"Hi, can i get my Oyster recharged at this counter?" Shekhar
"Sure" Helpdesk guy
"But its for the Bus Pass" Shekhar
"No issues, it can be done here" the guy sitting in the help desk in Heathrow Airport spoke with no expressions on his face.
He was an Asian, not sure whether Indian, bcoz most of the Asians i found in London are PKs - this is what we use to call Pakistanis.
I gave 60 pounds to the guy and he recharged my Oyster with monthly Bus Pass. I left the counter triumphantly as if a long pending task has been done, as from the last three days the shop, where we usually use to recharge our Oysters in The Arena, which is situated in Stockley Park, near our office, is closed, n every time i discover this when i visit the shop, walking nearly a mile. I wonder why don't he put a note infront of his shop stating til when his shop is going to get closed.
I walked a few steps and i realized that i forgot to take the reciept for my monthly pass. I nearly ran towards the counter. The counter was occupied by another customer, so i waited till it get vacated. I politely asked the same help desk guy, "Hi, Sorry to bother U again, but i forgot to collect the reciept for my recharge."
"U forgot to ask me to GENERATE the bill for ur recharge" HD guy said again with no expression.
"Ok, Can u generate it now?" Shekhar
"Sorry, the machine can only regenerate the reciept for the last transaction.See" He pressed an anonymous buttom and the reciept gets printed. I didn't bothered to look into the amount of the bill bcoz definitely its not going to be such huge amount of 53 pounds.
"Don't you have any priviledge to get my reciept regenerate? I really want to have that so that i can use it as supportings for my claims to my company." I said in a pleading tone.
"You can go to the underground station and get the card summary printed over there and use that as the supporting, otherwise there is no other mean to prove that you ever recharged your Oyster today".
I knew its not goin to work but i still asked once again "There is absolutely no any other mean?" The guy was as expressionless as he was during my first interaction with him. Man! Atleast show some irritation.
I made my way back to the bus stop where Paurang, Meghav and Snehal were waiting for the bus. It was after 30 minutes from the time we stepped from the last bus, so i decided to utilize the margin time and get my Oyster recharged and all this crap happened to me.
I wonder why these people dont use the machine which can reprint last 10 transactions?
I wonder why they don't ask the person, inspite of relying on that person to ask them for the reciept?
I wonder why don't they provide the reciept to everybody?
Answer to last one is VAT, as suggested by Paurang. Seems Logical. Back home, the same logic persists.
But answer to first wondering question is still not clear. Accordin to Meghav, In India, PCO owners can reprint the bills of the entire day's calls. Why don't they export that machine from India and let India become the technology hub, in addition to Service hub.
One more thing which i feel UK should export from India is -- Traffic Lights.
Here, Traffic signals do contains all the three essential lights, but in India, in most traffic lites, we have a concept of timer which constantly displays the time left for the signal to change. That gives drivers to switch off their engines in Red lites when there are enough time left for signal to get change. UK lacks it. And they keep their engines allow to waste the vital fuel which is a big concern for the entire world.
"U were being contemptuous and insolent with me from the entire day, dats why this crap happens to you" Snehal made an inane comment.
" Ok, so you were doing Black Magic on me, Huh" Shekhar
"What do U use for do that , people’s hair, when did U took my hair?" Shekhar
"Twing" Meghav made a funny noise as if taking out my one hair.
"Yes I use to take one hair of the person (Twing) who tease me and do Black Magic on him" Snehal spoke with a zany innocency.
"Twing" Meghav
We all laughed.
Our bus arrived.
Me and Snehal were first in the queue.
"2 Staines" I said with a slight high pitch as, in London there is a separate cabin for Bus drivers, so in order to let the driver listen my words clearly.
He said something which i was not able to understand and neither Snehal.
He was a Man of nearly 40 years of age. His accent was tough for me to comprehend and he was speaking with a rocketing speed too nearly 2000 words per minute.
"Sorry ??" I beg my pardon.
He again said something, this time i was able to comprehend some words, not the entire sentence, I heared something lyk "U can b a bit polite, say please", somehting lyk dat.
