See what happens when the ego of one person surpasses the common good of the mass. A lawyer, stopped by the Police for riding with two pillion riders on bike, created ruckus and the incident was reported in the media. This has finally led to attack on scribes. I consider our country a near-banana republic where people live and behave in a manner that is quite not suited for democracy -- they believe what they comes out of their mouth is gospel truth and behave accordingly. Don't you think instead of more laws with each such incidents, we need stricter enforcement of existing laws? But who is going to implement it when the fence tries to devour the crop?
'Caught in a strange land in a net with other butterflies, I'm a caterpillar yet undecided to remain a caterpillar and perish or turn into a beautiful butterfly and live a life full of joy.' Readers don't laugh. But I came up with this one night recently when I was travelling in a train. I tossed and turned, not being able to sleep, upset over unexplainable things and frustrated over events not in my control. Then it occurred to me that our life and its usefulness depends on our decisions -- whether to remain a crawling caterpillar whose existence otherwise is either ignored by all and sundry or who is cursed for just being there and thrown out with a stick, or to develop wings of life and metamorphose into a beautiful butterfly whom everybody adores for its beauty and colour, for its flitting liveliness, for its service to the flower's pollination... I thought that I should be a butterfly, of service to others, but then again I thought, anyway, who really cares?
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