The other day I was carrying my 6 months old niece in my arms and trying to cross the road which was bustling with traffic. I was being careful enough…and somehow managed to cross after juggling in between but…was extremely appalled by the attitude of people driving on the roads.
Why is it that people driving on roads are always in a hurry..? (Emergency cases: No comments) It’s really shameful to see people in their own frame of mind zooming away…not even bothering to pause for a while and allow a woman carrying a child in her arms, trying to cross the road. Or for that matter, a woman carrying a child in her arms and standing in the bus/train(locals)…or some senior citizens… and no one even bothers to get up and offer a seat…???? Isn’t it a disgusting state of affair? Isn’t it a minimum courtesy …out of humanity at least? How do we impart such basics..? How can people be so insensitive…why can’t they think that sometime it could as well be their mother, sister, wife too…?
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June 18, 2008 at 10:27 am
Badhri
People are just used to it. Institutionalized. No reasoning applied. The BBC ran a documentary on “The century of the self” in which it discussed how applying Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis on American people manipulated them to be endless consumers. I wonder if that was what is needed here!
YouTube for documentary. (4 part documentary..each about 1 hour! But very interesting)
June 19, 2008 at 3:42 am
Shabnam
Somehow,….it’s totally disgusting believe me…I mean out of exasperation I had to create this piece of blog looking at the mindset of people…!
Anyway, Thanks Badhri for the youtube link, would surely watch the same!
June 19, 2008 at 9:45 am
pujathakur
Yeah I know what you are talking about! Its disgusting the way people overlook certain basic courtesies.. We need a BIG change in our society.. Its really sad that we keep boasting about ‘Indian Culture’, and all we do is give it a bad name..
June 20, 2008 at 6:45 am
Dew
You right bhabhi…! I just hope that the message strikes some of the sharp minds through this blog at least