System has to undergo Change !!

My goal for this blog is to highlight that if a Country or even for a city to change the whole system must undergo change. In India the very first thing people complain for everything is Government. Government as such can only do so much but it is up to citizens to embrace the change and take it forward. Change is inevitable and every damn thing in this world keep changing. I would like to present series of small incidents which I had to deal with in day to day life to highlight some of the pain paints.

Quest for Organic Eggs: My requirement was simple – “Need to buy Organic eggs” and I started visiting few supermarkets and to my surprise I could not get anywhere. I came to know an elderly couple in Puthur Market who sells organic eggs and I was able to get hold of them, I purchased few times but the problem was they always had limited supply and most of the times when I go they don’t have stock so I had no other choice but to skip them. I found another shop who dips the egg in dicoction water and upon time the color of the shell changes to light brown and they label it has organic eggs. My search continues ..Found another shop which I bet must exists even before India got its Independence…He informed me these eggs are called “Pannai Eggs”, now this was like trying to understand Duckworth lewis rules of cricket where people confuse you through new terms. I bought those and my maid said these are no way organic eggs and I was being cheated. Now I turned my concentration to villages since I knew my egg hunt (literally) would produce good results; Unfortunately when I visit my native hens don’t lay eggs and when hens lay eggs I end up not visiting village ..somehow logistics did not work out though there was genuine organic eggs available. Now I found general merchant store (annachi kadai) where they sell Organic eggs and each egg price was four times than that of a normal egg but since I was exhausted on my search I did not think twice about the price and bought only to later find out eggs get spoilt much faster and the shelf life markings are merely bogus. Now I am at a point no more plucking nails …….I wanted to bring this incident to highlight being a perishable item there has to be some mechanism to screen quality of perishable food items. So system needs some regulations in Consumer goods especially perishable ones from respected Food departments

Safety is question mark: Now after Subasri’s death there is lot of noise on Banners ..but there are not one or two things that has to be changed in Roads but a whole lot of things has to be changed. Let me share two incidents …

Incident 1: People who build houses buy steel rods from steel merchants and these rods are carried on an open vehicle and one end point towards you if you happen to be on back of that vehicle. This is very scary considering the fact how sharp these rods are. Now the steel merchant has lot of ways to send this in a safe manner but it will cost him more and he agrees upon a price (including freights costs) with the buyer just to be competitive in market. Now who is the victim – “Public” ? Transport laws should avoid these risky freight movement

Incident 2: Once I was driving around MGR statue and since the roundabout was quite a big one I was looking on one side completely neglecting other side. There was one mid aged man who came in two wheeler and accidentally I dashed him and he fell on the road. Without hesitating for a second I had my hand brakes on and rushed to see the man ….I said I am very sorry and I did not do this intentionally ..He was a nice person ..he accepted my apologies and said no one would do intentionally and asked me to drive carefully. Though I can take the blame partially still constructing such a big roundabout in heart of the city is so very dangerous and all residents of Trichy are aware of this. Political parties make sure their political leaders Statue show up in prominent joints to gain more mileage. If at all statues are moved then that becomes big time Politics. We need all possible safety measures on roads

Mobile shops: I am not talking about the phone mobiles but am talking about the shops on the move. Considering average width of a street to be 30 feet on a normal residential street these vehicles occupy 5 feet on one side (ex: egg noodles shop) and another guy has some shop occupying on other side occupying another 5 feet and public is left with 20 feet. Within that 20 feet we may have to learn to drive our cars and not to forget the road is two way and we may see movement on both ways. We may also see a lady selling Flowers in one corner, man selling groundnuts in another corner making the road even more congested …..now we can neither move these guys as their living is based on this nor afford to have these guys as this will create public discomfort. Somehow concerned authorities has to find a solution to make peace with all parties concerned. 

Judiciary system: Our office is in a prominent part of Trichy and there cannot be a peak time compared to 6.30 pm in the evening. Medical representative came inside our office to meet us and when he went outside he was shocked to know his bike was stolen. All this happened in matter of 30-45 minutes; He raised a police complaint and we all know how it works. Police took the case and did some investigation ..they even visited our office to get some CCTV footage. After few months I met the Rep and asked whether he got his bike and he said though he got his bike he wished it was stolen. He had to make multiple visits to Police station and he suspected link between them and person who robbed. In simple words …This is how he sounded ….Robber takes away bike ….Sets up deal with police …Police does investigation and gets money from owner of the bike for taking up the case ….Police finds the bike and hands over to owner …Robber gets money from police….Police makes money from owner ….Owner to some extent is happy since he at least got his bike …Judiciary system role ? India needs to setup fast track courts to look into the Judiciary issues since only when we control law and order issues we can progress forward.

As we can see there are lot more things within the system that has to be changed to create a better tomorrow. Complaining Government is not going to take us anywhere ..People has to change, laws has to be changed, regulations has to come into effect, lawmakers has to enforce rules and not just advice, need proper governance, government authorities and last but not the least good stable Government to lead the state. In short whole system has to undergo “Change” ….