The last day of the year gone by had something interesting to teach me.....before beginning let me tell everyone who has bothered to read this post....that like most of the common people I also have a very negative perception of the policemen....but this experience forced me to have some pondering at my prejudices....
It so happened that I was driving down the road when the light turned yellow and by the time I reached the crossing It had turned red...seeing nobody around and having the so usual attitude "kya pharak padta hai"....i jumped the red light...besides it was not a busy one....so I thought it was ok....But suddenly a cop emerged and stopped me....
I first tried to evade him...and actually tried to bluff him saying that it had not turned red by the time I had reached crossing but he was not be be fooled.....i had to come out of my car....He asked for my license....I had heard that these constables take up your license and then demand whatever they wish..I had the age old notion about the policeman and I was very sure that he would soon be asking for bribe....
But here the experience turns different....he took the license from me...simply noted down the details ..asked for my insurance ..at which i again had the feeling that he is trying to find some problem with the papers so that he can fleece me...but he merely asked me the number..handed me a 100 Rs fine...and then actually made me realize my mistake...what he said was that one should not have this habbit of trying to avoid fine by lying...because you are young and the habbits formed at this age are difficult to change....more than his words the way that he told them had a sense of genuineness to it...
I had a different experience that day and that made me think that just like any other profession, good and bad people are everywhere. It is because of few good people that this world is still functioning despite all its faults.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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