The Eternal Thing

  The bicycles are disadvantageous on the road when compared to the motored vehicles. They move slow. They can't recover quickly if stopped. The intention is just transport - move from one place to another place. Not to speed. Never to chase anyone or anything. It takes a toll on the driver, who burns one's own body to take the bicycle forward. The knees, the sweat, the discomfort on sunny days - it's unexplainable. We are not sure why the driver ended up with cycle. Maybe there was no other choice. If the driver is hurting by riding the bicycle through ups and downs, sun and rain, well and ill, the first thing to note is that the society has failed to save the driver. The human society is supposed to be equal for all, it should provide justice to all. But aren't we damned that we are seeing the poor driver struggling on the road! The best thing one can hope for is for the driver to upgrade the vehicle. Maybe the driver will choose a scooty, or a moped, or a bike - base...

  Unstable incomes.  Unaffordable prices. Unsustainable living conditions. These are the scenes that run through most of the minds in the city environment. Kids who have to grow up witnessing so much of traffic, pollution and noise. Elders who had to witness the most isolated situations in their lives. Looking at either of them is the average first generation middle-aged middle-class human who takes the biggest hit upon arriving to the city. The human often does not come to the city by choice. The human finds a way to live - or more aptly - the human finds a way to survive. Can't shout at the boss. Can't escape the city. Can't access better living conditions. The human is helpless. As if some harsh punishment is given without any apparent reason. This causes a gradual build up of frustration - the kind that can break even the kindest soul. With time, the symptoms of this will start to surface. Losing patience with people on the road, getting easily triggered with family mem...