Holi Hai !

Hey guys and girls !

Wish you and your family a very happy and colourful Holi !

Unlike me, if you play Holi, play safe and please please please avoid usage of water. I know I'm sounding a bit like an old man or something, but I hate the way water is wasted on this day. If you play, please play with gulaal only.

I still think the same as I did last year. Read my last year's Holi post (Happy Holi) coz the thoughts are the same, and I do not want a repeat telecast on the blog ;)

Enjoy guys ! Play safe !

PS : Sorry for the length of the post. (read : lack of words)

PPS : I still haven't started studying... :P

PPPS : And I'm not playing Holi.

Exam Time !

Hey guys !


My university has issued a final advisory to all the students to start studying. Actually, the time table for my exams has been announced. And I have to start studying now ! So less frequent blogging on my part. I hope Garima will continue to handle the blogging scenario.

My exams are starting from 19th March. And I'll be having an exam on my birthday too. *sob sob*


Exams end on 8th April. Till then, virtually nil blogging. I don't say I won't post anything, I just mean to say that the frequency of the posts will be very low.


I wish my university gave me extra weightage for bloggers. Then I wouldn't mind blogging with the same frequency. But since it doesn't, I have no option left apart from studying. :(


Wish me luck guys ! I need it badly. :P


Thanks a ton !

Ricklassify

The country’s industrial capital, Mumbai, is called so because it provides hundreds of ways to the hundreds of people coming in, to earn some moolah!!

Having stayed in this city of dreams for the past 20 years I have realized that the number of auto rickshaws have been on a consistent increase. I typically am a very lazy person so progress in this sector helped me. I am a regular user of this service. Well this is also, one of the reasons why I can write a post on my observations over the years about the different species of auto-drivers.

The different categories in which auto-drivers have been classified (by me of course) are as follows:

(Typical, ain’t it?)

Type 1:

These are the ones who make up for the majority. They are least bothered about anything. They will drop you off where you want, never interfere unnecessarily, generally quite. And on a personal note, I find them to be the best kinds.

Type 2:

They are the sweet ones. Ah! Correction… the OVER SWEET ones. Man!! A person can so get onto your nerves just by being sweet is unimaginable. They will ask you how you want to go. And yes they will also make it a point to advise you about the routes you should take for different places. For instance, I was travelling to college from home and this auto guy must have driven me there twice earlier (may be). He suggested me to hire an auto (I did say I am lazy, so wouldn’t type the whole term) on monthly basis to drive me to college. He also incidentally happened to drive me home from classes one day at around 10 pm, and so came his next advice, to hire an auto on a monthly basis if it gets so late everyday. I surely appreciate their concern but it does tend to irritate.

Type 3:

They are the over careful ones. Once you are seated you get a weird feeling of awkward serenity. They will start slow, maintain that speed, careful not to get into the potholes (wouldn’t mind zigzagging on the street). You try your best to sit upright but fail miserably. And if you a re getting late by any chance, you will hell not reach on time.

Type 4:

These are the kind that will make you feel as if you have been punished for hiring their vehicle. You are under constant fear of being stopped by some patrolling official. And I have sub-divided them into two-

a) The ones who drive fast, very fast and you try to keep all your things safe, fearing they mite just get blown off. They are not that scary but yes one does get a good dose of fear.

b) Now, now. These are the scariest of all and you will definitely regret having taken that auto. They drive fast plus somehow manage to get their wheels into almost all the potholes on the road. They will get into the smallest space available. This time too you cling on to your belongings not because+ they might get blown off but because you are actually scared of hitting a tree or big vehicle or getting blown off yourself. The ride is no less than that of a roller coaster.

Well this is all that my studies can reveal so far. And this classification is a result of a ride from home to college in an auto with Type 3 driver.

Crush

I think of you, I talk of you,

I see you in my dream.

You're just so beautiful,

I feel a need to scream.

I smell the scent of loveliness

every time you're near.

I feel that all the angels sing

when its just your voice I hear.

Struck by some magic spell,

there's just no other way.

That you are all I think I need

to make it through each day.

When truth is pointed out to me,

my face it seems does blush.

But honestly I can't deny,

on you I've got a crush.

PS : Happy Valentine's Day :)

Kaisa Ye Hungama?

हर कोई पीता है
अपने आंसुओं को,

मैं जो थोडा सा पी आया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई गिरता है
ज़िन्दगी की राहों में,

मैं जो थोडा सा रुक गया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई हँसता है
दूसरों क़ी बेबसी पर,

मैं जो खुद पर ही हंस दिया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई रोता है
तनहाई में छुप कर,

मैं जो महफ़िल में रो दिया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई मरता है
पल-पल इस जहां में,

मैं जो पल भर में ही मर गया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई लुट जाता है
मोहब्बत की खातिर,

मैं जो थोडा सा हार गया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

हर कोई रखता है
तस्वीर उन की आँखों में,

मैं जो थोडा सा उन्हें देख आया,
तो कैसा ये हंगामा.

Indian Railways - Jaago Grahak Jaago !

Travelling is something that I do very often. Much often. I travel a lot. Mostly due to either business reasons or due to social reasons.

And each journey has a story of its own, a problem of its own. This time. while travelling back home to Falna from Mumbai in 2480 Suryanagari Exp, I found this train to be one of the worst maintained trains on the whole route.

I rarely travel in this train. But this time, I had to. And I came across the poor maintenance this train goes through. The coaches are in bad shape and condition. The toilets do not have proper taps and flushes.

Oh man ! I should not be discussing the condition of toilets on my blog ! Yuck ! Am I doing it for real? Lemme pinch myself... *OUCH !!* That hurt... That means this was for real ! Oooohh.... No more toilet talks.

On one hand, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee talks of getting 'Bullet Trains' in India and this is what they provide? The Mumbai-Rajasthan route is one of the busiest routes. The trains are almost always jampacked. And look at the facilities they provide. Disgusting !

Mamata-jee, do you need a wake up call? Oh yes ! How would you know the plight of the common man... You never travel by second-class, forget the General (unreserved) coaches. You only travel by the Rajdhanis and the Shatabdis and if by any other train, that too only in First Class AC coaches. How would you know this?

Here's a picture of the coach I was in (Coach S7, Seat No. 66, 2480 Suryanagari Exp, 1st Feb 2010, in case any railway official needs while considering my complaint). This shows that old (read :: antique) coaches are being used in such high revenue generating routes. Full fare paying passengers are being given sub-standard service.

I don't think I need to take the pics of the toilets to show the condition. Even if it was necessary, I'd like to see myself dead rather than clicking pics of toilets and putting them up on my blog. ;)

Moreover, when I tried to find out the mail ID where I can lodge a complaint via e-mail, I was unable to find it on the Indian Railways and IRCTC sites. The North Western Railways site wasn't even working ! Wow... We're heading towards a world-class rail network.

With this kind of service it is still a distant dream !

Jaago Grahak Jaago !