Deteriorating state of our country and waking up at odd hours…

Have you ever unintentionally broken the law?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

A warmer morning this one is and I woke up at 2 in the morning with cold sweats, and turned on the fan, doom-scrolled for a while, turned on my tab and watched a few episodes of Daria and went back to sleep around 4:30 and woke up yet again as my alarm rang at 8 in the morning,

And I’ve felt more refreshed than ever;

Maybe this intermittent sleep schedule is the way to get more of my creativity out,

Because I remember writing something about close friends who ditch on me at the moment I need them, but I have stood up for them various times even at odd hours…

Maybe this realisation was very much needed to distance myself from such people in my life and this realisation couldn’t have come at the right time as may a people I considered close missed an important date in my life;

Instead of two who reached out to me;

(Khair…)

Coming back to the prompt

Unintentionally breaking the law

What are we talking about here tbh…!

I’m making this post from Delhi, India where the people don’t see the red lights before crossing—

The assaults on women are on an all time high-

There are more than 50 people including men, women and children going missing who can’t be traced even by the police each and every single day—

Rules are broken left and right and today due to mahashivratri;

Truck full of people and their dj sets will blare music all throughout the day wherever they go and cause noise pollution throughout the day-

Can you ever tell such people that the faith exists within their bodies and doing a pomp and show disrupts other communities too,

But if that is said it would cause more harm than good—

Each day there are numerous cases registered and some are cleared just through under the table deals or by paying off the victim or their surviving family—

A lawless state we live in here,

Let me not tell you about speeding or illegally cutting of the lanes that these blinkit drivers and e rickshaw drivers make 🫩

And even I’m not someone who is pure amongst the people who are covered in grime-

I’ve paid my way out of problems too, that were caused by breaking rules like speeding, or other illegal activities(let’s stop it here)

Because that’s the easiest way to get away from any problem when you can pay someone and they make it disappear…!

Money works wonders even in overcoming the hurdles in bureaucratic procedures and makes our lives easier instead of letting our files sit and collect dust in government offices…!

Because this is India…!

(मेरा देश बदल रहा है…)

(My country is changing)

And becoming an even more greedy, selfish and corrupt one just because we have normalised this sort of thinking and they don’t work unless they are fed their rates…!

A deep dive into our state of operations to the world…

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