Was reading this article in RD about how courteous we Indians are. Are we? Well as a matter of fact we are, not because it is good but for the reason that it is obligatory. Ofcourse we say namaste to all elders even touch their feet but do we give a friendly smile or a hi when our eyes meet a stranger’s. Wait ..dont tell me you smile everytime you see an unknown girl who is beautiful…that doesn’t count. Anyways forget it we may or may not be courteous to each other in normal day to day life but there is one area where we don’t even know the ‘C’ of courtesy and thats road manners.
Do we have any? I doubt that. As the traffic signal countdown reaches five everybody start to honk impatiently. C’mon! nobody wishes to stand there forever …we all are in a hurry and the guy in front of you cant just jump the light while there are still a few seconds left. We overtake from left , right and thank God its not possible else we could have overtaken over and under the vehicles as well. We shout , we yell, we bump , we crash…..why? To save two minutes which aren’t actually saved. I mean on a crowdy road all those who overtook you by almost brushing your shoulder like they would fly next moment , can be found waiting by the time you reach next signal.
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