I didn't understood what he was trying to say but i realised that he was not happy with my "a bit" high pitch voice.
So i again said with the most polite pitch i can make "2 Staines".
"PLEASE" he said with a cranky voice, stating clearly that he wants me to suffix "Please" at the end of the sentence.
And i immediately fullfilled his desire.
There was a mixed feeling of anger, disgrace and embarrassment, but I was trying to smile which was ostensibly fake,
After two three more English commuters, Meghav's turn came to take tickets.
Till then we reached to our seats, where we usually use to seat, and i was about to convey Snehal, what just happened.
I just turned to look if Meghav and Paurang boarded the bus and i saw Meghav was saying "Sorry, i am not able to understand" in a pretty high pitch.
I immediately understood what was happening their.
"A ticket for Staines station" Meghav, with a much higher pitch.
"Say that magical word or get out of the bus" Respect seeking driver said in a belligerent voice.
Meghav furiously turned around and get out of the bus.
I think till then Paurang might have understood the entire scenario.
He took his tickets.
He had got an excellent verbal skills and English accent and very comfortable to put those fillers lyk "Please" and “ThankU” in his sentences.
Paurang asked apologies on behalf of Meghav, but still the Driver wanted Meghav to say “The Magical Word” – “PLEASE”.
Meghav did that bluntly. He was furious.
“Few years back they threw MDK Gandhi from train, today his effigy is there in Tussaudes. In 2009 they threw me from the Bus, Book a place for me too in Tussaudes” Meghav announced.
I was trying to figure out the probable reason for the Driver’s behaviour.
Mite b he was considering our "a bit" high pitch as impoliteness and was feeling as being harassed.
Mite b some Indian had eloped her daughter, and so he hate all Indians.
Mite b we are not so good in accent as they are and so he considers our accent as blunt.
Mite b he was just trying to fulfil his ego by putting us down, as we belong to less developed nation than his, and moreover we are in their country.
"Pick out driver's one hair for ur Black Magic, ask him ‘Can I have ur one hair PLEASE?’" I asked Snehal wittingly.
"Twing" Meghav noisly said.
We all laughed and left the bus at Staines.
Me and Meghav didn't said "Thank You" to the driver while departing the bus which everyone in this country follow very religiously.
Even after doing enuf interospection on the probable reason for the driver’s behaviour, I was clueless. Can anyone of U have an answer??
----The Shekhar
17th April 09
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Brave soldiers of my country !!
Hemant Karkare, Ashok kamthe, Vijay Salaskar, three big names in the security industry are gone very easily and the way their lives ended doesn't suits their personality. These lives, along with many others are a big loss to the nation.
Narendra Modi offered Rs. 1 crore to the family of Hemant Karkare, which was refused by the widow Mrs. Karkare. My point here is of uniformity. Mr. Modi might have some compensation for other junior officers who died, but not 1 crore. Their compensation is less than what is there for Mr. Karkare. Do Mr. Karkare had shot more terrorists as compared to other junior officers. That might be true. But thats not the basis on which Mr. Modi is offering his condolences. More amount of compensation for more popular officer and less amount for less popular one. Why so? Do less popular officer's family require less money to survive?
When we say a brave soldier died, we show our pride to them and their sacrifice for the motherland. Let their families too feel proud of their beloved one who left them forever.
In the newspaper i saw the kid of Late constable A R Chitte taking snap of her late father from one of the hoardings in the city. She definitely might be proud of her father but somewhere unhappy and spooky too. Now how are they going to earn their livelihood? The earning member is Gone. If they will get that rejected compensation plan of Rs. 1 crore, we will let her feel extremely proud of her father and in the way let her realise that her father did a commendable job. Respectable Mr.A R Chitte might never earn Rs 1 crore throughout his life, but he sacrificed his life for the security of other human beings, which is the biggest service of a mankind, and he deserves such accolade. In the process we will, on real terms,let his family feel proud of him and let them feel that we really care for his sacrifice and there are many such sacrifices which should be taken care of.When we do some commendable job in our software industry, are we awarded at that very moment, or do our awards are kept aside, and is presented to us when we retire or fired?
