"Life would have been so much simpler if it didn't involve crossing roads. "
-The RiceEater
A week or so back, I took the Aero-Express from the airport to Hitec City. The place where I stay falls on that particular route, but alighting near it would mean that I cross the road to reach my home. So I rode the bus till the next traffic signal less than 500 meters away , hired an auto and paid the auto-wallah 30 bucks (or was it 40? ) just to cross the road and go 500 meters back!
Does this say something about me? No? Ah well, let me enlighten you. I have this small (okay, big) problem: I have an irrational fear of crossing roads. I call it "irrational" because, well, it's irrational. (Or maybe not. If you look at the way people drive here in Hyderabad. )
I know many people who cannot cross roads. But I am on a different level altogether. I have reached a point where just the thought of crossing roads (leave alone the act of crossing roads) freaks me out and puts me in a state of anxiety. If I am to go to some place, the first thing I think about is not how far away the place is or how much money it would take to go there, but it's which side of the road the place falls on and if I will have to cross any road to reach my destination. I might even choose to not go there if it involved crossing roads.
It may sound a bit crazy. But that's how it is.
I am not sure if anyone shares the kind of paranoia that I have. But I definitely know that it would do us ( people like me or even close) a world of good if the people in power started building a couple of over-bridges and subways here and there; at heavy traffic places and strategic locations. Wouldn't it make our lives so much easier!
If I were given one day to run the country, I don't know about anything but I would sure end up making laws to construct over-bridges and subways at every 5 km distance. No kidding!
-The RiceEater
A week or so back, I took the Aero-Express from the airport to Hitec City. The place where I stay falls on that particular route, but alighting near it would mean that I cross the road to reach my home. So I rode the bus till the next traffic signal less than 500 meters away , hired an auto and paid the auto-wallah 30 bucks (or was it 40? ) just to cross the road and go 500 meters back!
Does this say something about me? No? Ah well, let me enlighten you. I have this small (okay, big) problem: I have an irrational fear of crossing roads. I call it "irrational" because, well, it's irrational. (Or maybe not. If you look at the way people drive here in Hyderabad. )
I know many people who cannot cross roads. But I am on a different level altogether. I have reached a point where just the thought of crossing roads (leave alone the act of crossing roads) freaks me out and puts me in a state of anxiety. If I am to go to some place, the first thing I think about is not how far away the place is or how much money it would take to go there, but it's which side of the road the place falls on and if I will have to cross any road to reach my destination. I might even choose to not go there if it involved crossing roads.
It may sound a bit crazy. But that's how it is.
I am not sure if anyone shares the kind of paranoia that I have. But I definitely know that it would do us ( people like me or even close) a world of good if the people in power started building a couple of over-bridges and subways here and there; at heavy traffic places and strategic locations. Wouldn't it make our lives so much easier!
If I were given one day to run the country, I don't know about anything but I would sure end up making laws to construct over-bridges and subways at every 5 km distance. No kidding!
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