The indian road leveller

I could never understand why road users always took pot shots at the PWD minister when they r driving or riding or even walking for that matter. I for one am quite sunthusht (sorry Shah Rukh)with whatever i get especially if it is free. But all that changed after the 25th of march 2006. What is significant of this date u may ask? That, my dear friends, was the day i got my drivers license and hence joined the club of PWD officials bashers (that number is in the millions ..if not billions now).

After another hard day on the road to college and back it just struck me as to how the road is a great leveller. No matter how big u r (i meant in stature ofcourse) u still have to use the same damn road as the other buggers out there. The bigger the car the more screwed u get due to all the traffic jams and stuff. Not to mention in the unfortunate event of an accident, if u just so happen to have a sedan or an SUV ur in for it my friend...big time. The injuries get adjusted according to the make of the car. If what u have is a bike...it would invite a small bruise, the hatcback would recieve a broken bone or sprain which could disappear with a couple of hundred bucks.

However if u have the sedan( say an optra) or an SUV (say a CRV)....the injuries could vary from the laceration of the left tibula (just shooting in the dark here) or crack in the skull. Hell might freeze over sooner before u get over this mess and get the courage to take the car out again. So it begs the question do the indian roads have a pro-socialist tilt to it? Coz this is not just seen in commi-country kerala or bengal (all though the number of spectators are more here) but it is there even in gurgoan, ludhiana or any other godforesaken place in this nation. In other words i do believe that there can be very few levellers that work as efficiently as the indian road network....cheers to the health of the PWD minister. Now if u can excuse me...it is time for me to hit the road...