Delhi/Amsterdam/Toronto
On the Way
I went through the terrors of traffic in
Delhi. A sweet devotee of Krishna, Satya
Narayan, who lives, works and prays, all within one block of the temple, was my
driver to the airport. I’m going back
home. He told me something a friend
said, “In India the people are very loving but they are not human. In many countries they are human but not
necessarily loving.”
When I heard this statement regarding life
in India and particularly how traffic and space is handled, I was quite
inclined to agree with words of such profundity. As we fought traffic, dodging and charging in
mayhem, I looked out my window, peering at some of the drivers. There’s a sweetness, an air of optimism on the
faces that I could detect. And I felt
confused and ambivalent seeing cheerfulness in chaos.
“Ignorance is bliss,” I moaned out to Satya
as we continued on in the rat race.
Satya, himself, smiled. Maybe I’m
too much of a grump, but no, scripture tells the truth of Kali-yuga, the
present age of darkness. Should I
pretend all is well? I just feel right
“calling a spade a spade.” The honking,
the aggression, the sudden shift of lanes, the regular bottle-necking of
vehicles, and all in the areas of road construction brought to a halt during
the night.
“Visions of hell,” I thought. I chanted, but the madness did not go
away. I said to Satya, “This is now, but
what about ten years from now? Do you
think auto-salespeople will stop selling their cars? No!”
Satya kept smiling and truly shared with me
the woes of what we were witnessing, only I was more depressed about it.
Eco-villages, let’s get going!
May the Source be with you!
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