a wise economic decision, costing just 25 per sheet, it did save the government a lot of money.

The government justifying its stance claimed that the handing out the blankets was of no use as the poor drug addicts sold the said blankets for money, this coming from a government which very recently informed the Apex Court that “ we have closed down a lot of shelters in Delhi as there aren’t too many takers’?” A government that obviously lives in a wee bubble, wherein not only are there no homeless in Delhi, but also they definitely need no shelter!!

One just has to leave the confines of their comfortable homes and step out to see the plight of the homeless, people living by garbage disposal units burning garbage to keep them warm, inhaling fumes worse than those released from the confines of the Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal.

The homeless, yes! Are a fragile lot but they need shelters and blankets instead of bubble wraps, they need a sensitive government, not one that blatantly rapes its citizens to fill its coffers.