Thursday, August 26, 2004

Can something be done?

Went out for lunch today .. We thought we've been to Laitha's Paratha
point too many times .. so decided we'll go to Sealand ..
We reach Sealand and see the shutters are down .. the guy next door says
it's abandh day today.
We wonder what to do next ..so drive up the road and see this restaurant
called 'Tava' right to Ranka de Paradise ..
Ordered out lunch and suddenly the lady downs the shutter with all
customers inside .. says there's a mob of BJP supporters who on the
rampage asking everybody to down the shutters till 5 PM .. why ? Because
Uma Bharti has surrendered ! Where ? In Hubli ? But who's she ? CM of MP
.. we have a bundh in karnataka for that !
Walk out through the partially closed shutter .. walk out and through to
the other side of the road ... i 've never felt such a stench in bangalore
.. why ? Because the garbage is lying there in the corner . Why ? Because
the truckers are on strike and there are no trucks to clean the garbage ..
Why are the truckers on strike ? Everybody has some reason or the other
right ?
Come back on the road .. usual lousy traffic .. why ? because everybody's
in a hurry and have to go wherever they are going .. So traffic rules can
be violated .. there's not enought space for everybody to go .. Why ?
Beacuse there are so many people !!
While I sit and complain, somebody sends me a mail saying Dr. Abdul
Kalam's message .. he says u need to be the change u want to see. .. take
small steps - like : don't litter the road, obey the traffic rules, don't
spit on the road etc etc .. But I don't do any of that stuff ... So why am
I paying the price ?
Read the newspapers - the flyovers are behind schedule .. the roads are
out of shape because of the rains .. there are flash floods in uttaranchal
... there's drought and drinking water problem in chennai .. and still
Dharam Singh smiles on .. I say Dharam Singh because of his name. 'Dharam'
means 'adharma' today.
With these conditions, I only ask one question : What is the solution ?
Can somebody tell me what to do ? Should I stop thinking ? Or Can I do
something ?

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