As if the two weren’t enough against frail old men, the teenager’s mother stepped out of her Audi and joined her husband and son. She abused the old men left, right and centre while the son and the father duo caught hold of their collars. The boy had the frigging audacity to say that the old men weren’t supposed to be driving on the road. And who’s the authority – the teenage boy who probably did not even have a license..??!!
The cars were parked parallel to each other, at least two feet apart, in opposite directions. Clearly the cars had not banged into each other. While the old men’s santro was on the correct side of the road – left, the Audi had crossed it’s admissible area of driving. The boy probably needed to be taught that in India, we drive on the left side of the road.
One of the old men folded his hands and begged for forgiveness. Wow! The lady forced her husband to sit in their Audi but the mad man refused to shut his trap. His wife sat in the co-driver’s seat and after some last minute usage of some more curse words, the teenage son finally sat in the driver’s seat and zoomed off. The way he drove, clearly indicated that an accident or another brawl was a few blocks away.
The way the old men were treated sent a chill down my spine and it was excruciating to watch the incident. Such incidents are on the rise.
Does owning an Audi in a country like India give one a right to cross the line of decency? It seems that the neo-rich, most of whom have become rich overnight owing to the sudden property boom, are finding it hard to digest the excess money.
Instead of teaching their kids to be humble and respect the elderly, the Parents foster extreme behaviour, which in some cases leads to serious criminal offences. Why are people losing their cool at the drop of a hat? Why do people not have any tolerance any more? Where is everyone heading? Are these the kind of citizens we want our future generations to turn out to be? Such a shame!!
– Surbhi Tangri
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