IT appears that in our country, the doodh patti chai industry is a disciplined one. The consistent way they make that tea has been perfected over centuries of philosophically disciplined contemplation, or at least how long it takes to boil the water.
Discipline, uniformity, harmony, synergy, “in-sync”, consistency, etc. These are the golden rules that have baffled our social scientist ever since they decided to ponder over a problem that eluded them so much: finding synonyms for discipline.
But seriously, look around you, dear reader. Does anything really appear to be in order other than the ridiculously timed traffic signals?
Take public transport. A study was recently conducted by Portugal’s Royal Paynin Dias Institute of Transport Regulations on the request of concerned city officials and which was shared in strictest confidence with yours truly. One of their recommendations include conducting a roadside “Match-the-Two-Look-Alike-Buses” competition for schoolchildren. Successful children will be awarded full study scholarships to any university in the world.
The report clearly identifies two transport areas which need improvement. The truck/bus/coach art techniques and rickshaw/taxi cab seat cushions. In fact, the Institute, acting on the request of more concerned city officials, have recommended a line of European designers, including none other than the House of Armani and Elizabeth Arden for a preliminary range of cushion cover designs drafts for bus route 5-A and Makhmali Coach, while the Royal College of Arts in England has been suggested for a more uniformed design format for oil/water tanker rears.
It is indeed heartening to know that as a nation we really have learnt, at last, to cherish our freedom of speech and thought in a disciplined manner. And nowhere is that unified emotion more visible than on the auspicious occasion of our Independence Day.
For the benefit of our fellow overseas brethren, dear reader, let’s spend a moment revisiting our Independence Day celebrations.
Like every great nation on earth, we start the Independence Day celebrations with solemn pledge of loyalty, patriotism and a joint prayer for the prosperity, integrity and well-being of our countrymen. This is followed by a thoughtful contemplation of where we can improve ourselves. After this, we all remove our motorbike’s silencers and take part in a grand inter-city rally.
Before I conclude and before you are overcome with patriotic discipline and start crying, here’s another interesting finding of that traffic study which really blew my top: Did you know that an average auto-rickshaw’s decibel level is slightly lower than the combined level of the entire Atlantic fleet of the US Navy?
IT appears that in our country, the doodh patti chai industry is a disciplined one. The consistent way they make that tea has been perfected over centuries of philosophically disciplined contemplation, or at least how long it takes to boil the water.
