Thoughts on the run...

1. It is madness to talk sense to someone in power. He is blind in the head and his brain can't see the obvious. Lesson: Jettison logic, if you got to see yourself somewhere high up. Or crib!

2. Red is the only colour visible in this late October haze of Delhi. But is there anything unusual about it? The answer is no. I only hope it doesn't get muddier or smoggier. At least some people talk about pollution and many a school kids draw pictures for their school notice boards. The realisation is crawling, but it needs to be paced up before we all choke. Will we inhale more noxious gases this winter? Let's just wait and watch. I hope we pollute less, and make the meteorological inversion less harmful this season.

3. Poverty: Is there a greater curse? I am certain there isn't. No medicines, no food, no entertainment ever happens for the poor. Sometimes, to seek these, if they must, a few cross the thin border of morality and crime happens. It makes them poorer, and their families more miserable. It distresses me immensely to see so many young boys and girls begging on the street crossings and so many better privileged ignoring them. If I ever pray, I will do so for the larger good of these young children. For the present, I must roll down my window and pass some food kept on the side seat for them.