Well ...there are always ample scopes of resuming a genuine blog! Quoting this ....I think of a new blog entry via the 11 no. bus..
The LKO transport as I talk of has seen consistent improvement during the last few years.The capital has almost bid bye to the khatara buses..which have for long been replaced by the renovated CNG ,electronic display ones..I wonder when/ifever LKO would have the tromb/metro culture but the autos yes ! ..run parallel to the buses,while the rickshaws stay limited ..If I get critical,they are confined to sections,say aunties returning after afternoon shopping or with the kids after school or ...or to the uncles across the veg-fruit markets,picking up milk-bread packets or...or kaki-kakas who choose it as a return way of evening walks ! (instances totally needless here :P).
And genuinely to talk of fares, if I confine the comparison within U.P. , it is a bit more with the autos asking more !(Nawab chale gaye ..jane kahan jaageer rakh gaye !).
From 6 A.M onwards ,running on the well furnished ,nicely greased roads (courtesy:CM) of Gomtinagar,these buses wont let you wait for more than 10 minutes, and that you can well pass sharing glances with Ms deepika @BSNL hoardings or watching people who are watching you,,keeping in mind that it takes 8.2 seconds to fall in love at the first sight !......and while you are up at the bus ,follow some 'no-rules' like always standing ..what care the entire bus is vacant for you ..eyeing more frequently the people on the track than in the bus,missing no inner happenings,sighing off c'mon uncle !! c'mon aunty !! when they say/do something which appears invalid to you ! and not choosing to pay unless the conductor comes to you and asks for ! ,,apply 'keep the change' fundas etc etc ...
change se yaad aya !!!would wish to change post for another one ..'The sign change of rupee'!!
c u then :)
regards ,
astha !
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Monday, June 28, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Hindu marriages in U.P.
Hi frenz,, Hindu marriage season "sahalag" is going on ..Well,residing in a posh zone..it does offer you invitations to some high class marriages ....But there are many things .I dont understand about hindu marriages .
The blatant exorbitant expenditure ,
Why are all marriages in night ?? The entire philosophy follows ...vidaayi taaron ki chaon mein ,but while yhe Baraat is always late !! the actual vidaayi takes place in the morning !
Thousands of senseless ceremonies , I do not think that the day of marriage is a happy day for any bride andgroom because of these ceremonies but then I may be wrong
Horrible music is quite popular in UP ,even an original version ..it is sung in a horrible screechy male voice : hello hello 123 check check
Long hours sitting at stage,posing for hundreds of photographs most with strangers and relatives whom one would never again see in life !
One thing very common is the entire sysytem of not wearing woolens ...however it may be permissible in case of hot ones like me ! :) The men are all suited up. Are they ever in backless? sleeveless? (ok not so gay display) but are they ever in just trousers and shirts?
And then ,What I also don't understand is the entire floral decoration in bed room . Suhaag -Raat is actually a floral night ! What's the need? is it an achievement to count the number of crushed flowers in morning? or does cleaning the rotten flowery mess a day or two later gives inexpressible joy ? why waste so many flowers?
Ideally there should be court marriage and the day next n a grand reception (lunch) for closed friends. Does one like being dragged to marriages of acquaintances? NO, so why call acquaintances for yours?
Then there is this entire element of bitching and criticism , no one is ever satisfied after attending a marriage. What was she wearing . He was so snobby. No one took care of the relatives . She wears the same jewellery every time etc. etc.. Also in case anyone is facing marital problems , unknown to him/ her the entire family and far off relatives discuss the subject with gay abandon.
This one stupid comment generally made by dadi's / Nani's बिलकुल राम सीता कि जोड़ी हैं | OK 1st of all no one should wish for a life like them and 2ndly give me a break! ....
I wonder what this institution actually deals with !Simple Mary - Hales like Mangalam bhagwan vishnu ...... dont change anything ! I mean shaadi ke baad bhi the same thing happens ..it does nt change ,,your work ,,your other things etc etc ....
Well,this can mean that i'm advocating love marriages here ....Walking over to the drawing room with the tray in hand ,switching over from skirts-jeans to heavy suits and even other some crappy things amidst and finally ...getting to marry one and forcing youselves to love your husband coz you have to ...?Anyway ,,,no debate intended here ,,i feel love marriages are good as long as they dont turn to arranged ones ,,and the arranged are good only if they turn to like love-marriages. I can go on forever on this issue this topic...although I am just very far from the marriage - vantage and would like to push it as far as I can !
! Before that ,I would like to make one quick observation on mothers of eligible bachelors. This has been my observation since childhood. These women (barring the educated sober rare exceptions of course ) are a menace at any marriage. She somehow has a very superior air around her, it's like every one at the marriage gathering's highly impressed with her son and all girls wanna marry him.
The blatant exorbitant expenditure ,
Why are all marriages in night ?? The entire philosophy follows ...vidaayi taaron ki chaon mein ,but while yhe Baraat is always late !! the actual vidaayi takes place in the morning !
Thousands of senseless ceremonies , I do not think that the day of marriage is a happy day for any bride andgroom because of these ceremonies but then I may be wrong
Horrible music is quite popular in UP ,even an original version ..it is sung in a horrible screechy male voice : hello hello 123 check check
Long hours sitting at stage,posing for hundreds of photographs most with strangers and relatives whom one would never again see in life !
