Opposition leaders may have cried themselves hoarse in Lok Sabha over Gujarat yesterday, but those whose cause was being discussed haven’t the faintest notion of the goings-on. Or, they had more pressing things on their mind.‘‘I went mad after 12 of my family were burnt alive,’’ said 70-year-old Khalique Shaikh, who moved to the Shah Alam relief camp after surviving Naroda Patiya. ‘‘How does this affect me any more?’’ Shaikh added he hoped the outcome of all that talk would ultimately bring him ‘‘peace of mind, and peace all around’’.Except two women this correspondent spoke to, none had any idea of what was happening in Lok Sabha. Some knew something important regarding them was being discussed in Delhi. Ruksanabano Malik of Isanpur doesn’t know what Parliament or Lok Sabha means. And she couldn’t care less either. ‘‘I don’t know what you are talking about. It only matters to me if it can get me a house to live in.’’Shakilabano Shaikh, 28, who lost eight family members, said: ‘‘No, I don’t know what’s going on in Delhi. How will I know? There’s no television or radio. And we haven’t stepped out of the camps in fear.’’Jannatbibi Shaikh was one of six from relief camps who went to Delhi last week. ‘‘They (some leaders) were to take out a peace rally,’’ she said on being asked if she knew what was happening in Delhi. About her meeting in Delhi with political leaders, she said: ‘‘We met Sonia Gandhi for half an hour but she was talking in English. Not one of us understood what she said.’’
