Boys Life in Delhi Metro

My friends started writing blogs which motivated me to write something of my own (This line is already taken but I didn't get a better line to start with).  I am not a good writer but I have tried my best to express part of my views.

Daily many people commute through Delhi metro to reach their office and back home in the evening and I am one among them. After spending more than 3 years in Bangalore it was difficult for me to get used to the Delhi-NCR life. Life here is much faster and people are always in a hurry to catch metro. Pushing and shoving are common and people are used to it upto some extent. Even some, actually many idiots even push the metro doors to pave their way inside.

When I was in Bangalore I had a view that girls need to very careful while travelling especially while getting in and out of metro. Now when I started travelling on the busiest and most crowded metro of world, I realized that girls need to careful but boys need to be extra careful. Puzzled?

Yes, boys need to be extra careful. Breaking the queue to get inside metro is common irrespective of gender, age and education. If a boy pushes a girl then he is wrong and it is supposed that he has done intentionally. But what when a girl pushes? Yes, girls do push and quietly I have to make a way for them. Whenever there is a girl in front of me in the queue I need to be careful not to push her though everyone behind me is pushing me to get inside. When I get inside metro I need to be careful not to stand very close to a girl to avoid any sort of contact and I make space for her so she can stand comfortably at my discomfort. When in a fully packed coach, some lady wants to get out at a station and I need to make a way for her, I become extra careful avoiding any physical contact with her. In doing this sometimes I push the person behind me and hurt that person.

Recently, I was in a long queue to get out of the metro station, two girls came and joined the queue in between and nobody said anything to them. It’s not that they were right but I was a bit wary to say to say anything to them. I thought what would happen if they make a drama out of it? What would happen if the actual topic diverts and lands somewhere else?  Secondly, if we oppose this then everyone says – “Chal chod na yaar ladkia h”. So, yes I need to be extra careful before saying anything too. Two days later a boy did the same thing and there were clashes and a small fight. Who says boys have all the fun?

I didn't mean to say that girls are wrong and boys are right. What I wanted to convey is, girls are not the only ones who are watchful and need to be careful even boys also fall in the same category. Every boy in Delhi-NCR is not to rape a girl; most of us respect them and are sensitive and careful towards them. Difference is not of boys and girls; difference is of “human being” which we all are and “being human” which we should be.

Comments and critics are welcomed.