Monday, April 26, 2010

Bharat Bandh

Only in West Bengal...

How ironic. As if the state wants to cling onto its reputation as the last bastion of organized industrial/social unrest. Dividends ? Not worth the effort....decades of practice bears testimony of that !!!

Why then would you ask, is the 'bandh' such a popular tool ?? Political leverage? Is that a reasonable assumtion? Its not a question an educated urbane professional working in private sector in the national capital can answer though...one has to be part of the grassroot BPL population to be able to answer that question. Its how their lives are affected, that decide the outcome of bharat bandh. Its how they benefit, that determines its success.

Never believe people like me who tell you that bandhs are bloody useless !!!!

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