Marching towards Perfect Drive..

It is the most satisfying drive ive had so far. You will soon know the reason why. What better day to watch the movie Laghe Raho Munna Bhai than on the Oct 2nd itself. Am back after an official trip to Denmark. Was totally impressed by the amount of discipline the Danes had in life. Just thought why cant I be like them and decided to start by following the traffic rules. Its been on my mind earlier and have tried to follow them before but failed in my previous attempts. This time I told to myself its pretty simple and straight forward. Just follow the signal, stick to the lanes, stop before the stop line and start after the GREEN light is ON. But its not as easy as it sounds.

Have to accept that I succeeded on most occassions on the rules I set myself. Even a couple of days ago as I was going to Satyam I was at a signal. I was waiting for it to turn Green but most of the vehicles were already on the move. My friend was saying if we try to stick to the rules we will appear as fools to them. It was certainly true as the vehicles behind me started spanking the horn. My friends who have been with me on my bike know how much I love to fly on my bike and at times I switch lanes as its easy to wizz past the buses. Even today was off my rules, as I was getting late to the movie. I had compromised myself as its just one day that I broke the rules.

The movie was fabulous. True its bollywoodish but the Director made his point very clearly. Basically one should try to accept his mistakes and speak the truth.(Lets not discuss Non- violence here) As I was watching the movie I realised the part where Gandhiji speaking to Sanjay Dutt is infact very much possible. Very recently I finished reading Chetan Baghat’s ”One night at the call centre” in which God will make a call and speak to the characters in the novel. In the Epilogue the author says if you cant believe God speaking imagine an elderly person saying the things that were told by God, which seem to be perfectly possible. It could be the inner voice or the kind words from the elders at home or the strict words from your parents or in the form of affection from your lover. See it in any form. If one can recollect the values taught to us by our elders and if one could afford to listen to the INNER VOICE, it will tell more or less the same thing that Gandhiji says in the movie. Why stick to the movie it will lead you more in the path that Gandhiji was preaching all along.

Never mind if we fail at the beginning. To err is human. Ganhiji was not born as Mahatma. He listened to his conscience and stood firm on his principles. I believe he had gone through a lot of sufferings to get to that stage. We all have a very easy excuse stating the entire nation is corrupt and no one follows the law. What difference will it make if I stick on to his ways which can never be effective in the current scenario. The politicians, the governent officials, the police everyone are corrupt. Its the same compromise that I used to give whenever I break the rules. But the important thing that I always forget is what about ME. As soon as I came back from Denmark I went to Salem to take my Driving Licence. I did not even test drive at the RTO office as I did not have much time and just had to spend a few more bugs to get the Licence. Forget the RTO person who took the bribe to get me a Licence but am I not corrupt. I just took the short cut as it was more convenient for me. Almost each one of us would have taken the easier route as its more convenient and finally blame the politicians and the system. But its not right to put the entire blame on the country. After all we are the country.

In today’s fast paced world, its not that easy to stick to rules, but what is easy? Right from getting a seat at school, college and finding a job is tough. So why not we try to stick on to the rules a little longer, without giving up in one or two attempts. Came out of the theatre filled with these thoughts and not to mention the beautiful smile of Vdhya balan  and decided to start over again from the traffic rules. Started my bike and fixed the speed not to exceed 50 Kmph. Perfectly stopped at a couple of signals. At the third signal its turned yellow when I reached it but noticed it late so I did not bother to stop. When I was half way through it turned Red but I said to myself when I was crossing it was yellow and its not my fault. But soon I said to myself that I should have stopped at the signal when it was yellow. At the next signal it was yellow again and this time I stopped and also noticed a few more guys stopping with me. Its this acceptance of the mistake we do and correcting it sooner is the key. When the signal was about to turn green I was able to hear the spanking of the horn by the Car behind me but I chose to simply ignore him. At times Ive experiences the guys scolding me but just ignore them as it is always bound to happen. Beleive me I was feeling so good when I reached home as I completed the ride also following the speed limit. The ride gave me more pleasure than the 80 plus Kmph drives I usually do at nights. May be this drive could be in the right direction.