Tere Baap Ka Kya Jara?

Sunday is a day that everybody wishes to relax but there are some jobs and responsibilities that cannot be ignored on a holiday. One such responsibility being helping someone in real need.

I and my little sister were crossing a road on Sunday afternoon (6th Feb'2011), and we suddenly see from a distance that a man is lying helplessly unconscious on the road in front of a huge lorry. We called the 108 emergency service immediately. (This is an everyday 0ccurance on the roads of Hyderabad.) But what actually shocked us was the attitude of the traffic police. There were two cops directing the traffic there and neither of them stood up from his chair to help the man or bring him on to the pavement. It was when I and my sister tried to lift him up from the middle of the road did two auto drivers help us. The cops still didn't pay any attention. After a few minutes another cop joined them only to stare at us and we glared back at him. Now when we asked why didn't they help the man all they said was its Sunday. When asked SO WHAT if its Sunday??? They said "Madam aapke baap ka kya jara?" (what is your father loosing?)

A job is a job! I was too disgusted to argue with them and hence walked off swearing at them. Now when I think of this incident, I'm sure if I had offered to pay the cops a hundred rupees from my pocket they would've got to work immediately.

A crowd had formed around us and the man with each man/woman asking us if we knew the man. After a while my sister lost her temper with the ever questioning crowd that she asked every person ''Tere kamine baap ka kya jara" ((what is your bloody father loosing?) (sorry about the profanity). We stayed with the man until the 108 ambulance arrived and he was given first aid.

This is the state of law and order in Hyderabad. They expect us to follow all traffic rules or pay the fine when these so called guardians of safety do no even know the rules that apply to basic humanity. I always knew that they were dirty, greedy, corrupt with king size egos but now I don't believe them to be human, at least not those two cops who would've let the man die instead of doing their jobs. If the man would've died they would've termed it as a ''bad accident''. Really, unke baap ka kya jara?

God said take rest on Sunday but he never asked us to forget who we are. All that is bad in us took birth within us with our permission be it greed, jealousy or ego but who are we to forget that the heart beating inside of us isn't ours, the breath we take isn't ours nor is the life we live ours so what is the use of gaining power, wealth and losing your soul?

Damn! How heartless can a man be?

Comments

Anonymous said…
Humanity seems to be an extinct word these days....Loved the way you've written da....I just learned there is plenty to write... :)
April 12, 2011 at 4:33 AM
Smriti Paul said…
Oh yeah there is. Keep your eyes open :)
June 8, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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