What's your civic quotient?
Hello again Please read my article that appeared in the Times of India last Sunday titled "What's your civic quotient?". I am pasting the image below as it appeared in the press, but am also pasting the word document below which you may find easier to read. Please take a moment to comment on the blog or directly to me at sohan.hatangadi@gmail.com Dodging bricks Many decades ago, on my way to school, I encountered a wall being constructed across the dirt path I took every day. On the wall was a mason, puffing a chutta (local cigar), as he laid bricks. Being a latent activist, I was upset by the obstruction and asked why the wall was being built there. He looked down on me kindly. Something in my chubby, inquiring face must have touched him. He threw a brick at me! Thanks to my quick reflexes honed by dodging assorted missiles in class, the brick missed but I learnt an important lesson. If we ask inconvenient questions, we must be adept at dodging a brick or two.