All these newspapers and articles, circulating after the terror attack are only talking about the brave soldiers who have died during the evacuating process. What about those who are not died in the process. The services provided by one who had not died and those who had died are equally appreciable and worth rewarding. Why should we wait the others to get succumbed in the next terror attack, and then he will be given respect and accolades. Getting succumbed in the uniform should not be the parameter to reward them. All of the security personnels should be rewarded and should be declared as National Heroes. All the brave wives of these brave soldiers should be given the tricolour saree so that they can wear it and can be differentiated among others and should be saluted by each and every individual on the roads and should be shown equal respect which we show to our National Anthem. My respect is for all those wives of the brave soldiers whose husbands are dead and whose husbands are alive.
Our Respected CM Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh visited Taj on Sunday, accompanied by his actor son Ritiesh and flop film maker Ram Gopal Varma (once i was a die hard fan of him after the movies like Rangeela and Satya). All the three were looking extremely happy during their visit. RGV was happy coz he got a topic to shoot a C grade movie like RGV ki Aag. Acc to insider information, he called up a production company and stated that he had a script to make a quickie film (which he is expert of doing - he completed the film Kaun in 21 days). Comedy actor Ritiesh was happy as he got one more assignment to do, imagine of a comic actor doing such a real plot movie in which we, in real life, have lost many national heroes. I appreciate Ritiest for his comic timing, but this time i myself will come on streets to burn the posters of such a movie in which our national heroes will be made fun of by a C grade movie director and a comic actor. Mr. Deshmukh was obviosly happy because his son got one more assignment to work on to boost his career.
We don't need TV interviews of any of the Page 3 artists, or the hi profile politicians, what we want is to listen to these national Heroes, their views, their source of motivation, on the basis of which they forget their own families and ready to face the bullets on their hearts. I am sure i will skip the interview of Akshay kumar, for any such National Hero. Imagine the bedside talk of a soldier and his wife. Wife might be asking him to quit the job of a security personnel, because their is a risk of life, and do something else in order to earn the livelihood, because they really want them, want them 'alive'. What might be the answer of that soldier to his wife? I want to hear that. Because the very next day he go for his duty and his wife too looks very happy and complacent. I beg the news channels to telecast the interviews of these National Heroes.
I was devastated by reading the news of Damodar Tandel, president of Akhil Maharashtra Machchimar Kriti Samiti. This fisherman claims that they had written to Deputy Chief Minister RR patil four months ago, warning that two boats carrying RDX and weapons might enter the city after August 20. He said that the state authorities ignored their warning and sat on the information. I was literally crying like a smmall child after reading this news as if Hemant Karkare is my father, and the proper use of this information might have saved my father's life. I can feel the same pain in my chest which Akash Karkare, son of Mr. Karkare might have felt while giving fire to his father's funeral. The same RR Patil gave the statement that " Bade Bade shehro mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai". This man, along with Raj Thakrey should be hanged till death. They are the real terrorists.Damoder Tandel stated that they can share various vital informations if the authorities will take them into confidence, and is sure enough that the government might wake up after this tragic incident. Everyone please go through the article of this fisherman on Page 3 of Mumbai Mirror, 1 Dec 2008 issue. ( http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Archive/skins/pastissues2/navigator.asp?AW=1243953912859 ). I beg you all to go through this article. Here you will get to know the very reality of the inefficiency of our coastal security force, who provide the fishing licence to anyone for the meagre bribe of Rs.10000. There are only three boats available for the coastal security personnel, for the 720 km coastal line of Maharashtra, and even no patrolling is ever done. Fishermen from Gujarat enter into the Mumbai zone for fishing which is illegal. 5 boats employ almost 200 Bangladeshis, who mostly bring drugs and RDX in the fish box illegally.
Guys, this is height of anything.
Wake up.
