curiosity

Just like any other day i was travelling from home to office . BMTC buses and then the kind of crowd i was surrounded with was really irritating . four people sitting next to me were discussing really loud about some topic in kannada , from where i could gather just this much that they were discussing on how bad bangalore has went after people pouring in from every where to this state . As if its not serving any benefit to them huh ?

               Karnataka state has 2nd lowest un employed youth , isn't it a sign that people of karnataka has also grown with the city. But can somebody really make them understand ? i do not think so . At least  i do not have courage to do so .Somebody was playing some hindi song in loud from back seat .irritating !!! 50% of the people on phone struggling to convince people on other end why what they think is good way to conclude on what so ever topic they might be discussing . Irritating :( 

                   suddenly my friend who was sitting next to me decided to leave the bus in between as it was horrible traffic on that day , and after saying bye i was again lost in thought about if this traffic problem is a real problem ? well i doubt as i think its a impossible to solve a problem which doesn't exist. Unless until people do not start using public transport this can not happen and people wont choose to try public  transport as they see the kind of traffic there is on road , one would always prefer to sit in a AC car witch a music tuned as per choice. I could hear fadedly a voice "Software Engineer ala?" . again lost in thought - why we can not talk about solutions rather than problem ? every one knows this is a problem , i think high time BMTC should try out few things like trying Point to Point solution rather than one bus stopping at all - Banning Private buses on Road  during 8am-8pm. Growing BMTC buses height wise rather then length wise . i do not understand whats the point of trying something which you know for sure will not work . Double decker buses are the answer to bangalore situation. 

"Software Engineer ala?" again the same voice in a higher pitch . 

i realized it was directed toward me .

" yes sir"

 i replied annoyingly because next thing people ask how much you earn ?  

What are you so upset about ? yen problem babu ? ella okay ? the person asked again against what i predicted 

Yes sir i am fine thankYou . 

first time i glanced at the guy , must be in his 80s . but very bright and full of energy face and body language. 

where are you from babu ? 

i am from Bihar sir- I replied 

then how do you know kannada ?

i teach slum kids for that i have learned local language 

oh nice , so you are software engineer 

yes sir i am 

what is software ?

now this is something i had not anticipated - 

i answered with soem real life example of banking 

Then what is Hardware ?

what is network ?

what is Server ? 

who is client ?

what is desktop ? and few more 

i tried to answer all of them with some relevant examples. The guy seems quite satisfied

very easy to understand babu , thankYou for telling . wanted to understand this for long time

i am also electrical engineer , but never got a chance to work on computers , before they came i retired 

     well and we continued for few more minutes on few more technical term and it was going so well that i forgot traffic , about the loud discussion , about the loud music in background and felt good with the realization that   

its not the age which makes you look old , its all in the mind . people who like to learn, learn all their life irrespective of age,Gender . They find ways to learn them. and i must say i was amazed by level of curiosity i saw in those 80 year old eyes. 

Thank You sir you did made  my day.