Kinaare ki Chai shop..
What is the most common site in all major Indian towns these days? Apart from the maddening traffic , it is the scene of small time tea shops, where hoards of youngsters crowd around, sipping tiny glasses of tea while they enjoy the “pleasure” of their cigarettes.
So what is it with tea and Cigarettes??
It is as though the nicotine or the caffeine was not potent enough individually, that people combine them. Going beyond the superficial, People apparently seem to take ages when they are enjoying the “combo”. I have sat through many such sessions but haven’t really understood the uniqueness of it all. One thing I can tell you is that conversations encompass a whole host of topics and such times are usually very retrospective, where people are deep in thought about some act that they committed or they are going to commit. It’s apparently all part of enjoying the Sutta! Strange…
Personally I don’t advocate the cigarette at all. Ironical it is that while all through the west Smoking has gained a taboo status, in India atleast, things are just the opposite, smoking is looked at the cool dude’s USP. It is just a shame that the majority 700 million Indians who are below the age of 35 advocate to this kind of a thought. Such wrong attitude towards smoking is having subtle impact on the young and healthy of this country. I think there should be intensive campaigns that should dissuade people from taking the drag. There is no point just typing out in font size 8 on the cigarette covers that smoking is injurious health. Celebrities are primarily responsible for this wrong image to be formed and it is their social responsibility to come forward and stop the carnage. There are many celebrities who themselves have given it up (SRK for instance) and it they who should come forward and send the message out to the public in no uncertain terms;
Something on the lines of:
“ I used to smoke. I was a big time loser. I quit now. I have saved my life and the life of many others. Quit smoking. Its not cool.”
Are you listening???
8 comments:
i agree that smoking is taken up in large numbers in college studetns but the number (in terms of ratio) has gown down; in the IITs it certainly has.. i gather this from what my dad tells me (he is from IIT Kgp)...
PS: if smoking did not have any harmful effects, say something like cold drink... would you have taken it up?
Wellin that case i might be inclined to try considering the nice effects supposed to have :)
you're talking like an old man :D
dude if i am not wrong..this is your second similar post...shtrong 'quit smoking' campaign you are doing da
i second aji!
only way you're gonna stop a smoker from smoking further is if you show him photographic evidence of his flacidity which could result from excessive smoking . Yes !! that's right !! show them their mellow weaners , not their lungs , you're looking at the wrong organ people !! :P !! govt of india , smokers anonymous , u listening , the paapman has spoken.......
good one dude... dunno why smoking is considered one of the activities of the 'youth' while there are so many other things the world is beckoning the youth for!!!
yeah yeah i am listening...
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