The mighty Government Authority

So you have managed to negotiate the pedestrians and the cattle.....but watch out.....particularly in foggy winter evenings or rainy monsoon days......that is the time the municipal authorities suddenly remember that the central median has to be restored and decorated. So there may be loose blocks of stone scattered around the central verge. If you were among the last ones before the light turned red, the motorist behind you....remember he must be also trying to beat that light....would never be able to know the reason for you slowing down. Thank heavens that you would be alive if the one behind you is not a Bus.

Why do authorities do this 'road maintenance' in the monsoon.....because they want the city looking 'beautiful' come the Independence day (August 15). Why do they do it in the foggy winter because again they want the Republic Day (January 26) Chief Guest - some despot from a neighboring developing country - to feel that India is beautiful.

While in New Delhi you could be caught in long queues of waiting vehicles because of the 'VIP movement'. Whenever the senior leaders of the ruling party, the Prime Minister, zillions of ex-Prime Ministers, Presidents, Lok Sabha (the Parliament of India) Speaker decide to go out....the traffic for miles around their path is stopped by the police. I haven't understood for the life of me how that helps any body's security.....it opens up opportunities for the terrorists to cause mass destruction.

Similar is the case when traffic police create 'slalom' like temporary barricades on already congested roads, mostly in the dusky evening time. A policeman with a flashlight is able to see amongst the beams of headlight the right vehicle to stop for questioning !!??

And another example of Indian authority is the bureaucrats from the roads and transport ministries who get chauffeur driven cars. They sit reading their morning paper while being driven through the congestion, around the barricades, between cattle. Of course they also do not need to park their cars......Parking Chaos in the next edition.