Something I wrote during the Unofficial Blockade (Nakabandi) time and had become quite popular, positively and negatively. Do have a read and decide for yourself.
- A city where people are patient staying in line for 48 hrs for 3 ltrs of petrol but are impatient enough to overtake from the wrong side of the road risking their lives.
- A city where people are always in a hurry, enough to risk their lives in traffic, but again never reach anywhere in time.
- A city where the domestic airport is 100 times better than the international airport. (At least now)
- A city where a cc of ad space in a newspaper costs 3500 and a sq ft of land costs about 2500. (Both are irrationally costly)
- A city where Land Rovers roll but the roads are so bad that even a Land Rover's ground clearance is not enough.
- A city where the speed breakers are taller than the footpath (if there is one).
- A city where people buy the best baby food for their babies but don't mind riding them on the front of a bike without helmet.
- A city where people pay Rs. 500/- per liter of petrol in black but fight for a rupee with the local vegetable vendor.
- A city where when waterlogged you can literally raft on the roads (with shit floating by the side)
- A city with more museums than public toilets.
- A city where cow slaughter is banned but no one cares about the stray cows on the roads.
- A city where people shout about "Ek Desh Ek Pradesh" but never think about going out of Kathmandu or even realize that the country extends beyond the borders of Kathmandu.
- A city where people look for mineral water after having road side pani puri. (This one's the funniest for me)
- A city where media houses survive by blackmailing the corporate sector
- A city (rather country) where the President and Finance Minister is 7th-8th standard pass (I doubt that too)
- A city where wearing a helmet with a stylish mountain bike is a must but not necessary if it's an old classic style (budo) cycle. Head injuries happen only when riding a mountain bike.
- A city (rather country) where a corrupt politician after serving his term is grandly welcomed with garlands and is also given a huge compensation by the government.
- A city that produces thousands of doctors and nurses every year but still people die of simple diseases like diarrhea just a few kms away from Kathmandu.
- A city that lies in one of the most earthquake prone areas but still has multi-storeyed buildings everywhere.
- A city where there is traffic jam even when vehicles are moving and even when the vehicles are 'not' moving.
- A city (country) where people think INDIA is bad but everything "Made in India" is good and CHINA is good but everything "Made in China" is bad.
- A city (country) where the development of the nation is exponentially inversely proportional to the number of international development agencies present.
- A city where men mind doing their own dishes but don't mind doing other's dishes when they reach the US.
- A city where people are patient staying in line for 48 hrs for 3 ltrs of petrol but are impatient enough to overtake from the wrong side of the road risking their lives.
- A city where people are always in a hurry, enough to risk their lives in traffic, but again never reach anywhere in time.
- A city where the domestic airport is 100 times better than the international airport. (At least now)
- A city where a cc of ad space in a newspaper costs 3500 and a sq ft of land costs about 2500. (Both are irrationally costly)
- A city where Land Rovers roll but the roads are so bad that even a Land Rover's ground clearance is not enough.
- A city where the speed breakers are taller than the footpath (if there is one).
- A city where people buy the best baby food for their babies but don't mind riding them on the front of a bike without helmet.
- A city where people pay Rs. 500/- per liter of petrol in black but fight for a rupee with the local vegetable vendor.
- A city where when waterlogged you can literally raft on the roads (with shit floating by the side)
- A city with more museums than public toilets.
- A city where cow slaughter is banned but no one cares about the stray cows on the roads.
- A city where people shout about "Ek Desh Ek Pradesh" but never think about going out of Kathmandu or even realize that the country extends beyond the borders of Kathmandu.
- A city where people look for mineral water after having road side pani puri. (This one's the funniest for me)
- A city where media houses survive by blackmailing the corporate sector
- A city (rather country) where the President and Finance Minister is 7th-8th standard pass (I doubt that too)
- A city where wearing a helmet with a stylish mountain bike is a must but not necessary if it's an old classic style (budo) cycle. Head injuries happen only when riding a mountain bike.
- A city (rather country) where a corrupt politician after serving his term is grandly welcomed with garlands and is also given a huge compensation by the government.
- A city that produces thousands of doctors and nurses every year but still people die of simple diseases like diarrhea just a few kms away from Kathmandu.
- A city that lies in one of the most earthquake prone areas but still has multi-storeyed buildings everywhere.
- A city where there is traffic jam even when vehicles are moving and even when the vehicles are 'not' moving.
- A city (country) where people think INDIA is bad but everything "Made in India" is good and CHINA is good but everything "Made in China" is bad.
- A city (country) where the development of the nation is exponentially inversely proportional to the number of international development agencies present.
- A city where men mind doing their own dishes but don't mind doing other's dishes when they reach the US.
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