Right now people's frustrations and life of danger is at boiling point. During my stay 3 buses were burnt and along with taxi drivers that hit pedestrians, were beaten. So many pot holes in streets and sidewalks. Had a bowl of seafood noodle soup in the Asian restaurant of a 5-star hotel. More than half of the children do not attend school.
Private school is so important here to land a good job.
There is an overabundance of advanced degree holders here and many are not very strong in their field. The crows own the skies here, although there are abudandt pigeons and occasional vultures, they say circle the dying street dweller. Sometimes I read there are gangs of jackals. Some dying on the streets, too weakened to move, offer easy bites by the rat infested slum areas that they fall victim to. Digital show at Oxford Bookstore and Gallery was covered by Z TV, Star TV, Bengali TV, the , Economic Times and Telegraph newspapers, and the most read national India Today magazine weekly.