Why some love a good drought

No other State has had the distinction of celebrating May 1 as both labour day and as its birth anniversary. Maharashtra does.In the past, its capital — as a symbol of the greatest working-class movements in the country and of regional aspirations — has witnessed a festive air for both reasons. Somehow, the dual symbolism, one international and the other sub-national, seemed to co-exist quite peacefully among an indifferent middle-class wedged between officialdom and the labour unions celebrating their respective history and memories.

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