Delhiite shares what ‘scares’ him most about his beloved city: ‘You can cry in public; no one will ask why’. Netizens say, 'This is a wake-up call'

The man was having a silent breakdown, but no one came to his aid and pointedly ignored him. While the user wanted to comfort him, he too was perplexed if he should violate Delhi’s unsaid rule: Don’t interfere in others' business.
“Across from me sat this man...mid to late 40s, maybe older, hard to tell. Shirt untucked, shoes scuffed, clutching a small black plastic bag like it carried something fragile. I noticed him fidgeting with a paper tucked inside. A HOSPITAL RECEIPT. I know because I saw the AIIMS logo on it when he adjusted it on his lap. Maybe I shouldn’t have stared, but Delhi turns you into both an observer and a ghost..." wrote the user.

The user then gave a rather despondent description of how the man then started to cry but was ignored by the passengers. “I looked around at two guys sharing memes, a couple laughing softly, and the usual tired souls glued to their phones. No one noticed him. Or maybe no one wanted to notice him. And there I was, frozen, feeling like I was intruding on someone’s most personal breakdown,” he wrote.
He admitted that he wanted to approach the stranger and offer some semblance of comfort but hesitated. “All the Delhi lessons kicked in «mind your business,» «don’t get involved …… So I sat there, doing nothing, feeling disgusted at how normal it felt to look away. When he got off at Mandi House, he wiped his face, straightened his shirt, and disappeared into the crowd like just another faceless commuter,” he stated.
The user ended his post on a sombre note, observing