If you have been reading your newspapers regularly then you would know that Kolkata (and some parts of WB) municipal elections happened on 30...Very honestly I never thought anybody would care this much about their municipality...Ok, we do abuse them when there is water logging during the monsoon, or when the roads are dirty, but I think that's it...But not here in Kolkata, Kolkatans take their politics very seriously, no matter if it's municipal elections...
And so while one day the whole office compound was festooned with red banners, the next day it was Didi's turn...
And that's not all, the worst part of it is when people start talking about politics, that's the worst, because that makes you realize how ignorant you are, because you dont know the name of the mayor of the city where you come from...
But still the seriousness of the whole affair hadn't dawned on me (not even after seeing BSF jawans in full combat fatigues for MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS), so I still ventured out on the streets, and too my amazement, they were empty, not just the streets, the roads were empty too, and if that was not all, the malls were shut, the cinema halls were shut...And in case anyone has lost track, all this for municipal elections...
Ohhh and yes, I have traveled in the Kolkata metro, and I am sure you would think that I am making this up, but the moment I saw the first metro pulling up in the station, I was instantly reminded of 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' :)
Well, that's all about Kolkata for today, stay tuned for more updates on the City of Joy
2 comments:
Good observation:)
@PoW
thanks :)
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