----The Shekhar
1 Dec 2008
Narendra Modi offered Rs. 1 crore to the family of Hemant Karkare, which was refused by the widow Mrs. Karkare. My point here is of uniformity. Mr. Modi might have some compensation for other junior officers who died, but not 1 crore. Their compensation is less than what is there for Mr. Karkare. Do Mr. Karkare had shot more terrorists as compared to other junior officers. That might be true. But thats not the basis on which Mr. Modi is offering his condolences. More amount of compensation for more popular officer and less amount for less popular one. Why so? Do less popular officer's family require less money to survive?
When we say a brave soldier died, we show our pride to them and their sacrifice for the motherland. Let their families too feel proud of their beloved one who left them forever.
In the newspaper i saw the kid of Late constable A R Chitte taking snap of her late father from one of the hoardings in the city. She definitely might be proud of her father but somewhere unhappy and spooky too. Now how are they going to earn their livelihood? The earning member is Gone. If they will get that rejected compensation plan of Rs. 1 crore, we will let her feel extremely proud of her father and in the way let her realise that her father did a commendable job. Respectable Mr.A R Chitte might never earn Rs 1 crore throughout his life, but he sacrificed his life for the security of other human beings, which is the biggest service of a mankind, and he deserves such accolade. In the process we will, on real terms,let his family feel proud of him and let them feel that we really care for his sacrifice and there are many such sacrifices which should be taken care of.When we do some commendable job in our software industry, are we awarded at that very moment, or do our awards are kept aside, and is presented to us when we retire or fired?
All these newspapers and articles, circulating after the terror attack are only talking about the brave soldiers who have died during the evacuating process. What about those who are not died in the process. The services provided by one who had not died and those who had died are equally appreciable and worth rewarding. Why should we wait the others to get succumbed in the next terror attack, and then he will be given respect and accolades. Getting succumbed in the uniform should not be the parameter to reward them. All of the security personnels should be rewarded and should be declared as National Heroes. All the brave wives of these brave soldiers should be given the tricolour saree so that they can wear it and can be differentiated among others and should be saluted by each and every individual on the roads and should be shown equal respect which we show to our National Anthem. My respect is for all those wives of the brave soldiers whose husbands are dead and whose husbands are alive.
Our Respected CM Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh visited Taj on Sunday, accompanied by his actor son Ritiesh and flop film maker Ram Gopal Varma (once i was a die hard fan of him after the movies like Rangeela and Satya). All the three were looking extremely happy during their visit. RGV was happy coz he got a topic to shoot a C grade movie like RGV ki Aag. Acc to insider information, he called up a production company and stated that he had a script to make a quickie film (which he is expert of doing - he completed the film Kaun in 21 days). Comedy actor Ritiesh was happy as he got one more assignment to do, imagine of a comic actor doing such a real plot movie in which we, in real life, have lost many national heroes. I appreciate Ritiest for his comic timing, but this time i myself will come on streets to burn the posters of such a movie in which our national heroes will be made fun of by a C grade movie director and a comic actor. Mr. Deshmukh was obviosly happy because his son got one more assignment to work on to boost his career.
We don't need TV interviews of any of the Page 3 artists, or the hi profile politicians, what we want is to listen to these national Heroes, their views, their source of motivation, on the basis of which they forget their own families and ready to face the bullets on their hearts. I am sure i will skip the interview of Akshay kumar, for any such National Hero. Imagine the bedside talk of a soldier and his wife. Wife might be asking him to quit the job of a security personnel, because their is a risk of life, and do something else in order to earn the livelihood, because they really want them, want them 'alive'. What might be the answer of that soldier to his wife? I want to hear that. Because the very next day he go for his duty and his wife too looks very happy and complacent. I beg the news channels to telecast the interviews of these National Heroes.
