The one thing that happens efficiently in Kol is Bandhs. But still sincere soldiers that we are. We wake up in the morning and hope that some crazy cabby will take us to office where we would remain till after the bandh is off.
Today even the cabbies decided they wouldn't come near my house so here I am wide awake, watching the Mona Lisa smile on Star Movies. Switched to the News channel which tells me about the zillion flights/trains which have got cancelled courtesy a bandh to oppose the effect of inflation on the common man.
So some common man, could have just retired, who probably booked his tickets months in advance so that he and his wife could travel in style in a Spicejet or Deccan flight will be stranded at some airport or be bumped off a flight. Not fair naa.
Anyway I in my nice little duplex chummery in one of Kolkata's most affluent neighbourhoods really have no say on inflation. Frankly it's been ages since I bought a vegetable or fruit, forget buying foodgrains and bare essentials. However I somehow think that disrupting daily life affects the lower stratas more than actual decision makers. Probably a silent protest would have been better.
- P.R.
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