Summer travel plans of Surtis have given reason to Tapi town tattle of a different kind this year. It does not matter whether the luxury loving lala is bound for America or the Alps, for; the journey begins and ends with a 4 hour trip via either the rail or road routes.
Left in the lurch regarding increased air connectivity, with promises that were meant to be broken, Surat is abuzz with protests and pointers. While some caged Surtis are flapping on Facebook, there is flutter at socialite evenings and fury within sheris.
Here are a few Surti sawaals, statements and suggestions that this columnist happened to eavesdrop upon, last week:
‘We should not allow any politicians to land or take off from Surat airport. When we can’t use it, why should they?’
‘Officially, more buffaloes have run on the tarmac than flights’
‘May, no early June, no mid July, will someone tell me which year do they plan to begin more flights by?”
‘It’s all a big bad nexus of people with vested interests, I tell you.’
‘Fastest growing city, fastest growing GDP, slowest when it comes to travel.’
‘Sab dhandha hai but gundaa hai ye!’
‘ $%#@*&() ! (Unprintable body parts), aaprey kidhhu tey final, ahiya kaai budlay vudlay nahi!
‘My Chanel #5 smells like soot by the time the train reaches Mumbai’
‘What’s the point to flying business class when you access or end it by going cattle class?’
‘Trains take a toll on my Jimmy Choos and Vuitton luggage, but the under construction roadways are equally nightmarish to travel by.”
‘It costs half as much to fly from Vadodra to Delhi, than from Surat.’
‘Hamarey Calcutta mein aisa nahi hota’
‘I heard Kingfisher Airline might use our airport as a hanger for its flights’
‘Does the airport come under SEZ? Yes? Can we have a bar there?’
‘Let’s not forget, we can’t bootleg booze via the airway’
‘The Mumbai diamond industry is paying to not let us prosper’
‘No, the local diamond merchants want to park their private jets here’
‘Havey maarey heera nathi ghasva.’
‘I used to fly from Mumbai to Surat for Rs.75 via Safari Airways in 1974’
‘The Vayudoot flights that began thereafter rattled more than a railway coach’
‘I think the NRI’s will make a private airport at Ena gaam or Bardoli before ours takes off ’
‘Hu vaat karey chey? Khareykhar kay? Hachu bol jou!
‘Woh toh thherey pardesi, saath kya nibhayengey?’
‘Remember the ‘shootout at Surat airport’ incident? That was the only time it saw some real action’
‘Maybe we should just rent out all that space for military training, at least more helicopters will fly in, that way.’
‘Nazar lag gayee hai apney airport ko’
‘Can we hold a yagna? Like they did for the success of Indian cricket team?’
‘Hey bhagwaan laaj rakhjey, baaki badhu locha lapsi chey’
‘If they are not planning to begin more flights, we builders should be permitted to make more high rises in that area.’
‘They are saving the issue as a vote bank game plan for 2012’
‘At least we were saved from the false pilots scam, no? ‘
‘How will we ever have good doctors visiting our town without air connectivity?’
‘It is emotional connectivity for us migrants, no one understands our pain!’
‘Can we arrange for some politician’s daughter to get married in Surat? That should do the trick!’
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