Vote banks in Mumbai

18072010

Apparently, these folks got flats after a redevelopment effort to remove slums in a nearby area. There are various classes of people who live in the same street - some affluent, some middle-class and some even lower middle class. Of course they can all live in harmony. But instead of going to some playgrounds about a Kilometer away, these kids choose to play cricket right on the same street (mostly during weekends) - so they dig up the road and fixate their stumps. When I drive through the lane, they do not feel the need to remove the stumps for the time being as there's enough space for me to around it. We're talking about a dozen people here - kids and teenagers. Trust me, all hell would break lose if I ever mistakenly hurt one of these guys. No police complaints have helped as I know from my friends in that area.

Democracy idiocracy!