Yup, Indians have it their own way... And I, as an Indian, cannot proudly boast about it. Be it any one from a normal uneducated person to highly sophisticated person, very few beg to differ.
I have always had this frustration that even people, when put in to road on any other country, right away follow the rules... refuse to do so in their own mother land... India. Have you seen bikes fizzing past you even if you were standing there for past 15 minutes to reach the other side of the road? Well thats the same person who would have stopped atleast 5 meters infront of a pedestrain crossing in US roads. I have been thinking that it has got to do with rules and the application of it!
Ney.... that is not everything. Its got to do with our damn mentality. Any way, we have not got the great reputation of being on time any where.... then why the hell do you wish to overspeed? What are you trying to do by plugging all the gaps between other vehicles standing by in the traffic?Half of the chaos created can be attributed to the way we organize ourselves when there is a traffic jam.
Take this situation for instance..... If a bus is trying to make a "U" turn from one side, the cars and then other heavy vehicles behind it stop (they gotto...coz there is no room for them to go past the bus).... then comes our bikers... they try to sneak in behind the bus and whooz past the bus in the front before the bus makes the turn... Then slowly as the bus moves forward...bigger vehicles start sneaking in. The other side is not any better either. Nobody cares a damn to wait for 15 seconds max for the bus to make the turn and then move! As if they were being pursued by 20 to 40 goondas who are trying to take the life out of them! So when there is a problem on the other side..... the bus cannot make a move backwards..... if it does...it would crash in to atleast 4 two wheelers! Its like pouring water in to a glass half filled with ice.... the water tries to sneak in to all the gaps left by the ice cubes.
It has got to the level now that even if a person tries to follow the rules.... he is honked out of the road. Happened to me couple of times as well. Try stopping near the "railway crossing" when the gate if closed... people behind you start honking as if you were doing some thing illegal. They expect every two wheeler to cross the gate by doing what ever is takes to go beneath the gate. Why? No body knows. Why could not we wait for the train to pass? Just that every body have been doing this for ages... let me do this as well. The way people jump the signals, the disregard they show for onwalkers, the way pedestrians organize themselves.... everything brings the lack of discipline to the front!
Now, take the same person to US. Voila! What an amazing turn around in discipline? Stops in signal in "Orange" ("Orange" light earlier meant that you need to accelerate as fast as you can to go past the signal before it turns "Red"). How? We have always easily adjusted ourselves to rules imposed on us by others than the rules imposed by our own government. We are loyal to other goverments more than we are to our government. Yeah the Indian mentality....
Its been 59 years since we lost an inspiring leader who instilled discipline in us... who instilled the faith in our own country... who taught us that self-discipline is MOST WANTED amongst us.
Today, we have forgot him, his principles, what he taught us, how he wanted us to live. SHAME! Had it not been for Godse, Mahatma would have shot himself today after seeing the lack of discipline in today's Indian life!
If only we pledge ourselves to conduct better.....
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
What difference "Two" can make!
One of those contests that is fought till the fag end... one of those days where things doesn't seem to be happening for you... Yes, it was the second test match of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, Day 5. First of all, I must thank Indian batsmen and bowlers for coming up with a performance that marked character... barring couple of people (that's a different story altogether).
Coming to the title, who are the "Two"? Read on...
Here is the balance between two teams
Phil Jacques = Wasim Jaffer
Mathew Hayden = Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting = V.V.S Laxman
Michael Hussey < Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke < Ganguly (in current form)
Andrew Symonds > Yuvraj Singh (in current form)
Gilchrist > Dhoni
Hogg = Kumble
Mitchell Johnson = Harbhajan Singh
Brett Lee > Ishant Sharma
Stuart Clark = R.P.Singh
Pretty much balanced. Isn't it? But then, when "supposed-to-be" neutrals join hands with one team, there is no talk of balance any more. The Australian score card in first innings should read
Jaques c Dhoni b Singh 0
Hayden c Tendulkar b Singh 13
Ponting c Dhoni b Ganguly 14
Ponting lbw Harbhajan Singh 37
Hussey c Tendulkar b Singh 41
Clarke lbw Harbhajan Singh 1
Symonds c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma 30
Symonds st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 18
Symonds st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 65
Symonds not out 55
Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Singh 7
Hogg c Dravid b Kumble 79
Lee lbw b Kumble 59
Johnson c Ganguly b Kumble 28
Clark bw b Kumble 0
Because of two people under the white dress were shockingly bad, India had to take 14 wickets to end an Australian inning. Despite dismissing Symonds thrice, he remained not out in the inning. And Ian Chappel says, Indians let Australians off the hook. Crazy!
This is the story of just one inning... rest of the match was no different. Indians had to absorb all of the "HUMAN" errors committed by Umpires. Surprisingly all, except one, decisions were against India. When two established umpires continue to commit such mistakes one after the other at crucial junctures, eyebrows bound to raise.
If a team had to get the aid of umpires to pocket a game, that in itself is a victory to opposition. So for me and millions of other Indian fans... the result of the match is
"India has won the match"
Coming to the title, who are the "Two"? Read on...
