Our Civic Duties

We all talk about the Mumbai spirit…..the spirit of survival, the spirit of existence in a frenzied world, the spirit to stand by each other in the hour of need. It is commendable to stand up and fight the world when things suddenly turn upside down.

But there is a side of us which none of us acknowledge, forget do anything about. Every time I hear the wail of an ambulance, my heart skips a beat. And every time I see the vehicle, my anger overflows the acceptable limit. For in our mad world, even the moan of the sick does not merit importance. In our rush to reach our destinations, we will not stop and give way to the sick even if that means the end of a life for those precious few seconds of intolerance and indifference.

People, who block, overtake or just don’t give way to the wail of sick, are they any better than animals who can’t respond to the environment around. And I may be completely mistaken here, animals also reciprocate, react to surroundings—such humans are worse than anything around.

Our civic body needs to rise and respond to the situation—if most of us are thick skinned and without emotions, we need rules to make us aware of our civic duties….and it b****** well is our responsibility to stop and give way to the ambulance that is carrying the sick and the dying to the hospital.

Citizens, have conscience and lets all be human in the true sense of the word.