Thursday, July 31, 2008

From Rediff: "I don't know what terrorism means"

Rohit Mathurdas, 10, is in deep coma. His tiny body is hurt in some 10 places by Saturday's bomb blast outside the trauma ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad at around 7 pm.Now, Rohit is lying in the B-4 ward of the Civil Hospital without being given much attention. His poor father, who hardly earns Rs 1,200 every month as a farm labourer in the nearby town of Kapadvanj, is a such a stranger to life in a metropolitan city that he is feeling numb.

Father and son were leaving the hospital after visiting a relative when the blast occured. Mathurdas hardly knows anybody in Ahmedabad and has no idea how things work in big cities. Rediff.com tried to ask him more about his life, but he said he was a rustic man and doesn't know what "terrorism" is and what "bomb blast" means.

Mathurdas said his son was born after the birth of five daughters. "His deteriorating health worries me," he said.

Half of Rohit's face is burnt. One leg is broken and his body pain is so acute that even in coma, he sometimes cries for his mother who is still unaware of his injuries. Rohit's mother is in a distant village.

Yes, Mathurdas doesn't have a cell phone. He belongs to that invisible India.

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