'Zine Banal Nightmare

Children search for their belongings among the debris of demolished shanties in Gurgaon, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, September 30, 2010. The shanties were demolished by municipal workers near the Commonwealth Games shooting range on September 28, local media reported. (REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma) #

So… wait.  An entire neighborhood of poor people have had their homes demolished so that the Indian government wouldn’t look bad for how horribly it treats its poor - on the occasion of an international sporting contest specifically celebrating Western colonialism.

That doesn’t even make PRETEND sense.

And I beheld behind us a black devil,

Running along upon the crag, approach.

Ah, how ferocious was he in his aspect!

And how he seemed to me in action ruthless,

With open wings and light upon his feet!

.&.

Midway upon the journey of our life

I found myself within a forest dark,

For the straight-forward pathway had been lost.

Hat tip here and here.