Gharib Rath (Chariot of the Poor)

So I watched M.Karunanidhi flag off another train from Chennai to Delhi or Hazrat Nijamuddin. Express trains like these usually have catchy names, TamilNadu Express, Rajdhani express etc. So I thought it was some kind of joke that this train is called Gharib Rath, translated to English it means Chariot of the Poor. But no that's really the name of the train. I was literally shocked. Is this a cruel play on the nation's poor. I wonder how many poor petitioned Lalu and Mu.Ka to enable them travel from Chennai to New Delhi in a AC coach for cheap.

Is there no limit to such farceness in this nation. Contrary to the perception that IT has lifted the living standards back home, I still find the nation in the grips of poverty where farmers commit suicide, states fight over among other things on water, where good infrastructure doesn't even come in dreams let alone be reality and honesty will be usually priced with your life (Manjunath). I bet the people in TamilNadu would rather have Gharib paani, Gharib hawa and a Gharib Makaan rather than a Gharib Rath.

Mera Bharath truly a Mahan (we call people mahan usually when they die which is so apt here).

P.S. How come M.Karunanidhi is now flagging a train named in Hindi. Did we not come from a lineage that revolted against Hindi imposition and opposed anything that was not Tamil. I guess he has turned a full circle in his life what with his vegetarianism, yoga practice, Sai Baba and Mata Amritandamayee friendship. Accepting Hindi is what we call parinaama valarchi, some people would like to call it andhar balti.