Brush with the fellow humanity

This couldn’t have been timed better. Just when we – as so many Indians living outside the country – are making plans to visit home this summer, comes this cover story in India Today about chaos at Indian airports. Here is the story in a few words: “Low fares helped make air travel a reality for many. But the massive boom has exposed the ugly underbelly of aviation infrastructure. Serpentine queues at counters, filthy airports and hours lost in air and on the ground have made flying a nightmare.”

But if you are planning air travel in to/out of India, here are some gory details of what awaits you:

Gosh! I am already sweating it thinking the long hours in the queues at the airports. But, the bright side is, we now know the facts, so can be better prepared (leaving for airports hours in advance, for example). Luckily, we chose trains – not flights – to travel between places inside India, primarily for financial reasons, but it’s surely less stressful and much more interesting than hopping on and off planes without much of a brush with the humanity around… Or, may be that has changed!!

Check it out for yourself on the India Today site.