Indian Railways and Indian psychology - each others' fodder
This is being written to express my disgust over each of them... first, the bribing in Indian Railways (IR)- one of the most wide spread and unchecked plague in the single largest employer of the world. Why should a person having paid the whole amount for a waiting list ticket have to bribe the TTI to get a berth confirmed (and if you are not ready to pay, you can be sure that you will never get a berth)??
The fault lies on both the sides... first the public for being such idiots and muddle-heads for failing to realize that they have already more than what is required (as IR records around Rs15000crore of profit yearly). And the second group to be blamed is of course the government employees, who are the Midas-like people - perhaps they don't know that whatever bribe they take is being used to improve their luxury which results in growing their belly and that finally leads to death because of heart-attack or cancer one day. Every rupee they take will move two rupees away from them when in need... people give it a thought...
and one more such instance is the seat sharing part... every person in the waiting list deserves a seat... perhaps the only mistake they would have done was that they booked their tickets late... every passenger has an equal responsibility in helping them out..
keep thinking!!
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