How to cross an Indian Road

vista · Jun 9th, 2005, 21:01

1. search for the road.
2. find the (foot)path
3.The first glimpse(of the road)
4.Cross the road
5.TAME the road
6.run like a bird arms outstretched on the road(in mastery of your ability to cross the road)
7.TRANSCEND the road...It's but a pathway to something bigger.
8. get over yourself..you're only crossing an effing road , not reinventing the karmic wheel.
9 Cross back.
10 be at peace watching the teeming multitudes tryingto cross the road. you are one of them...all of them...yet, So...not.

inspiration from:

Searching for a bulll

snowcrab · Jun 10th, 2005, 04:20

Ah! Just viualize it! A group of estatic road crossers flying across with their arms outstretched, expressions of bliss on their faces, radiating joy. We have mastered the road! Would that not give those rickshah wallahs a pause.

vista · Jun 10th, 2005, 04:29

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Originally Posted by snowcrab

Ah! Just viualize it! A group of estatic road crossers flying across with their arms outstretched, expressions of bliss on their faces, radiating joy. We have mastered the road! Would that not give those rickshah wallahs a pause.

If you're a truly realized zen master the rickshaw wallahs will never even see you.

DoDi · Jun 10th, 2005, 05:39

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Originally Posted by yogagal60510

and your point is? (...she said facetiously

)

sounds like the way we Chicagoans cross the street in downtown Chicago. I'll feel right at home!

yogagal,

I'm from Chicago... and I promise you that crossing the road in India is on a whole different level. Pay close attention to the advice in this thread, the OP isn't joking! And pay close attention when you cross the Indian road in both directions!

p.s. and don't dilly dally on the shoulder of the road either

ColinT · Jun 11th, 2005, 21:41

The problem is half solved anyway because, as a pedestrian, you are already pushed half way across the road to start with... (in this link you'll notice the editor messed up my first sentence).

http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/su...%2E%2E&rLink=0

*jyoti* · Jun 11th, 2005, 21:49

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Originally Posted by snowcrab

Ah! Just viualize it! A group of estatic road crossers flying across with their arms outstretched, expressions of bliss on their faces, radiating joy. ..

The roar of traffic and beep-beeping muted under the sound of idyllic, floating music. They lift their feet, faces to the sky.. And FWACK!

When you reach zen, the rickshaw driver won't even see you.

*grin*

Nick-H · Jun 12th, 2005, 00:38

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Originally Posted by snowcrab

Ah! Just viualize it! A group of estatic road crossers flying across with their arms outstretched, expressions of bliss on their faces, radiating joy. We have mastered the road! Would that not give those rickshah wallahs a pause.

It's whAt it would do to the Bus Drivers that worries me...

BAAAAAaaaaaarrrrrrppppsplat.

biswajit_27 · Jun 30th, 2005, 01:00

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Originally Posted by snowcrab

I feel like such an idiot these days standing with a totally empty street before me, waiting for enough cars to arrive for the light to turn red to stop them so I can cross.

Hi all,
I used to wonder a lot about what the "foreign" tourists find interesting about our traffic (bcoz to me it was perfectly normal). But right now I know what it must be for them. I am currently visiting a northern state of USA, and the traffic is un-believable.
1. No one blows a horn
2. Everyone follows the lane religiously
3. No one drives fast within the city limits
4. They don't try to kill a pedestrian.

and believe me, I laughed the first time, a car slowed to let me cross the road. But sometimes the trafiic rules feel insensible..(to start with people driving on the "wrong" side of the road)... and having to wait till the light turns green....(need more patience)

Anders · Jun 30th, 2005, 02:03

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Originally Posted by biswajit_27

1. No one blows a horn
2. Everyone follows the lane religiously
3. No one drives fast within the city limits
4. They don't try to kill a pedestrian.

Go up to Montreal and you will feel like you are home again.

biswajit_27 · Jun 30th, 2005, 05:38

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Originally Posted by Anders

Go up to Montreal and you will feel like you are home again.

lol....Your response prompts me to ask you, have you been to India ?

