I have started another blog Many-Minded Me - which is a sort of a diary I am keeping.
I have embarked upon a 'Yell Free' journey and am chronicling the days as I try to yell less at my kids and family and be more patient, one day at a time.
Through this I also want to keep this blog active, with other musings from day to day.
Like today, on my cab ride to office, i got chatting with the cab driver. He described how he sticks to an 8 hour day for his heath's sake. "Too much pollution, smoke, diesel, dirt "he said. "And people are always angry when they are in traffic, it spoils my day and it will spoil my health " he added.
He rued about some areas not adhering to the green belt option and allowing too much of construction. " No roads, no signals - but new houses are coming, new offices are coming. Where will their cars and scooters run? On same roads! The first make roads bigger, then make more offices - simple no? " he asked.
"I was an auto driver earlier, and always worked near railway stations. Easy to get fare there. But the traffic is too much. Now I have my own A/C car, from past 6 months am very happy" he confided.
As we drove through a huge premise still partially under construction , he pointed to a few tankers and said " people build houses with lakhs of rupees, and then they buy water from tankers for their daily needs. Bisleri for everything . But where is natural? No natural. All natural destroyed by builders."
His idea of progress was simple - "people should be happy, nature should be happy. So many floods, droughts, earthquakes - nature is showing its anger. We should slow down till there is a balance ".
We reached office by that time and he said his goodbyes. But the wisdom coming from him set me thinking, if every man or woman cared their little bit for nature, may be we will leave a better world for our kids.
I have embarked upon a 'Yell Free' journey and am chronicling the days as I try to yell less at my kids and family and be more patient, one day at a time.
Through this I also want to keep this blog active, with other musings from day to day.
Like today, on my cab ride to office, i got chatting with the cab driver. He described how he sticks to an 8 hour day for his heath's sake. "Too much pollution, smoke, diesel, dirt "he said. "And people are always angry when they are in traffic, it spoils my day and it will spoil my health " he added.
He rued about some areas not adhering to the green belt option and allowing too much of construction. " No roads, no signals - but new houses are coming, new offices are coming. Where will their cars and scooters run? On same roads! The first make roads bigger, then make more offices - simple no? " he asked.
"I was an auto driver earlier, and always worked near railway stations. Easy to get fare there. But the traffic is too much. Now I have my own A/C car, from past 6 months am very happy" he confided.
As we drove through a huge premise still partially under construction , he pointed to a few tankers and said " people build houses with lakhs of rupees, and then they buy water from tankers for their daily needs. Bisleri for everything . But where is natural? No natural. All natural destroyed by builders."
His idea of progress was simple - "people should be happy, nature should be happy. So many floods, droughts, earthquakes - nature is showing its anger. We should slow down till there is a balance ".
We reached office by that time and he said his goodbyes. But the wisdom coming from him set me thinking, if every man or woman cared their little bit for nature, may be we will leave a better world for our kids.
