This is not going to be a conventional blog post of mine, one that’s going to bludgeon its way past the 1000-word barrier I usually set for myself and end up breaking habitually. It’s about a thought, a question that breezed past my mind as I watched trains screech to a halt on both sides of the platform; as the sweepers waltzed to and fro delicately holding on to one of those brooms that are characterized by long handles; as I was subconsciously trying to steal the attention of the lovely lass sitting beside me though she had dug deep into that novel of hers; as I laughed deep within because she reminded me of this(she was lanky and had long legs as well)
I have been reading a lot of history of late and as I sat there
in my chair observing the surroundings, thinking about what I had read and also
fantasizing about the girl beside me, this fellow PROUDHON’S famous assertion, “property is theft” struck my mind.
This Proudhon fella is known to be quite a rebel and a controversial thinker. At
this point, I won’t be able to conclude if this statement of his influenced my
line of thinking, but I thought this post would be meaningless if I didn’t
mention his name. After all, how can I afford to call a post about a thought
process complete, without contemplating about the origin of the process?
I have always been fascinated by trains and train journeys. Check this . This
time, a simple (silly?) question struck my mind. Why does the person who pays
more enjoy greater benefits? How many cases of first generation AC passengers
do we see today? People who travel by AC or first class compartments mostly do
so only because they’ve been entitled to better resources right from their
childhood. In other words, it’s pretty clear that they are not beneficiaries of
their own Karma, especially students. So why is not possible to have a
first-come first serve system where the person who books the ticket first gets
to enjoy better benefits? Its implementation is obviously going to be an arduous
process, close to impossible I guess. But it isn’t wrong to dream, is it? Whaddya
think?
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