One Sunday morning, I was travelling on a subway in Mumbai. People were sitting quietly some reading newspapers, some lost in thought. It was a calm, peaceful scene. Then suddenly, a man and his children entered the subway car. The children were so loud and rambunctious that instantly the whole climate changed. The man sat next to me and closed his eyes, apparently oblivious to the situation. The children were yelling back and forth, throwing things, even grabbing people's papers . It was very disturbing. And yet, the man sitting next to me did nothing. It was difficult not to feel irritated. I could not believe that he could be so insensitive as to let his children run wild do nothing about it. It was easy to see that everyone else on the subway felt irritated , too . So finally, I turned to him and said, "Sir , your children are really disturbing a lot of people. I wonder if you couldn't control them a littel more?" The man lifted his gaze as if to come to a consc
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