Double-Trouble!

Travelling In Local Buses of Goa

By Sharlaine Menezes

About Sharlaine: 

Young and talented Sharlaine Menezes is from Aquem, Margao-Goa. She loves striking keys of the piano, singing melodies that brighten her day and is passionate about writing so as to create an awareness in the society, especially among the youth of Goa. 

She is equally passionate about music as it is a healer of pain for her. Her one goal is to promote humanity and benefit her motherland; whether saving a drop of water or saving a life! 

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Like in a concentration camp, I feel trapped in the local buses of Goa, and ill treated by the conductors, that squeeze in triple the number of people allowed standing in the bus.

You do not need to watch "Fear Factor" anymore. Watch students, elderly men and women and the conductors themselves hang from the collapsing doors and window bars of these buckets of the bolt.

Being pushed and forced into these buses is one, but being told to "Move" in a place where there is no room for an ant to possibly enter, is ridiculous!

All they do is yell "Fatlan Vos Go Bai". I presume there is some kind of hidden area that allows people to simply enter in and get out without hustle.

There being barely enough oxygen to inhale, the blaring music they play makes me wonder whether all drivers and conductors working are born partially deaf. If not, they surely have become.

In the game of time, work and confusion we often just placidly listen and get done as to the word of the bus conductors and drivers.

But Stop. You may find yourself part of a human sandwich and get out of the same at your destination, safely. But think about those in the same mess-up risking lives for the same reason as you.

Voice out! You don't have to get physical or too harsh, but you have the freedom of speech. Talk back. They need to be told even though they are aware of most of the consequences and still don't give a damn.

I know I'd rather be hanging for a death sentence, fighting for basic safety and rights, rather than hanging from a bus, losing my life because of somebody that never valued it for the extra ten rupees. 

Photo Credit: Sharlaine Menezes