I was devastated by reading the news of Damodar Tandel, president of Akhil Maharashtra Machchimar Kriti Samiti. This fisherman claims that they had written to Deputy Chief Minister RR patil four months ago, warning that two boats carrying RDX and weapons might enter the city after August 20. He said that the state authorities ignored their warning and sat on the information. I was literally crying like a smmall child after reading this news as if Hemant Karkare is my father, and the proper use of this information might have saved my father's life. I can feel the same pain in my chest which Akash Karkare, son of Mr. Karkare might have felt while giving fire to his father's funeral. The same RR Patil gave the statement that " Bade Bade shehro mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai". This man, along with Raj Thakrey should be hanged till death. They are the real terrorists.Damoder Tandel stated that they can share various vital informations if the authorities will take them into confidence, and is sure enough that the government might wake up after this tragic incident. Everyone please go through the article of this fisherman on Page 3 of Mumbai Mirror, 1 Dec 2008 issue. ( http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Archive/skins/pastissues2/navigator.asp?AW=1243953912859 ). I beg you all to go through this article. Here you will get to know the very reality of the inefficiency of our coastal security force, who provide the fishing licence to anyone for the meagre bribe of Rs.10000. There are only three boats available for the coastal security personnel, for the 720 km coastal line of Maharashtra, and even no patrolling is ever done. Fishermen from Gujarat enter into the Mumbai zone for fishing which is illegal. 5 boats employ almost 200 Bangladeshis, who mostly bring drugs and RDX in the fish box illegally.
Guys, this is height of anything.
Wake up.
----The Shekhar
1 Dec 2008
The circus acquired a brand new star attraction – Raj Thakrey!
The circus acquired a brand new star attraction – Raj Thakrey!
"Sons of soil" - Maharashtrians (marathis and non-marathis)
"marathi manoos" - Marathis (Maharashtrians and non- Maharashtrians)
Do Raj Thakrey oppose only people who belongs to outside Maharashtra as he consider Maharashtrians as "sons of soil" or is he in support of "Marathi manoos". Because there are lots of non- marathis staying in Maharashtras who are born and brought up in the state.Their are many marathis who have not even stepped in Maharashtra throughout their lives. If Raj Thakrey have a soft spot for "Marathi manoos" he should take care of these marathis too. He should go to Indore, Ranchi or Bhumbaneshwar, whereever their are marathis and arrange for their livelihood. Or if he is concerned only about "sons of soil" he should not see whether the man is marathi or not. So next time, during agitation, MNS activists should inspite of asking of whether a man is marathi or non-marathi, should ask for their place of birth.
Their is heavy contradiction in the agenda of Mr. Thakrey. In one of the photographs showing an MNS activist brutally hitting and slapping a north-Indian aspirant of Railway Reservation board exam, the activist seems to be an illiterate and indisciplined youth who might be hitting the local daaru shop daily after sunset. If in the future, local daaru dealers will look for a face for their advertisements, he'll be the first choice for all Ad gurus.
Is Raj Thakrey fighting from north Indians, to get these men get employed. Or the local deserving candidates came at the doorsteps of Raj Thakrey to throw other state candidates out of the state so that they'll get the job?
People from outside Maharashtra like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orrisa and MP are in the state and earning their livelihood. The source of earning vary from people to people. They earn through running taxis,autos, through taking care of a society as a watchman, through selling books and magazines at railway stations, through working in shop, through giving services in the IT, BPO company, through entrpreneurship. Now the people attacked by Thakrey are taxi, auto drivers or watchmen.Suppose, these men will return back to their homeland, his men(Maharashtrians) will take their place and will get employed. Why never he attak on the other people working in IT companies and entrepreneurs who are non-Maharashtrians? Do Raj Thakrey believe that Maharashtrians are only good at running autos and taking care of theives and dogs in the night. Or he attack them only because they are easily available.
What do that signify? Is he thirsty of non-Maharashtrians, or is he thirsty of recognition?
There were 75000 applicants for RRB exams which is to be conducted in 80 centers in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. 11000 candidates turned up for the exam and mostly belongs to non-Maharashtra. An MNS spokesman said that the job advertisement had not been done in the local language newspaper and so locals were not informed about the exam. Do the locals understand only local language? As the RRB exam was for the III and IV categary clerks in railways who have to deal with commuters who can belong to any region.
