Thursday, June 24, 2010

sitting conscience!

Seen inside a bus

Sitting:-

Seat no.1: a university student willing to change the world

Seat no.2: a businessman who knew how to get successful in a system which wanted to eject
you.

Seat no.3: a social worker leading a crusade to reform society

Seat no.4: a journalist exposing the hypocrisy of the world

Seat no.5: a politician who wanted to clean politics

Seat no.6: a lawyer who stood for justice and rights

Seat no.7: a preacher spreading light and love

Seat no.8: a young girl who wanted to be an air-hostess

Seat no.9: a corporate executive who had left millions behind with a six figure package

Seat no.10: a sportsman who believed in sportsman spirit

Seat no.11: a teacher who taught life and living

Seat no.12: son of an MLA who had claimed his MLA/MP reserved seat

Seat no.13: a policeman who had claimed his unreserved reserved seat

Standing (no seat numbers):-

A pregnant lady

An ailing patient

A child

An elderly man

A young man who had only one leg

stop, pause, look! (Js)

One morning

all newspapers were blank

all tv channels went blank

totally blank...

Next day

gossip levels at offices reduced

more and more people reported at their offices on time

stress level of people dropped

more people took bath

lesser junk food was consumed and more fresh food was cooked

road rage incidences were drastically reduced

fathers spent more time with their kids and spouse

lesser calmpose tablets were sold

husband-wife relations improved

lesser "eno" and "hajmola" were sold

more music CDs were sold

lesser visits to clinincs were reported

lesser FIRs were registered

lesser cases were filed, more cases were disposed with compromise

more work was done at offices

"thank you", "sorry" and "excuse me" were heard much more

more people appeared fresh

queues (instead of jostling) at bus stops were seen after a long time

lesser flashy mobiles were sold (no Ads the previous day)

lesser bribe was taken (lesser fuelling of fire)

more people visited Mandirs and Gurudwaras and Churches and Masjids for prayers

more people reported for morning walk

no politician got mind-space

rat race was paused

sheepish behaviour was absent

minds started working

emotions came alive

day became of 28 hours

social animal died

a human was reborn!