An Indecisive Indian

  This is truly the silly season for travellers. On the Lucknow–Barauni Express , passengers sweating in an AC coach found no relief from the vents—until officials discovered why. The ducts were stuffed with bottled spirits . Smugglers, or railway staff with a side hustle? No one knows. But one shudders, and chuckles at once, to imagine the scene had the bottles leaked: passengers, instead of complaining about “poor cooling,” would have been glowing with “inner heating” and blessed with a ‘ spiritual’ journey. Meanwhile in Srinagar airport , four SpiceJet staffers were floored—literally—by a Lieutenant Colonel when they dared ask him to pay for extra cabin baggage. Whatever the fine print, one takeaway shines bright: if one army officer can down four airline men in minutes, the nation’s security clearly rests in muscular hands. Not to be left behind in this baggage saga, Indian Railways (IR)   now plans to imitate airports with a luggage-weighing regime. Soon, rai...