Headlines

Some questions, Some numbers 

Storms delay 50 flights and divert 50 flights in Dilli.

Heavy rains cancel 50 flights in Bombay.

Headlines like these are common these days. 

Headlines which raise few questions. 

Since when have flights become indicators of bad weather? 

Does weather affect only those who travel by flights? 

Are we, our media, bothered only about the upper crust that travels by flights? 

Is time important only for those who travel by flights? 

Are flights our only or the most popular mode of transport? 

If it is about flight delays do flight delays at smaller airports make news? 

Is it only the English media that reports in this manner? 

In a country like India should this be news leave alone headlines?

If nature has decided on rains and storms do we have an option other than waiting?

Just so that we have a perspective

Roughly 4 ~ 5 lakh people in India travel by flights each day

Roughly 40 ~ 50 lakh people use the Dilli Metro each day, the number is higher for the Bombay local!

Roughly 40% population of Dilli lives in slums,  the number is higher for Bombay! 

Does it indicate where we are headed? 

Those who do not add glamour, are not in vogue and do not benefit us will disappear from the news? If they already haven't.

And, does it matter? To whom?