Andaman Muses
Giving a twenty rupee note has never been the same for me since my trip to Andamans. I always flip on the picture side of the note when paying to the auto driver and at times even tell them,that this place is not an paradise dreamt by the RBI governor nor a place where twenty rupee notes are grown and everyone is poor,it is North Bay in Andaman Islands.The photograph has been clicked near Harriet Forest Reserve. Port Blair. It's quite ironic that this place was chosen to be behind the note since twenty bucks are just good for naariyal paani in this cocunut tree infested island. Travelling to Andamans is as expensive as a trip to Thailand/Malaysia(I'm no rich kid and have never stepped out of the country).Since everything is 'imported' from the mainland, prices are eventually doubled. Basic amenities even like milk is not produced for the masses in whole of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Economy is relied on tourism only, the only service sector that exists yet no pove...