Perpetually Perplexed

ಆಗ -   ನಡೆಯುವ  ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ   ಕಲ್ಲು ಮುಳ್ಳುಗಳು ತುಂಬಿರುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು. ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವರರ ಪಾದ ಗಾಯಗಳಿಂದ ಆವ್ರತವಾಗಿರರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು ಈಗ - ಗಾಡಿ ಓಡಿಸೋ  ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ   ಹೊಂಡಗಳು, ಮ್ಯಾನ್ ಹೋಲ್ ಕವರ್ಗಳೆಂಬ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು ತುಂಬಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಗಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗುವವರ ತಲೆ ನೂರು ಹೋಳಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವರ ಪುಣ್ಯ. ಆಗ - ದಾರಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನದಿಯೋ ಹೊಳೆಯೋ ಅಡ್ಡ ಬಂದು ಮುಂದೆ ಹೋಗುವದು ಹೇಗೆಂಬ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಎದುರಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಈಗ - ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಪಾತ ಅಡ್ಡ ಬಂದು ಗಾಡಿ ಓಡಿಸುವವನು(ಳು)  ತಬ್ಬಿಬ್ಬಾಗುವ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ. (ಉದಾ .ಬಸವನಗುಡಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಎದುರು ನೋಡಿದ್ದೀರಲ್ಲ ) ಆಗ - ಕಾಡು ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳೋ, ಹಾವೋ ಬರ ಬಹುದೆಂಬ ಭಯವಿರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಈಗ - ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಪೋಲಿಸ್ ಎಂಬ ಗುಮ್ಮ ಬಂದು ರೊಂಗ್ ವೇ ಎಂದೋ, ಕೆಂಪು ಸಿಗ್ನಲ್ ಕ್ರಾಸ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೀಯೆಂದೋ ದಂಡ ಹಾಕಿ ಬಿಡಬಹುದೆಂಬ ಭಯ ಈಗ ಹೇಳಿ. ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲ ಸುಧರಿಸಿದೆಯಾ ?

    I find that four wheelers are boring. Really, I mean it. I have loads of justifications for this. Look at the list     1> Nagging your Mom and taking her scooter key is far easier than convincing dad to give car keys     2> In a car you can not wear helmet. So traffic police is more likely to look at your child like face and ask for your non-existent Drivers Licence     3> You never have to wait at the end of  traffic at a signal. If there is at least one inch of space between two vehicles, you can crawl between two vehicles and stand in the front of signal     4> Even if there is absolutely no space on the road, no problem. What are foot paths for?     5> You can impress your gal with acrobatics (they are not called so?) on a two wheeler. No such chance with a car      6> With one liter of petrol, you can give at least 3-4 rides to your gi...

On the walls of Lalbagh some paintings are drawn. May be BBMP s effort the beautify namma bengaluru. And it is written BBMP sada nimma seveyalli (BBMP always at your service). Why did not they depict the numerous ways in which bbmp services us. They can draw dug roads, pot holes exactly at a signal, road speed breakers which are terribly shaped. Thanks bbmp for your seve

   ಓಡುತಿರುವ ಆಟೋಗಳೇ ಹರೆಯುತಿರುವ ಬಸ್ಸುಗಳೇ    ಯಾವ ತಡೆಯೂ ನಿಮಗಿಲ್ಲ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ನಮಗಿಲ್ಲ

Normally my dialogues on the road will be monologues. For example when a normally car driver (owner/driver anyone ) is going too slow in front of me, I will say "hogayya". But it will be inaudible to the concerned person. Many a times when I am driving wrongly, overtake from left, suddenly apply break, change lane without observing who is coming behind etc. ( and I do these things too frequently), I will mumble a sorry. That is it. Like Yesterday, I was amused by this writing behind a jeep. "Hell is full I came back". Poor hell. It could have accomodated this one person. But today it was dialogue and that too non-verbal communication. No, no, nobody threatened to kill me for my miserable driving. A girl winked at me. Again don't get ideas. I am not lesbian. Well I had stopped at the signal. A car which had stopped in front had this beautiful girl. She looked at me and I at her. I smiled a tiny smile. She too tried to smile. And then, she ...