Skip to main content

The curious case of missing bicycles

                 “Early bird gets the worm” goes a saying. So I was trying to be that early bird for the past 2 days being so early to work discovering how it feels to be early as I have always been a latecomer right from my schooldays.Apart from the weird looks from my office security and constant teasings from my colleagues on my strange behaviour there is something which I felt quite annoying the last two days. The unusual traffic at the same time same place for 2 consecutive days. Being a hasty person I am, first day it was so easy for me to vroom amidst the vehicles and ignore the reason as usual but today I was quite curious to find out the reason for the unusual traffic and it was so obvious that parents were busy driving their kids to school after summer vacation. I was quite surprised not to find any one student on the road. Either they were occupying the pillion seat or inside cars or vans.Not a single student was driving a bicycle or walking to school or not even using the public transport. Not generalising the total student community in anyway but just expressing the real situation I witnessed today. Not to forget, the above scenario was around the most posh school of the city so there is always room for exceptions not to become examples. Anyways the point of the post is what happened to the bicycles? Has it become so obsolete for the students? There is always an unexpressable pleasure and feel of pride and self reliance when we drive our own vehicle. So that is the first attidude that the students must be taught but here we have come to a point to ignore the most obvious. Not here to whine for any reason because there is no need actually. Amidst facebook and all the so on so things to destroy the childhood they have always managed to exponentially increase the number of state toppers every year and all the remarkable acheivements in every field. So it is quite safe to assume that there is a balance between social life and personal life.Coming to the point, We have abandoned cycles as a mode of transport. Even though the fuel prices have sky rocketed, we still find it absolutely insulting to ride a cycle to our destinaion.We would rather spend money on Orbitrek than riding a cycle to office. Its ironical how that obsolete vehicle to be rode for schools and office is considered to be the most stylish vehicle if you decide to cycle on the beach in the evenings.

Curiosly,

Aswini
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

An exciting mystery that is Lepakshi

If you are someone who prefers to be away from the city for a while, but also wants to explore how the ancient cities used to be, you might find the ancient temples of medieval times interesting. Here is one such place where ancient architecture meets scientific mysteries. Lepakshi is a village in Andhra Pradesh, secluded from the hustle and bustle of the cities, but, well connected with them. First things first. What is Lepakshi: Legend has it that, this is the place where Jatayu fell after a failed mission to rescue Sita from Ravana’s clutches. Rama saw the mighty eagle lying on the ground miserably and said “Le Pakshi” which translates in English as “Rise, bird”. The main attractions in Lepakshi are the Veerabadraswamy temple and the world’s biggest monolithic Nandi which were all built during Vijayanagara empire times between 13 & 15 th century A.D. What to see in Lepakshi:     1. Veerabadraswamy Temple.      a. Kalyana Mandap A massive unfinished Kalyana Mand
7 comments
Read more

Rain brings happiness

            “Rain brings happiness” but guess that is not the actual case nowadays as we cringe at the thought of knee deep water making us sail through the roads and putting us through the hardship of getting jammed in the traffic. The more I think, the more I realise the serious consequences. The climate was so awesome making it all the more pleasant for picturesque photos posing in the rain and traveling in empty bus to office .All thanks to the holidays declared for schools and colleges. But then the reality dwelled in when a dead cat fell from the sheets of the covered car. That is the reality we all ignore comfortably. It is nothing but a representation of people getting stranded due to heavy rain.                  Let us not blame the encroachments in lakes and rivers(at least for now) as it is not the right time. Moreover the Govt. has also generously approved all the lakes in the city to turn into well established Residential establishments.               The plig
2 comments
Read more

Touring Hampi : Day 2 at the Hippie Island

Prequel:  Touring Hampi: Day 1 at the temple side "To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasant sensations in the world" -Anonymous Day 2: I woke up by 7 A.M and after a hot shower, packed my bags and checked out since I did not want to waste money on the hotel room unnecessarily as I was leaving the same night anyway. Again walked to the KSRTC Station. I have started knowing the routes like the back of my hand. Luckily found a cloakroom in the bus stand where I deposited my bag and carried only the essential things in a small bag. This time I was cautious to enquire H-A-M-P-I to get the correct bus, unlike the previous day fiasco. The city bus dropped me at Hampi near Virupaksha Temple. I switched on the maps and walked to the ferry point. Plus the tuk-tuk driver had already assured me the ferry point was at the backside of the temple only. The backside of the temple opened into a view of a beautiful river which I never thought was there initially. It
2 comments
Read more