Thursday, January 27, 2011

Pigs & Piglets Populate The Earth

I had little pain in my lower abdomen and went to a gynecologist for a consultation. She was an elderly person and was well poised.

She asked me,"What is your age, Uma?"
I said,"I am 42years old, Mam."
She asked me,"How many kids do you have?"
I said,"Zero" and smiled at her.
She looked at me surprisingly and said,"Why not?"
I said,"We guys don't have a good understanding between us, so I have decided to not to have kids."
She said,"Intelligent people like you make wise decisions."
And she added after a pause,"But the families that neither have a good financial stability nor good understanding between the partners are breeding like pigs and the world is thickly populated with that type of pigs and piglets". That comment should have made me to ponder over her words. Instead I just laughed at her comment.

It was the "Festival of Harvest" here and a National Holiday. People had made it a custom to throng the beach to just to play with the waves and gulp those snacks prepared in an unhygienic environment, in that particular day. I worked on that day, since I had some pending works to be completed. The regular Bus that I used to get was little late that day and I guessed the reason for it. I got into the bus and to my surprise, the Bus was so crowded with little ones with dirty clothes, that I hardly found a place to stand. I didn't expect this crowd to board the last bus of that day. Their mothers were calling names to see that their kids don't fall asleep. The kids were very tired and were feeling drowsy. It was 10.15pm. I could see the kids were irritated and so was their parents. I suddenly realized how true are the Doctor's words.

A girl, who would barely be 25 or 26 was pregnant. She was carrying a kid on her shoulder. She also saw that another kid who was standing next to her was safe.I am sure that these children will not be getting good care at home,where the first lesson of life is learnt. They will not be brought up in a good manner by their parents because their parents will be more worried about feeding them than to educate them about other things in life. The land is being populated by the pigs and the piglets. Imagine the future of Earth.

I was looking for the educated public that I travel along with, everyday and alas! I found them in a state of shock, just like me.

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Children of God

People in Chennai knows about the size of the seats in an "express" bus. It is called as "luxury bus" and commuters are charged more for the sake of the name. In fact the luxury bus is very less comfortable than the other ordinary buses. There is very less leg space between the row of seats. Standing passengers has to jump up to catch hold of the overhead rod to balance themselves when a sudden brake is applied. The double seats that are meant for two people to sit is so small, that both the seated passengers has to squeeze themselves.The other night, while I was returning home I happened to sit near a middle aged woman. She was talking about "Christ" and the "children of god" to the other woman who was sitting at the back seat.  She was gossiping about the other persons who were working in the Christian Organization. She said,"they claim that they are children of god, but they don't live up to their words". I waited for ten minutes, she was sitting in the same position and left very little space for me to sit. I lost patience and requested the lady to move a bit. She looked at me angrily and said,"There is no space to move" and said,"This is all the space I can leave for you". She was still turning back and was occupying three fourth of the seat. I wondered whether she was one of the "children of god".

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Some one has to be shot to learn lessons

Yesterday night, at 9.30pm, while I was waiting for the city bus in the bus stop, a police woman appeared from nowhere and started shouting and shooing us to get into the bus shelter from the road. She started shooing the public as though she would shoo away the cattle. The bus stop was crowded and inspite of that we got into the bus shelter and it was overflowing. She wasn't satisfied and started saying, "move, move, move". This is the scene that happens in our country whenever a politician or a VIP passes the route. The buses and the vehicles are not allowed to ply on the route.We always get treated like slaves and no one bothers to question this kind of treatment meted out to us, including myself. An old man, gathered some courage and told her that there is no enough space inside the shelter for such a big crowd. She was not convinced. She pointed towards her temple and said, "seriously speaking, none of you have anything here". An old cyclist was asked to get down and walk on the road. But the cyclist didn't care to obey her order and rode away as slowly as he could. She just couldn't stand this act of his. She said,"some one has to be shot and killed, only then you people will learn lessons". Frankly speaking I don't know whether she meant the politician that crossed that route or the people who were waiting for the bus as "some one". A person got a call and he tried to attend his mobile phone. She shouted,"Hey, put your mobile in your pocket. Don't get down. You Bull". That was an unwarranted comment.

She was so young that she could only be a police trainee, but was acting like a rowdy. I wonder what would happen to us, if she becomes a senior police person some day and forget to differentiate between harmless citizens and terrorists. Long live Indian Democracy.


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Monday, January 3, 2011

The school bus was missing

My 5 year old niece, Shruthi, used to travel by the school bus every day. And there were days when the school bus arrived late to the bus stop in the morning to pick her up as well as late in the evening to drop her back. My sister was, once so panicked that she made umpteen number of calls to the school to find out the reason for the delay and all they could answer was the School Bus left the school on time.She had the mobile number of the School Bus driver. She called him thrice, but her calls were not picked up. She didn't want to make more calls to the driver's mobile, because she thought that would distract him, if he was driving the vehicle.

There could be many reason for this delay such as:

An unexpected traffic diversion from the usual route.
The sudden increase in the traffic because of a traffic diversion in another Route.
A snag in the Bus.
Bus met with an accident.
The class was dispersed late.
The Bus Driver had to take a sick student to the hospital etc.,

A solution should be found to inform the concerned authorities as well as the parents about the delay or even about the whereabouts of the bus. There should be a tracking system, by which both the school and the parents are informed about the arrival,departure and the place where the bus is traveling. 

I told this to a friend and he showed me a tool kit. I found this tool kit very useful. This kit helps parents and schools to enjoy a convenient, collaborative and optimized school transportation system.

For Parents, the "Real-time School bus position SMS", provides anxiety-free, convenient option and enhances the trust on school and value the school's drive for excellence.

The tracking features and fleet management tools provide the schools with an opportunity to optimize routes reduce operational cost and improve the School bus safety Manifolds.

Schools should use this toolkit and increase the safety of the students as well as reduce the anxiety of the parents.

I have written more on the tool kit here. Write to me, if you want to know more about this kit. I would be happy to share more information on this kit. Happy Parenting.

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The Toolkit that enhances the life of all parents

For Parents, this kit provides anxiety-free, convenient option and enhances the trust on school and value the school's drive for excellence.

The emergency assist and pro-active alerts enables the school authorities to take pro-active actions as situation demands. This kit provides a more interactive platform between the school and parents to share News, Information, Documents, and Grievances etc. This platform defines a synergised bond between the school and parents, thereby accentuating the schools strive for excellence to new heights.

In recent times we hear lot of cases of rash driving by the driver of the school buses.Installing this kit will keep the authorities informed about the driving habits of the driver.

There are instances that the Bus has to wait for a longer time in the bus stops, because the kids come late to the bus stop. This could be informed to the parents of those kids, who waits for the bus in the consequent stops and avoid anxiety and confusion.

The features include:
Real time tracking of the moving vehicle
Real time position SMS alerts to parents
Safety Measure for the Vehicle
Emergency assist option

Write to me, if you want to know more about this kit. I would be happy to share more information on this kit. Happy Parenting.

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