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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto from tuk-tuk 1 (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n
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Horn please (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not just for driving (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Traffic, old people, professionals, goats, bicycles, cars, sick dogs, trucks, tuk-tuks, scooters, motorcycles, couples, families, cows, cats, fruit sellers, chili dryers \u2013 you name it, and it has equal rights on any road anywhere in India.\u00a0 The level of tolerance for the absurd on the roads here is shocking.\u00a0 Should a dog happen to wander in front of oncoming traffic, it is oncoming traffic\u2019s responsibility to stop or swerve or otherwise outmaneuver everyone else to avoid hitting the dog.\u00a0 Should a tuk-tuk break down in the middle of the road, the river of traffic again makes monumental diversions to avoid hitting the stationary object.\u00a0 These scenarios are repeated in scales both large and small constantly here, and it gives me the impression that everyone and everything touching the road is equal.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if you are an untouchable, a Brahmin, a man, a woman, a vehicle, or a goat:\u00a0 all are given the respect of not being leveled flat by speeding traffic.<\/p>\n
But then what happens to this attitude when people leave the road?\u00a0 Where does that equality and tolerance for all go?\u00a0 Because if The Road attitude pervaded society here, I think there would be a lot less girls for me to train.<\/p>\n
Photo from tuk-tuk 1 (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Horn please (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not just for driving (Mumbai 2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n