Mom, I came first!
Mom, I came first! We are a proud nation. We take pride in our habits, customs and rituals. No wonder then, that after trying out some western way, dissatisfied we return to the comfort of our old tried, tested system, e.g., after bingeing on Netflix for several hours, we come back to quoting our own films while dealing with various situations in everyday life. One such dialogue mentioned very often is, ‘ Hum jahan khade hote hain, line wahin se shuru hoti hai (The queue starts from where I stand)’ spoken in the famous baritone of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan . Although we have been following this long before his pronouncement, it began to be quoted more after he gave his stamp of approval. Crowding or cutting queues comes naturally to a considerably large fraction of our population. No, it is not our intention to break any rule. Our centuries-old culture teaches us community-living, to stick, celebrate and mourn together, live in a family, share with friends, walk in a group, p...