Whichever road you take in Chennai you cant miss them - the ubiquitous red lights on the roof of every make of car. I always was under the wrong impression that those lights were supposed to be for emergency and so only the police personnel , fire engines and the ambulance should have them. They really need to rush somewhere to protect the citizens of Chennai when they were needed,right? Wrong!! They may have started that way but more and more people needed to show they are way above the hoi polloi.They are used by almost every one now .
I still haven't figured out why the Governor , the Chief Minister or other Ministers need them - they have the outriders on motorcycles and police in jeeps preceding their cavalcade. Most have them have commando protection -so what does the red light add to their stature or security? What about the Judges and the Vice Chancellors and all other minions of the Grand State need them for ? Is the rush with those spinning lights for delivering speedy justice or putting the education system on the fast track. Obviously it does bestow some super natural power for even the ordinary man hankers to have one and a black market has been created for it.
There will soon come a day when one will be proud to have a bare roof. After all if every one wears a Crown then the one who goes bare headed must be King!
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