Politics Vs People

Just an experience I had today.. Errors in society or OUR own culture.. Now, THAT is still in question!

It was mid noon, considerably sultry and the setting was in a public bus. The ticket checker was seated at the rear end of the bus, chatting with the driver and forgetting his duty. Eve's dropping is not what I do, but since he was being very strident, it's palpable that I over heard the uninterrupted, futile talk.
"Did you see who the ruling authority in the government is again??” the conductor chirped. The driver in a rather nasal inflection replied with the combination of a few verbal abusives..."Yeah, how does it matter to us anyway, it's their life, their money and their government." Just then the bus comes to a screeching halt and there goes the traffic signal on the busy junction. Boys, younger to me, run through the bus selling the evening daily’s all in a matter of 60 seconds!! In that interval, an auto rickshaw driver and a motorist intervened in the talk amid the two bus authorities. The signal was only sometime away... I counted, 10...9…8... And so on, and these people started arguing to a topic, which they supposedly said, wasn’t their concern. Despite the busy roads, the signal going off, the sound of vehicular honks and frustration in the air, the vehicles get to be comfortably parked in the main road, and the discussion of who should be the ruling authority JDS or BJP? And whether they should have formed a co-alition government rents the air. The traffic police stood in an invisible portion, of the busy roads... blissfully sipping off some tender coconut water, under the shade of gulmohars. He waved at the vehicles to move their ways, but did nothing more.. The dispute sustained and the apprehension was immense. Some of them in the bus, joined too. And some citizens like me couldn’t do a thing but get frustrated and curse the futile nature of these people. Arguing with them, would have become a greater issue, from disturbance cases being booked, to lawyers and courts! Who would want them any way!

For something as religiously political as this, the societies have to take an initiative. Choosing our leaders is our choice, but darning them is their own. A tiny thought struck me, that moment.

The conductor, never bothered to check tickets and pick out the unlawful travelers out of the bus, instead, he began to talk about an issue which had already ran out of the headlines and something, he could absolutely do nothing about that instance!

The driver, on the other hand, was more bothered with the talk of “NOT” his government, but still his family’s. He had skipped signals, stagnated traffic and caused more of a noise pollution than anything of a sensational debate!!

The auto rickshaw driver and the motorist (please note, without a helmet. So I doubt, if he even had a license… Coz’ we never know! They may censure anything from the usual “My dog ate my license” to... “Blame my old age sir, I just could not remember.”) It was none of their business to mind what negotiations were in session, though it might be a social concern, BEFORE the incident in talk, particularly occurred.

Next is our conscientious police man. They are on replacement duties too. So what was the urgency to have a drink and gather shade when subliming the blocked traffic was his duty?.. (Duty comes when we take an initiative, personally... That grows to responsibility, when we really care for our job!)

I wouldn’t blame the passengers, myself! Because instead of wanting others to break out these facts, I could have personally undertaken the task myself. Nervousness, lack of devotion to the society (not religion.), absolutely no responsibility and obviously.. No road sense! :D

It’s craziness this century!