Railway Budget 2013-14

Congress must seriously think of starting coaching classes of Public Speaking for it's leaders... 

Without going into details about today's Railway Budget presented in the Parliament, if you simply listen to Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and MoS Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's interviews, you are forced to believe that everyone else who are opposing the budget are very much correct. The tone, body language and selection of words by these leaders literally make you feel pity for them. 

Now coming to this year's Railway Budget, as a aam admi we did not actually expect much from our Minister. May be because we were taught not to from the very beginning of our own establishment of Democracy. May be because we know our Political Class and Sarkari Kaam-Kaaj so well that no matter what, chances of any improvement is almost nil. 

Safety, Cleanliness and Punctuality are the main concerns of every common man and if these could be ensured no body would mind to pay a little more for the fares. However, this year's budget have actually spared passengers from any hike in fares and raised other charges on tickets along with freight tariff of less than 5%. There are as usual announcement of new trains, tracks and facilities along with promises of new online ticketing system and safety measures.

Overall, nothing new, no solid steps for future growth and no vision at all...

Opposition

By raising questions about the Chopper Deal Scam in coming Parliament Budget Session, BJP and other opposition parties are actually going to harm the country more than they would have done by staying silent. Precious time which could have been utilised for passing important bills and ordinances or discussing issues which require urgent attention will simply be wasted by showing opposition parties' pain and sincerity for the country. 

Foul cries and meaningless debates on both the floors will actually serve no purpose of aam-admi but the political parties sitting at opposition. Outcome is already known to us. No matter what justification ruling alliance provides, opposition will never accept any argument. With time the debate will become more ugly and eventually walkouts, boycotts and adjournments... Phir Gayee Bhens Paani Mein!

তোমার চোখ কথা বলে

আমার মস্তিস্কটা এখনও পুরোপুরি পেঁকে উঠেনি

তাই বুঝি প্রায় সময় নানা অছিলায় আবোল তাবোল চিন্তায় ব্যস্ত

বাস্তব মানতে নারাজ, ঘোরের সংসারেই খুশি। কি মুশকিল!

আমার শরীর এখনও সকাল বেলা ঘুম থেকে জেগে উঠতে শেখেনি

রোজ ভোরে টেনে হিঁচড়ে বিছানা থেকে ফেলে দিতে হয়

চাকরি বলে কথা, ধুম করে চলে গেলে ভীষণ বেকায়দায় পরতে হবে

আমার শ্বাস প্রশ্বাসের স্বাভাবিকতা নিয়েও প্রশ্ন আছে

হঠাৎ করে এত জোরে বেরিয়ে পরে যে চিন্তায় ফেলে দেয়

আর এই বয়সে এত বাজে ভাবে নাক ডাকা বাপের জন্মেও শুননি

গায়ের রঙটা বাঁচিয়ে দিয়েছে, কালো হলে আর দেখতে হত না

না আছে আদব কায়দা না আছে ইচ্ছা একটু সামাজিক হওয়ার

পুরোপুরি যাচ্ছেতাই ব্যাপার। শুধু কাপড় চোপড়েই ভদ্র।

ক্যভিটি জর্জরিত দাঁত, চুল পরেপরে এত্ত বড় একটা কপাল

পেট দিনদিন শুধু বেড়েই চলেছে, আর সিগরেটের কথা তো বলাই পাপ

বলার কোন শেষ নেই। তবু যদি একটু গাঁঠের জোর থাকত!

তুমি নিজেকে ঘুরিয়ে নাও, অন্য কাজে ব্যস্ত হতে চাও

দীর্ঘশ্বাস তবু অজান্তেই বেড়িয়ে পরে, আর যেতে যেতে আড়চোখ শুনিয়ে দিয়ে যায়

হায়রে কপাল, কেন যে মরতে প্রেমে পরতে গেলাম?

নতুন প্রাণ, নতুন আশা

একটি নতুন প্রাণ, এসেছে নিয়ে নতুন আশা।

হঠাৎ করে তার আগমন, সবাই কিছুটা অপ্রস্তুত তো বটেই;

তবুও, এর চেয়ে ভাল সময় বোধহয় আর হত না।

মানসিকতা যখন পরিস্রান্ত আর জীবন নিরুত্তাপ-

একটু বিরাম, একটু চাঞ্চল্যের খুব বেশী ভাবে ছিল প্রয়োজন,

নতুন প্রাণের আবির্ভাব ছাড়া এ বুঝি সম্ভব হত না।

একটি নতুন প্রাণ, এসেছে নিয়ে নতুন আশা...

