Thursday, January 18, 2007

Can we really consider ourselves as educated gentlemen and women????

Well today while travelling (thats when my mind is the most creative and soo many things are there to observe), a group of woman labourers wioth their children, some infants barely months old, and some elderly ladies, got on the bus together with me. These ladies were struggling to get their balance in the bus along with their infants (you knwo how travelling by buses in Mumbai can be). What was disheartening there were soo many educated, well dressed people in the bus, heading to office. They could have been kind enough and given their seats to these ladies, but they see to be soo oblivious about the presence of these labourers. Though someone eventually did give one their seat.

Well in school, as a kid i learnt tahat we should offer our seat to the elderly and ladies. But does this lesson only applies to wel dressed women only??? Would these ladies have to go through the same ordeal if their situation were different and they were not labourers but woman from affluent families????

Doesn't this make you wonder... What example are we setting????

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