After r2i'ing last year, my most precious moments using public services are very few -- actually only two. One when I am walking on the inner circle of Cannaught Place and the second one when I am travelling on Delhi Metro. Both the interactions have something levelling or equitable about them. While walking in the inner circle in CP, I for one time feel that a chaotic city like Delhi can also provide that equitable ambience to its citizens - where one is not rudely reminded of the various classes that exist in Delhi (rich -- people who have big cars and the poor pedestrian).
A similar actually much more deeper feeling of equity can be experienced when one travels in Delhi Metro. It's for the first time in Delhi that one gets a feeling of being equal. No body is rich, poor, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian for one time -- we are all travellers wanting to reach our destinations and enjoying the mode of travel. We are very proud of this mode -- it has inculcated in us the culture of standing in queues, the culture of being respectable to our elders, the culture of compassion towards other travellers, it has saved so much creative energy in us -- some economist can compute the productivity, it has provided much needed freedom for our women. All in all, I think Metro has done something that hundreds of temples, yagnas and political speeches have not been able to achieve for Delhi -- its contribution is incredible and we should be thankful to all those who were involved in the making of the METRO.
So, when I saw this article a desperate plea from a man whom many of us respect from bottom of our heart, I could not wait but promote the plea on this blog -- so I would request all the readers of this blog to contribute in their own way to eliminate the curse looming large on our blessing. May be you can talk about the ways in which we can improve our Metro as well.
Note: The above pic has been taken from the website of Hindustan Times (www.hindustantimes.com).
A similar actually much more deeper feeling of equity can be experienced when one travels in Delhi Metro. It's for the first time in Delhi that one gets a feeling of being equal. No body is rich, poor, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian for one time -- we are all travellers wanting to reach our destinations and enjoying the mode of travel. We are very proud of this mode -- it has inculcated in us the culture of standing in queues, the culture of being respectable to our elders, the culture of compassion towards other travellers, it has saved so much creative energy in us -- some economist can compute the productivity, it has provided much needed freedom for our women. All in all, I think Metro has done something that hundreds of temples, yagnas and political speeches have not been able to achieve for Delhi -- its contribution is incredible and we should be thankful to all those who were involved in the making of the METRO.
So, when I saw this article a desperate plea from a man whom many of us respect from bottom of our heart, I could not wait but promote the plea on this blog -- so I would request all the readers of this blog to contribute in their own way to eliminate the curse looming large on our blessing. May be you can talk about the ways in which we can improve our Metro as well.
Note: The above pic has been taken from the website of Hindustan Times (www.hindustantimes.com).
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