Yelläks /ˈyæl•eks/

In India I could observe many times that there are people and others in India. It starts with the differences among e. g. mess workers and students and it goes all the way up. Just today I came across another small example: Recently the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, fasted to urge the Sri Lankan government to stop its military actions against the Tamils living on the island. He was recited that “he was willing to sacrifice himself for the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils”. This idea is very noble, although I cannot make any comments about how his fast affected the military decision to avoid heavy weaponry in the conflict from now onwards. However the newspaper The Hindu reported today that he stopped his fast. Usually I would not mention this here, but the photo that came with the article, shows an interesting fact:

As you can see, the Chief Minister lies in a bed wearing his usual sun specs. To ease his “sacrifice” it can also be seen that the bed is surrounded not only by lots of people but also by at least three air coolers. It is of no question that the coolers need some electricity and water for vaporization. It is also of no question that the cooled air will vanish immediately due to the open space and hence it is a waste of energy. Did I mention that India is suffering from severe lack of power and that we had just yesterday several power cuts although the power supply is already prioritized? And I thought that elected people should serve as an example.