A couple of days ago, I met up with colleagues of mine from my sailing days. Time having taken its toll, there wasn't a single one of us not having lost hair or with a distended paunch. The re-union ended fairly late and I stepped on the gas to get home pronto, after much bonhomie.
The only hitch was that, I was stopped by the police for an alcohol check and had to go through a breath analyzer. As there was no alcohol consumed at our party, I got through the test without issue, which was not the case with many of the other folk hanging around, mostly youngsters in the mid twenties to early thirties. Most sulked, having consumed unacceptable levels of alcohol. Many argued, in polished English, with the few cops present, who looked tired and trying their best not to lose it.I have not seen cops having TGIF parties. Can there be a better reason to get drunk than to celebrate the weekend? Thank God Its Friday!
I was impressed with the way the much maligned police dealt with the reckless and irresponsible louts who are educated enough to speak polished English, but ignorant to the traffic rules in Bangalore.It only goes to show that education has become domain specific rather than holistic and many of us miss the larger picture.
In the group, there was this rather affluent looking girl, who was mooting the idea of bribing the cops to avoid the fine. This when we rally behind a gent called Anna Hazare, to root corruption out.The cancer of corruption and the ability to take the shortest cuts to get what we want, has seeped so deep, that it is going to take more than Anna Hazare and a Lok Pal Bill to get it out of our system.
What we need are tougher laws, more cops, greater fines and less parties!
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