One thing very common is the entire sysytem of not wearing woolens ...however it may be permissible in case of hot ones like me ! :) The men are all suited up. Are they ever in backless? sleeveless? (ok not so gay display) but are they ever in just trousers and shirts?
And then ,What I also don't understand is the entire floral decoration in bed room . Suhaag -Raat is actually a floral night ! What's the need? is it an achievement to count the number of crushed flowers in morning? or does cleaning the rotten flowery mess a day or two later gives inexpressible joy ? why waste so many flowers?
Ideally there should be court marriage and the day next n a grand reception (lunch) for closed friends. Does one like being dragged to marriages of acquaintances? NO, so why call acquaintances for yours?
Then there is this entire element of bitching and criticism , no one is ever satisfied after attending a marriage. What was she wearing . He was so snobby. No one took care of the relatives . She wears the same jewellery every time etc. etc.. Also in case anyone is facing marital problems , unknown to him/ her the entire family and far off relatives discuss the subject with gay abandon.
This one stupid comment generally made by dadi's / Nani's बिलकुल राम सीता कि जोड़ी हैं | OK 1st of all no one should wish for a life like them and 2ndly give me a break! ....
I wonder what this institution actually deals with !Simple Mary - Hales like Mangalam bhagwan vishnu ...... dont change anything ! I mean shaadi ke baad bhi the same thing happens ..it does nt change ,,your work ,,your other things etc etc ....
Well,this can mean that i'm advocating love marriages here ....Walking over to the drawing room with the tray in hand ,switching over from skirts-jeans to heavy suits and even other some crappy things amidst and finally ...getting to marry one and forcing youselves to love your husband coz you have to ...?Anyway ,,,no debate intended here ,,i feel love marriages are good as long as they dont turn to arranged ones ,,and the arranged are good only if they turn to like love-marriages. I can go on forever on this issue this topic...although I am just very far from the marriage - vantage and would like to push it as far as I can !
! Before that ,I would like to make one quick observation on mothers of eligible bachelors. This has been my observation since childhood. These women (barring the educated sober rare exceptions of course ) are a menace at any marriage. She somehow has a very superior air around her, it's like every one at the marriage gathering's highly impressed with her son and all girls wanna marry him.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
ISSUES !
hi everyone !
While monsoons keep torturing the north indians ,roasting them to peevishness,,,there are even more issues .Lets analyse the prevailing ones around us !!
The elephantine issue is the U.P. C.M''s ambitions! More than crores spent on Granite and Marble statues .40 statues ,including 6 of her own+Kashiram's memorial at Jail road +Buddha Sthal,,all these waiting to be inaugrated .If I be in Lko,I'l look forward to availing the invitation to have a tour of the grandness !,just have a glance at the figures (source: TOI)
Statues of Mayawati +Kashiram worth Rs 6.68 crore.
60 marble elephants at the Ambedkar memeorial ,Gomtinagar,worth Rs 52 crore.
Rs 1,20,74,95,000 for gallery @ Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal ,Gomtinagar.
Rs 14 crore for construction of screen wall.
Rs 80 crore for maintainence of the memorial .
Rs 2,31,12,30,000 for strenghtening of the memorial.
Rs 2,03,49,12,000 for museum @ Parivartan Sthal ,Gomtinagar.
Rs 2,72,95,21,000 for Kashiram's memeorial,Jail Road.
Rs 90 crore for beutification of Kashi Ram Park.
I fail to scale out The U.P. budget this way !.Why do specific party leaders be statued as national leaders,over the cost of public land ?if they want to ,,they can well do so with their own salary ! Crores spent on building them ,,another crores spent on their removal by the following govt !Everytime I enter LKO in vacations ,i find some or the other grand new construction going on accross the route to home.I wonder what Gomtinagar would be afta 5 yrs ! Earlier Saharas poshed it and now......I dont criticize this step although yet you should atleast be foresighted enough in light of the consequences !
All this prevailing in a scenario when the country faces the inflation as - 1.14 in the second weekend too !The base effect seems to be bitterly taking its toll !
Moreso ,Air India continues to face a loss of approx 1.57 cr daily ; has erged its employees to help itself recover by cutting off salary ,perks etc. ..But seems to be helpless against the thaat - baat of the mantrijis ,the sarkaari trips ,their allowances etc.Adding to the trouble is the high price of ATFs .All this building up a crescendo ! Its high time that we pay heed to these issues .After all its our public money which is being wasted !
While people need to pay genuine attention to matters as above ,they seem to be brooding over other sub standard issues .
Ban over girls wearing jeans at Kanpur Degree colleges! However the students getting relief by the govt's support by lifting the ban !The principals asking the students not to wear such dresses as it looks provocative and attracts eve teasers.erghh ! what hypocrisy is that ? I wonder why girls at graduation wont be mature enough to understand their own welfare !every girl understands what a decent no- trouble dress comprises of .and even if one moods into exposure ..look at one if you like ..ignore if you dont !At a time when women are thinking out-of -box careers and travelling the world ,such bans seem a ridiculous move !I wonder how such stupid ideas strike people! The colleges must focus more on facilities they are offering and not on such inane bans in name of discipline.They should better correct on what they think ,not what they see !
