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The "Governance" issue seems to be the flavour of the season; I see blogs and digital posts commenting on the lack of Governance in India. Maybe it is time for introspection on how we behave as citizens of India; We seem to  hate any form of governance in our life, we hate to be told what to do, after all are we now free from colonial rule. It is our privilege to litter and urinate where we like, and break the law whenever no one is looking, are we not a free country. My belief is that good governance starts from the citizen following the laws of the land irrespective of anyone looking. So when do we start using bins, if  bins are not available we can carry trash in a bag until we find a bin. We can plan our journey so the we need not use the roadside to urinate and finally we must learn to respect the law and accept that is made  for our well-being. We love to talk about lack of governance in our great country and complain about every other event little realizing that charit...

On Sunday the roads in Mumbai are generally empty in the mornings and it is easy to get around without getting choked in the traffic. Last Sunday I decided to take an auto since securing a safe parking place in Bombay even on a Sunday is a challenge. I got chatting with the auto driver as he drove me through the empty roads and he stopped at the right light. The traffic behind him kept honking until he decided to move on through the red light. I asked him why we have such  scant respect for Red lights and the law. His wisdom in the matter was interesting, he told me it was not corruption that made people break the law, it was the fact that first they may not get caught at all. If they got caught at a signal by the police officer one could negotiate to be let off without a receipt, but if one insisted you could still pay the mandatory fine and get a receipt. His observation was the fine was so petty that no one worried about breaking the law, there were no harsh punishment like cancella...

The Long Play Record on the header of my blog page is a blast from the past when you could stack records and they would play one at a time in the sequence you wanted. The idea was like the LP I would blog at least once a week and keep the words flowing. Life is like a record player, remember we used to have the various RPM speeds , some records would have only one song while some would have more and the Long Play record the most. Youth is like an LP the energy just does not wane and every waking hour is filled with action, then comes middle age when you move more slowly like a 78 Rpm record with a few focused activities and finally comes the post middle age when you go back to the  LP mode when you wonder when the day will end.  Of course there are some sunny days in our life which are like a 45 rpm quick nice and entertaining and which are our fond memories, like weddings, parties and celebrations of our achievements. The cycle of life too is like the record player and finally a day c...