shiv sastry wrote:
> The evolution of such businesses in India starts with "Just setting it
> up" (Just do it). If uncontrolled we get a Gandhi Bazaar like situation
> The second stage after "just do it" is complaints and agitation by
> locals that ensures that some areas are freed from illegal businesses.
> The third stage is "Corporators visit Europe to see how it is done
> there"
Meanwhile, and this is a parallel third stage,
a. Cops move in to sweep the street food vendors and hawkers out
b. After a suitable period, and after taking a suitable bribe, they let them
back in
Pavement vendors and hawkers are the most regular source of "mamool" for
beat cops, and no amount of agitation by residents associations is going to
completely drive them away.
suresh
