It was a busy Saturday evening.
I was there in a shop for a purchase with my family. The idea of paying the bill with the card was turned down becoz of some restrictions both on the shop as well as from the bank. It was almost half past 8. So they said the shop would be closed in a short while.
So Me & Jena had to rush to a near by ATM(s). The Search of ATM itself can be the content of a separate post. But the theme of this post is not that.
We were moving very fast in a busy road. Eureka!!! We found a working :) ATM. I was waiting outside. Suddenly noted that there were few people carrying a big wooden box. A close observation revealed that it was a box of crackers. The reason behind the crackers on this un-seasonal time is a marriage party which was going on in the near by hall (kalyana mandapam).
As i mentioned in the beginning it was a busy road. Within a minute or two they lighted the crackers exactly in the same busy road. It was not one single item. There were at-least 20+ crackers in that box. The entire road was blocked. It was filled with smoke causing loads of inconvenience to the public there. I observed that few of them were scolding / cursing the marriage party.
On an auspicious day where the couple would expect blessings from everyone, I don't understand any rationale behind such an idiotic idea of lighting crackers in the busy road leading to the curse of several people.
Someone rightly said common sense is the most uncommon thing in the world.
Btw, the only thing I was able to do at that time was to approach the nearby traffic cop and asking him to stop this barbaric act. Thankfully the cop approached them and stopped them from lighting the remaining crackers.
May God Bless those unknown couple ignoring the curses of several travelers.
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