Are you literate ? ? ?

Information Technology (IT) has blosommed in India in past decade or so. As being part of IT, my life usually get churned out in late working hours to meet the deadlines (and avoiding myself being dead), sometimes working weekends (with my wife shouting on me for having no personal life). However IT is not all about burning out at both ends but it also has few (more towards fewest) advantages. One of the best advantage for me being a travel lover is that we (IT people) get to travel round the world, domestic or international whichever it may be, we get to live in posh hotels and enjoy various cultures and foods and drinks.....Yummy. 

I am writing this blog entry during one of my such visit to airport waiting lobbies. A burning query has inspired me to write this entry and I hope reader will appreciate the thought. I will be more than happy, if even one of my reader change (positively off course) after reading this entry. So lets get our story rolling . . . . . . 

My company got a nice assignment. Even being kinda dork I was lucky enough to get into the onsite team. Yup! I am going to enjoy a beautiful journey to a very beautiful international location. My flight was scheduled to fly around the time of sunrise, but being an extra cautious creation of god, I booked a cab at 10:30 PM on prior eve and reached airport by 11:30 PM itself. As being too early at the airport, now I found myself standing outside the airport with my huge luggage. My best pastime being people watch, so I started noticing behavioral patterns of everyone around me, when I suddenly noticed a guy. He was eating something from a plastic bag and has this vibe that must have been from a well to do background. The way he was carrying his persona also suggested that he must be on some sophisticated white collar job. To my surprise this guy suddenly looked here and there, then dropped the plastic bag from his hand on road outside the airport departure gates. Bag had some sticky brown substance like peanut butter. I was watching him whole time and now he noticed my facial expression of "What the F**k?", in return he gave me a stern look as "WHAT? Do you want me to feel sorry for that?" and he shamelessly walked away. 

After few hours, I noticed myself inside the airport, waiting for airlines to open the heavenly counters to check in my luggage. Two guys came and sat next to me. Then one of them politely asked, "Maaf kijiye, par kya aap mujhe ye form bharne me madat kar sakte hai?" (Could you help me filling this form?). He was labor traveling to Riyadh. Next thing I remember is that I was surrounded by 8-10 people, who are willing to get their forms filled? All of these people were traveling to Riyadh as well, for various blue collar jobs. I filled immigration forms for 4-5 people and asked others to fill their forms similar to ones already filled by me. After few moments I noticed one of them standing up. He was going to Riyadh for being Plumber. He was chewing gum and not wanted to throw the gum. He was looking here and there. Look on his face reminded me of the guy, I met outside the airport. I was expecting something similar to happen with the chewing gum as well, however to the contrary, this guy took out a piece of paper, wrapped chewing gum and threw it in dustbin. 

Few hours of waiting at airport and I was burning with only one query, who is real literate?  US(White Collars) or  Them (Blue Collars)? 

This story was just about keeping cleanliness at public places but I sincerely request my readers to retrospect and  understand ill habits they carry (let it be as small as not switching off the lights while leaving house, hotel or office). Try to just avoid at least one ill habit from today onwards. (I am requesting to GIVE UP JUST ONE BAD HABIT). Even a small change at personal level may trigger enormous change at nation level.

Thanks in advance. Adios.

                                                                                                          DK