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Roads are not Circus grounds

Friday, January 13, 2006
This is the message i saw on a hoarding kept by Chennai City Traffic Police near Gemini signal while returning from office today. I can see many guys in bikes performing stunts on cities roads with heavy traffic.It reminded me of an incident couple of weeks ago, i was on the way to a bank in Madipakkam. It was a sunday and a school in our area had some special classes for 12th students i guess. The students of that school were coming out. Suddenly i cud c 2 guys coming in Pulsar showing too much of gimmicks and circus in the vehicle, they skid around cut some vehicles in the road etc. they wore the same school uniform, the bike was remodeled to spoof a race vehicle.In the process of showing off to their classmates of opposite sex they hit a cycle. Only one sentence came to my mind "Ivanungala solli kuthamilla ivanunga appana thaan seruppaala adikkanum". I cud not frame or translate this in English. When i see many ppl like this in roads i feel that it is their parents who are to be blamed. Why does a school going boy need a bike? if at all he needs it why cannot it be a TVS champ or so. Since becoz they ve lotsa money the parent may think that let his child be comfortable and provide them with such facilities, but the immatured mind will most probably think the wrong way. Not only the bikes it is cell phones, computers etc. Remember the Delhi MMS incident, it is parent's foolishness to provide a school boy with cam in mobile, he thought of himself as an ambitious porn movie maker and published that MMS to show off on how he had succeeded in gettin that girl. If that boy had been provided with a NOKIA 1100 then atleast the matter wud not have come out right. Am not saying that parents shud be very stingy and be strict or stubborn,because that ll also spoil the child the other way.am saying give your child only the necessary accessories. There is nothing to be happy about your son/daughter using the latest phone, bike or car. Similarly a broad band net connection for a leser than 10th std student without proper vigilance can spoil him, and it is happening in many places. I used to fight with my dad 5 years back when i was in 12th std, for a vehicle(geared bike), i had a cycle at that time. Now i understand why he didnt get me one. In short it is the parents who are to be blamed if a child get spoilt.

Disclaimer:
I am not against students or children who really make gud use of facilities and there are many exceptional cases in which children get spoiled even if parents are perfect, i am talking only about the majority.
10:59 PM :: ::
7 Comments:

  • well said ram.bikes and other gizmos aren't appropriate for young students.but i feel this is just a sign of changing times.with a booming economy parents earn more and hence spend it on their children.even when i was in 12th (around 4 yrs ago) none of my friends used to come to either school or tuition by bikes.same with cellphones.having a cellphone was a luxury.but that doesn't seem to be the case today.

    By Blogger paurna, at 10:56 AM  

  • ram,u r absolutely rite. the parents should definitely think b4 they buy a bike or something to their child.
    paurna, as u said it is true dat this is changing times, but still the parents have the responsibility for their children's welfare and also the moral resposibility of other's safety.
    happy pongal.

    By Blogger Nallavan, at 5:52 PM  

  • Hi Ram,
    In 12th I had a classmate who came driving his Scorpio to school. Our Princy was very straightforward, he immediately told that, we don't provide parking place for students. Call your parents to take the car right now. So not only the parents also the Institution heads play a major role in this, as far as these guys are studying there. The second role is the girls role. Better they ignore, to avoid leaving their friends/classmates at risk! 'Irundalum I pity your kids ;) '
    And about your question :> I guess, when its our name we don't feel lazy to type even if its 26 characters long ;) May be I would feel lazy when I type some one else's name. You need not type/ copy paste my dads name in future :) Ponnarasi will do. Even thts long??? :))

    Have a nice day,
    Ponnarasi Kothandaraman.

    By Blogger Ponnarasi Kothandaraman, at 10:58 PM  

  • @nallavan
    Thanx for the comment.
    @ponnarasi
    Thanx for the patient reply, yes its true that u shud not be lazy when it comes to ur name, but am so lazy...

    By Blogger Ram, at 3:43 AM  

  • @veda
    Yes that attiude of the parents is the prime reason for spoiling the children.
    I went to book fair yesterday, enquired Poompuhar pathipagam regd. this book, they said that the author himself is publishing the book now and has given the rights to Higginbothams, i tried in Higginbothams stall too, but they told that ive to go to mount road shop, so thought i ll get it some time later.

    By Blogger Ram, at 6:13 PM  

  • Well, I agree about the bike thingy but about the MMS..it's not only the young kids but also some "matured" adults I would say, very much induldge in such digusting deeds and go unnoticed and sometimes get well paid for too! Call it cheap pleasure or easy money..they are just immoral.

    By Blogger Drops of Ocean, at 1:26 AM  

  • @sindhu
    What i meant was this wud not have happened for a school going person if parents had been vigilant. The other adults that you mentioned about, nothing can be done about it, they shud realise for themselves

    By Blogger Ram, at 6:17 AM  
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