I like the new Honda advert for not texting while driving. It's effective, speaks to you and is very current. While it gets the message across that texting while driving might kill you, I would like more people to address the possibility that while you might not die, because you're in your car, you just might kill someone else. In a country like ours, where two-wheelers sometimes out number the cars on the road, something like this happening is a very real thing. I have seen drivers checking their phones while driving slowly veering off course and jerking back once they're done, while bikers who ride behind them get pushed towards the divider or the curb and run the risk of crashing when the driver suddenly jerks back into his lane.

How does one deal with this attitude of selfishness and complete disregard for rules or others' lives for that matter? If someone dies under the wheels of a car whose driver was texting is it not as bad as murder? I think these campaigns should carry a message of the probability of severe jail time. Can we have some campaigns to teach people to be mindful of others or is it too late? If they are so callous with their own lives is it a futile effort to make them aware of the lives of others? Should we start at the grass root level and have compulsory sensitivity training in schools to make children learn the importance of playing fair? Seems like something we should consider and quick..

Everything but the truth...

MH370 is a number that will not fade from our memories for a very long time. We lost a plane with 239 people on board. It's as though one minute they were there and the next minute not. Not one iota of information coming from governments can be believed because there's absolutely no proof backing it up. From a suicide mission to the plane being in Afghanistan, every single possibility has been thrown up ...everything but the truth. How is it that no one knows? To say this smells fishy is an understatement and one that is extremely insensitive to the people on board and their families struggling to make sense of this situation that none of us ever want to be in. My route to work is right past the airport and everyday I see at least 3 planes land. And every single day I feel immense grief for those families waiting at the airport for MH370 taxiing in.
Not finding a single piece of the plane is news I just cannot believe. From oil slicks to floating debris, every single lead has ended in nothing. Absolutely nothing. It took some countries days to come out and accept that they had tracked the flight on their radar. It's becoming amply clear that there is information on the flight, but is deemed too sensitive to release. That is the only explanation to searches ending in rescuers invariably barking up the wrong tree.