Thursday 22 March 2012

The ShowBizz

                                      When i was a kid, i was threatened by my mother to be sent away from home if i did something mischievous. The idea behind this threatening process as i understand now, was apparently a way of persuading you into "not" doing the wrong things. But coating it up with a spoonful of selfishness somehow doesn't seem right. This is exactly how i picture the current fate of our "ex" or should i say "not-so-obedient" Railway Minister,Diesh Trivedi. To the world, he is portrayed as a villain who is trying to suck all our money.And to me he is  just another party member who perhaps  could not sweeten the pot for Ms. Mamatha Banerjee.

                                    Lets raise hands and vote for who probably thinks Mamatha Banerjee had absolutely no idea this was gonna happen! Is it even believable, that one fine day she woke up to witness one of the most important budget sessions to be presented by a member of her own party,  in an ultra casual way and was shocked to be deceived? Was it a script from a drama that could be altered to one's convenience? And then she pulls him(Dinesh Trivedi)down from authority only to replant another puppet from her box who could conveniently act like he was living with the aliens while the budget was being prepared totally unaware of the reality.


                                  Dear Ms. Mamatha Banerjee, for once there came a proposal to provide us Indians with lesser "on-the-train-diseases" and cleaner "u know what!!" and all you could do was ruin it !? "Give that old stuff a break and make railways a better place for us" is the collective cry of the Indians! Although, it's true that a steep hike could launch a heavy burden onto the poor man's shoulders all of a sudden! But then, pop comes the question..Why didn't you do it gradually when you always had a chance!? You do this act of ignorance to fill up your vote banks and then what? We are back getting into those never so healthy,never so comfortable trains that could bombard your nostrils for the sin of having no choice but to use those pathetic toilets!

                            The trains get delayed, they are seen colliding with one another due to poor safety systems installed and they even run into vehicles killing scores of people at the unmanned railway crossings! I assume there is no need to mention the robberies constantly haunting the railways! What is with the politicians' habit of not being able to accept a Change when they always promise to work for the common good before the elections!? Before a man could wake himself up and realize the truth, he is once again pushed into his gullible phase by this "false display of concern".

                     For one thing,i appreciate the poise and dignity portrayed by Mr.Dinesh Trivedi . He made a respectable exit without the cliched political fight back . In my opinion, he did what can be termed as "the need of the hour", albeit he had to face the regular resistance to good from the dramatic politicians. With so much happening around,our respectable Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh had his regular speech....ya your right ! the "pin drop silence" one.!


                                 So, it's time to answer some real questions Ms.Mamatha Banerjee!!..You say Dinesh Trivedi has done it all wrong ? So, were you expecting him to pay all the expenses from his own pocket?What is the whole point of presenting a never-to-change budget over and over throughout the years? If a change is what you were not expecting then how do you define improvement? In that case,when are you planning to shell out currency from your pockets? or should i say "When will you stop filling your pockets and let the money be used to do the rightful for the welfare of the railways???" Oh perhaps if you don't like being questioned, you might  replace me with somebody else to write this blog .!

        P.S: I am sorry dear railways, your make over has just been ruled out!                     

Monday 12 March 2012

FAKE-O-METER

         It was the day  my father and i were leaving to Banglore,when we hired an auto rickshaw to the railway station. With massive luggage on board and an RAC seat awaiting us, we had started off on time to avoid our usual hurry-up scenario! We were driven in and out of the lanes as my mind  silently kept wandering through different possibilities of sharing one seat all night long. We apparently had no choice owing to the fact that it was the so called "perfect-time-for-all-the-weddings" and  ours certainly was a last minute plan. That's when surprises began to unravel. For starters, our auto began to slow down, some unknown issue the auto guy said. We were now travelling at half the previous speed but were still hoping to cope up.

 
           "Arey Arey", i heard the autowala say and we were now not in a moving state anymore! The auto had now come to a perfect still even before we had come half the way! The autowala had some serious theories about why the auto could have landed in this troubling situation all of a sudden which he tried explaining for a couple of minutes and then, called upon another auto rickshaw for us. He had his share of explaining done to the new guy and transferred our luggage doing us a favor. We had to pay him some negotiable amount for the short trip,following which we started off in our new auto. The new guy was old and fragile.He picked up a conversation with my father asking him how much we paid the previous guy and then began laughing out of  nowhere! Now obviously, both of us were surprised !

           Then the autowala enlightened us on how we were just tricked . I was shocked to hear that the previous auto had no problem at all. As a matter of fact, it was all part of the perfectly crafted drama where autowalas without valid license papers agree to take you to the destination of your choice, though far away and then start off their cocky drama finally ending up making you feel like they have actually done you a favor, getting you into a new auto in a situation where you might be forced to find one all by yourself . So,obviously they get paid for an auto which in case of the truth revealed scenario. we would never hire in the first place.
                   
           We had nothing to say as we were totally taken aback by the fact that we, being local Hyderabadi people had just been tricked! Needless to imagine our plight if we were in a hurry and could not find another auto immediately! I was in a dilemma wondering if i should curse the autowalas for what the previous one had just done to us or appreciate them for how one of the same race on the flip side, had come up with the truth. Trust me! gone are the days when the autowalas taking you on a one kilometer ride for an actual distance of a few meters for better fares was the only trick played by them! Now is the time for renewed ones. So, watch out because you never know, you could just land up in this "reality show" some day!