Bandh toh honarch......

At times,it feels good,when it's a monday morning you wake up to,to find a bandh declared by the self-appointed god of the nation.Today's morning witnesseda "bandh" as already declared on saturday last week.But this bandh of city "mumbai-city that never sleeps" was different,it was different because this bandh was.........followed & actually followed.It's been years i have grew up in this place,but to the best of my memories,i don't remember the last time i witnessed this kind of bandh being followed here.This city,is a city of freedom,of vigour,of everything that many cities all over the world lack.It's never before been here that,a non-violent protest has been declared & followed,earlier whenever a bandh was declared it was followed only by a hand full of people,the rest could carry on with their unavoidable tasks.Most importantly,the local trains-life line of mumbai,the best buses,the rickshaws,the cabs all ran.This time it was different,a city that didn't halt at the earthquakes,the floods,the brutal terrorist attacks,halted today.No trains,No rickshaws,No buses at all.Person who has lived here for pretty long can sense what am talking about,what it means.The protest was against oil price hike,so .......was it really against it or has it a different side too???? "sat,sun,mon off hai re,mein to matheran chala",,,,,"teen dinn so so ke bore hogaya"....Is that the protest????well well well , the bandh was a protest or just a reason to relax to many,that remains a mystery,but as told by our great gods...."bandh toh honarch"...."bandh toh zalach",who cares the real motive,the loss behind...."bandh toh honarch"........