16 St. Mission , San
Francisco, is a journey of discover to a different America and i found my perception
about United States lifestyle, law and order situation , manners and norms of
civilization as not right. This is not only the land of peace and prosperity
but also the land of instability and unrest also.
In that area I found
lots of people who were homeless. In a trolley they put their everything
and stayed beside the road or compound of the rail station. Their frustration about
their lives were very clear on their faces. In dirty clothes and disgusting
moods the people seem to be in delirium.At that place we (me, Sharon and Anand) met an architect (Janet Chapman) , who was very nice to us and suggested us to be careful. She made us aware that the area was not good, especially for foreigners and said “hide everything which is expensive and hold the bag carefully.” This made us really scared.
But that was not the
end. Something more scaring was waiting for me. I went to a McDonald's restaurant
to have some ice-cream. There I went to the ladies restroom and found a different
culture. A lady and a man were in one
toilet and they were in a very compromising position. That time I just thought ,” Where
am I? Is it called free society? Is it called civilized people?” this incident
was really shocking for me.
That time I realized
that every society has some problem. In every country some people live under
the poverty line and some are uncivilized and sometimes involve with crime.
Thank you SUSI for
opening my eyes and make me realize the color of life and the frame of the culture
in a true sense. And it proved again, every coin has two sides.
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