04
Nov

A Tale of  Karnataka State: A Time of Despair and No Hope

“The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.”— Hermann Hesse
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.” —Jesus Christ
This is the time one should remember the opening paragraph of Charles Dickens’ famous novel “A Tale of Two Cities” in the context of today’s Karnataka. It is worth quoting:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,… it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,…”