Test of patience

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Commuting from IIM-B on Bannerghatta road to the HLL office at ITPL, Whitefield and vice versa is a test of patience. In the usual course, it must take around an hour, but we always end up commuting for an hour and a half or two (it takes me lesser time to fly down from Mumbai), the extra time being accounted for by a traffic jam.

Why are things like traffic jams a dangerous portent for the society?

Because it's ok when one doesn't don't know the goal and is groping for the way, then he can blame himself. But when everything is crystal clear, yet one is hemmed in without apparent reason, and to add to that there is no clear villian who can be the target of resentment or ire, the mass starts getting restive. And it is boom time for slimy politicians and manipulators who can direct this mass ire according to their partisan purpose by concocting suitable tales.

Well, looks like traffic jams have become a part of life in Bangalore now....is it a silent indicator of things to come?