This particular incident happened when i went to BBMP office to get my Voters card moved from another constituency to the present one.
Time : 0915 hrs
Place: Bangalore South BBMP Office ( Dont remember the ward), Banashankari
Situation:
About 10 ppl are already waiting to speak to one over burdened lady with a computer in front, but still checks all the names in printouts!, who has been given the task of checking the names of ppl who come asking for a new voters card or check the names of ppl who have already applied and waiting for their names to be enlisted in that ward.
As I reach the venue, i see there are 2 queues, both leading to the same room and as a matter of fact, one is not at all a queue, just a crowd of ppl waiting for an officer to sign on their forms. I ask a person, which queue to follow, he asks me to stand behind him as thats the queue i have to be in. the one with about 10 ppl waiting.
few minutes pass by, more people come in, and more people join my queue, and within 15 mins, the queue is very long almost 50 people standing in the queue. Now starts out true INDIAN-ness!!
A guy comes and tries to join the queue almost very close to that lady,
Few people right away say "Sir .. Join at the back, we are all waiting for about half an hour now"!
Man: 'Sir, i was here, went out to get some documents"
Crowd: 'May be yes, we arent denying, but we are all waiting, each one of us have come here atleast 2-3 times. Please join at the back'
Man: 'How can I, I was here!!, right before this lady'
Crowd: 'We dont know about all that, Please understand, join in the back of the queue'
Man: :'Please understand sir, I was here, I will join here, I have wasted 1 hour'
Crowd: 'Sir, if you start joining, everybody will start joining in the middle, we really cant accept what you are doing, Join at the back'
by this time, the crowd's volume has grown higher. The presiding officer sees there is a fight brewing up here and comes to resolve it! Officer: 'Sir, join at the back, everyone is asking. I cant help'
Man: 'Why should I sir, I was here, I had asked someone to reserve the place for me, now they have left, so I dont have proof, still I will join here'
Crowd: 'Even he is saying, join at the back'
Offcr: 'If you dont obey, I will call the Police!, all they will do is pull you out of the queue and make you stand at the back'
Man: 'I will tell them the same thing too'
The officer feels there is no use of he being in the mid of this fight, so resumes his work of signing some papersCrowd: 'So are you joining in the back or not'
Man: 'Sir, Please understand, SWALPA ADJUST MADKOLI, just one person'
The crowd has given up the hope of making him stand at the back, they think its just a guy, matter for few minutes, lets leave at that!!
But, Few minutes later, few more join the queue, not at the back, but near the computer lady. Again few from the crowd rebels against that, but each have their own reason, each have their own answers for questions asked by the crowd.
Few minutes later, there is actually a circle full of people in front of that computer, each putting their arms out with chits of papers and old cards, asking for clarifications.
The Queue is still there, but may be its for the 'More Equals' who think they can make a difference to this great country!, But what they dont know is, the country ISNT READY FOR THE CHANGE!!!
