Road Rage Ramble

We all are on the verge of becoming a local Mad Max...given the rate of road rage we experience on our way to office. Even if we are a part of the driving scene or even if we are the passenger.Fights at home have come under control and fights on road have shown a monumental increase...Id leave that to a subjective review and Im not including the reader here...they may agree or disagree. But in this article, Im going to spill my guts...

There has been an inculcated vein of madness in our reign as human beings in this current age...and we have many to blame and point our fingers towards. But somewhere, the desired inlet and outlet has been channeled to another dimension...lethal, fatal and eternal. I beg the reader to refer to their own cities and conditions...

Our speech has been derogatory and gestures have become fervent...the urge to stay ahead has driven our drive (quite literally) to accelerate and focus in our own direction and speed...leaving the universe around us in ignorant bliss...how many citizens have suffered, doesn't bother us much...and we don't give a damn!

The meaning of signals hanging tall has changed for sure...what is meant to slow us down, is now prompting us to speed up and cross the dreaded line...just because we don't want to be caught up. What is meant to stop us, is now a countdown with acceleration ready for the flag to set the race in motion...and what is meant to let us go, is a mindless 'kmph' / impress strangers battle staged with screeching rubber on tar like action movie...with mindless sound and light effects...

Writing this thus far is in itself a pressurized experience, because imagining it visually was a negative adrenaline that almost killed me creatively. Its been a while since Ive been composed on road while riding my two wheeler...I must look out constantly for myself so that I dont get my self killed or injured...worse if I have a passenger or a pillion...

Imagine this mindset with which people drive everyday...office and home seems a far better place to be at any given time...but our journey back and forth to these places seems to be the Devil's paradise...

Should we let the devil have its day or should we not fight this persistent battle till the end. How many deaths will it take to get some sense into people who think they are invincible...they have of course forgotten that we are after all...mortal! Heroes is for the movies...out here, its about life and death...and we only get one take. We are the director, we are the actors, we script our fates and we produce the outcome. How beautiful or ugly the end is, is certainly in our hands.

Id like to certainly live and die peacefully and not in a pool of blood with broken bones. Now its not a matter of choosing how you would like to live...its a matter of how you would like to die...

I don't want to play God on the road...as long as I don't play the Devil!

Please be safe and drive safe...Till the next cut is delivered...

(Image Source -  http://streetsblog.net/2010/09/20/the-psychology-of-road-rage-how-cars-transform-others-into-obstacles/)

We din't start the fire...

Billy Joel once sang this song with lyrics that reflected the events pertaining to his era, that were relevant to the world. He certainly echoed the issues of multiple scales in a beautifully hard hitting manner that told every listener that there's more to their life than their homes...the planet is theirs!

I strongly feel that our world has only gotten worse post that song and Man has just not stopped to look back, he is hell bent on looking forward, creating a path of destruction, despair and demise. We have killed the very nature of this planet and are continuing to do so mercilessly, knowing not when this will all end and knowing not when to stop...

'At what cost'...one may ask, 'at all cost' one will say...and I wouldn't be surprised if one replied... 'for any price'.

The soil on this planet is soaked in blood that is being shed and people are calling this balance in the name of power. What they don't understand is that once the core tastes a drop from this wretched river, then we will see this earth respond in ways we cannot even imagine or even defend. I am not talking about the supernatural or the spiritual, I foresee a world that will be consumed by the world itself. Name it, you got it...here is a list of some of the 'known' issues that

• The wars waged for Oil and Gold
• The unorganized and unstable governments
• The religious clashes boiling under famine, drought and hunger, 
• The economic crisis with questionable policies and unemployment cases
• The move from dictatorship to democracy and sprawling real estate in the sands
• The population domination, cheap labor market and fake goods markets
• The underdeveloped slowly sinking into the oceans along with its monuments
• The aborigines who are treated like second citizens
• The melting and moving shelves of the Arctic and Antarctic regions
• The piling plastic and e-waste that will be impossible to dispose
• The disappearing and the fading wildlife ecosystem making man the only animal
• The Cut throat competition driving children to suicide and abuse leading to child labor
• The Technology that replaces man and cut costs but will soon chain us in e-prisons
• The piracy rates that will soon kill the art of art itself and no one can own it
• The change in weather and seasons along with the expanding hole in the Ozone
• The growing poor and the filthy rich which may trigger a revolution

This is just top of the head issues that are running in this world but if you delve deep into each continent, country and state, one would find endless issues that impact normal citizens. We are all children of the earth...but why are'nt we treating this planet like our playground, and treating it as a war zone?

According to me, it is our inaction that has caused much of the situation that we are living in today. It is our decisions and choices that has led us here...not anyone's fault, but ours and we have ourselves to blame.

Now that I have ranted this much, what is the way out...or is there one? Now that all the damage has been done, can we still survive...of course!!! We can take a stand against all these issues and behave as sensible humans. If one starts to set the example and lead the way, I am sure more will follow suit. Let us do our part by showing restraint and live life with a non-indulgent and no-nonsense attitude that brings peace and joy to everyone...as cliched as it can get! Just make the person next to you smile...that's all I ask of you...we are our own fathers, we are our own children...

But my optimism does come with a word of caution...do not let the madness of the devil run wild, else we will only be putting out the fires and realize, we will always fall short by a drop. Utopia is always a distant dream, mind you...

We dint start the fire...it was always burning since the world's been turning!

Till the next cut is delivered...

Note - To those who haven't heard Billy Joel's song...here is the link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

Cheers...