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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

An eye for an eye…

…leaves every one blind. Yes it's true but we are so undisciplined, so inconsiderate and lack civic sense that something like this is required to get some sense in our heads. In our every day life, we are only thinking about ourselves and not least bothered about how our actions impact others. I was thinking about how we can have some instant punishments that are on the line of an eye for an eye. Just some thoughts, lets see if you are with me.

Waste management
One of the problems we face is the garbage thrown inconsiderately everywhere, specially places that has a board saying, “Don't throw garbage here.” Anyone caught doing this should be obliged with a truck full of garbage dumped in his living room and he'll think a hundred times before throwing garbage anywhere other than a garbage bin.

Honking
The number of people who can play any sort of musical instrument in India is quite low so they end up using the horns in their cars and bikes, some times very loud and annoying ones. Anyone honking unnecessarily should be punished by strapping the horns on his ears and blown for five minutes.

Encroachment
A unique thing is our country is that houses tend to grow with growing family. Sometimes the growth is vertical as another floor is added but sometimes it's horizontal when it starts spreading, gobbling any piece of land that comes its way including the footpath and sometimes even the road. Anyone encroaching should be punished by first pushing him back to his own land and afterwards by taking some part of his house/land as well by doing something like installing electric pole or some thing (may be temporarily).

Some for the road
A jaywalker should be punished by forcing him to run on the road while being chased by a police bike/car at a minimum speed of 20Km/hr for 5kms.

A person driving on wrong side should be forced to go to his home in reverse gear.

Anyone driving with high beams should have his head lamps smashed and than the police searchlights should be flashed in his eyes for 30 seconds while his eyelids are taped to his forehead to keep them open.

Doggy poo
The house of anyone who allows his pet to dump on the road should be used as a public toilet for a week.

Pot holes
The roads have more pot holes than tarmac and driving on those roads is quite an experience. I have written about it earlier as well. The people responsible for making those roads-the government officials who are responsible for the maintenance of those roads and the contractors who made those roads should be strapped to the cushion-less seats of a tractor (because tractor has no shock absorbers) and driven around those roads at a speed of 80kmph.

There are other things that come to mind and I guess I will update this list at a later stage, you are also welcome to share any such rule that comes to your mind.

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