The VIPs have already made the common man's life look sub-standard. And as if this was not enough, there has evolved a sub-species known as the VVIPs who make life even miserable. Politicians, socialites and film stars all belong to this new sub-species set. Ridiculous amount of special treatment is poured (I was going to use the word 'showered'...but it sounded meek in my mind itself!!) on them.
It was reported in today's Mumbai Mirror that President Pratibha Patil has cut down on the number of cars used for her convoy from the usual 30 allocated for VVIPs to just 11. Me and mum praised and blessed her after reading this and talked about how women have more brains than men.
This 'feel-good' phase lasted only for about a hour in the morning as I had to wait for around 20 minutes for Her convoy to pass before the traffic was allowed to resume...had to wait for 20 minutes before her convoy of 38 cars were well on their way to Navi Mumbai.
I wonder if Madam President knows about this..!!??
