(My Observations During 2014 General Elections)
Ayodhya: A brief visit to the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi site can be a harrowing
experience for a city-bred agnostic. The lane to the site is hardly a 200-metre
expanse from the narrow road that a taxi can take you down, but the moment one
gets down from the vehicle, swarms of touts offering better views and parking
slots descend upon oneself. As one manages to dissuade the pesky guides,
sweetmeat agents, and others to advance on, one would come across a paid
toilet-cum-washroom for the devout visitors. A visit inside can be an olfactory
nightmare. The focus of the facility is more on the daan-patra (collection-box)
than to flush out its excretionary refuse. A few metres down the path, there is
an open (and free) urinal that can teach you a trick or two in breath control
(without Baba Ramdev's tips). Next time, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate
speaks about "Pahle Shauchalya, fir Devalaya (Toilets first,
Temples later)", this reporter swears by his job to cheer for him.
pd: This post sounds the revival of this blog
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