Wrong is Right

“Wrong is right, right is wrong. Drive along the bumps and blocks of the road” is the motto of the modern youth.

Racing the bike’s engine and screeching it to a sudden halt, talking on a mobile while driving so giving nightmares to the walkers- a pedestrian is bound to bear all this in the busy streets.

Adding to the woes whenever a leader visits the town it would be the turn of ears to suffer the burden as the silencers of the vehicles are removed and run.

A few leaders conduct their meetings in the busy streets obstructing the traffic; perhaps it provides minimum assured audience. The welcome arches to the netas will leave their marks of holes besides the manholes. The municipal and telephone departments vie with each other in their efforts to dig a road as if it was a quarry.

There is no need of parking space. Some people park their vehicles in the middle of the road and enjoy a summit with friends as if it is a park. It proves that it is not the prerogative of the traffic police alone to park their vehicles in the middle of the road.

How can one reform these offenders? Can we add a few questions on traffic sense to the question bank of EAMCET? Only this will draw their attention. For grown ups it will be VISA to the US that makes the difference. The petty traffic offences should be recorded in the passports and the consulate may be asked to reject their VISA applications! Fines may also be collected in US dollars. Hope this aspect may also be considered in revising IIT and Civil Services examination patterns. Another yagnam or bata may also be needed. As a last resort the issue of cooking gas refills may be stopped for those who violate traffic rules.

Wishlist

Crazy wish list differs from person to person and profession to profession.

A govt. employee wishes that he should be paid IT free salaries and he will be happier if they are paid twice in a month where as a retired employee would be pleased if the DA due is sanctioned.

The promise of free power-To counter its impact on the electorate the ruling party should broaden the same to cover free cable TV and garner the votes of women folk. Distributing air coolers to beat the baking heat of the sun may consolidate their position further.

A student may wish to have his midday meal with mineral water and a matinee show ticket. The qualifying marks in EAMCET may be reduced to an abyssal level that all the appeared candidates are eligible for the admission. As people have become so artful these days there is no need for arts courses.

A policeman wishes for a right to beat up the ones who question him and a law that states that encounters can never be fake. And the champions of civil liberties wish that the police have no human rights.

The farmers of the drought-ridden areas wish that their leaders of international repute should see that IBRD should also advance consumption loans to the individuals to get over the severe drought, by organizing loan melas and eventually loan waivers.