Protest Against Delhi Gang Rape- II

Different voices are being heard from the streets of Delhi for CM Sheila Dixit, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and Congress led State and Central government's resignation. Par Kaun si Sarkar isse achchi hai ya hogi yeh sahi mein sochne wali baat hai. I personally can't imagine that BJP led NDA or Third Front or IAC with Fourth Front can deliver better than this. Systemic change is required not just faces.

I really don't feel bringing down Shiela Dixit will make any positive difference to Delhi, because expecting much from her alternatives, be it Vijender Gupta, Vijay Goyal or anybody else would be useless. And same is applicable for Police Commissioner as well. Anger against Congress is well understood but choosing anyone just to outcast Congress won't be a good idea.

Today I asked one of my colleague who went to Rajpath yesterday to protest and witnessed the attacks and counter attacks of Protesters and Delhi Police, what does she really want? Her answer was simple- "Justice". Now if she meant to address our Security Crisis, Law and Order Issues and Slow Judicial Process then I believe we all are at same page and want some radical changes of this rotten political environment and current system. But if she meant to make Amendments in the present Law to make it more strict and to exercise Capital Punishment against the Rapists, then there are already several opinions among our law makers, human right activists and civil society bodies. Serious and sincere discussions are needed before making any changes.

Violent protest is not the solution of our anger and won't lead us to anywhere. It's clear by now that yesterday's shameful incident took place because of some politically motivated elements who hijacked the whole Peaceful Protest and intentionally moved it towards a horrific situation. This shouldn't have happened and I believe this could have been easily avoided if we were more alert and organised.

We need to be more focused on our demands and the path we choose for achieving it... 

Protest Against Delhi Gang Rape- I

I have my own doubts about where this whole movement is heading... But this is not acceptable... Shame!

After A Long Interval

It's been almost two years I posted anything in my blog! And if I write now that I was so occupied that couldn't get any spare time for sharing my thoughts here and moreover there were hardly any incident about which I felt like writing anything, well, that would be the biggest lie I have ever expressed in public domain.

When I bought this new laptop and out of excitement uploaded a picture of it in facebook, one of my friend called me from Pune and asked to publish more posts regularly, I was also thinking the same, however it's been six months now and I have hardly opened my blog in it (was reading others' regularly though).

It's not totally incorrect that I am becoming more lazy for certain activities which I used to like earlier with every passing day. I guess, it would be too much if I start explaining all the reasons here right now, but can surely assure you that I would let you know my every possible thoughts somehow or other in the coming days, no matter you like it or not...

An Encounter with (Our) Judicial System!

Recently I went to Gurgaon Police Station (Old SP Office) to get back my Driving License. There I came to know that after one month of “Chalaan”, Haryana Police send DLs to the Court, so I had to collect it from there. Reaching court, I came to know that I should have gone there with the file number from Police Station and an affidavit. Again I went to Police Station, collected my file number and returning back to the Courtyard, I made an affidavit and went to Court No.13. Orderly informed me then, I should check in room no. 25 that whether my DL actually reached to them or not before submitting my affidavit, otherwise it’s of no use.

Now, where was room no. 25? “Go straight, from the first t-point take left, then …right…then straight… then…” Well, I headed for another treasure hunt. After asking 3-4 Policewalas I reached to a narrow corridor and saw a thin boy, asked him where room no. 25 was, he didn’t answer my question and entered to a room. A lady at the same time came out from another room and I desperately repeated my question to her.

She observed me thoroughly for few seconds and then completely ignoring my presence and my question started shouting loudly a name. That thin boy came out of the room hurriedly and she started scolding him, why strangers were roaming around her room. Sensing the boy was being punished because of my presence, I repeated my question again, this time more politely hoping, by knowing the reason of my presence she would be calm and I would finally come to know about room no. 25. She ignored my appearance completely again and started walking away.

Knowing very well that nothing I could do against this lady’s unnecessary attitude, I expressed my frustration saying, “You should have some manner at least” and started walking in opposite direction. That was my crime, a serious offence. Within next 2-3 seconds, I came to know that I was in serious trouble. Police was called and instructed to teach me Manner. What the hell was going on at my back… As soon as I turned to see, a hawaldar almost jumped upon me and grabbed my wrist. I was in shock, literally! However, the Policewala who caught me angrily seemed more upset because he couldn’t even imagine how anyone could use those words against his bhagwan, Sub Judicial Megistrate Mrs…

Now things became a bit clearer to me. I told something angrily to a Sub Judicial Magistrate which is an unforgivable offence and now I would be taught a lesson. The hawaldar was joined by other hawaldars and some sarkari babus within few seconds. They first could not understand what to do with me and what should be my punishment. Then they mutually decided that Madam Ji would decide my fate and now as she was off for lunch, they took me in their custody for next 30 minutes.

