I've just read your news item about the alleged lathi charge of Narendra Maharaj's men at the Mumbai airport. Having just returned from the airport, where I had gone to fetch my aged parents, I can only say that I was wishing that the police were not showing so much restraint but actually getting rid of these miscreants. Just because we live in a democracy gives no group of people to cause so much inconvenience to others. These so-called Godman's (who is he?) followers were blocking all the exits at the airport, shouting slogans and pushing people around. I had gone to the airport with my five year old daughter to receive my parents and felt extremely worried for my daughter's safety. The flight was of course late and even afterwards, passengers were not being allowed to exit. They protestors didn't care if there were people who needed to get out urgently, if there were the old and ailing, small babies. My mother was on a wheelchair and somehow sneaked out by a porter. Long live democracy. And I had thought that the airport was a high-security area. My mistake again. Slashed airfares are at par with a/c second class train fares, so airports have to be at par with railway station!
