Strange is the ways of the world...
True story this,,
As you all no, Chennai has been under severe weather strains and i have said enough bout the nastiness of the same to the people around me, but anyway, i will recount the strange ways of the people of this city, particularly of the people living in and around Srinivasa Murthy Avenue. Adyar
Water stagnation is a common problem in our city and our street is no different. What is different is that our street actually has pavements, which surprisingly people don't use. Now, because of the rains, the streets are flooded and well one would assume that footpath would be put to good use. But, here is the snag. Couple of days back(last Friday) i think, the street was ankle deep in water. There was this lady who was walking a bit ahead of me. Now when you see ankle deep water and a very narrow patch of dry area(adjoining to a house) what do you do? Take the narrow path right? Yes the path is narrow, one needs to maneuver a bit carefully so as not to slip and fall. But nevertheless, it is the easier path right? But no, this lady waddled in the water the entire stretch of the road, by now i had caught up with her in the sense, i was walking on the narrow pathway and she was in the middle of the road. She saw me, but made no move to come to the dry land. So i thought, maybe she likes to waddle in water..
Then today, due to late night showers the roads were flooded but not that much. Again i took the footpath, but there was this middle aged man who was walking ahead of me in water. I crossed him, he saw me but continued to walk on water. (;p)
Now, could it be coincidence that these 2 people enjoy waddling and getting wet in dirty murky water? No, This is a phenomena very common on the streets, I have noticed this couple of times elsewhere too. I seek the dry patches. Willing to climb parapets to remain dry but people continue to splash around in muck.
Truly, Strange is the way of the city of Chennai.
