The Simple Act

There is a mall about 3 kilometers from my house. It's a fairly big run-of-the-mill mall with the usual stores and a multiplex. It also has basement parking facility that I happen to use regularly. When you exit the mall, you come onto a four-lane two-way road with an island dividing the two. The railway station is to the left and and the residential areas are to the right. Naturally, most of the cars that get out of the mall need to turn right but there is no gap in the island to turn right. To head right, you take the left and there is a U-turn approximately 20 meters down the road from where you can head home. However, since this is a lightly used road most cars right and go the wrong way for about 70 meters before turning onto the correct side of the road. It is a simple act and I'm sure most Indians would call me a fool for relating this to the mess that is our politics, governance and daily life. And yet.