India’s ordinary citizen has the patience of a saint – or maybe just no other damn choice left. For years, they’ve swallowed disaster after disaster, smiled through the pain, and kept hoping the next big promise would finally deliver. But now, after a decade of failures dressed up as “governance,” the same people who wrecked the system are back asking for fresh sacrifices. How much more blood can the common man give before he finally snaps?


People tolerated demonetisation – that midnight madness that turned honest savings into worthless paper and crushed small businesses overnight. They banged thalis, lit diyas, and chanted “Go Corona Go” while the country’s healthcare system crumbled and families lost everything. They bought the fairy tales: ₹15 lakh in every account, two crore new jobs every year, 100 gleaming smart cities rising from nowhere. Farmers were promised real MSP, only to be betrayed and gaslit. Endless slogans – catchy, cinematic, empty – were sold as actual policy.


Meanwhile, the common man bled under crushing GST on everything from vegetables to school bags. The rich? They got fat loan waivers, tax breaks, and red-carpet treatment. The scoreboard has always been rigged.


And now, after years of this circus, citizens are being told once again: “Sacrifice for the nation.” Sacrifice what? The last scraps of your salary? Your kids’ future? Your sanity?


This isn’t governance. It’s a never-ending con where the powerful keep failing upwards and the aam aadmi keeps paying the bill in blood, sweat, and broken dreams.


How much more should ordinary indians suffer for the repeated incompetence of this government? The tank isn’t just empty – it’s been running on fumes for years. The question isn’t whether people will keep tolerating it. The question is how much longer they possibly can.
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SIBY JEYYA

13/05/2026 12:30 AM