The next issue being Delhi-Dilli name change !
controversy again ! mumbai-bombay,chennai-madras,calcutta-kolkata....the issue : history vs cultural correction .I fail to understand why one may compound confusion over names,with puzzlements over what n where is being talked of to visitors ,postal authorities ..Adding to the same ,the problem of variety of pronunciations !When India can have multi cultures,multi identities ,why cant it have multiple names?Call me Miss A,Miss Aristocrat ,Miss Angelina ..what care?Let Calcutta exist with Kolkata,Bombay with Mumbai,Madras with Chennai,Poona with Pune..AMreeka with America,Bilayat with Britain !! No big issue at all!!
Well ,issues are always around us..It remains on our part how we categorise them ..how we prioritize them..what is worth an issue ..whats not !
good ni 8 :)
now ,whether u sleep on sofa or bed or ...
thats again none of a issue ! he he :)
tk cre ,
bye for now !
astha !
While monsoons keep torturing the north indians ,roasting them to peevishness,,,there are even more issues .Lets analyse the prevailing ones around us !!
The elephantine issue is the U.P. C.M''s ambitions! More than crores spent on Granite and Marble statues .40 statues ,including 6 of her own+Kashiram's memorial at Jail road +Buddha Sthal,,all these waiting to be inaugrated .If I be in Lko,I'l look forward to availing the invitation to have a tour of the grandness !,just have a glance at the figures (source: TOI)
Statues of Mayawati +Kashiram worth Rs 6.68 crore.
60 marble elephants at the Ambedkar memeorial ,Gomtinagar,worth Rs 52 crore.
Rs 1,20,74,95,000 for gallery @ Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal ,Gomtinagar.
Rs 14 crore for construction of screen wall.
Rs 80 crore for maintainence of the memorial .
Rs 2,31,12,30,000 for strenghtening of the memorial.
Rs 2,03,49,12,000 for museum @ Parivartan Sthal ,Gomtinagar.
Rs 2,72,95,21,000 for Kashiram's memeorial,Jail Road.
Rs 90 crore for beutification of Kashi Ram Park.
I fail to scale out The U.P. budget this way !.Why do specific party leaders be statued as national leaders,over the cost of public land ?if they want to ,,they can well do so with their own salary ! Crores spent on building them ,,another crores spent on their removal by the following govt !Everytime I enter LKO in vacations ,i find some or the other grand new construction going on accross the route to home.I wonder what Gomtinagar would be afta 5 yrs ! Earlier Saharas poshed it and now......I dont criticize this step although yet you should atleast be foresighted enough in light of the consequences !
All this prevailing in a scenario when the country faces the inflation as - 1.14 in the second weekend too !The base effect seems to be bitterly taking its toll !
Moreso ,Air India continues to face a loss of approx 1.57 cr daily ; has erged its employees to help itself recover by cutting off salary ,perks etc. ..But seems to be helpless against the thaat - baat of the mantrijis ,the sarkaari trips ,their allowances etc.Adding to the trouble is the high price of ATFs .All this building up a crescendo ! Its high time that we pay heed to these issues .After all its our public money which is being wasted !
While people need to pay genuine attention to matters as above ,they seem to be brooding over other sub standard issues .
Ban over girls wearing jeans at Kanpur Degree colleges! However the students getting relief by the govt's support by lifting the ban !The principals asking the students not to wear such dresses as it looks provocative and attracts eve teasers.erghh ! what hypocrisy is that ? I wonder why girls at graduation wont be mature enough to understand their own welfare !every girl understands what a decent no- trouble dress comprises of .and even if one moods into exposure ..look at one if you like ..ignore if you dont !At a time when women are thinking out-of -box careers and travelling the world ,such bans seem a ridiculous move !I wonder how such stupid ideas strike people! The colleges must focus more on facilities they are offering and not on such inane bans in name of discipline.They should better correct on what they think ,not what they see !
The next issue being Delhi-Dilli name change !
controversy again ! mumbai-bombay,chennai-madras,calcutta-kolkata....the issue : history vs cultural correction .I fail to understand why one may compound confusion over names,with puzzlements over what n where is being talked of to visitors ,postal authorities ..Adding to the same ,the problem of variety of pronunciations !When India can have multi cultures,multi identities ,why cant it have multiple names?Call me Miss A,Miss Aristocrat ,Miss Angelina ..what care?Let Calcutta exist with Kolkata,Bombay with Mumbai,Madras with Chennai,Poona with Pune..AMreeka with America,Bilayat with Britain !! No big issue at all!!
Well ,issues are always around us..It remains on our part how we categorise them ..how we prioritize them..what is worth an issue ..whats not !
good ni 8 :)
now ,whether u sleep on sofa or bed or ...
thats again none of a issue ! he he :)
tk cre ,
bye for now !
astha !
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tracks !
Had a glance at the railway interim budget(2009-10) ! Ya..its substantial ! Laloo,the darling of Indian media,has always enjoyed media headlines in the last few years.The decision to glue to the basics witnessed Laloo delivering management lectures at Howard Business School in London,followed by IIM Ahmedabad and many others in the league.During the UPA reign Laaloo never forgot to pat him for having registered the never before profit for rail ministry.I would say..he is true indeed!If we see last five rail budgets,Laloo's unique selling proposition has remained 'Say no to rail fair hike' !No wonder,railway ministry was the first to implement the recommendations of Central Sixth Pay Commission for its employees!Railway stands unparallel in terms of number of the employment it provides.
Also, to mention !the Indian Railway-*tracks have added new feather in nation's pride after getting recognition for its 4th railway site,Kalka Shimla Mountain Railway as "World Heritage Site"! Hmm.. Laloo prasad Yadav! the surname being mine..I can guess people relating me to him ??:):)haha ..Well ma family has much been into politics.If I move 8-10 yrs back... OK !!lemme frame this out!
