{"id":1037,"date":"2010-07-07T19:39:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T14:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2010-07-29T09:49:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T04:19:57","slug":"is-it-a-wonder-that-indias-roads-are-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/is-it-a-wonder-that-indias-roads-are-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it a wonder that India&#8217;s roads are dangerous ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Problem is that this looks like a lot of fun. And the problem is that it&#8217;s what I used to do when I was in college. On my lambretta as if even death could not touch me in the flush of youthful optimism and daring. What was it about us in those days ? What looks so foolish now, looked so daring and exciting then. Sometimes I wonder about my poor parents who used to get reports of my crazy antics on the Delhi roads. Always wondering if i would make it safely back from university everyday.<\/p>\n<p>And I ? I loved the thrill of it. I still remember going down the wrong way on the ring road standing on my vulnerable little lambretta with my arms stretched wide. About to be crushed any second by an on coming bus or truck, daring death and accident.<\/p>\n<p>Madness ? Stupidity ? Yes both. That&#8217;s one thing I will never ever let my daughter do, ride on someone else&#8217;s pillion. Because of the stupid things I got up to<\/p>\n<p>This video was shot by Tara Bedi &#8211; budding film maker on the GT Highway between Delhi and Chandhigarh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem is that this looks like a lot of fun. And the problem is that it&#8217;s what I used to do when I was in college. On my lambretta as if even death could not touch me in the flush of youthful optimism and daring. What was it about us in those days ? 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