I guess not.

mira4bai4 · Jun 30th, 2005, 06:35

And if all else fails, wait till the traffic is all jammed up and run across their bonnets or climb through the auto rickshaws, open car doors and slide across seats. Just be polite and smile with a head wobble, after all would they hesitate to run you over or get in your way ~ no! So whose road is it, reclaim the space, reclaim your right for free passage, do you look out for bugs when you walk on the grass, so walk like a giant, cars are bugs.

snowcrab · Jun 30th, 2005, 08:12

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Originally Posted by biswajit_27

lol....Your response prompts me to ask you, have you been to India ?

I guess not.

Actually, I've been to both Montreal and India. Bigger cars in Montreal, traveling faster, maybe not quite so many, but it's still pedestrian beware. It's safer to cross on the red lights because you can at least see what's coming at you. Those people making right hand turns are killer.

sadhuji · Jul 14th, 2005, 17:45

strange how i missed so interesting a thread!

crossing indian roads is an art that only indians have mastered. the most important one is - that old fashioned system of 'look to your left, then to your right and then to your left again' is not valid any longer.

if you desire film ishtyle crossings, ensure to totter in front of the nearest car, get knocked down and onlookers will take you across. the traffic will part like the proverbial river.

how's that for variety?

Nick-H · Jul 14th, 2005, 18:10

But what if they take you back to the same side you just left?

Reminds me of the old lady who could never get off the bus, 'cos she climbed off backwards ---and people kept helping her on again

sadhuji · Jul 14th, 2005, 21:09

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

But what if they take you back to the same side you just left?

repeat the process.

Jun 9th, 2005, 21:01	#31
vista Account Closed Join Date: May 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 40	zen and traffic: 1. search for the road. 2. find the (foot)path 3.The first glimpse(of the road) 4.Cross the road 5.TAME the road 6.run like a bird arms outstretched on the road(in mastery of your ability to cross the road) 7.TRANSCEND the road...It's but a pathway to something bigger. 8. get over yourself..you're only crossing an effing road , not reinventing the karmic wheel. 9 Cross back. 10 be at peace watching the teeming multitudes tryingto cross the road. you are one of them...all of them...yet, So...not. inspiration from: Searching for a bulll

Jul 14th, 2005, 17:45	#43
sadhuji Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: nasik, maharastra Posts: 1,261	variety is the spice of life strange how i missed so interesting a thread! crossing indian roads is an art that only indians have mastered. the most important one is - that old fashioned system of 'look to your left, then to your right and then to your left again' is not valid any longer. if you desire film ishtyle crossings, ensure to totter in front of the nearest car, get knocked down and onlookers will take you across. the traffic will part like the proverbial river. how's that for variety? __________________ mooning over a moon journey

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snowcrab Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alberta, Can Posts: 987	Ah! Just viualize it! A group of estatic road crossers flying across with their arms outstretched, expressions of bliss on their faces, radiating joy. We have mastered the road! Would that not give those rickshah wallahs a pause.

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ColinT Future Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: UK Posts: 335	The problem is half solved anyway because, as a pedestrian, you are already pushed half way across the road to start with... (in this link you'll notice the editor messed up my first sentence). http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/su...%2E%2E&rLink=0

Jun 30th, 2005, 06:35	#41
mira4bai4 Lost in Space Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Shimla Posts: 1,132	And if all else fails, wait till the traffic is all jammed up and run across their bonnets or climb through the auto rickshaws, open car doors and slide across seats. Just be polite and smile with a head wobble, after all would they hesitate to run you over or get in your way ~ no! So whose road is it, reclaim the space, reclaim your right for free passage, do you look out for bugs when you walk on the grass, so walk like a giant, cars are bugs.

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 22,935	But what if they take you back to the same side you just left? Reminds me of the old lady who could never get off the bus, 'cos she climbed off backwards ---and people kept helping her on again

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