Parties and get-togethers organised for mantrijis n netajis with their fellows,ambassadors,red blue lights,body guards n chelas... all purposes of meetings and discussions! Linked and cross - linked ..chained political - social networks and affairs . The grand courtyard ..men sitting on the marble,under the huge neem ..talking of all stuffs ..ye party aisi,wo neita waisa,iski bahumat,uska vote, kaun sa candidate ..kitne vote..parche mohar ,,prachar-paisa ,public-janta ...shamiyana,mikes,stages..............people strateging their ideas ,plotting methods ,analysing rivalries etc etc..And Me , as a kid ..everytime I pass around the track*...I'm intoduced to ....."Inse mamaste karo beta !"rolled over like football in laps of people who finger-print on your cheek just to check its elasticity !"Eee..hatto ! nai !" ..I used to run away ! Mahindras,bikes,ambassadors ,gallons of tea-water ..nashta -snack all in -out !!In the scene..dozens of surrounding people! ...Ma, like a genuine north Indian bahu,late night cooking bundles of kachaudis n all for them all..who even kept on delaying wih their never-concluded affairs moving along! Me..like a naughty,stubborn-spoilt child roaming through the cross-sections of the home..everytime annoying ma with my stupid " Hi ma!! hallo ma!!",,even more like "Motu Uncle likes it...its his favourite !' and on the other side as well,"Baba ! who's your best friend among them all?"...so on and on !! And now..even afta so many years,though certified as a citizen,yet Iv never voted ! And even if ..... I may wonder "who to vote?"What if I flag along with my family's track???...and for a choice..Priyanka Gandhi ,my role model?:):) hehe!!Well ,for her I'd say ..she's really campaigning aggressively advocating Rahul Gandhi's genuiness and the building up of a young nation! However it is to be wondered if the Gaandhians can stretch their influence outside Amethi n Raibereily as well!Also ,in this scenario,bollywood stars sharing their cake in the elections .Now while Sanjay Dutt is forbidden to stand from LKO,lets see what Nafisa Ali has! I hope Hema-Malini,this time doesnt start her basanti* stuff during any manifestation .I wonder what people do ! ask votes for just anything n everything!I like Salmaan Khan's attitude here..who's been campaigning for all parties,it be NCP,BJP or Congress ! all at the same time !!kuch bhi kaho ! banda hai bhot mast ..n he's still so young !! :):) .he he ..all this I say in context with the pre-mentioned concept of the young - nation ..My special(late:))accolades to the Indian hockey team for the Azlan Shah cup,winning handsomely (3-1) against Malaysia in front of Malaysian crowd ..after a track* of 14 yrs ... rough patch n controversies behind the success! hmm good work boyz !!keep winning !
Jai Ho !!
watch the jai-ho video track * @ Nicol ..
till then,
baila-baila!!
I mean bye-bye:) astha
Also, to mention !the Indian Railway-*tracks have added new feather in nation's pride after getting recognition for its 4th railway site,Kalka Shimla Mountain Railway as "World Heritage Site"! Hmm.. Laloo prasad Yadav! the surname being mine..I can guess people relating me to him ??:):)haha ..Well ma family has much been into politics.If I move 8-10 yrs back... OK !!lemme frame this out!
Parties and get-togethers organised for mantrijis n netajis with their fellows,ambassadors,red blue lights,body guards n chelas... all purposes of meetings and discussions! Linked and cross - linked ..chained political - social networks and affairs . The grand courtyard ..men sitting on the marble,under the huge neem ..talking of all stuffs ..ye party aisi,wo neita waisa,iski bahumat,uska vote, kaun sa candidate ..kitne vote..parche mohar ,,prachar-paisa ,public-janta ...shamiyana,mikes,stages..............people strateging their ideas ,plotting methods ,analysing rivalries etc etc..And Me , as a kid ..everytime I pass around the track*...I'm intoduced to ....."Inse mamaste karo beta !"rolled over like football in laps of people who finger-print on your cheek just to check its elasticity !"Eee..hatto ! nai !" ..I used to run away ! Mahindras,bikes,ambassadors ,gallons of tea-water ..nashta -snack all in -out !!In the scene..dozens of surrounding people! ...Ma, like a genuine north Indian bahu,late night cooking bundles of kachaudis n all for them all..who even kept on delaying wih their never-concluded affairs moving along! Me..like a naughty,stubborn-spoilt child roaming through the cross-sections of the home..everytime annoying ma with my stupid " Hi ma!! hallo ma!!",,even more like "Motu Uncle likes it...its his favourite !' and on the other side as well,"Baba ! who's your best friend among them all?"...so on and on !! And now..even afta so many years,though certified as a citizen,yet Iv never voted ! And even if ..... I may wonder "who to vote?"What if I flag along with my family's track???...and for a choice..Priyanka Gandhi ,my role model?:):) hehe!!Well ,for her I'd say ..she's really campaigning aggressively advocating Rahul Gandhi's genuiness and the building up of a young nation! However it is to be wondered if the Gaandhians can stretch their influence outside Amethi n Raibereily as well!Also ,in this scenario,bollywood stars sharing their cake in the elections .Now while Sanjay Dutt is forbidden to stand from LKO,lets see what Nafisa Ali has! I hope Hema-Malini,this time doesnt start her basanti* stuff during any manifestation .I wonder what people do ! ask votes for just anything n everything!I like Salmaan Khan's attitude here..who's been campaigning for all parties,it be NCP,BJP or Congress ! all at the same time !!kuch bhi kaho ! banda hai bhot mast ..n he's still so young !! :):) .he he ..all this I say in context with the pre-mentioned concept of the young - nation ..My special(late:))accolades to the Indian hockey team for the Azlan Shah cup,winning handsomely (3-1) against Malaysia in front of Malaysian crowd ..after a track* of 14 yrs ... rough patch n controversies behind the success! hmm good work boyz !!keep winning !
