May be I am right! No may be I am wrong! Do I think selfish, why I shouldn’t think that? Why didn’t I get that, even when I paid for it? Why the hell it didn’t work? These are just a few questions we ask when we have paid for some service and when we are denied or not served at the right moment. Hold on with this thought. One of such situation.
I waited for a bus in Indian Silicon Valley in a popular bus stop in the early morning (8.30 am) for more than 40 minutes. Even then I couldn’t find a space in the bus. I ran around 3 to 4 buses because it didn’t stop in the bus stop, he didn’t find space to stop :). I could not find space in or around the bus, rather I found on the top. But my attire didn’t allow me to travel in that way. In that very moment one question raised from deep in my heart “Why the hell this is happening? I have paid nearly half a lakhs as tax for this government, why the hell I am not finding space in the bus, atleast to stand”. “Think! Am I asking a wrong question?” This thought was puzzling me for a long time. Simple thing I have paid so I should get, that doesn’t mean that people who are not paid will not get. We have paid a part on their behalf also. I am just saying I have the rights to get, because they have promised me that I will get it. Or may be I have to raise my tax to get the space in the bus, but still even after raising I dint find, So, What I should do?
Why there is no accountability in any of these kinds of systems? (As far as I know). I still see people who take auto from the same bus stop to the same office for 60 rupees which would costs only 6 rupees only. And they bargain with the auto driver for 5 rupees (I am not saying that, already they have lost 55 rupees why to bother about another 5 rupees :), may be return on time invested is better than this :)).
But for every penny I get, my tax man has all sorts of Xyz/Greek/French category introduced to take 30% out in the name of tax. Why shouldn’t I ask such a question? I think I am right on some sense “Every penny I give should be used for some rightful cause”.
Funny thing is “its takes about 40 minutes to reach 5km in Indian Silicon Valley”. Its not Silicon Valley may be it’s just a terrific traffic valley. May be I should sing “Baby you are gonna miss the plane, I know” :)
2 comments:
There are 3 easy solutions for the problem of not getting a space in the bus inspite of paying heavy tax.
1)Pay Tax and feel proud of building the Indian economy and overcome the worry of not getting the space in a bus.
2)Earn only the minimum amount of money required to survive in this world and ur salary will automatically come under the tax exemption set by the govt. Then u need not worry about not getting the place in a bus becoz u havent paid any tax.
3)Forget the existence of public transport. Assume that executive people doesnt come under the category of general public people. Hence the buses are meant only for the non-IT people.
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