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ARE BANDHS THE RIGHT WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST PRICE RISE??
It's a holiday in India today. No, there's no festivity nor any leader has passed away. The citizens have been forced to stay indoors today as a result of a bandh (closure) initiated by few opposition political parties. In the past, these bandhs were political in nature, but today it has the support of the common man, who simply have no solutions to inflation. This move was initiated after the central government increased the prices of fuel yet again.
As it always happens, a rise in fuel prices leads to a rise in the price of food and other essential commodities. Our actors, the small screen stars may have been hit by the inflation too. The question that we asked a few of them today is whether such bandhs are justified as a tool of protest against price rise? Here's what they said…
Debina Bonnerjee
I can't think of a better way to protest but the truth is that inflation has affected people of all classes. A poor man is not well connected, thus the best way he can express his frustration is through strikes. Personally, it's the electricity bill that has come as a shock to me. My last electricity bill read Rs.12,000. My brother has come down to stay with me, but like me, he too spends most of the day at work. Thus, I'm wondering how the bill got increased by so much. Yesterday, a friend of mine who lives in a 1BHK, was upset that his electricity bill had shot to Rs.2,000. He doesn't have a great salary. Imagine the tension he must be going through. TV, fridge and prices of other commodities too have risen up. Expenditures keep rising, but not the income! How will a common man, then lower his cost of living?
Abhinav Shukla
This is the right way to protest. As actors, we are usually oblivious to the problems of the common man. When a bandh occurs, everything is shut from studios to clubs, multiplexes to restaurants. That's when actors realize the problems the country is facing. A hike in flour price may not affect us, but it does to the poor and the middle class. There's no better way to express your resentment against the price hike than to strike.
It's a holiday in India today. No, there's no festivity nor any leader has passed away. The citizens have been forced to stay indoors today as a result of a bandh (closure) initiated by few opposition political parties. In the past, these bandhs were political in nature, but today it has the support of the common man, who simply have no solutions to inflation. This move was initiated after the central government increased the prices of fuel yet again.
As it always happens, a rise in fuel prices leads to a rise in the price of food and other essential commodities. Our actors, the small screen stars may have been hit by the inflation too. The question that we asked a few of them today is whether such bandhs are justified as a tool of protest against price rise? Here's what they said…
Debina Bonnerjee
I can't think of a better way to protest but the truth is that inflation has affected people of all classes. A poor man is not well connected, thus the best way he can express his frustration is through strikes. Personally, it's the electricity bill that has come as a shock to me. My last electricity bill read Rs.12,000. My brother has come down to stay with me, but like me, he too spends most of the day at work. Thus, I'm wondering how the bill got increased by so much. Yesterday, a friend of mine who lives in a 1BHK, was upset that his electricity bill had shot to Rs.2,000. He doesn't have a great salary. Imagine the tension he must be going through. TV, fridge and prices of other commodities too have risen up. Expenditures keep rising, but not the income! How will a common man, then lower his cost of living?
Abhinav Shukla
This is the right way to protest. As actors, we are usually oblivious to the problems of the common man. When a bandh occurs, everything is shut from studios to clubs, multiplexes to restaurants. That's when actors realize the problems the country is facing. A hike in flour price may not affect us, but it does to the poor and the middle class. There's no better way to express your resentment against the price hike than to strike.
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