Monday, August 25, 2008
Bangalore Transport
Does this thought or question ever came to you that, were Transport services like Blueline in New Delhi and BMTC in Bangalore are ever penalised for overloading? Theyhave to be but they are never penalised. It is understood and also an ideal move for departments that are running in losses but departments like BMTC in Bangalore are earning crores while most of their buses run overloaded. Bangaloreans have developed the art of tolerence which is really bad. It is high time that we need to act swiftly and create an awareness that we need to follow mass transportation. It has huge number of advantages. The effects are also cascading! One good thing will lead to the other good thing and so on! Pollution control, fuel savings, ease of traffic and many others. Again these are catalytic! In cities like Bangalore, mass transporation must be encouraged by speedy work on the 'namma metro' and better facilities by the BMTC. But there are so many factors which discourage the huge population of Bangalore to follow the mass transporation.
Does it make sense?
We often comment that terrorism is one of the worst problems that our country is facing. Terrorism is a 'media-darling' disease because it arouses the extreme emotions in human beings and makes people blindly support any fascist leader who promises Heavens. While we are fooled by our politicians, terrorists are helping them in creating vote banks. We are in fear - exactly what the terrorists want. I would like to comment that Terrorism is a very small disease plagued down when compared to many other our own fatal errs.
Is negligence in a hospital not criminal? Is corruption in food distribution to flooded areas not criminal? Is not daily insider manipulation of stock markets criminal? Is not any finanical scam worth more than 1 crore not criminal? Is not politican-criminal nexus not criminal? Is not police injustice criminal? Is not ignoring the trend of traffic accidents criminal? At the end of the day, we have only ourselves to blame because there are over 200 political parties that are active in India and we vote them to screw our own Economy, Stability and Development. These huge number of parties create instability which leads to worsening of the economy and it leads to something else and all these are catalytic. One bad thing will lead to the other. The most ideal system in democracy is the bi-party system(all of the developed nations follow this!). We should have followed it right from the begining but we did not and now it is an impossible act to have it. Shokilal Nehru and Congress(I) have been the worst things that have happened to India in its very long standing history. Japan, Italy and Germany were destroyed during the second world war and now these three are super powers after USofA and UK. Israel was not even born when we got the independence. Sometimes I strongly feel that we would have prospered more, had we ruled by the English for another four decades.
Is negligence in a hospital not criminal? Is corruption in food distribution to flooded areas not criminal? Is not daily insider manipulation of stock markets criminal? Is not any finanical scam worth more than 1 crore not criminal? Is not politican-criminal nexus not criminal? Is not police injustice criminal? Is not ignoring the trend of traffic accidents criminal? At the end of the day, we have only ourselves to blame because there are over 200 political parties that are active in India and we vote them to screw our own Economy, Stability and Development. These huge number of parties create instability which leads to worsening of the economy and it leads to something else and all these are catalytic. One bad thing will lead to the other. The most ideal system in democracy is the bi-party system(all of the developed nations follow this!). We should have followed it right from the begining but we did not and now it is an impossible act to have it. Shokilal Nehru and Congress(I) have been the worst things that have happened to India in its very long standing history. Japan, Italy and Germany were destroyed during the second world war and now these three are super powers after USofA and UK. Israel was not even born when we got the independence. Sometimes I strongly feel that we would have prospered more, had we ruled by the English for another four decades.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Good one...
Recently, the Maharashtra State Government announced its plans to rename the Prince of Wales museum as the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastusangrahlaya. So now we have that in addition to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport, and who knows what else. If this trend continues, we may reasonably speculate what it will be like c 2050 AD...:
My name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My father's name is Chhatrapati Shivaji.My mother's name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts are all named Chhatrapati Shivaji. All other names have long since been outlawed. I wake up everyday at 6:30 am (Chhatrapati Standard Time) to go to my school: Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya.
It was a little confusing getting there at first, because all schools in the city have the same name. But once I got directions, it was fine. All I haveto do is go down Chhatrapati Shivaji Road, make a left turn at ChhatrapatiShivaji Chowk, go straight till Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg, until I reach Chhatrapati Shivaji Road.
Then I go straight till I come to Chhatrapati Shivaji Chowk. Once I gotlost and found myself at Chhatrapati Shivaji Road instead of Chhatrapati Shivaji Road. Silly mistake, when I think about it.
My class teacher, Mr C Shivaji, is a good teacher. Today he asked,"Chhatrapati, can you answer that question?" The whole class put up their hands to answer.
