Rainy season road-hogs and other PIGS

Living from day to day in Patna,
the celebrated 'city' of Patliputra
has its hassles
and nothing excaberates them more
than the advent of the rains.

a non-existent drainage system
coupled with rampant and unplanned construction
turns the streets of this town into a reservoir for dirty drain water

add to this the utter lack of concern for pedestrians
and other people
and the near absence of civic sense
and getting from one place to another ... just a walk
down to the nearest grocery becomes nightmarish
because of the odd PIG who will drive through the street
at a fast clip spraying everyone with the filthy water.

while it's admirable that there are so many
'bihar lovers' desperately trying to turn the tide of negative publicity
it would need a greater effort than just inventing
'I love Bihar' blogs
what's need is an all out effort to teach people to obey traffic signals
to clean the fronts of their own houses of the grabage they throw on the streets
to respect others' property
and to act like civilised humans
unfortunately, there is a significant number of Bihari Youth
who take pride in being 'rustic' 'ribald' 'rude' and 'anti- modern'
because that they believe is the trait of the true Bihari!