Jai Ho !!
watch the jai-ho video track * @ Nicol ..
till then,
baila-baila!!
I mean bye-bye:) astha
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Journey
Hi frenz ! returned frm home ! had a f9 journey up contrary to the one down !Yet I wont say it was bad although . SKG's extra classes saturday early morning till 10:15(2&1/2 hrs) deadlocked the brain completely venting only the pune-LKO Superfast ! (was right time!) With a wierd idea of going home ,Id packed up before class.No-one of course ! was to accompany me to such a mis-scheduled trip,n that too 11:00 A.M. train ! College at one end..at the KNP highway and station at the other ..time to cross 1+ hr. ! and me catching the train after d classes seemed impossible ! But ...... So what did I think of myself? Extra smart ya over smart? I guess I needed more options to answer the same ! I ran with the bag+ laptop handling ppl the keys..thru the hostel gate with guard bhaiya"" Arre ! Entry !!" and me .." HO gai bhaiya !!"(the ppl later did that ! ) Chasing the hot sun; no auto in the scene ,dialled the guard at the central gate for an auto checking watch everytime..all through the 1&1/2 km......dead and dried ! " Achcha !! aapne hee......nahin! koi auto nahin !" I marched furthur...no auto ! the ones appeared had no scope ! I was tired walking ! 10:40 already !,I had to ....home..my nani's operation ! was awaiting an auto ! needed helicopter but ! .......... And just then ! a bike slowed down near me ! I could nothing but blankly stare at him , the Uncleji ! my instant reaction :
"" Ji... aap kahan ja re ?"
" Uncle: " main jhansi ...jhansi ja raha hoon main"...now what kinda reply was that? jhansi mey rehke jhansi ja ra hoon?anyway ...
Me: " ji main bhot der se yahan khadi hoon..meri train hai 11:10 pe chali jayegi..aap plz mujhe station tak....i urgently need to..."...I bla'd out hastily sounding as bechari as i could ! He took his time(Oh no !..I was like jaldi haan bolo yaar ! )
Uncle:'"college se aa rahi ho...chalo achcha baitho !"
Relieved ! though not at the watch sight I sat managing the lappy n the bag ! He tturned out to be an OK driver .I was like 30 mins ! tough task !! C'mon roadie ! felt like start/stop watching him ..but didn't out of courtesy ! Wondering if I could catch the train !...while counting trees,dividers & speed breakers + the traffic jam ...which no aauto could ever have...... ! I felt like patting him....I did not ! felt like thanking him..I did not ! sitting on bike ....@ boyfriend , a generous brother or any other ...such thoughts had their share of time till it got closer .Felt uneasy with the shrinking time..(11:10 already !)...n damn his phone calls ! slowing the velocity . Even he started glaring at the watch ...n finally could say ,
"Aap shayad der se nikali thi ....'
me: " Arre wo kya hai na ke."................. the only talk between us !!
At last ! the station ! (@ 11:15) I wonder if he was feeling proud of himself ! ...
" Aap auto se itni jaldi nahin aa pati....."
and then !!! " Suno !! apna Number....."
I had no time to even lie ! I smiled + thanked + ran!!....slowed a bit only to see the expected time (11:20)...then over the bridge .."the PUNE-LKO is arriving shortly at....'
so I had time to breathe ! I clutched TC for the tickets..I didnt have it ..and ma goodness!! he ticketed me for a sleeper S9 with absolutely no fair !! not even general !...no extra money ! nothing !! @ his act of kindness!! I confirmed again...he said no! I really had no clue to what had happened until when it horned ..ppl shuffled and TC disappeared ! I got into and could well guess the waiting list !
Me trying to settle ..amidst the akeli -ladki nonsense ...fokat mey ppl offering you seats and tutoring you.." Aap yahan samaan rakhiye..wahaan rakh dijiye !..laiye main ......! ..grinning like monkeys ...Bloody heck !! what is to you man!!!let my luggage go to hell ! Why dont you just shut-up and sit-down??Better help others who may need it..I can do it myself ! Trying to be extra familiar ,staring-scanning you like hell ! such things even more annoy you when you are not even a pinch of Aishwarya Rai ! I took my things and generalising that everywhere it would be the same ..walked off to the entrance !What could I do now ?? ofcourse nothing !!placed bags somewhere with ma head approaching the charger point ;seeking appeasation from the business magazine ..I was holding ! couldnt much stand along ! moved in the very first compartment and a lady ........to let me carry on with the magazine... Nothing eventful through out xcept the entry of two cool passengers at the further station who were quite entertaining ! Bhai came to receive me I was expecting him as usual .."Tum fir aa gayi ! abhi toh gayi thi !!tumhare college mey kuch padhai-vadhai nahin hoti ?"....Nah ! he didnt ..instead he smiled " late ho gayi yaar train toh !!" and then bike again !! ha ha ha ...I like it ..I also like the way to gomtinagar ...I like home n I like ma granny....I bent against the bed to touch her feet,the operationed leg..no ! I did not like that. at LKO ,twice to ganj.. to a friend..and roamed @ fun mall .had invited some CE frenz for lunch who' d c ome to LKO for a course !
thats it ...
regards ,
astha
"" Ji... aap kahan ja re ?"
