Yesterday, the metro rail services had gone haywire in the morning as a man jumped in front of a Dumdum bound train in his suicide bid. When I reached the station @9.20 a.m, I heard the announcement that trains were plying till Maidan. After some deliberation, I decided to get down @ Park Street and to take a bus from there till B. B.D. However, the only train standing at the station was already jam-packed and when it was announced finally that it would go till Dumdum, some more jostled into the already packed boggies. That train finally left @9.40 a.m.
I took the next train, getting into position right after the previous train had left or otherwise, I would have to stand all the way. Finally, I reached office @ 10.20 a.m, a good 30 minutes late from what would have been my original time.
The sad part of the story was that not a single word of solace was uttered for the man who died on the tracks. Instead, everyone was cursing saying "Morar r somoy pelona ei office time chara?" (Couldn't he find some other time than the rush hours of morning?)
2 comments:
Its life dear....
Research reveals that, people who commit suicide are mostly 'insignificant'. That is they suffer from a belief (sometimes wrongly) that they are not getting much attention from the society or family. And they try to create a wave in their death. So it is mostly seen that these suicide incidents in Metro occurs in the rush hours. They choose this time to 'get noticed' and get some sympathy.
But the commuters, who are already stressed from their daily life, and work pressures, seem to be more annoyed than empathetic. Are they to be blamed? Or is it our stressful society?
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