Thursday, August 30, 2012

Do not urinate here !

You can fall in one of the three categories after reading the title of this article :

1) I did not come here to urinate.

2) Oh thanks for reminding me !

3) Thanks for reminding me but I do not care.


" Do not urinate here  !" is a graffiti which you would find on walls across the length and breath of India. Abandoned houses , empty plots in busy city markets are ideal locations for people wanting
to release themselves. Many people caught in the act were interviewed and these turned out to be the favourite replies :  lack of toilets , the urge to save money as most of the city public toilets will make you
lighter by a rupee or two if not more, I'll need to walk a couple of kilometres and that's not an option, I found somebody doing this and I was under peer pressure , I was sucked into this act as I wanted to show in this democratic
country I have the right to do what I want...

Leaving scent marks is a habit humans acquired possibly from animals. Almost all four legged carnivorous animals leave scent marks to mark their territory. Marking somebody's else territory as yours will incur some resistance for sure.

When nothing works we look to the Gods. Don't we ?

Many of the owners of these houses and plots have tried various methods to shoo away elements who release uric acid around their walls. Pictures of Gods on the walls seem to be the most ideal if you have to stir the conscience of a human being.

An owner shared that by pasting pictures of Gods he could deter some but appears some homo-sapiens have chosen to ignore the Gods as well.



Your thoughts ?