Friends, 'Mafia' is term we associate with any kind of criminal activities that is executed in an organised manner. Though Mafia is a term used to describe crimes of a bigger stature, even small criminals are also executing their act in an organized manner. Here are two such 'mafias' burgeoning in Bangalore and its neighbouring temple towns.
The first one is 'Nail' mafia that has been busted by a Techie from Bangalore, which is used by Puncture shop operators in outer ring road and Mysore road of city to cause puncture in your two wheeler tyres and make you pay hefty price of 200-300 for getting it repaired in Puncture shops operating in those roads. This Fight of Techie against a mafia operating with intention to puncture our vehicles on streets and create panic in office hours so that we will pay the demanded amount for getting wheel repaired has been clearly identified by Mr. Bendict Jabkumar, who was once such victim of puncture. He in his mission to eliminate nails intentionally spread on these roads by criminals has collected almost 75 Kilograms of nails from outer ring road alone. In his mission to help out public his son has also joined hands by providing him a handy tool with a stick connected to magnet for collecting these nails.
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| Nails recovered from outer ring road: Pic-courtesy Prajavani |
Bangalore city has witnessed many such 'mafias' in past too, Parking Space mafia, Cinema black-ticket mafia, Auto-rickshaw mafia in fixing and demanding pre-determined whooping fare from commuters.
Next is about Temple-Darshan mafia that is rampant in many holy places of Hindus. My friend by name Jaydev Borkar shared shocking experience he had to face in Temple Town Kalahasti in Telnagana/ Andhra Pradesh state, neighbouring state of Karnataka. All these temple towns operate with a 'Mafia' called 'agents of gods' who can allow you to PRIORITY-QUEUES for Darshan of God! Yes, if you are ready to spend extra bucks by warming fists of these agents, you can jump serpentine queues and get God's Darshan/blessings at a swifter pace!
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| God's darshan can be in priority Queues if you can pay hefty money! |
My concern is while God's auspicious place themselves are not free from corruption, We blaming Banks for taking uglier route during demonetisation spree will be hyperbolic expectation! When so called Calm and Peaceful centres of selflessness are open to short-cuts, Banks where Human selfish wealth is accumulated resorting to short-cuts is not a surprise.
Long back in temple town of Gokrana, I had witnessed such agents aka priests who literally fight with each other to get you feel the Holy-Atma Linga with your hands! Though people tell now a days Gokrana temple is free from such 'Priest-Fighting', I can't eliminate the nightmare of ugly incidences of priests fighting inside God's place.
Name any temple town, starting from Kashi to Kanyakumari we have Priority queues operating with
their own agents taking you to God's feet at a swifter pace!
To conclude Altogether, We Indians have assimilated all forms of mafia and are leading our life of equilibrium in this diversified cultured nation.
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