Software Engineer, part time mobile app developer. Gadget hoarder. Owned and developed for: Symbian: C7, MeeGo: NokiaN9, BlackBerry Z10, Android Nexus4,OP1.
I watched this video of PM Modi ask in his trademark patronising-cringe style
"how can our daughters speak such language?"
Sir, they are not 'your' daughters.
People are not your 'children'.
You are not the father of this nation.
Your job is governance and you are failing.
Notice how the entire conversation changed from "E20 will save you lots of money" from "pure petrol will cost you more."
We have been pickpocketed, my friends.
There is no regular pure petrol in India AFAIK. XP100 is high octane, and unnecessary for most vehicles. So your choice is either E20 or a ridiculously expensive XP100. This is like suggesting eating in Taj because your local pani puri wala started pissing in the water.
Passenger next to my seat spent the whole 8 hour train journey eating and throwing all the leftovers under the seat. Dustbin was right outside. Later, when everyone was trying to sleep, he started playing videos loudly.
Wanted to teach him a lesson in civic sense, but I stopped myself because getting home safely is more important than teaching a random stranger morality. I have a family, goals, and plans for the future. You need to be practical. You can't change the whole country. If you confront these people, they won't learn or acknowledge their mistake. Instead, they'll start a fight and can turn violent.
Mumbai local train incident is one example. Man asked someone to close the door because of the rain and ended up losing his life to a person carrying a knife.
Reality is, civic sense can only be taught where people are willing to listen, in a moral society. Smartest choice is to stay invisible, earn more and build a life where you move up the economic ladder so you and your family can have safer spaces to avoid such people.
Heartbreaking💔 : 10yo homeless girl selling balloons in Delhi’s Mehrauli abducted by app taxi driver Bablu, raped twice, strangled & body dumped near Gurugram. Police arrested him in hours via CCTV
he confessed. Shot in leg while trying to flee.