Wednesday, June 25, 2008

A safe locality to live-1

I live in a classy neighborhood. All the residents here boast of marque pedigree and, are wealthy and politically connected.
It is a safe place. We keep our delinquent flock protected inside our locality, away from the clutches of the draconian IPC. The IPC is meant to rein in the Indians living in the slums outside and not –us-the Chiefs.
However we are not that dumb. We know that the police can not be trusted to keep our deranged kin in the cooler to keep them out of mischief and so take adequate precaution. For instance, I politely decline the request from the actor in the next street when asks me to keep in safe custody a couple of rifles. I have also alerted the womenfolk in the family not to accept a car lift if offered by the grandson of the Industrialist who lives next door. My daughter of course, has already decided not to tempt fate with a dentist appointment.
It is kind of strange that the slums are safe because the police snare away the problem kids so that the rest of the folks can live in safety while we deftly work around the law and struggle with our own monsters inside our boundary walls.
The cost of self defense is pretty steep in the classy hamlets!!

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