Our Government trumpets that we are on the verge of becoming a ‘Super power.’ So be it. But for crores of Indian masses, the basic needs to sustain a humane living are still a dream unfulfilled. Our politicians are making innumerable promises, since six decades, that they would drive way the poverty from the country, given they were elected to power. Common people of the country, believed in all sincerity, all these promises all along, only in order to find out their lot worsening year after year.  One such victim is a woman, who lost her child at birth, as she was made to deliver the baby, in the backyard of the Government hospital at Hindupur town of the Anantapur district, A.P state. Ironically the name of this unfortunate woman is Bharathi. She was refused admission in the 100 bed Government hospital by the staff, who feared a complicated delivery. They suggested her to go to some Private hospital. In this helpless condition the grand mother of the woman, has no option, but to help her grand daughter, in the delivery. But, untrained she was, the baby sustained many injuries, during the delivery and died at birth.  The hospital staff was ‘considerate’ enough to check the baby after its death and inform the relatives of the woman, as to how the baby had died. That is it. The hospital could not even provide the unfortunate woman, with an Ambulance to go to another hospital… It seems that such cases of many more Bharathi’s became too common to the level of desensitizing our conscience!  Countries that got independence after us are faring better, in many respects in taking care of the needs of their people. In terms of Infant mortality, our record is far worse than many of theirs. Let us look at the latest statistics: Infant mortality rates of a few countries: Cuba: 4.83 deaths/ 1,000 live births; Sri Lanka: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births; China: 15.62 deaths/1,000 live births; Nepal: 43.13 deaths/1,000 live births….India: 46.07 deaths/1,000 live births.  The above data shows that the countries that are having more shortage of resources than us better than us on this index .Take the case of Cuba, its Per Capita income is lower than ours. But because of sheer commitment and political will, it could stand on par or else even better than some of the advanced countries, on the above index and many other health parameters. And, in case of China, this country also got independence in 1948, one year after we were free from the British rule. In case of Sri Lanka too the problems galore, like the civil war that had shaken the country for decades. The case of Nepal is known. It is still a backward country, starved of resources, when compared to us.  In this backdrop we have to take a look at the cases of the victims like Bharathi and many more others, whose stories see lime light every now and then in our State of A.P as well as the country too. This does sadly; indicate the pure lack of commitment and political will on the part of leaders. But, it is often told that a countries leaders are but a mirror image of its people…should we accept this and let many more cases of Bharathi’s do go on occurring?