After a very inspiring lecture a few days ago in class my friends and i have really taken it seriously and are doing our bit to what we call "exercising for our rights"....
since the past few days the delhi police's PCR service has been getting regular calls from us as we complain of auto rickshaw drivers who either refuse to go to the destination or refuse to go by the meter...even though it doesnt take us time dialing 1oo and complaining(toll free!!) i've been pondering over it ....something disturbs me....even though we all are being so vocal (aise kaise nahi chaloge meter se bhaiya??) i get a mixed feeling whenever i do it.... 'mixed' as in....i dont understand the whole purpose....the whole aim of getting one challaned....how do we know if he is in need....if he is poor...do we understand his point of view??...
the other day my mom and i had to come back fom south ex...when i asked an auto to take us to saket he demanded 60 rupees and so did his other accomplices... and what was strange was that all of them were doing so....everyone!!!! "kis kis ka registration number bataun??". i yelled.....but no use...they just simply dont care.... i went further and stopped one ..... he was no different...." bhaiya sone ka auto hai kya aapka??".....i immidiately ....without thinking dialed 100 and complained about him....."you wont get an auto if you keep complaining like this....will u?? its of no use...they dont care.If not us he'll have many others to pay according to his demand...whereas we cannot afford to stand like this fo hours.... its getting late we have no time for your' natak' ...lets take ANY auto now that we have no choice "...she yelled...i HAD to agree....(you cannot disagree with your parents specially when they scream at you in public places and when they are amost correct...i couldnt either) all through the journey i thought about it..."she's right" i repeated to myself....i could not get an auto by complaining about them to the police ....they would anyway 'reject' my plea and i'd hace to settle in....but why?? what is the meter for then(in cases when it is there in the first place...since most of the times it is 'not working') ??? and even when they are there they are easily tamperable....yaah we indians are experts in this department....i can recall my brother when he was in kindergarten and every time we used to visit the nearest marketplace he would cry and wail in front of the toy shop so that mom and dad buy him those car toys and as soon as we would reach home he would proudly show us different parts of it...."mom this is the engine and this is the...." ....i think we all are like that.....im not being narcissistic ....its true...we have the brains....(except some...) and it only depends on how we utilise it.....
...so after all this....i guess some things are left better to be decided by oneself...
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