Decided to be a good citizen. Inspired by PM’s call for austerity, left the car at home.
Auto to the Metro station: ₹30. Metro ticket: ₹30. Feeder bus for the last stretch: ₹20. Total one way: ₹80. Return journey: another ₹80. Grand daily total: ₹160.
My car gives 14 kilometres to a litre. Office is 7 kilometres from home. Roughly ₹100 a day, door to door, including the petrol and the quiet dignity of arriving without fuss.
Public transport, in other words, costs me ₹60 more than driving myself. Per day. In a city with a functioning Metro.
This is what we call last-mile connectivity gap — the small, unglamorous gap between the grand infrastructure and your actual front door. Austerity, apparently, is for the commuter alone. The PM travels by motorcade. The last I checked.
Bob Dylan first saw Scarlet Rivera walking the streets of Greenwich Village carrying a violin case.
He pulled his car up beside her and asked if she could really play the instrument, though it was likely not just her musical abilities that intrigued him. 🧵
Suddenly Prime Minister is appealing to farmers that they should avoid fertilizers and move to natural farming. This is insane. Any move away from fertilisers will cause huge food scarcity.Sri Lanka tried it & ended up with food inflation of 50% inviting a mass revolt in 2022.