That half an hour was a horrible nightmare. Loads of questions were thrown upon me and no one was even bothered to hear what I was saying. That was simply madness. A bunch of sarkari naukars suddenly became adamant to make me feel guilty and persuading forcefully to confess for my misbehave in front of their bhagwan. That’s the only solution they could find out. They were so obsessed with their Madam Ji’s stature that they could not even understand my simple justification. I tried my best to convince them but failed very badly and realized that I was ‘playing flute in front of buffalos’, which was of no use. Only way to get out of that chaos was to accept that I did a terrible mistake and plea for mercy… I surrendered.

Sub Judicial magistrate Mrs… returned from lunch and I was put in her Court (Darwaar) before anything else. I hesitantly uttered “Sorry” and without even looking at me (with a sarcastic smile on her face), she ordered another hawaldar to leave me for the time being. While coming out from that place, obviously I was not very happy but a thought brought smile on my face- “How fast my Case has been resolved by the efficient Sub Judicial Magistrate, who the hell complains about the delays of our judicial system?”

Four hour later I was leaving the Court premise with my Driving License. The hawaldar who caught me at the first place came to me smilingly and asked “Mil gaya?” I moved my head in affirmation. He then informed me- “You are lucky that you have got your DL after such a daring offence, if Sir Ji came to know about your act, you couldn’t have got your DL in this life time.” What? Who is this Sir Ji? Hawaldar seemed surprised, “You don’t know? Magistrate Sir of Court No. 13 is the husband of our Madam Ji, Magistrate of Court No. 16.”

Holy shit… I immediately decided to forget everything and rushed for my office. The Policewala was laughing loudly at my back…!

Expression of our feelings!

Sometimes we find ourselves stuck in very frustrating situations where neither we can outburst our feelings nor digest them silently. It’s very tough situation when taking breath becomes troublesome and thinking of anything else, impossible.

We try our best to get out of this disturbance as soon as possible; smoke more than average, drink if pocket allows, place anger to loved ones without reason or make our friends understand that something is not correct and seek some sort of warmness from everything and everyone around.

Times pass by and we slowly forget about the whole episode and try not to remember that another frustrating situation is waiting in the corner for right time to attack us. We all are habituated to getting fucked and find them quite general in our everyday life.

Apart from sucking office environment, diverse household crisis, inconsiderate life partners, financial troubles, unfulfilled ambitions, etc. another factor make us feel low every now and then and we all become most vocal about it among our friends and in any gathering.

It’s political system, which leaves no scope of screwing up our lives and we in return, let not go any scope of explosion of our ever increasing anger against the bloody system unused. Our no conversation (almost!) completes without scolding our almighty political leaders and their hazardous policies.

Nationalism, socialism, liberalism, and all sort of “ism” provides fuel to our fury and we curse the system for everything as our law makers have long forgotten their duties and are always busy in making our lives more maddening by imposing more and more laws (?) on our being disregarding all sort of basic “rights”.

But when it comes to expressing our feelings through any common platform, where many people can witness our thoughts and share their views and where there is scope of converting a mass opinion to a more powerful and effective voice, we suddenly loose all our words, our mouth get shut and we start behaving like stupid as if everything is normal and we have nothing to say.

I know I am not going to get any comment on this post also and it’s absolutely okay… But buddies, there is really some errors in our behavior, think about it and there are some serious issues which surely need all our attention...

NEWS CHANNELS,… Where is NEWS?

Have you guys ever noticed what actually happens when we wish to watch important events of the day or try to catch something big or when look for something interesting in news channels?.....

Well, I have been observing for quite sometimes that mostly, we keep on searching and searching and searching… and get either all bogus things or nothing at all. At last we quit and move to other genres.

Whenever I fail in my exploration of News (almost everyday!), a fatal sentiment comes in mind… what the hell is going on? What’s wrong with these news channels? Where’s the news, man?

A few questions comes in my mind every now and then and I strongly believe most of you guys must have gone through these questions sometimes or other during last few years of your television watching-

* Does news means sensational stories only?

* What’s the reason that no serious debate is conducted on government policies in news channels?

* Why political mockery, cricket, page3 gossips, sex and comedy circus are only being broadcasted in the name of news ignoring countrywide dangerous crisis everywhere?

* Does politically motivated bizarre statements of our netas and special comments of self claimed intellectuals on every occasion is what we look for in news?

