Apologies to my massive reader base for disappearing from these pages for a while - things have been very hectic at work - air travel in India is marginally better than tooth extraction, and I have been doing a lot of flying lately.
I chose to venture out this Sunday in Bangalore - and regretted every single moment of it. Sonia and her cohorts vandalized Bangalore, screwed our already-overflowing roads, and created enough havoc on what should have been a peaceful Sunday. A journey that should take 15 mins took 2 hours. A stranded few still haven't reached home!
200,000 people with nothing better to do were shepherded into government buses, tempos, rickety vehicles with 3 1/2 wheels and tongas - all with the promise of 100 Rs, some food and lots of illicit liquor in packets (sarai). I bet my bottom paisa that 98.25% of the attendees wouldn't have understood a word of the pearls of wisdom spouted by the lady with the accent.
I spoke to a guy who was asked to come, but refused - he was very happy because his neighbours went, saw and came back thirsty - let alone sarai, they didn't even get a glass of water to drink.
What a strange country we live in - where 85 year old people come in from far-flung villages to watch an Italian-turned-Indian dole out some shit for TV consumption. And the lady had the gall to criticize the current Govt. for showing apathy towards Bangalore's infrastructure problems.
Madam, you are part of the problem. Please conduct such rallies in some remote village - don't add to the mess that we are in already. Please don't come! Please!
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