locomotiveAnd for a Friday…. travelling from home…. to home….. to home. Mumbai-Bangalore-Trivandrum….. some nostalgia…. some thoughts….

Travelling in the sixties from Mumbai was, a Train from VT to Madras Central, Surface to Madras Egmore, meter gauge to Trivandrum…. all of six days with coal flakes all over the “Hold-all” and body.

Hardships and difficulties made the destination so wonderful. Good manners, sharing, truthfulness, ethics and being honest was constantly exhibited and injected into us as children. Mothers are the first and best everlasting teachers. My Mother had drilled into me as a child “DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU “.

Nothing much has changed, I now see, my Grandson and His Mother, relations, emotions, Bondages continue. But the Modern World throws up newer and newer challenges and greater opportunities like the same journey to Trivandrum. This trip is a two hour flight to Bangalore and a lovely 8 hour fantastic drive in a six lane Expressway to Trivandrum, dotted en route with Macdonalds, Cafe Coffee Day, A2B, Saravana Bhavans and Kumbakonam Kapi.

India is trudging along, unfortunately, due to our politics, unable to capitalise, curtailed from surging ahead, politicians seem to blame each other, the big picture getting blurred. I don’t understand Politics and Politicians.

The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 was a non political working woman Enabling Bill, for increasing Maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks, for 50 plus women employees, compulsory Crèche etc. But alas, the Politics of Demonetisation has stalled all legislations, the entire Winter session of Parliament washed off. None seem to bother about the need to harness our Women Power, our major competitive strength over China.

But lets not lose heart, we have great skills. India’s time has come. Let’s all work towards a modern society with Contemporary Laws, embracing our age old traditions of Love, Togetherness and Fraternity. My Mother always said….. “style never goes out of fashion”. So let’s build an Ethical, law abiding, humane and caring society, the Indian style…. the SEEGOS way