Mean means a lot

Quite a funny world is this, and the people here. We just think about ourselves and for nobody else. We even never think about the earth, the motherland where we have taken birth and enjoying our time. We never think about how we are spoiling it. We, human being are so mean at times as we never give a damn about others.

We critise people, but never see what's the foul smell for under our arms. We spend lavishly on ourselves but never think about the donation of petty cash for the needful ones. We are so mean, we are human being.

We fall in love and spend time for love running back and forth of our lover, but never give that much time to our family, even parents. Aren't we love with them ? We love them because if we won't look like loving our parents the society will hate us. We are again mean, we are human being.

We love the company we work with, the establishment that provides us living income, we love it and never like to hear anything against it but when we won'r perform, and when shown the exit door we start hating it. Nothing great, we are again mean.

We just think about us, we just think about what I have, what I am, what I need, what I love, what I eat, what I use, what I wear.

We are mean, and why can't we...!!!
Being mean means a lot... atleast you are thinking about yourself.

Shivendra Singh
Jan 13, 2010

The Ethical Drive - Begins

"Madam, How can I get sleeper ticket from Korba to Bilaspur. I already have a confirmed berth from Bilaspur to Chennai in Korba Trivandrum express". I was in front of the railway ticket counter of Korba Railway station. I booked my ticket from Bilaspur to Chennai but because of 'Alternator Fan Belt' problem with my vehicle, we had to drop the idea of catching the train from Bilaspur and diverted the Bolero to Korba. Now I was standing infront of the ticket-counter to buy the ticket from Korba to Bilaspur and asking the lady my doubt who was sitting happily on the other side of the broken window.

Listening to my question the counter lady looked at me, obviously with a dumb stare, and asked me to check with the next counter. I jumped to the next counter which was 'Informations and Inquiries', one gentleman was sitting there doing something which I wasn't able to anyway understand. I asked the same question, and he asked me to buy general ticket from the previous counter and then come to him. He told me he will change the ticket to sleeper couch. Next minute I was again at the old counter to buy general ticket from the same lady. I reached back to gentleman's counter and showed him the ticket with a pride, but what was that pride for even I didn't know. He looked at me as if he is going to deal with a moron ass, and finally he spoke after 10 second of silence, which he also took to come near to counter window. ''See the charge is Rs. 80 and I will make this for you however you can still save money'' said the gentleman. I did know how but didn't ask him still his face was expressing "how to", which he immediately said without a breath interval, ''Sit at your couch and when the TT will come, give him maximum Rupees Fifty, they will not charge more than fifty'.

This guy who is getting salary from Railways is suggesting the some good practices to the passengers who are ready to pay the right charges. These practices are not just seen here in Korba but across the country, only degree keeps changing... Wah mera India. Waise the offer was quite luring. Though the difference was just Rs. 30 however it forced me to give a second thought before going for a legal ticket. I thought for a moment and evaluated the cost of ethics which was a petty amount, this was a great oppurtuntiy to start my ethics drive which I was actually trying to start from a long time. This time the cost to start the drive was mere Rupees Thirty... Not a bad deal, right? I looked at the gentleman again and asked him to make the legal ticket for me, he gazed back with a surprising and stunned look, and frowned as if he wanted to hear once again what I said, I repeated, 'make me the ticket with Rupees Eighty', to which he replied "Are you sure ???" that too with a smile which was definitely a sarcastic one. He turned back and quoted the the antique example to his colleagues with a goose like grin pointing at me with his eyes. Everybody across the glass window started staring at me like some unwanted creature has just escaped from any zoo and landed right in-front of the railway ticket counter. I snapped the ticket from the gentleman's hand the moment he came back, dropped the exact sum of money with a lightening speed, and hurried towards the platform to board my train which was yet to arrive at Korba Station.

While waiting at the railway station to board my train, I was just thinking about the level of corruption we have in our country, and how deep are it's roots. It starts from the very bottom of the pyramid... it start from us...!!!

Shivendra Singh
Wrote it on Jan 02, 2010
Posting it on Jan 10, 2010