It’s been a year in Kolkata and I am not able to get it that why people call it as a City of Joy. Trust me, there is no such thing called as JOY in Kolkata!!! Every moving thing is a threat here. I heard it in earlier days of my graduation that Kolkata is a place where people are so helping and so cooperative. It’s all bullshit because they are not. They first treat you as you are the only person in their life whom they can depend on and then, the moment they see that you are in trouble, they will be the first one to ditch you in front of everyone. So, if anyone of you have a friend from Kolkata, please please please analyze your friendship again and do test it.
There are so many weird things which I have noticed here. One of them is, in our cities if we get late for going anywhere; we take an auto to reach fast at that place. But here, as I mentioned every single thing works upside down. We are supposed to stand in a queue for at least 10 to 15 min before we can get an auto and don’t you dare to underestimate the queue. The number of people who are the integral part of queue is around 30 to 40. So basically, if you are getting late then also you have to say adios to around 6 to 8 autos first, and then your chance of boarding the auto will come. And this is really painful and irritating.
Second thing which I have noticed here is, no matter you are the richest person in the city or a rickshaw wala, the attitude counts man!!! Let me tell you the anatomy of this. The richest person will not talk to you nicely because of the attitude of being rich. The rickshaw wala will not talk to you nicely because of the attitude of owning the god damn stupid rickshaw. The richest person will not listen to you because he thinks that his logics are right (which are senseless in actual). The people here, especially the ladies (didi’s), will not listen to you at all once they start blabbering about anything. And if you don’t have insurance for your ears, you will not dare to start a LOGICAL conversation with them. And same goes for rickshaw wala’s too. Even if you are ready to pay 500 rupees for a 10 rupee distance, they will not leave their place, simply because they don't want to. Attitude boss!!!
So as I mentioned, Weird place...Weird people and even if we go with the phrase Jaisa desh waisa vesh, then also you cannot survive and compete with them because they are master of their stupidity and idiocy.
God save the people on this earth from this place and these people… I wonder what will happen to me if my stay here stretches for long. I think I have already lost half of my intellect and mind here dealing with this stupid mankind. So for now please pray for my safety here and do take care of yourself too. Stay blessed you lovely folks!!! :)
I agree with you, Kolkata is a different place and the people of Kolkata have a different attitude........ but I don't understand how you couldn't enjoy in Kolkata, it is truly a city of joy.... and the people of Kolkata are really fun to be with............
ReplyDeleteI think you are comparing them to people in other cities...as you said they are different.... try to meld a bit in their way and you'll see why it is called city of joy.
Just give it sometime and I hope your thoughts will change.