If you have no respect for the space around you and want it to die as quickly as possible, an auto rickshaw in Gurgaon is the best solution for you. Not a moment would be spent before you realise that you have become a tightly packed molecule in the lattice of auto rickshaw structure. 4 people in each seat row meant for 3 people. One seat row behind, 2 seat rows in middle and one seat row in front.
The auto has capacity of 3x4 = 12 people in actual, but like every one else, it has gained an expertise in pushing its limits, and daily keeps up with the challenge of having capacity of 4x4 = 16 people. If you are able to see the driver of the auto rickshaw, you will first wonder where he has kept his posterior, and then you will feel either pity or great respect for him after realising that he has given away all his space to the co passengers in the front row.
Co passengers in the front row deserve no less respect. In many cases, they are the victims of chivalry taught to them by daily customs which prompt a man to give away his low space but comparatively comfy seat for a lady passenger, as she is not supposed to sit in the front row. Keeping balance with half of his body still hanging outside, maintaining balance of his bag so that it does not tilt away from the passenger, holding the frame of auto tightly enough in a sustainable position for his hand and ability to handle the push for bigger seat space from behind, life on the front row is not easy and deserves respect, even more than the passengers in delhi metro, which can show some respite sometimes.
Women have no scope of feeling insecure in these shared autos because they are sure that a hand once jam packed can not move here and there. Their wide waists by structure itself further fixes the situation. Moreover, if there is a slight movement anyhow, it will be rapidly noticed as it will be the only movement visible. The culprit will, moreover, have nowhere to run away even if the auto was standstill, because by the time he would free himself from the tight packed lattice to run away, he would have been beaten many times by legs or heads, the most mobile parts of other passengers.
In the winters, the shared autos become a blessing in disguise for many suffering people. Sticking to each other, blocking any air from entering our clothes, in fact stuffing the auto rickshaw so much that almost no air can come from outside to inside, this helps many people from maintaining their body temperatures and reach office without getting cold.
If you enjoy cold and are not appreciative of this maximum space utilisation by the auto rickshaws, you have private autos as well in Gurgaon, which will charge you five times higher, but will give you space you needed and in most cases, also take you through the roads faster than their shared counterparts. But you will also then be in risk of vehicular accidents because they forget keeping paddle on their brakes.
In India where we people are super sensitive to touch, sharing space closely with each other for livelihood of a fellow Indian is a great example of how tolerant we all are as a society. We do not care who the adjacent person is, who has pressed us more than anyone ever has. He or she is as acceptable to us as any other person. A girl is sure that she will be comfortable because some one or other would give away his seat to her. The auto ride is in itself a big lesson of life, if seen from a student's eyes.
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| Still an empty auto rickshaw |
Co passengers in the front row deserve no less respect. In many cases, they are the victims of chivalry taught to them by daily customs which prompt a man to give away his low space but comparatively comfy seat for a lady passenger, as she is not supposed to sit in the front row. Keeping balance with half of his body still hanging outside, maintaining balance of his bag so that it does not tilt away from the passenger, holding the frame of auto tightly enough in a sustainable position for his hand and ability to handle the push for bigger seat space from behind, life on the front row is not easy and deserves respect, even more than the passengers in delhi metro, which can show some respite sometimes.
Women have no scope of feeling insecure in these shared autos because they are sure that a hand once jam packed can not move here and there. Their wide waists by structure itself further fixes the situation. Moreover, if there is a slight movement anyhow, it will be rapidly noticed as it will be the only movement visible. The culprit will, moreover, have nowhere to run away even if the auto was standstill, because by the time he would free himself from the tight packed lattice to run away, he would have been beaten many times by legs or heads, the most mobile parts of other passengers.
In the winters, the shared autos become a blessing in disguise for many suffering people. Sticking to each other, blocking any air from entering our clothes, in fact stuffing the auto rickshaw so much that almost no air can come from outside to inside, this helps many people from maintaining their body temperatures and reach office without getting cold.
If you enjoy cold and are not appreciative of this maximum space utilisation by the auto rickshaws, you have private autos as well in Gurgaon, which will charge you five times higher, but will give you space you needed and in most cases, also take you through the roads faster than their shared counterparts. But you will also then be in risk of vehicular accidents because they forget keeping paddle on their brakes.
In India where we people are super sensitive to touch, sharing space closely with each other for livelihood of a fellow Indian is a great example of how tolerant we all are as a society. We do not care who the adjacent person is, who has pressed us more than anyone ever has. He or she is as acceptable to us as any other person. A girl is sure that she will be comfortable because some one or other would give away his seat to her. The auto ride is in itself a big lesson of life, if seen from a student's eyes.
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