Hi all,
I was just thinking (don’t laugh yaar .seriously … I was really thinking) of writing something about ourselves but couldn’t think of anything creative. Then suddenly an old story struck in my mind. It happened during my college days. I was destined to appear in my first CAT. I boarded the train at Gwalior and started the Herculean task of finding a suitable place to sit. However, all my hopes were shattered when I found myself in a total pandemonium and helplessly found a place to stand. I remembered that my father told me to reserve the seats in advance. When I told my friend, I am reserving the seats in advance.He made a mockery of the whole idea and told me "Have you gone mad, Abe TT ko paise de denge, He will manage everything". I retorted it’s illegal. He again sighed on my ignorance (you may call it intellectual bankruptcy) and said "SAB CHALTA HAI". I also thought of avoiding further conversation on this matter and
gave my consent. Now, our whole group boarded the train without reservation and the rest is history. So, this CHALTA HAI attitude’s first encounter was really a traumatic experience for me.
However, while I compare it with my second experiment (which I tried to do with this chalta hai), it feels like a cool zephyr. So, my dear friends, the second experiment drained me to such an extent that I vowed I will never again take things so lightly. On my joining day at Bangalore, we were asked to bring many documents for verification but again I went as if I was the first ever person selected in this company or the HR manager was my uncle’s daughter. Unfortunately both of the above idiotic dreams hit the ground Zero with such a thud that I felt my mind went numb and adrenaline flow went so high that it must have seen a few air hostesses flying on Boeings.
We always put off the tangible facts of life by adopting this careless attitude and we pay for it at several occasions. You ask ur milkman about the quality of milk, he says chalta hai babuji. Aree bhaiya, babuji to chalet hai but why are you making him walk forcefully. It brings us shame and defames our nation and society. Our own Mr. President was the victim of this attitude. When he went for a walk in USA and thrown a chocolate wrapper on the road. A man handed him by saying, this is not INDIA sir.
Because this CHALTA HAI factor only INDIA mei CHALTA HAI and that’s why in spite of huge potential INDIA sabse peeche CHALTA HAI……..
It’s open as I couldn’t find better words to complete it and I don’t think my wit is sound enough to complete this topic …………..


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Siddhartha