I love India. I think it is just one of those places where you find all sorts of crazy stuff that other people would never get to experience. And while every place has their own set of unique experiences, I'll always be biased to ours.
For instance, it's really amusing how we communicate with each other when we are on the road. We blink the lights when we're annoyed at the person who's in front, the Japanese do that as a thank you. We honk to let pedestrians know we're coming, we honk when we reach below someone's building to call them down. We roll down the window, shake hands and converse as the signal shifts from red to green.
Have you ever seen a clown on a cycle, though? I spotted this guy a couple of weeks ago (from when I wrote this post) at Marine Drive. He was having so much fun, or so it seemed, cycling around at marine drive and waving to people as he passed by.
And then there are these scooter umbrellas that have taken this city by the storm (note the pun pun pun) They look adorable and I wonder why no one else thought of this before.
My college had a fire drill where they didn't evacuate the xerox people making it obvious that it was a false alarm (but we did get to skip class so that was nice). This photo was clicked after I had gone back inside.
And then there are people like my sister who strategically place post its so that they get woken up on time.
Yes, there are flaws.
The Elphinstone bridge stampede uncovering how many deaths happen due to train travel alone is one of them. Women posting "Me too" on social media makes everyone realise that it probably isn't as safe as we believe it to be either.
And I do think something should be done about it.
But other than complaining to each other and ranting on social media, what have we done?
As always, thanks for reading
Kanksha :)
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