I've recently bought a car (more on that in my next post) ... and have been driving around Mumbai - especially along the narrow traffic in front of IIT main gate.
Driving a new car on Mumbai roads is quite traumatic - because you are often driving barely inches away from the rickshaw or goods carrier which might be swaying from left to right (thanks to the potholes and uneven terrain of Mumbai's roads) - and every moment you run a risk of kissing the bruised exterior of the next vehicle - and as a result getting a nice scratch on yours.
Often when I drive, I also look around for other small cars and their sides. Almost 90% of them have scratches itched on them at some place; about 50% also have a dent or two somewhere. I suppose drivers in Mumbai have to resign themselves to the fact that their car will get scratches and dents sometime or the other - sooner than later. Trying to save yourself of this can only be stressful while you drive. I dare say that the situation is not too different in most of the Indian Metros (except Delhi maybe).
Yesterday, I was wondering if we have a similar attitude to life as well in India - high competition (high traffic), fewer opportunities (narrow roads) make it imperative that our life will be full of sratches and dents (read: Bad Health, Premature Ageing , Phychological stress) by the time it is midway into its cycle.
Is this what has become of "Life in a Metro" ?? I wonder.
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that's a lovely blue color... they ran out of stock when i bought ... as that was the color i also asked for first!
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