Hartal #3
An Excuse for a Holiday

In protest of everything that's not right and righteous, the third nation-wide strike of my short time in Bangladesh immobilized vast swaths of barely mobile countryside.

An excuse for a holiday?

Not a holiday for this narrator, because every shop--including the post office--was closed for twenty four hours.

I'm talking about the locals having a holiday. With their six-day work weeks and 12 hour days, what self-respecting person wouldn't participate in an economically crippling country-wide strike every time a grievance needs addressing?

Sit on!