A moving sight ... everytime

Recently I visited Mumbai and got a chance to see the Fort area from a bus.
As the bus passed the statue of Lal Bahadur Shastri, I saw BEST buses coming into the square. The sight moved me to tears, because generations of people before me have seen these buses coming into the beautiful square. I cried because after seeing the buses I thought my country has become too old now. Do you also think, the country is too old?

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