" Uncle: " main jhansi ...jhansi ja raha hoon main"...now what kinda reply was that? jhansi mey rehke jhansi ja ra hoon?anyway ...
Me: " ji main bhot der se yahan khadi hoon..meri train hai 11:10 pe chali jayegi..aap plz mujhe station tak....i urgently need to..."...I bla'd out hastily sounding as bechari as i could ! He took his time(Oh no !..I was like jaldi haan bolo yaar ! )
Uncle:'"college se aa rahi ho...chalo achcha baitho !"
Relieved ! though not at the watch sight I sat managing the lappy n the bag ! He tturned out to be an OK driver .I was like 30 mins ! tough task !! C'mon roadie ! felt like start/stop watching him ..but didn't out of courtesy ! Wondering if I could catch the train !...while counting trees,dividers & speed breakers + the traffic jam ...which no aauto could ever have...... ! I felt like patting him....I did not ! felt like thanking him..I did not ! sitting on bike ....@ boyfriend , a generous brother or any other ...such thoughts had their share of time till it got closer .Felt uneasy with the shrinking time..(11:10 already !)...n damn his phone calls ! slowing the velocity . Even he started glaring at the watch ...n finally could say ,
"Aap shayad der se nikali thi ....'
me: " Arre wo kya hai na ke."................. the only talk between us !!
At last ! the station ! (@ 11:15) I wonder if he was feeling proud of himself ! ...
" Aap auto se itni jaldi nahin aa pati....."
and then !!! " Suno !! apna Number....."
I had no time to even lie ! I smiled + thanked + ran!!....slowed a bit only to see the expected time (11:20)...then over the bridge .."the PUNE-LKO is arriving shortly at....'
so I had time to breathe ! I clutched TC for the tickets..I didnt have it ..and ma goodness!! he ticketed me for a sleeper S9 with absolutely no fair !! not even general !...no extra money ! nothing !! @ his act of kindness!! I confirmed again...he said no! I really had no clue to what had happened until when it horned ..ppl shuffled and TC disappeared ! I got into and could well guess the waiting list !
Me trying to settle ..amidst the akeli -ladki nonsense ...fokat mey ppl offering you seats and tutoring you.." Aap yahan samaan rakhiye..wahaan rakh dijiye !..laiye main ......! ..grinning like monkeys ...Bloody heck !! what is to you man!!!let my luggage go to hell ! Why dont you just shut-up and sit-down??Better help others who may need it..I can do it myself ! Trying to be extra familiar ,staring-scanning you like hell ! such things even more annoy you when you are not even a pinch of Aishwarya Rai ! I took my things and generalising that everywhere it would be the same ..walked off to the entrance !What could I do now ?? ofcourse nothing !!placed bags somewhere with ma head approaching the charger point ;seeking appeasation from the business magazine ..I was holding ! couldnt much stand along ! moved in the very first compartment and a lady ........to let me carry on with the magazine... Nothing eventful through out xcept the entry of two cool passengers at the further station who were quite entertaining ! Bhai came to receive me I was expecting him as usual .."Tum fir aa gayi ! abhi toh gayi thi !!tumhare college mey kuch padhai-vadhai nahin hoti ?"....Nah ! he didnt ..instead he smiled " late ho gayi yaar train toh !!" and then bike again !! ha ha ha ...I like it ..I also like the way to gomtinagar ...I like home n I like ma granny....I bent against the bed to touch her feet,the operationed leg..no ! I did not like that. at LKO ,twice to ganj.. to a friend..and roamed @ fun mall .had invited some CE frenz for lunch who' d c ome to LKO for a course !
thats it ...
regards ,
astha
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
..continued
26th night,at our girls' hostel:
After the tea and the csc meeting,played a badminton match(I lost!).... All around its like this:
discussions over the orcha matter,the critical sorrow of the parents,criticism and brooding over the misfortune,getting most of the news from the boys who happened to go to the site..Eventually it comes out that there have not been satisfactory attempts to rescue the now dead boys.The matter very much tilting as a police case..specially the cross State..the M.P,U.P. issue..(water cannot be stopped..involves political matters).The other 3 companions hugely disturbed .. taken into custody ,facing the threats and assaults of the police.The body still has no signs giving high scope to the only two predictions now: gone with the immense flow of BETWA..since water had not been logged for more than 5 hours and the crocodiles...................yes! BETWA shelters them !
LATE IN THE NIGHT:
The boys getting wild...pleading the college authorities for help,the night-mode lights ,the search team ..etc etc...From all hostels ..they run to the site at 2-3 a.m...The first years climbing the locked gates and fences...The wardens ..the college administration sweating to control the situation.. students arguing ,negotiating ,asking .. the things turning more than hopeless! peace of the college till bus-stand to the orcha route..all so ill! Chakka -jaam..Raasta-roko,Hai-Hai!.. ..then Lathi-charge,beatings..frustation all around. AGM Jhansi visits the college..his stataement:"Main itna achha taiirak hun toh bhi pul ke paar jane ki zehmat nahin uthai..pata nai unke vivek ko kya...Betwa toh maut ki nadi hai..doobey ya fir magarmachch...." Media..mikes -cameras taking it all to notice but nothing helpful rendering from the college side. Temper rising at the girls' hostel as well.