How will these locals will communicate with these commuters which will be their prime job? They are ineligible in the very first round of the exam. Then why is this fight for?
When Jet Airways sacked 800 employees, Raj Thakrey was fighting for their re-confirmation of the jobs. He was aired by newschannels and covered by newspapers. Sacked employees get their jobs and Raj Thakrey get their's as well as others votes from the aviation sector in the coming election. In those 800 sacked employees, how many were "son of soil" or "marathi manoos"? Mostly were from eastern India and Northern India. Then why Raj Tharey was fighting for them? What is the agenda of MNS party?
Is he concerned about Maharashtrians, is he concerned about Marathis or his eyes are only on VOTES?
Mumbai is a place where no men sleep empty stomach. Even a beggar is fed a wada pav by somebody. Mumbai, the economic and financial hub of India, is a land of aspirations and opportunity and home to many who are unable to earn their bread at their homeland. Else who is desperate to face the painful life with dreadful pollution and difficult commuting, and far from their family.
Pawan Singh, an aspirant of RRB exam, was the son of a poor farmer from Bihar. He was not having money to buy 3rd class railway ticket to commute from Bihar to Mumbai where his exam was centered. He borrowed the railway pass from one of his friend and travelled to Mumbai with full conviction of cracking the exam for which he was preparing for long. On 20th Oct 08, Sunday, when the RRB exam was conducted at Bhayander, he commuted from some station in central to Dadar and boarded a train from Dadar to Andheri from where he was going to travel to Bhayander. Now, what happens in Andheri, is known by God and few men, news sources reveal that while an attempt to enter into the train in Andheri, he was slipped into the tracks and got major injuries on head and leg. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. His wallet was containing a meagre amount of Rs.190. According to the plan, on the very next day of the exam, he will leave for his home town. In Rs.190 he was going to spend two days and travel from Mumbai to Bihar (On that very night i ordered my dinner worth Rs.120). His family was unable to come all the way to Mumbai to collect his dead body and conduct the last rites(I spent Rs. 13000 to travel from Mumbai to Ranchi to let my parent cure my chicken pox). His Parents sent a note to the hospital authorities to hand the body of their son to one of their relative in Mumbai so that the last rites will be done. In the recend Bihar floods, Pawan's father have lost all his money.
Do natural calamities not enough to wipe out a man!!!
----The Shekhar
1st November 2008
"Sons of soil" - Maharashtrians (marathis and non-marathis)
"marathi manoos" - Marathis (Maharashtrians and non- Maharashtrians)
Do Raj Thakrey oppose only people who belongs to outside Maharashtra as he consider Maharashtrians as "sons of soil" or is he in support of "Marathi manoos". Because there are lots of non- marathis staying in Maharashtras who are born and brought up in the state.Their are many marathis who have not even stepped in Maharashtra throughout their lives. If Raj Thakrey have a soft spot for "Marathi manoos" he should take care of these marathis too. He should go to Indore, Ranchi or Bhumbaneshwar, whereever their are marathis and arrange for their livelihood. Or if he is concerned only about "sons of soil" he should not see whether the man is marathi or not. So next time, during agitation, MNS activists should inspite of asking of whether a man is marathi or non-marathi, should ask for their place of birth.
Their is heavy contradiction in the agenda of Mr. Thakrey. In one of the photographs showing an MNS activist brutally hitting and slapping a north-Indian aspirant of Railway Reservation board exam, the activist seems to be an illiterate and indisciplined youth who might be hitting the local daaru shop daily after sunset. If in the future, local daaru dealers will look for a face for their advertisements, he'll be the first choice for all Ad gurus.
Is Raj Thakrey fighting from north Indians, to get these men get employed. Or the local deserving candidates came at the doorsteps of Raj Thakrey to throw other state candidates out of the state so that they'll get the job?