Yesterday our school, CS Vidyalaya, had a cricket match with our rival school, CS Vidyalaya. Of course, we don't know which school won. But that's okay.
This weekend, my family and I will go to the zoo, Chhatrapati Shivaji Pranibaugh, and see all the, um... plants. There used to be animals there,but they're all dead now. They say it was due to "negligence" because the keepers were all running for Government, one of them for the office of Prime Chhatrapati.
We have two main telecommunication companies, CSTNL and CSNL. One provides telephone services and the other provides broadband MultiNet access via the Chhatrapati Shivaji Satellite. Sometimes we don't know whether we're accessing a website or whether Chhatrapati Shivaji (our grandmother) is calling up.
I'll go online later to see if I have any new e-mail at chhatrapati@chhatrapatishivaji.cs
Foreigners are often confused which Paanch Sitaara Vyayamshala (5-ishtar hotel) to stay in, because they all have the same names. I think the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha is pretty good, and one should stay there rather than the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha or the Chhatrapati gShivaji Vishramgraha.
During the weekend, my family and I might go to the beach, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Samudrakinar, and after that we may go see a film.
All foreign films are dubbed in Indian languages because, as we are taught in school:
1.. Nothing foreign is good, and 2.. All things foreign that are good have been stolen from us.
I go to sleep pretty early, after watching the popular TV show Kaun Banega Chhatrapati. Tomorrow will be another day... I think.
Sometimes, in whispers, I hear stories told of a mythical age long ago,when places and things had different names. Stories of a time when each thing had it's own name, and of a concept called "heterogeneity". It's a legend, only half-believed,of a time when places and things had a history, and the city an identity.
Date: 21 November, 370 AC (After Chhatrapati) Place: Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahanagar (Formerly Bombay)
My name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My father's name is Chhatrapati Shivaji.My mother's name is Chhatrapati Shivaji. My brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts are all named Chhatrapati Shivaji. All other names have long since been outlawed. I wake up everyday at 6:30 am (Chhatrapati Standard Time) to go to my school: Chhatrapati Shivaji Vidyalaya.
It was a little confusing getting there at first, because all schools in the city have the same name. But once I got directions, it was fine. All I haveto do is go down Chhatrapati Shivaji Road, make a left turn at ChhatrapatiShivaji Chowk, go straight till Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg, until I reach Chhatrapati Shivaji Road.
Then I go straight till I come to Chhatrapati Shivaji Chowk. Once I gotlost and found myself at Chhatrapati Shivaji Road instead of Chhatrapati Shivaji Road. Silly mistake, when I think about it.
My class teacher, Mr C Shivaji, is a good teacher. Today he asked,"Chhatrapati, can you answer that question?" The whole class put up their hands to answer.
Yesterday our school, CS Vidyalaya, had a cricket match with our rival school, CS Vidyalaya. Of course, we don't know which school won. But that's okay.
This weekend, my family and I will go to the zoo, Chhatrapati Shivaji Pranibaugh, and see all the, um... plants. There used to be animals there,but they're all dead now. They say it was due to "negligence" because the keepers were all running for Government, one of them for the office of Prime Chhatrapati.
We have two main telecommunication companies, CSTNL and CSNL. One provides telephone services and the other provides broadband MultiNet access via the Chhatrapati Shivaji Satellite. Sometimes we don't know whether we're accessing a website or whether Chhatrapati Shivaji (our grandmother) is calling up.
I'll go online later to see if I have any new e-mail at chhatrapati@chhatrapatishivaji.cs
Foreigners are often confused which Paanch Sitaara Vyayamshala (5-ishtar hotel) to stay in, because they all have the same names. I think the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha is pretty good, and one should stay there rather than the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vishramgraha or the Chhatrapati gShivaji Vishramgraha.
During the weekend, my family and I might go to the beach, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Samudrakinar, and after that we may go see a film.
All foreign films are dubbed in Indian languages because, as we are taught in school:
1.. Nothing foreign is good, and 2.. All things foreign that are good have been stolen from us.
I go to sleep pretty early, after watching the popular TV show Kaun Banega Chhatrapati. Tomorrow will be another day... I think.
Sometimes, in whispers, I hear stories told of a mythical age long ago,when places and things had different names. Stories of a time when each thing had it's own name, and of a concept called "heterogeneity". It's a legend, only half-believed,of a time when places and things had a history, and the city an identity.
Date: 21 November, 370 AC (After Chhatrapati) Place: Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahanagar (Formerly Bombay)
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