This is bad.....Working late late nights

It is now 11:37:52 pm and I am still in the office because everything that can go wrong is going wrong. If there was one thing that stupid Murphy got right, it was his law. Poor sod, wonder what all he went through to finally hit upon this law.

Which brings me to a common strain among the knowledge workers of current India. We Indians are suddenly having it so good that we don't want to give any opportunity to lose it. And working like donkeys gives us the sense of not losing this.

There are two ways of looking at it. One, that we have been stamped upon so much and for so long that the outside world just did not realize what kind of potential is being wasted here. And literally all the work that is being thrown at us is just not enough to satiate the Indian corporate appetite.

The other way to look at it is that we drown ourselves in our work to forget about all the miseries that are facing us out there. An amazing outlet has opened up to vent all our frustration through. The flip side is we are losing out very badly on our personal lives. This has a very debilitating effect on our families and it is a vicious cycle. To forget all the problems we work harder and harder and because we work harder the problems intensify. The poor Indian is caught in a whirlwind of misery.

Where do we draw the line?

Traffic eases in Silicon Valley of India

Today I had one of the smoothest drives while getting to work. And that's because the auto-rickshaws (tuk tuks of Thailand) have gone on strike the entire day. All 75000 of them. And my god what a relief that is!

And here is the stupidest reason why they have gone on strike: Because the govt. has decided to up the fine amount for flouting some rule. How can anyone strike to oppose an increase in the fine amount? They shouldn't be flouting the rules to invite the fine in the first place.

Anyway, what today showed is how peaceful the roads of Bangalore can be without the damn autos. 75000 autos might not be a lot compared to the total vehicle population, but what is not realized is that auto drivers flout every existing traffic rule and in the process cause the most awful jams that give the common commuter high stress levels even before they reach their destination.

The complete solution is not in getting better roads and more flyovers and wider ring roads, etc. The basic problem is that commuters on the roads of Bangalore do not know basic road etiquette. The govt. should be focusing on ensuring that our driving schools impart this knowledge as well and the driving test should be stringent enough to fail people who do not stick to these rules.

What will an ignoramus do with the most sophisticated tools in the world if he does not know how to use them?

Kickstart

Testing.....testing.....testing.....
Bharat to blog world.....Bharat to blog world.....Bharat to blog world.....

Blog world: Shut the hell up and start blogging!

Bharat: *sigh* Story of my life. Try to be polite and nice and this is what you get.....ok let us get started then. Actually, not today. Tomorrow.

Blog world: Idiot.