Tag: chaos

Do rainy days make you feel rested or unproductive?

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?

Do permit me to rephrase the question as said above. Yes, it’s raining “cats and dogs” in the city I live in. One can’t rest his/her feet when it’s training here as our city Chennai is prone to flooding. Even a small rain keeps us on our toes. We keep dialing the authorities, speak to them, provide about flood updates and ask for machinery that pumps water out where there’s inundation. Watch news and set out to volunteer for the people who are marooned. So a rainy day for many school children may be a lazy day as most of the schools declare holidays during mansoon but for adults like us is “one of the most productive days” in our life.

Wish I had ‘braved the weather’.

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

Roads in India are bad. Motorists often flout rules. Accidents, therefore, are a regular sight.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) says 70 percent of fatal road accidents happen due to speeding. 

And, Mr. Nitin Gadkari, the minister for transport, said people are so negligent on roads. 

It’s each individual’s responsibility to observe strict discipline while driving. One should always be on guard. With all senses open.

I wish I had the skill to spot the (most common) traps people in India fall so easily into, like cricket falling on bright headlamps.

The advanced skill that helps me (every day) spot potholes, leaking sewer holes, unmarked speed-breakers, a two-day old fallen tree, deadly blind-spots, sudden road-closures, diversions, a speeding metro truck from behind, a petrol station that’s “closed for maintenance”, a minister’s motorcade crossing, the dead-end (daily) election meetings, huge blaring speakers on either side, a falling billboard, a 15 ft cinema banner in the middle, a religious procession on foot, the auto-rickshaw in front that stops abruptly when seen a client, failed lights at junctions and a parking lot which is full (already) but without a notice.

Can I?