election day & business trip

today, india faces its second polling day, this time also in the state of maharashtra. since elections in india theoretically have to embrace more than one billion people, several polling days have been spread over the next month. on election days, companies are compelled to grant a public holiday to their employees; the level of activity here in the office will, hence, plummet around three o'clock (polling stations close at five). our boss emphasized the importance of everybody making use of his right to vote.

amid the "dance for democracy", maoist extremists yesterday hijacked a public train with more than 300 passengers. the hostages were released only a few hours later; the hijackers had probably 'only' aimed at attracting some attention.

with these circumstances in mind, do I have to count myself lucky that I am going to new delhi by plane this afternoon...?

I will be back monday, hopefully bringing pictures of the taj mahal!

ti-bob