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The sky is the limit, they say it for those who can make it to the really top in life. However, I found it frightening to even look at the same blue sky, as this story of mine will say! I got this shot captured on my cellphone camera, while walking down the SG Highway in Ahmedabad, in the late afternoon today. It left me reeling under mixed emotions for a while. The first thing I asked was, how do they manage it? Neither had they been given any safety apparatus nor was their climb up the tower very smooth. Or would I be fussing too much by writing this? Do all electricity firms deal like this elsewhere? Yeah, men do die due to falls in places like Dubai or Shanghai, where too many mega towers are being built each year. But, they do also get loads of money and better working conditions to carry out their jobs. However, we are watching here the handling of an Indian firm (most probably state owned) which sees no point in caring about its own low-paid workers. This sums up the other face of India’s recent success. I have myself recently bought equities when markets crashed to make some quick moolah. It’s exciting to be part of the money-making business. However, there is an endless number of bystanders (the poor) who are yet to gain a better life in the present scenario. Btw, I walked along and discovered they had already climbed up and finished the same risky task on several other towers before I arrived.