Lekha 's sister from Tirur had come in by 11 o'clock and they'd driven off to Kottarakkara, soon after. They're going to look up the newly born grandchild of their eldest sister! That left mom and me, to take care of ourselves till tomorrow morning when Lekha's assistant would come by to tend the kitchen affairs. She has the Sundays off, you see. Lunch and dinner had been made and stacked up in the refrigerator, the breakfast for the morrow was my responsibility!
The day passed off without a hitch with the only outdoor, as permitted by mom - the walk with her in the courtyard in the evening. Without batting an eyelid, I decided to give my walks and exercising a holiday! But with all the inaction, I'd caught up on a bit of reading and television viewing to hit the sack late.
Lekha will be back by tomorrow evening!
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The news about an unknown, middle aged gypsy gentleman, who died in a road accident in Thiruvananthapuram during the day was appalling. He was hit by a bus while crossing the road whose rear wheel ran over his legs. Howling with pain for the first few minutes, though people and the traffic policeman saw him, none came forward to give him first aid and shift him to the hospital. And let me list you the subsequent happenings:-
(a) The traffic policeman continued to regulate the traffic as though nothing had happened.
(b) Motorists, in their vehicles, passed by without offering their services. Their vehicles would
have got dirty(?) or they feared a police case that was cumbersome to be involved in. They,
aren't aware of the new rules on the subject and even if they did, chose to ignore it.
(c) The cop on duty had called for the police ambulance and felt that he'd done his duty and
(d) The ambulance fetched up 45' later.
The injured was taken to the hospital where he passed away, soon after, thanks to the heavy loss of blood during the long wait!
Would this have happened had the injured person been a VIP or from the glitterati?
Was reminded of a similar incident that happened some years earlier, a few hundred metres from the accident spot, when a person was killed by a man of unsound mind on the banks of the Padmanabhaswamy temple water tank in broad daylight - around 1015h, the same time as this one - watched by a few hundreds of spectators!
And we, Malayalees, claim to be literate, educated(?) and with the times! Sad!!
Tailpiece.
The Pakistani ghazal maestro, Ghulam Ali, enthralled the Kozhikode audience with his rendition that lasted over three hours, this evening. The protesting Shiv Sena could just twiddle their thumbs!
The day passed off without a hitch with the only outdoor, as permitted by mom - the walk with her in the courtyard in the evening. Without batting an eyelid, I decided to give my walks and exercising a holiday! But with all the inaction, I'd caught up on a bit of reading and television viewing to hit the sack late.
Lekha will be back by tomorrow evening!
* * *
The news about an unknown, middle aged gypsy gentleman, who died in a road accident in Thiruvananthapuram during the day was appalling. He was hit by a bus while crossing the road whose rear wheel ran over his legs. Howling with pain for the first few minutes, though people and the traffic policeman saw him, none came forward to give him first aid and shift him to the hospital. And let me list you the subsequent happenings:-
(a) The traffic policeman continued to regulate the traffic as though nothing had happened.
(b) Motorists, in their vehicles, passed by without offering their services. Their vehicles would
have got dirty(?) or they feared a police case that was cumbersome to be involved in. They,
aren't aware of the new rules on the subject and even if they did, chose to ignore it.
(c) The cop on duty had called for the police ambulance and felt that he'd done his duty and
(d) The ambulance fetched up 45' later.
The injured was taken to the hospital where he passed away, soon after, thanks to the heavy loss of blood during the long wait!
Would this have happened had the injured person been a VIP or from the glitterati?
Was reminded of a similar incident that happened some years earlier, a few hundred metres from the accident spot, when a person was killed by a man of unsound mind on the banks of the Padmanabhaswamy temple water tank in broad daylight - around 1015h, the same time as this one - watched by a few hundreds of spectators!
And we, Malayalees, claim to be literate, educated(?) and with the times! Sad!!
Tailpiece.
The Pakistani ghazal maestro, Ghulam Ali, enthralled the Kozhikode audience with his rendition that lasted over three hours, this evening. The protesting Shiv Sena could just twiddle their thumbs!
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