Recently I read about Maharashtra Government's decision of building a big statue of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Arabian Sea near Mumbai.The project will cost Rs 200 Crores! What followed was Mr.Kumar Ketkar's comments in Loksatta about how it is not right to spend such huge amounts on building statues than using the same funds for the welfare of the citizens.I think Mr.Ketkar is absolutely right.Political outfits like the one who attacked Mr.Ketkar's house are coward and they do not understand the meaning of "democracy" and "freedom of the speech" In case we have that kind of money with the government, why can't we create a charity trust in the name of Shivaji Maharaj and use the interest on that money/donations to the trust for needy people?Even if we target the corpus of Rs 200 Crores to start with and keep this money in fixed deposits in Nationalised bank,safely we can earn INR 18-19 Crores per year with prevailing interest rates.Imagine how ma...