People from outside Maharashtra like Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Orrisa and MP are in the state and earning their livelihood. The source of earning vary from people to people. They earn through running taxis,autos, through taking care of a society as a watchman, through selling books and magazines at railway stations, through working in shop, through giving services in the IT, BPO company, through entrpreneurship. Now the people attacked by Thakrey are taxi, auto drivers or watchmen.Suppose, these men will return back to their homeland, his men(Maharashtrians) will take their place and will get employed. Why never he attak on the other people working in IT companies and entrepreneurs who are non-Maharashtrians? Do Raj Thakrey believe that Maharashtrians are only good at running autos and taking care of theives and dogs in the night. Or he attack them only because they are easily available.
What do that signify? Is he thirsty of non-Maharashtrians, or is he thirsty of recognition?
There were 75000 applicants for RRB exams which is to be conducted in 80 centers in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. 11000 candidates turned up for the exam and mostly belongs to non-Maharashtra. An MNS spokesman said that the job advertisement had not been done in the local language newspaper and so locals were not informed about the exam. Do the locals understand only local language? As the RRB exam was for the III and IV categary clerks in railways who have to deal with commuters who can belong to any region.
How will these locals will communicate with these commuters which will be their prime job? They are ineligible in the very first round of the exam. Then why is this fight for?
When Jet Airways sacked 800 employees, Raj Thakrey was fighting for their re-confirmation of the jobs. He was aired by newschannels and covered by newspapers. Sacked employees get their jobs and Raj Thakrey get their's as well as others votes from the aviation sector in the coming election. In those 800 sacked employees, how many were "son of soil" or "marathi manoos"? Mostly were from eastern India and Northern India. Then why Raj Tharey was fighting for them? What is the agenda of MNS party?
Is he concerned about Maharashtrians, is he concerned about Marathis or his eyes are only on VOTES?
Mumbai is a place where no men sleep empty stomach. Even a beggar is fed a wada pav by somebody. Mumbai, the economic and financial hub of India, is a land of aspirations and opportunity and home to many who are unable to earn their bread at their homeland. Else who is desperate to face the painful life with dreadful pollution and difficult commuting, and far from their family.
Pawan Singh, an aspirant of RRB exam, was the son of a poor farmer from Bihar. He was not having money to buy 3rd class railway ticket to commute from Bihar to Mumbai where his exam was centered. He borrowed the railway pass from one of his friend and travelled to Mumbai with full conviction of cracking the exam for which he was preparing for long. On 20th Oct 08, Sunday, when the RRB exam was conducted at Bhayander, he commuted from some station in central to Dadar and boarded a train from Dadar to Andheri from where he was going to travel to Bhayander. Now, what happens in Andheri, is known by God and few men, news sources reveal that while an attempt to enter into the train in Andheri, he was slipped into the tracks and got major injuries on head and leg. He was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. His wallet was containing a meagre amount of Rs.190. According to the plan, on the very next day of the exam, he will leave for his home town. In Rs.190 he was going to spend two days and travel from Mumbai to Bihar (On that very night i ordered my dinner worth Rs.120). His family was unable to come all the way to Mumbai to collect his dead body and conduct the last rites(I spent Rs. 13000 to travel from Mumbai to Ranchi to let my parent cure my chicken pox). His Parents sent a note to the hospital authorities to hand the body of their son to one of their relative in Mumbai so that the last rites will be done. In the recend Bihar floods, Pawan's father have lost all his money.
Do natural calamities not enough to wipe out a man!!!
----The Shekhar
1st November 2008
Auto Strike Saga !!
I often use to get mingled up with the auto and taxi drivers whenever travelling. And in the process i end my journey paying the meter bill in exchange of some very vital informations.
Last night there was a strike of auto and taxi drivers. I was in Powai for some work and was searching for some mean to commute to airoli. I saw an auto driver standing wid his bread winning vehicle. I was sure that he is going to charge me exorbitantly, in case if he is interested to start the engine, as during strikes its risky to take ur vehicle on road.But he was an audacious man, trying to get full advantage of the strike. As expected he quoted an exorbitant price of Rs.300 which in normal coarse might charge Rs.60-70. I am very gud at negotiations and so after hefty discussions finally i won n wesettled at Rs.290.
