Pensive

Perfect Timing Punctuality has never been the strong point in India . My experience has been that majority of people in India neglect the importance of time & being punctual. In fact not being punctual is credited to the importance of the person or event & it varies proportionally with the significance of the person. We see it in daily life, for example, for a meeting in office 5 -10 min delay is expected and followed, For a dinner party at 8, arriving at 9 pm adds to your persona and importance. The chief guest at a function is expected to arrive at least 2 hrs late and the participants are never disappointed. Larger public image the chief guest has, the later he should arrive.             This attitude eventually reflects on a larger scale in Govt projects, policies, judiciary, Railways too. I found most of the times that the information on Trains is hardly accurate. Trains are delayed for various reasons, there are several variables which influence the run

   We as humans think mighty of ourselves, we always boast of what we achieved as a race & as an individual. We feel proud about the amazing structures we have built on our planet & the significant technological advancements we have made. Yes we have been to the moon and our probe has reached safely to mars and is sending out images for us to understand our universe better.   We as humans also argue over trivial matters with our friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances. Fight over preferred seat in a train, parking, overtaking on roads, standing in queue, favorite channel in TV,  the list is endless.   But what we don’t realize is, how insignificant these things are & how insignificant we are in the larger sense of universe, if we look in a broader perspective. To emphasize what I am trying to say & to prove that I am not being philosophical, let me show you….. 1. Our planet Earth, our home is the third planet from the Sun and is about 127