obsessive compulsive honking!

people in bangalore have this mythical belief in the power of the horn. they think, honking away will somehow dissipate the traffic immediately in front of them and they will get a free passage to wherever it is they are headed. i think its true for India as a whole. no one gives a whit about the effect loud honking has on other people's eardrums and stress levels. as it is our cities are choking on smog, dust, heat, adding large doses of noise is the last thing we need.

my bp goes for a toss when i am stuck in one of these unholy traffic snarls with horns blaring away in my ears and my brain overflowing with obscenities and invectives. but then, in a saner moment it dawns on me that reacting is what drives this behavior. don't react people, just don't and you will be amazed at the dampening effect that has on these jokers.