GUWAHATI has become a big city. Sometimes I feel it may have already surpassed the size of Pune. Though, populationwise, Pune is a much bigger city. I have to go to Nagaon through Guwahati, there is no other option and I had never liked Guwahati some ten years back. And I used to lament the bad condition of its roads. Now, it’s a different scenario altogether: Wide, polished roads passing through Maligaon and Lokhra and big shopping complexes: a city rapidly changing and all spruced up particularly after the India-Indonesia-Thailand tour, the National Games and the Asian Athletics—all events happening one after another. For Guwahatians, it may sound a bit weird, I missed the floating restaurant experience as the water had receded in Brahmaputra this time around. And if I had an inkling that it would take two hours without any traffic jam to reach the passport office in Beltola from Maligaon, I would have hired a helicopter service, if I could. But I enjoyed the ride as the city bus service is really good. We should now have a sky train or metro to connect it from one end to another.
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