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I don't know what I was more upset about - this article or the comments which followed. It was sad enough that a life was snuffed out because of appalling commuting conditions. Those people, instead of offering condolences in her memory, were busy taking shots at the blame game.

Think about it, bad roads, crib about the politicians, traffic jams, bash those city officials, the Indian Cricket Team gets trashed, heckle those same guys who a while ago were national heroes and if somebody dies, crib about the infrastructure?

What is it that prevents people from doing something themselves? "Democracy honey", says B, "people have a voice, so they comment. It is a free country". Apathy, I say. Of course, it is always easier to pass the buck along. I once read (me thinks it was in some old edition of some publication by the LSB)about a kid who was so fed up with the state of the buses in London that he decided to intern there for the summers and had even managed to set a few things right! To think there is no dearth of things in our Country to be fed up with and yet no body volunteers.

Claiming that you can do your bit but it won't matter in the vast cesspool is inexcusable too. At least make the effort and things will get better by themselves. I agree you will not see Bengaluru traffic jams clearing up if you get out of the car and start directing traffic around. Instead, you could take public transport to work or even better bike to work, and if you make an effort to spread the awareness around, maybe the roads will clear up.

It is the effort that is more important. High time that we turned action-oriented doers from arm-chair critics.

PS: There was a dead pigeon in my 'balcony' yesterday. I don't know what killed it. It was just lying there, dead.