Varun Khanna, aged 18, stood in the serpentine queue. His first adult franchise. Mumbai had turned out in decent numbers, he felt. Obviously lower than the national average, but that was the typical Bambaiya attitude, armchair in their views, apathetic in their voting. Still he was excited with the buzz, awed about being a part of the ‘big change’ Lok Sabha poll. His hard-working ‘bai’, Minu, had said good humouredly, “Sab mantri ek hi hai, election ke pehle hazaaron vachan dete hai, par election ke baad, kuch nahin”.