Monday, November 16, 2009
Not just commuting
City's suburban trains are not just life lines for the commuters. It is associated with too many activities like begging, merchandising yes! flowers,vegetables cosmetic items and other trinkets right inside the compartment. It is unlawful to conduct "business" inside the train. But, in India rules are meant to be broken. Once in a month the responsibility lies on the hawker to pay the penalty voluntary to the authorities so that he will not penalized again however, there is no guarantee of his second time getting "caught". This practice goes in a rotation among hawkers. The ultimate beneficiary is the commuter because as the danger of being caught by the authorities these hawkers sell their products at the dirt cheap.