AROUND THREE IN THE NIGHT:
Seniors call upon us.."IIIrd year ..jo jaag raha hai aa jao". We made aware of the critical situation beneath..Even getting the news of it all around 2 in the afternoon..no-one from the college happens to reach the venue before 7 in the evening(the 2 hr time in the mid).The ill-response..no-bother concern of the college at the issue..and their agreeing to the stupid police- advice:"andhera cha chuka hai..ab kal dekhenge jo hoga..waise bhi ab tak jaan toh chali hi gayi hogi".............and they all come back..to their family ..to their kids..no thought for those parents who no longer have the same...not even their dead! bodies.. Now seniors imparting the objective, instructing us all..charts,banners all prepared among the few awaked of the hostel,plan out for the protest ..the dharna at the acad-block at 6 early in the morning.
MORNING,27th JAN:
People waking in the dark...jo jaagta gaya ..auron ko leta gaya..all dressed in soot..hurried with the banners..charts to the acad.get to know about the 5-member faculty team that left for Orcha...at 5 in the morning. The director comes..the side-ones..then more of faculty,the HODs ,the teachers..the number increasing gradually!We raised ..we put hard..we resented..we retorted!..faculty find hard to do with us..All other than students and faculty also gather..the guards,the clerks,the sweepers,the electrician,the server room men..everybody..watching and listening.The hostel warden calls anubha(GS,the always hyper girl)..we tell her not to respond and continue with the dharna,the slogans..the questions:
"paani abhi tak kyon nahin roka gaya?"
"college administration ne itni dheel kyon ki?"
"itna irresponsible ravaiya kyon ..??"
"search kyun thapp rahi??.."
"divers kyu nahin bheje gaye?"
"aap log itne befikra kaise reh sakte hain?"
"agar aapke bachche hote toh kya aap aise chain se..??"
"...upar se aur students par maar-peet..lathi-charge,misbehaviour..."
"maamle ko itna chota kyon samjha gaya?"
In the mean time ..our warden reaches driving her alto..all set to be diplomtic,as she is always(it be settling disputes,mess issues ..etc).picks out a few representatives..talks to them personally....while we continue... Lot of negotiations... things calming with the brightness of the day...we sat down in front of the acad block..charts n banners all up high.. The matter turning through a few ones who wished to see the ground reality at the site itself..asking the college to let them to Orcha.This created further resentment..those to go ..their parents being called up..our warden talking so badly to them at phone..The bus arrives...................................girls go to hostels to take money-cells etc..and then....the hostel gates get locked!..who went found hard to return..Then a few of us(+me) go to the hostel ..to get them back,,we finally return to the acad with them after a lots this-thats..ergh!! Things getting peevish at the acads,rings-calls ..afra-tafri all around!Girls picked up individually..scolded,threatened ,being shouted upon! We still raise our criticism..followed by their irrelevant replies or excuses..to say. The administration getting harsh on us...Even the sun was harsh.....afternoon striking us more harsh..It was turning a bhook-hadtaal,the scenario getting tiring and peevish... adding to it the exertion..shouts were turning sweats.We were once again sitting dull on the street at the acads,begging courtesy of the sun through dupattas on head...faces red,eyes squeased..but anger still alive......All this against the disgusting spectators who sat comfortably on the chairs in the shade. We did not break wild before a phone call saying that one of the bodies were found...BUT! shocking to know it being within 100 mtrs only...Bloody heck!!!!! so nothing had been done uptill now....Orcha ..a rafting spot..just impossible to believe of non availability of divers...This time I was clear enough to raise the questions.....followed by all.... "If the body could be found by the search team within half an hour...whre was it all uptill now??"
"those solace(so called) from them since morning had been so fake??"
"kal sara din kya kiya kiya gaya?"
"jo do divers gaye they ..wo sirf formality thi?"
"kya wo bach sakte they??? chattan pakdey..kya wo thand se mar gaye??" ...
"administration ne toh koi pressure daala hee nahin...kya wo army ki madad nahin le sakte they?"
"bodies ko paani mey sadney ke liye ...??"
"Was the management waiting it to swell-up and rise over the surface?" .....
In the course we heard of the other body being found....The condition of the bodies disclosed later...No eyes,No lips,No.....i find hard to proceed further.If the things as the same had been done yesterday...may be the bodies could have been in better condition..or saved in case of a miracle! The faculty stuff...and the others falsely justifying their efforts............We turned our backs throwing out charts...walked out before they..........."College prashasan ..hai-hai!!!".... The two souls being Ravi (CE) & Ankit(IT)...Ankit's mother fainted on reaching the hostel.About him only if I recall..one among those names I anchored at the branch freshers' party for the intro.....against an intro as depressing as this!! ...
thats it.No college,no class today..
condolence tomorrow at 9.30 A.M.
May their souls rest in peace!!
