Belligerent picket!
ZIM Waliul Hye, Khilkhet, Dhaka
When the 8:00pm news of 31.01.05 filled my heart with pleasure as we watched the ecstatic scene of our ODI series victory against Zimbabwe, the next news item on hartal extension for another three days came to me as an anti-climax.I felt as though I had drunk quinine. Like a deflated balloon I sank into the armed chair with a sigh and wondered and wondered. In a slumber I recollected a long-forgotten story of Mrs. Packletide and Mrs. Bimberton who avoided each other's sight because of bitter jealousy. When I opened my eyes, to my horror, I sawI beheld a strange sight of divine justice. A pro-hartal woman activist pulled down a young passenger from a rickshaw and slapped him publicly! I could not help admiring this 'tigress' of Aunt Jennifer. How long will it continue?
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