We started our journey and he told me to keep my bag at the backyard, and if we get cought by the union people, who were leading the strike, he'll tell them that i am his relative and since the meter is up, he'll prove that he is not doing ne business. Bravo !!
Government passed a rule stating that any auto n taxi which is older than 8 years will b replaced by new bajaj autos and new taxis(indica etc. not new premier padmini as the company's doors had been locked in year 2000). The reason i m still unable to understand. Acc to counterview of that auto driver, its all the game plan of Bajaj and Gov. As new autorickaws are kept in the showrooms and der are no purchasers so bajaj invoked the gov for passing this rule on the platform of pollution control. This was the only view of that driver with which i am not agreeing. He stated the absolute trouble of these people who went on strike. The mathematical calculation goes like this :-Showroom price of Bajaj Auto is Rs.2,10,000 (Tata Nano costs Rs. 1,50,000). Now these people have to pay 80,000 down payment and rest goes on EMI of Rs. 4500. So they are bound to pay 4500 for next many years. They get the permit for Rs.80000 for 3 years (if we calculate on the monthly basis they are paying Rs.2000 per month for the permit). Now they are bound to sell this auto and taxi (body will be sold out in weight basis and parts will be sold out individually through which they'll beable to make around Rs.20000). Now on an average every drivers have an outstanding of nearly 1 lakh on their old vehicles.Now the problem persists here. Untill n unless they are not going to pay this amount in full, their old permit will not getcancelled and will not get the permit for their new vehicles. The issue is that outstanding Rs.1,00,000 because untill and unless they will pay this amount, they might somehow purchase new vehicle but will in no case get the permit as an individual can'tget permit for two vehicles.
From where will these poor people going to bring this behemoth amount? Do government going to provide any subsidy?
----The Shekhar
20th October - 2008
Last night there was a strike of auto and taxi drivers. I was in Powai for some work and was searching for some mean to commute to airoli. I saw an auto driver standing wid his bread winning vehicle. I was sure that he is going to charge me exorbitantly, in case if he is interested to start the engine, as during strikes its risky to take ur vehicle on road.But he was an audacious man, trying to get full advantage of the strike. As expected he quoted an exorbitant price of Rs.300 which in normal coarse might charge Rs.60-70. I am very gud at negotiations and so after hefty discussions finally i won n wesettled at Rs.290.
We started our journey and he told me to keep my bag at the backyard, and if we get cought by the union people, who were leading the strike, he'll tell them that i am his relative and since the meter is up, he'll prove that he is not doing ne business. Bravo !!
Government passed a rule stating that any auto n taxi which is older than 8 years will b replaced by new bajaj autos and new taxis(indica etc. not new premier padmini as the company's doors had been locked in year 2000). The reason i m still unable to understand. Acc to counterview of that auto driver, its all the game plan of Bajaj and Gov. As new autorickaws are kept in the showrooms and der are no purchasers so bajaj invoked the gov for passing this rule on the platform of pollution control. This was the only view of that driver with which i am not agreeing. He stated the absolute trouble of these people who went on strike. The mathematical calculation goes like this :-Showroom price of Bajaj Auto is Rs.2,10,000 (Tata Nano costs Rs. 1,50,000). Now these people have to pay 80,000 down payment and rest goes on EMI of Rs. 4500. So they are bound to pay 4500 for next many years. They get the permit for Rs.80000 for 3 years (if we calculate on the monthly basis they are paying Rs.2000 per month for the permit). Now they are bound to sell this auto and taxi (body will be sold out in weight basis and parts will be sold out individually through which they'll beable to make around Rs.20000). Now on an average every drivers have an outstanding of nearly 1 lakh on their old vehicles.Now the problem persists here. Untill n unless they are not going to pay this amount in full, their old permit will not getcancelled and will not get the permit for their new vehicles. The issue is that outstanding Rs.1,00,000 because untill and unless they will pay this amount, they might somehow purchase new vehicle but will in no case get the permit as an individual can'tget permit for two vehicles.
From where will these poor people going to bring this behemoth amount? Do government going to provide any subsidy?
----The Shekhar
20th October - 2008
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