On Contours and Culture

The other day, I was seated in the aisle of a city bus adjoining a rustic middle-aged man in the window. In front of us were two college guys. The guy in the window started spitting out intermittently. Though annoyed by this indecency, I didnt react.My neighbor called the guy and told " Why are you spitting like this ? I am coming from the farms but I know how to react in a public place". The guy couldn't speak anything and avoided reply only to avoid an altercation. He stared at my neighbor even when getting down.

This induced a train of thoughts in me. Just like the chemical detergents which cleanse our vessels but corrodes them gradually, I feel the modern education in its quest to eradicate superstition and ignorance from the society has also instilled arrogance and selfishness in its members.