Infrastructure Abuse

April 13, 2006 was an eye-opening day for me. I realized why we don't have good infrastructure in this city. It is like this - you, as a parent, will not give nice/expensive toys to your kid if you know that as soon as you give it, the kid will break it and render it useless. Rather you would bring in lots of cheap ones to keep your kid and your pocket happy. Isn't it?

For whatever reason(s), on that Thursday, most of us allowed just a handful of people to pelt stones, damage property, torch up buses and other vehicles. While all this was happening, most of us were relaxing within the "virtual" cocoon of safety inside our home. I wish we had tried figuring out - safety from what? And, next, probably, for how long? Well, this is probably the topic for some other time, so would not discuss anymore.

I believe, if we can not provide resistance, let alone protection, to infrastructure destruction, we don't have the right to demand, let alone enjoy, a good infrastructure. I don't know about others, but I think, I need to "live" with the reality that the real reason of bad infrastructure around me is not govt but people themselves. Truely said - one gets what one deserves.

Still wondering, what took me so long to understand this :-?