Whatever Vir Das started with his talk of the two Indias, we see everyday and that is what made that talk strike a chord. Here's a nice example of our two Indias, one of the entitled and one of the common man. The scene is from a couple of days ago, outside KBR park at 730 am. The road is a busy road, but hey, we are entitled to all this. We own this and we will do what we want.
Clearly a car can go but this road is not meant only for cars. There is no reason why anyone should park there and not find a better place to park. But this has to be close to the gate, and our convenience matters more than anything else.
The water tanker guy honked like crazy apparently and the guy next to him shouted at him and told him that this was 'parking'. So how is he supposed to go?Fly? But hey, we privileged types will stick together and you better find some other way. My bet - if the guy in the car was summoned he might well have beaten up the lorry guy. How dare you?
So the water tanker guy scraped and adjusted while saab parked and went off for a saunter. We all do that don't we? After all this is the story of two Indias - one the privileged for whom no laws seem to apply and one for the rest, who has to bend, crawl, scrape and adjust.
Or get beaten up.
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