Pune... ignorance is thy name!

I have been living in Pune for some time now. After living for certain amount of time one tends to notice the nuances of the city, the small things that define the people who in turn define the city. Being a Mumbaikar through and through I was always surprised by what this city had to offer me and what skeletons it hid in its closet. The motto of Mumbai was always “ shit happens…move on!” but in
Pune I was always grieved by the lack of response that the people and the city had towards others. We were outsiders to them and they a different species to us. Then one day it hit me, ignorance. The city ignores whatever it can and the people follow suit. The auto drivers will ignore the meter. The bikes will ignore the signals. The buses will ignore the pedestrian crossing in front of them. The city will ignore you. In the end this ignorance makes life go easy because even we outsiders learn to ignore. Now we ignore the loud noises and the lame music. The faulty meters. We ignore the rude drivers and the murderous buses. We ignore the corrupt cops and the inflexible world the people have created for them full of bias and preconceived notions. Most importantly we learn to ignore the flaws in the city and learn to love it in a small but acceptable way.