I almost ran out of washing machine powder and had visions of myself trying to convince the cleaning lady to please please please do the scrub scrub scrub. Luckily the shops opened on the sixth day, falling just one short of God. But the point of this strike by grocery shops in Mumbai and some parts of Maharashtra was lost on me. I depend on grocery shops and never visit the large chain supermarkets. But had the strike continued, I might have been forced to do just that. And then suppose it had become a habit? Who would have been the loser?