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Am enraged!

Seems like a rather usual emotion these days! But I am truly infuriated. Today as i stood in the sun, in the park, right in front of our house, talking to Ritu, I saw an old couple coming on a rickshaw, complete with bag and baggage. Even before I decided to register them to my memory, I saw this bike coming with two young chaps on it. And just as i looked, the pillion rider snatched the purse from that unassuming lady and hurried off!

Huh? What just happened? The lady too, took a minute or two, to realise what happened and screamed for help, asking people to catch that asshole!

The bastards escaped! Obviously. But what the hell! What the bloody hell! These things were only heard of! And they don’t happen at mid noon, in front of homes, for Heaven’s sake! What has happened to the world? I mean, it was just so convenient for those guys!

They must have followed the couple, waited for an appropriate time and then committed the theft. They chose an easy target, with luggage, and hence a possibility that they must be carrying cash. But it is ridiculous. No one could take down the bike’s no. As they just rushed off!

Homes are supposed to be safe. Chandigarh should be a safe city. What is the ‘we care for you’ police caring for? Bribes and inducements? Even if not, why such an inaction and inability to nab the culprits, when countless cases have occurred in the city? There is no fear of law among such miscreants? A man’s car was taken at gunpoint on Madhya Marg- meant to be the busiest place in Chandigarh. Gun point? I mean.. gunpoint! What state of affairs! So safe we sit in the city beautiful, making it a preferred destination for tourists.

Large scale unemployment, growing needs and rising inflation, with limited resources, drugs, alcoholism, greed, all of this and maybe lots more is leading to such crimes. The culprits seemed to be well dressed, owning a bike, needing petrol for it. What easier way than to steal someone else’s hard earned cash!

Not fair, so not fair!

And there somewhere, in some home nearby, stays a dog that only cries! God knows what kind of hard hearted people exist! If u cant look after a dog, don’t Goddamn keep one! Not that the ‘law’ requires you to keep one! In fact, 3 seems too many for the Chandigarh administration. And for the Chinese, from the one child norm, they have regressed to one dog norm! State control is good, but contour the control please!

And there is Wikileaks, leaking even confidential diplomatic exchanges! Does anyone, even if it means civil servants, have any right to privacy? Even if it is Governmental privacy?

I just hate the world today. Haven’t even been able to go to the kids, there was just so much to do! Am confused, agitated, irritated, and just want to go shopping alone!

I hate everyone today!      

Huh!