Here is the balance between two teams
Phil Jacques = Wasim Jaffer
Mathew Hayden = Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting = V.V.S Laxman
Michael Hussey < Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke < Ganguly (in current form)
Andrew Symonds > Yuvraj Singh (in current form)
Gilchrist > Dhoni
Hogg = Kumble
Mitchell Johnson = Harbhajan Singh
Brett Lee > Ishant Sharma
Stuart Clark = R.P.Singh
Pretty much balanced. Isn't it? But then, when "supposed-to-be" neutrals join hands with one team, there is no talk of balance any more. The Australian score card in first innings should read
Jaques c Dhoni b Singh 0
Hayden c Tendulkar b Singh 13
Ponting c Dhoni b Ganguly 14
Ponting lbw Harbhajan Singh 37
Hussey c Tendulkar b Singh 41
Clarke lbw Harbhajan Singh 1
Symonds c Dhoni b Ishant Sharma 30
Symonds st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 18
Symonds st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 65
Symonds not out 55
Gilchrist c Tendulkar b Singh 7
Hogg c Dravid b Kumble 79
Lee lbw b Kumble 59
Johnson c Ganguly b Kumble 28
Clark bw b Kumble 0
Because of two people under the white dress were shockingly bad, India had to take 14 wickets to end an Australian inning. Despite dismissing Symonds thrice, he remained not out in the inning. And Ian Chappel says, Indians let Australians off the hook. Crazy!
This is the story of just one inning... rest of the match was no different. Indians had to absorb all of the "HUMAN" errors committed by Umpires. Surprisingly all, except one, decisions were against India. When two established umpires continue to commit such mistakes one after the other at crucial junctures, eyebrows bound to raise.
If a team had to get the aid of umpires to pocket a game, that in itself is a victory to opposition. So for me and millions of other Indian fans... the result of the match is
"India has won the match"
Happy New Year's Day or Was it?
I wish one and all a very happy new year. I hope this new year would continue to amaze us with the surprise it has in store for all of us as with every year that has gone by.
Dec 31, 2007
I had a pretty ordinary New Year's eve as my friends were all out of town or country. I was in no mood to welcome the New Year by staying awake. So be it.. I went to sleep on my cozy (?!!!?) bed of mine at 10:14 pm sharp. And yes, the final night of 2007 passed by as I was busy dreaming in my sleep.
Jan 1, 2008
Come next day... I thought, with the New Year, everything around us gonna be new... every happening is gonna be new... Alas, my hype to the New Year was shattered. I was saying to myself that I was hoping against hope. The series of incidents that I heard/listened to left a bad taste in the mouth..... Here is what I heard
1. 27 cases of druken driving case in East Coast Road, Chennai alone.
2. 4 youth arrested for creating public nuisance in Besant Nagar, Chennai
3. 3 cases registered in Elliots Beach, Chennai and to top this all
4. Mumbai incident
It all happened on one single day..much more had happened but failed to make the news. OK, fine... what's so annoying about this? The most annoying thing is that THESE ARE ALL COMMITTED BY YOUNG, EDUCATED, EMPLOYED PEOPLE. It would be denial of truth if I do not accept that most of them belong to the beloved SOFTWARE industry.
To make my stand clear...I am not against boozing... If only all the people who have a sip of an alocoholic beverage stand up and start creating nusinace, we might have to worry abt that. That's not happening after all. Its those people who always loved to do some thing of this sorts... resort to such activities after boozing... Why? Its simple. They can claim that they were under the influence of alcohol and that made them do so.... NON-SENSE. Alcohol is not an evil spirit that gets in to you and uses your body to satisfy itself by molesting or raping an innocent girl and leave your body only for you to find yourself in an embarassing position. That might probably make a good story for a movie... not in reality.
You might call it lack of parental guidance, you might attribute it to whopping pay check, you might point out the fact that they are away from home.... but down beneath all these reasons only one stands tall..... SELF-DISCIPLINE or the LACK OF IT to be specific.
After hearing all these, the only one thing I could do was pray that 2008 instills in people some self-discipline, dignity and mutual-respect for fellow people.
God bless thy.
Dec 31, 2007
I had a pretty ordinary New Year's eve as my friends were all out of town or country. I was in no mood to welcome the New Year by staying awake. So be it.. I went to sleep on my cozy (?!!!?) bed of mine at 10:14 pm sharp. And yes, the final night of 2007 passed by as I was busy dreaming in my sleep.
Jan 1, 2008
Come next day... I thought, with the New Year, everything around us gonna be new... every happening is gonna be new... Alas, my hype to the New Year was shattered. I was saying to myself that I was hoping against hope. The series of incidents that I heard/listened to left a bad taste in the mouth..... Here is what I heard
1. 27 cases of druken driving case in East Coast Road, Chennai alone.
2. 4 youth arrested for creating public nuisance in Besant Nagar, Chennai
3. 3 cases registered in Elliots Beach, Chennai and to top this all
4. Mumbai incident
It all happened on one single day..much more had happened but failed to make the news. OK, fine... what's so annoying about this? The most annoying thing is that THESE ARE ALL COMMITTED BY YOUNG, EDUCATED, EMPLOYED PEOPLE. It would be denial of truth if I do not accept that most of them belong to the beloved SOFTWARE industry.
To make my stand clear...I am not against boozing... If only all the people who have a sip of an alocoholic beverage stand up and start creating nusinace, we might have to worry abt that. That's not happening after all. Its those people who always loved to do some thing of this sorts... resort to such activities after boozing... Why? Its simple. They can claim that they were under the influence of alcohol and that made them do so.... NON-SENSE. Alcohol is not an evil spirit that gets in to you and uses your body to satisfy itself by molesting or raping an innocent girl and leave your body only for you to find yourself in an embarassing position. That might probably make a good story for a movie... not in reality.
You might call it lack of parental guidance, you might attribute it to whopping pay check, you might point out the fact that they are away from home.... but down beneath all these reasons only one stands tall..... SELF-DISCIPLINE or the LACK OF IT to be specific.
After hearing all these, the only one thing I could do was pray that 2008 instills in people some self-discipline, dignity and mutual-respect for fellow people.
God bless thy.
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