When Amjad Khan (as Gabbar Singh) had spat his Khaini in Sholay hardly had anyone thought that this spitting would one day become a national obsession.
They may be on board on roads or rails, Indians don't mind spitting anywhere and everywhere. This spitting habbit is more common amongst those who are addicted to a Paan, tobacco and Gutkha. Yes eventhough Gutkha is banned at many places, they say a concoction of various Pan Masalas give the effect of a full fledged Gutkha. If you go by region then this habbit of chewing tobbaco or a Paan is largely seen in people from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar , Bengal and the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. But with migration of this population to metros, you often find spitting habbits common in the Tier 1 cities too. But a habbit is a habbit and it's not region dependent.
One can frequently find an auto rikshaw or a Truck driver spitting while driving (now this is multitasking). Sometimes the range of their spit ranges from 15 to 20 centimeters (and this is no joke) and they aren't even sorry for it. Many a times wind carries one's spit from one window of a ltrain to the other, thus hitting the face of another person who is enjoying the cool breeze. This erupts into fights and why shouldn't be because being hit by one's spit is actually insulting.
But the fact is that when a person surrenders to Paan or tobacco, he can't simply live without it and when he becomes a slave of these habbits he has to spit the remnants of Paan or tobacco every now and then. And since the laws of our country are not that stringent rather not at all serious against offences like spitting in public, no one cares. Rather we are masters of not following the rules and live with a presumption that Rules are made to be broken and that is why we see a splinters of spittings particularly on those walls where it is specifically written that Spitting is Prohibited or Yaha Thunkna Mana hai.
Administration should thus play a key role by penalizing the guilty as we know that to bring a positive change stern actions are at times necessary. Also this Who cares attitude needs to be changed. If one can't get rid of the addiction then atleast one should try that one is not affecting the surrounding by spitting, as it may lead to spread of diseases.
So next time when you spit, THINK!!!
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