* Why important incidents of small states and smaller places never become news other than bomb blasts, train accidents and PM’s visit in it?

* And why ……….???

We usually think that media is keeping eyes on everything, unearthing all the conspiracies and raising voice against every misdoings. But the truth is totally different.

It seems that main objectives (may be “only”) of News Channels are to raise TRP, increase subscription and attract advertisement so that maximum profit can be generated from it. That’s the reason Jo beekta hai, sirf wohi dikhta hai…!

That’s the reason that there is no alarm during any severe crisis and we are always bestowed with entertainment in the name of news; surely, to misguide our conscience.

I guess, we all know these things but what I can’t guess is where the media and we all are heading to. Can anyone tell me what the solution is to get out of all this nonsense?

WISH YOU A TRULY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !

Dear Friends,

On every New Year we wish our Friends and beloved a Happy Year ahead. We wish may all their dreams come true and life become full of Joy and Peace and so on... Sometimes our messages bring smile in the face of receiver and sometimes some messages are hard to digest.

Messaging every known person on this occasion has become a mandatory activity for all of us, sort of ritual. If you miss to wish anyone then be sure, he or she would definitely pinch you whenever and wherever its possible, "Yeah yeah, you've got new friends now, why would you remember us" sort of dangerous shots.

We are also becoming smarter day by day. Only six seven years back, we used to send Greetings Card to each other and now we send our best wishes through SMS, MMS, Emails, Chatting, Blogs and many other ways. Our messages are also getting more colors day by day, thanks to internet!

It's also a fact that in earlier years sometimes the price of the Greetings Card used to decide bonding of our relations with our friends, overcoming the true hand written emotions in it; and now, the message itself has become very important overcoming the true feelings of the sender and our relation with the person. If your message is not forwardable then it's no better than a Spam.

Anyway, I want to take this opportunity to wish you something unusual. Unusual because, I am sure that you are going to be flooded with the sweet and funny New Year wishes from all around and if mine one is not so sweet, it would hardly matter. Unusual also because, though we all desire these things from waking up till falling asleep every single day, some times consciously and sometimes without knowing it but we hardly utter those things in front of others.

As we let not know others our true desires, they all think that All Izz weLL and sweet wishes are sent nonstop to make us more happy,as a result we get more bored. I guess, it's the time to open our hearts for everyone and so I am wishing you those things which would make you truly happy in your life in the coming days.

May your all financial problems get solved in this New Year. Wishing you a truly prosperous year which would bring lots of cash with it. May your salary get a huge increment in this New Year (at least 50%) and lots of MNCs get mad to hire you with exciting packages.


May your Boy Friend/ Girl Friend/ Husband/ Wife/ someone you like most starts understanding you from the very first day of this New Year. No more emotional blackmailing, no more conflicts, no more pain... a miraculous life.


May this New Year bring a shield sort of thing which would protect you and your beloved from every sickness. Wish a strong and stable physique in the coming days so that you won't have to fear about catching bus for office in the chilled morning or passing sweaty nights.


May you become very famous in your field. Wish you a year which would make everyone, including your boss capable of understanding your true potentials and bring overwhelming affection from every corner recognising what a Gem you are.


May ......................... (Please fill up the blank as you wish).

WISH YOU A TRULY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !

জীবন, তোমাকে প্রাণভরা শুভেচ্ছা !

হৃদেয়র গভীরের বিষন্নতা মাঝেমাঝে পেয়ে বসে

কুয়াশা ঘন হতেহতে দৃষ্টি কেড়ে নেয়

দম বন্ধ হয়ে আসে, ঘেমে শরীর একাকার

মুক্তির আশা ক্ষীণ তবু যুদ্ধ চলে অবিরাম

মস্তিষ্ক ভয়াবহ ধংসস্তুপে পরিণত হতে থাকে

সমেয়র ঘোড়াটা যেন লাগাম ছাড়া দৌড়ায়

বেঁচে থাকাটা অর্থহীন মনে হতে বাধ্য

অবাধ্য, একেঘেয় অপ্টিমিস্ম তবু হাল ছাড়তে নারাজ

মুষ্টিবদ্ধ আঘাত হানে অবজ্ঞা, অপমান আর অন্ধকার

অসহনীয় যন্ত্রণা ছিড়তে থাকে সবগুলো বন্ধন

দিনশেষর রক্তীম আভার মত খবরটা পৌছায়

আবার বাঁচতে ইচ্ছে করে, আবার সব ঠিকঠাক

নতুন বছর নিয়ে আসছে অফুরান সম্ভাবনা -

জীবন, তোমাকে প্রাণভরা শুভেচ্ছা !