We the PEOPLE !
1. We follow instructions…
- That is why once someone reads “Horn Please” behind a truck or a tempo, we just do not stop following that instruction EVER !! We will “horn” please anytime every-time.
- We wear helmets because the sign says Wear Helmets. And not because they would really save our heads !
2. Lane driving is Sane Driving,
- And we prove our sanity in ways (read lanes) more than one… every now and then we want to drive in a different lane to ensure the sanity of that lane as well.
- There are times, when we are proving our sanity in lanes more than one together !
3. We are good followers and have amazing leaders…
- Nothing else can explain what happened in Rajasthan when Gurjars were down on the streets with the reservation issue. I doubt if most of the people really knew what they were agitating for.
- The MNS people beating up people who came for the railways examinations in Maharashtra and many more such incidents
4. We are very loving parents
- That’s why we let our kids sit in front of us between the steering when we are driving a car… After all, the kid should also enjoy the entire experience like he wants…
- And ditto for the kids standing on the small platform on scooters and sitting on the petrol tanks of the motor cycles
5. We feel ownership every thing for the public in the country…
- That is why we can spit anywhere, or pee in any corner
- That is why we park any (possible) where on the road
- That is why we are more than comfortable in damaging or destroying anything that is meant for the public
6. We know how to get things done
- We can burn railway coaches, and stop all traffic…
- We can break glasses and throw stones at everyone around to prove a point…
- If people in a state beat my state people up, I would go ahead and burn everything that I can in my state too… Fantastic solution providers too… simple eh!
7. We are aware of everything latest happening around thanks to our media…
- One incident and the TV news would point a question mark at the entire city, at the entire departments… I used to like India TV when it started, but now I have started hating it to the core… I think they are doing a fantastic job of scaring the shit out of people who watch it !!! Way to go !! Its surprising how they can make scary news out of Absolutely EVERYTHING !!!
8. We can let go of things…
- That’s why we forget if Arushi’s murder is even worth thinking about now?
- That’s why we do not remember that people die in road accidents and that when we drive like crazy we are putting someone else’s life at stake in addition to ours, exactly how a driver somewhere else would put our family’s life at stake only because his car/jeep/truck can move faster and faster!
- That’s why no one really talks about the effort that most of the people other than Gandhi did for the independence of the country, except on their birthdays and death anniversaries… I wish to see a Rs. 10 note with the photo of Chandrashekhar Azar or Bhagat Singh or Subhash Chandra Bose or someone else one day !!!
9. We are sensitive people…
- Does not matter who gets killed, till its one of my own I would not really understand! And it its someone I know or close to me, my anger would know no limits !!!
- We are too sensitive to our religion, and would be more than quick to point a finger at someone else.
10. We believe in saving fuel…
- That is why we do not like to stop at traffic lights, idling would waste fuel… so we just move on… that also helps us build our driving capabilities bigg time !!
We the people !!!This is me, you, and a lot of people around us! and if this post offends you in some way, please do try to make a change someway or the other !!
Stop your brother, sister, relative, father, son, friend from doing something that is not right! Make a genuine attempt to give something back to the country, by at-least following some simple rules and basic manners!
I hope things would change, but I am scared too!