This is small solace for harried commuters, but the countless craters on the city roads don’t discriminate between a common man and a lawmaker -- both are tossed around with equal disdain. Precisely the reason why you may find yourself seated next to Varsha Tembwalkar -- chairperson of the P-south (Goregaon) ward committee, Manisha Chaudhary --head of the R-central (Borivli) ward committee, former mayor Shubha Raul -- who represents Dahisar ward, or Anuradha Pednekar--representing Kurla ward, on a local train one of these days.

Power trip: Manisha Chaudhary, chairperson of the R-central ward committee, at Borivli station after taking a train from the BMC head office u00a0Pic/Nimesh Dave