Adding fuel to the fire ... but hey, where is the fuel??

Ever wondered what you would do when you find out there is no more fuel to run that cool Audi car you bought and flaunted in front of a bunch of good looking girls? Well, its about time you do cause that fearsome thought might just turn into a reality pretty soon … sooner than you can think.


Let’s face it, we can’t live without fuel. We have involved it so much into our lives that it looks almost impossible for us to go without it. Mind you, I said almost for a good reason - thank the one who invented the bicycle. However, it is too soon for me to say, maybe someone will find out how to run vehicles using alternative sources. But for now, it just the good old bicycle.


You may think “Why is he saying all this? There is enough and more fuel to run for another couple of decades!”… well, that may be the case but let me tell you something that happened just a couple of weeks back…

It’s a pleasant Saturday in December and I was getting ready to leave to my office, and I didn’t have my vehicle that day, so I decided to use the public transport. On the way I see a huge queue in this petrol bunk … and why? There is a fuel crisis as the officers have gone on strike (usually one or the other organization goes on strike in our beloved country… either the auto whalaas are on strike or the truckers union go on strike … today it happened to be an Officers’ Strike). Apparently, they want a higher salary (like Rs. 200,000 a month is “less”!!) … I was amused, I did what I could not possibly stop myself from doing, I laughed.

I was amused looking at the people wearing a tensed expression and mumbling something; whispering a prayer so that they get some fuel today for their car/bike. and i m laughing cause i am thinking to myself "Lets get used to it!" Although knowing perfectly well nobody ever will.

In between all this I am wondering… when there is a serious shortage … what will we do? Really!

Here are some pictures I took of the hullabaloo at a petrol bunk:

What, are they giving free petrol?

Cans, bottles, anything that may hold that precious fuel... so that I can waste it

It's a long wait for them

Another incident that happened, my dad thought he was lucky enough to get his car tank filled so that he may not need to worry about the crisis for a couple of days … that night someone managed to tap it from the car when it was parked outside the house. Next thing you know they will murder you if they get to know you have a can full of fuel at your place! (beware … now it’s a hush-hush thing to do)