There is a popular opinion among people (regardless of where they live) that life in a metropolitan city is indifferent of what goes in it's surroundings. The number and frequency of someone stopping over to help out or at least offer some form of assistance is higher in a county/town than a metropolis; say New York. For example; rarely would someone stop on the Brooklyn bridge to help out a person whose car may have broken down…
I was born and raised in a small town less than a 100 km from New Delhi. And I've been living in New Delhi for 7 years now. And though I am rather ashamed to say that I've also picked up the indifference trait for quite some time now. On my way to work I cross an inter-state toll bridge between New Delhi and it's south-eastern neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. This monday I saw a bus broke down and a huge pack of it's stranded passengers standing looking for a way to reach their destinations. Not that I had a passenger on the back of my bike, I could have stopped and offered ride to atleast one person. And although I also knew that there might be a possibility that a co-worker could also be among those helpless bunch of people, I didn't stop. Imagine how sorry I felt when I came to learn that she was in fact standing there helplessly until a guy with more decency than me helped her cross the bridge. God, I hate myself for that! I hope I get rid of this indifference quirkiness and be able to exhibit some improvement the next time there is such an instance.