One fine afternoon , I was driving back to home from one of famous Mall in Bangalore called 'Forum' .
As usual there was terrible traffic at adugodi signal, I saw someone peeking out of the sedan car windows and throwing a piece of paper on road. I felt shocked. All the campaigning , hoarding, banners, wall paintings to keep our city clean and green supported by almost all the big companies and governments are nothing but the wastage of their effort and money. People still do that. These are the same people who make faces whenever they see garbage hills and any dirty place. They simply run away as soon as possible. I couldn't resist myself , I took my bike to that piece of paper, picked it up and knocked the car window. Oh God.. it was a girl, the species who hate the dirtiness and blame we 'Man' for making this world unclean place. She misunderstood me and showed 'don't care' face, I insisted to open the window. I gave the piece of paper to the girl and said ' Please throw it in your Dustbin' she was guilty (and I wanted her to feel that ), she was ashamed. She took that paper back and closed the window immediately. The incident was over but I can bet she will think twice before throwing anything on road in future, she will think of me as a guy who humiliated her in public and a midst her friends who were in the car. I cannot do this all day but I wish people should do this whenever they see something like this on road. We should stop people who are making roads, parks or any public place dirty .
I promised myself not to throw anything on road, and I made someone realize that its wrong, small change but at least now 2 people wont do this on public places.
Another exactly opposite incident was happened in Volvo with me.
I love Bangalore Volvos because of their comfort ,and a peaceful journey, free of dirt , noise and smoke coming out of the RTO approved pollution free vehicles.
I was the first to board the bus, I took my seat and then another guy, quite simple looking (I can bet he was in IT industry by looking at his dress code of Monday) he grabbed a seat and immediately started calling the conductor saying that someone left his/her mobile in Volvo, the conductor was surprised. Usually we see people stealing/grabbing the mobile (or any other valuable) and run away or keep their mouth shut (even when someone ask) the conductor took the mobile and slipped in to his pocket, I donnow whether he will show the same honesty and handover the mobile (if some one claim) to the owner but that guy impressed me.
We often blame our surroundings for being selfish, emotionless and opportunists. very much true in most of the case but we all say and know that not all fingers are same, same with people ,they all are not same, we can still trust some. The most important thing is 'are we trustable!' 'can we do what that guy did!' well answer may differ according to the mobile model and situations but if we can promise ourselves that 'we will do what he did' we can make this world more beautiful, trustable and worth living. I have seen the changes. Everybody want to see the change but can we ask ourselves 'are we changing' 'can we change' if answer is yes, I m sure the whole world will change one day.
As usual there was terrible traffic at adugodi signal, I saw someone peeking out of the sedan car windows and throwing a piece of paper on road. I felt shocked. All the campaigning , hoarding, banners, wall paintings to keep our city clean and green supported by almost all the big companies and governments are nothing but the wastage of their effort and money. People still do that. These are the same people who make faces whenever they see garbage hills and any dirty place. They simply run away as soon as possible. I couldn't resist myself , I took my bike to that piece of paper, picked it up and knocked the car window. Oh God.. it was a girl, the species who hate the dirtiness and blame we 'Man' for making this world unclean place. She misunderstood me and showed 'don't care' face, I insisted to open the window. I gave the piece of paper to the girl and said ' Please throw it in your Dustbin' she was guilty (and I wanted her to feel that ), she was ashamed. She took that paper back and closed the window immediately. The incident was over but I can bet she will think twice before throwing anything on road in future, she will think of me as a guy who humiliated her in public and a midst her friends who were in the car. I cannot do this all day but I wish people should do this whenever they see something like this on road. We should stop people who are making roads, parks or any public place dirty .
I promised myself not to throw anything on road, and I made someone realize that its wrong, small change but at least now 2 people wont do this on public places.
Another exactly opposite incident was happened in Volvo with me.
I love Bangalore Volvos because of their comfort ,and a peaceful journey, free of dirt , noise and smoke coming out of the RTO approved pollution free vehicles.
I was the first to board the bus, I took my seat and then another guy, quite simple looking (I can bet he was in IT industry by looking at his dress code of Monday) he grabbed a seat and immediately started calling the conductor saying that someone left his/her mobile in Volvo, the conductor was surprised. Usually we see people stealing/grabbing the mobile (or any other valuable) and run away or keep their mouth shut (even when someone ask) the conductor took the mobile and slipped in to his pocket, I donnow whether he will show the same honesty and handover the mobile (if some one claim) to the owner but that guy impressed me.
We often blame our surroundings for being selfish, emotionless and opportunists. very much true in most of the case but we all say and know that not all fingers are same, same with people ,they all are not same, we can still trust some. The most important thing is 'are we trustable!' 'can we do what that guy did!' well answer may differ according to the mobile model and situations but if we can promise ourselves that 'we will do what he did' we can make this world more beautiful, trustable and worth living. I have seen the changes. Everybody want to see the change but can we ask ourselves 'are we changing' 'can we change' if answer is yes, I m sure the whole world will change one day.