Ladies Special

Yesterday, I was delighted to see an almost empty bus for home as I left office. I rushed with much joy and just as I reached the foot-board the conductor shouts at me saying it was a Ladies Special bus. It didn't register on me when he said that. I just peeped in and to my surprise and utter dismay, the bus indeed had only female passengers. What the hell!!, the occupancy was not even 15-20%. That too at peak evening traffic. I don't know which moron came up with such an idea, that too when there is already close to 50% seat reservation for women.

Regarding this seat reservation in a bus, the bitches tend to sit one per seat (if they are empty that is - and everyone wants a window seat) and not be accommodating, as if the entire male population is hungrily awaiting to molest them - in a bus that too. So, only the elderly get to sit next to them. A 24 year old has no other go but to stand. You should see the frowns one gets if you accidentally happen to touch them. I try my level best to avoid any contact, lest I be showered with abuses and sandals. I fail to understand the ultra-conservative tendencies of South-Indian women. Bus rides were far more enjoyable in Bombay with better looking females to ogle at and not having to deal with such silliness.

Anyways I took the next bus and as usual it was insanely crowded. Had one of the worst bus rides in my life. Somehow managed to get out at my destination. I don't know how many feet I stepped-on in that process. Getting out of a Virar bound fast local in Dadar would have been more easy. If you are in the right spot, the crowd will take care of the boarding or exiting process. I should soon buy my own conveyance. Till then autos jindabad!!