BOOM !

Loud enuff blasts have rung thru several cities in the last few months - Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur... Are we deaf, or do we just roll over n put it on snooze thinking i will wake up the next time it rings ?

I know a lot has been written, spoken, read and heard in the media. Frankly, I dont follow politics as much to understand half the things .. But chucking aside whether India should look Nuke out those bastards from Pakistan or the leaders resign. I dnt believe in the top down approach, as in ofcourse the leaders have a lot of influence over such happenings, but what hits me first always is what is the picture on the ground, what is it that we can do differently to make India a better n safer place to live?

Now b4 u start thinking that this is another blog to form a forum or light candles, then stop! I aint suggesting any of that. Frankly i am not suggesting something that is ground breaking. What i feel amiss here is that ppl dnt take a city or a country here as one community (not gng into regionalism or religion). For ex, ppl dnt consider Delhi as their own city. For most ppl, their lives is limited, like in a silo - restricted to their ofc, car or home. Walled. Noone looks beyond that. Its surprising when ppl open their window of a BMW and throw an empty packet of chips on the road ?! I just dnt get it. Why ppl bribe the cops for a jumping a red light, dont you think you did something wrong thr? Why ppl dnt give their seat to an elderly lady standing in a bus?

Another example i find baffling is, when the metro stops .. everyone looks to exit and enter the metro at the same time ! y cant u stop for 10 secs let the ppl come out first and then enter !! Its these small things, wat i term as 'social consciousness' is something that is abso-bloody-lutely absent. I know there are plenty of ppl who fight for their daily survival, so dnt expect them to be socially conscious , but there so many other well educated and aptly well off ppl and even they dont realize it !!

Its these small things that makes you conscious of your surroundings and you accept it as part of your living and thats when you start taking care of it. Then probably one wouldnt sell a mobile SIM card without proper proof or wudnt give an aptt on rent without checking all credentials. Call the police without reluctance when one sees something fishy.

Moreover, hopefully next time apologize and give a smile when one bumps into someone accidentally rather than giving a scorn and walking off.