Overtaking

4 June 2014

 

Yesterdays bike ride to Changlang (Arunachal Pradesh, India) brought another image. The roads in Arunachal are in bad shape, especially those between Miao to Jagun. Very rarely we could travel at 50km/hr! I noticed wherever the roads are a bit better, the larger vehicles travel faster that the motorbikes. But wherever the roads are bumpy and full gutters, they take much longer time to slow down and pick up speed again. Whereas, my motorcycle can stop faster and regain speed ahead of them.

 

Then I thought, there are some “big people” for whom turning from their mistakes is much harder. They  are afraid to acknowledge and ask for forgiveness. They care much about their reputation and public image. But for “small people” there is not much to loss.

 

This may have a parallel from the recent State Assembly Election held on 9 April. Some of the heavy-weight politicians lost to junior opponents. I was surprised to hear Setong Sena of Jairampur lost to his Personal Assistant and C. C. Singpho to a contestant from Itanagar area. Surprised… Are this loss connected to mistakes they have committed and have not rectified immediately?

 

People in higher ladder have much more to care and be careful. If they don’t, someone else will overtake by surprise.