After the tea and the csc meeting,played a badminton match(I lost!).... All around its like this:
discussions over the orcha matter,the critical sorrow of the parents,criticism and brooding over the misfortune,getting most of the news from the boys who happened to go to the site..Eventually it comes out that there have not been satisfactory attempts to rescue the now dead boys.The matter very much tilting as a police case..specially the cross State..the M.P,U.P. issue..(water cannot be stopped..involves political matters).The other 3 companions hugely disturbed .. taken into custody ,facing the threats and assaults of the police.The body still has no signs giving high scope to the only two predictions now: gone with the immense flow of BETWA..since water had not been logged for more than 5 hours and the crocodiles...................yes! BETWA shelters them !
LATE IN THE NIGHT:
The boys getting wild...pleading the college authorities for help,the night-mode lights ,the search team ..etc etc...From all hostels ..they run to the site at 2-3 a.m...The first years climbing the locked gates and fences...The wardens ..the college administration sweating to control the situation.. students arguing ,negotiating ,asking .. the things turning more than hopeless! peace of the college till bus-stand to the orcha route..all so ill! Chakka -jaam..Raasta-roko,Hai-Hai!.. ..then Lathi-charge,beatings..frustation all around. AGM Jhansi visits the college..his stataement:"Main itna achha taiirak hun toh bhi pul ke paar jane ki zehmat nahin uthai..pata nai unke vivek ko kya...Betwa toh maut ki nadi hai..doobey ya fir magarmachch...." Media..mikes -cameras taking it all to notice but nothing helpful rendering from the college side. Temper rising at the girls' hostel as well.
AROUND THREE IN THE NIGHT:
Seniors call upon us.."IIIrd year ..jo jaag raha hai aa jao". We made aware of the critical situation beneath..Even getting the news of it all around 2 in the afternoon..no-one from the college happens to reach the venue before 7 in the evening(the 2 hr time in the mid).The ill-response..no-bother concern of the college at the issue..and their agreeing to the stupid police- advice:"andhera cha chuka hai..ab kal dekhenge jo hoga..waise bhi ab tak jaan toh chali hi gayi hogi".............and they all come back..to their family ..to their kids..no thought for those parents who no longer have the same...not even their dead! bodies.. Now seniors imparting the objective, instructing us all..charts,banners all prepared among the few awaked of the hostel,plan out for the protest ..the dharna at the acad-block at 6 early in the morning.
MORNING,27th JAN:
People waking in the dark...jo jaagta gaya ..auron ko leta gaya..all dressed in soot..hurried with the banners..charts to the acad.get to know about the 5-member faculty team that left for Orcha...at 5 in the morning. The director comes..the side-ones..then more of faculty,the HODs ,the teachers..the number increasing gradually!We raised ..we put hard..we resented..we retorted!..faculty find hard to do with us..All other than students and faculty also gather..the guards,the clerks,the sweepers,the electrician,the server room men..everybody..watching and listening.The hostel warden calls anubha(GS,the always hyper girl)..we tell her not to respond and continue with the dharna,the slogans..the questions:
"paani abhi tak kyon nahin roka gaya?"
"college administration ne itni dheel kyon ki?"
"itna irresponsible ravaiya kyon ..??"
"search kyun thapp rahi??.."
"divers kyu nahin bheje gaye?"
"aap log itne befikra kaise reh sakte hain?"
"agar aapke bachche hote toh kya aap aise chain se..??"
"...upar se aur students par maar-peet..lathi-charge,misbehaviour..."
"maamle ko itna chota kyon samjha gaya?"
In the mean time ..our warden reaches driving her alto..all set to be diplomtic,as she is always(it be settling disputes,mess issues ..etc).picks out a few representatives..talks to them personally....while we continue... Lot of negotiations... things calming with the brightness of the day...we sat down in front of the acad block..charts n banners all up high.. The matter turning through a few ones who wished to see the ground reality at the site itself..asking the college to let them to Orcha.This created further resentment..those to go ..their parents being called up..our warden talking so badly to them at phone..The bus arrives...................................girls go to hostels to take money-cells etc..and then....the hostel gates get locked!..who went found hard to return..Then a few of us(+me) go to the hostel ..to get them back,,we finally return to the acad with them after a lots this-thats..ergh!! Things getting peevish at the acads,rings-calls ..afra-tafri all around!Girls picked up individually..scolded,threatened ,being shouted upon! We still raise our criticism..followed by their irrelevant replies or excuses..to say. The administration getting harsh on us...Even the sun was harsh.....afternoon striking us more harsh..It was turning a bhook-hadtaal,the scenario getting tiring and peevish... adding to it the exertion..shouts were turning sweats.We were once again sitting dull on the street at the acads,begging courtesy of the sun through dupattas on head...faces red,eyes squeased..but anger still alive......All this against the disgusting spectators who sat comfortably on the chairs in the shade. We did not break wild before a phone call saying that one of the bodies were found...BUT! shocking to know it being within 100 mtrs only...Bloody heck!!!!! so nothing had been done uptill now....Orcha ..a rafting spot..just impossible to believe of non availability of divers...This time I was clear enough to raise the questions.....followed by all.... "If the body could be found by the search team within half an hour...whre was it all uptill now??"
"those solace(so called) from them since morning had been so fake??"
"kal sara din kya kiya kiya gaya?"
"jo do divers gaye they ..wo sirf formality thi?"
"kya wo bach sakte they??? chattan pakdey..kya wo thand se mar gaye??" ...
"administration ne toh koi pressure daala hee nahin...kya wo army ki madad nahin le sakte they?"
"bodies ko paani mey sadney ke liye ...??"
"Was the management waiting it to swell-up and rise over the surface?" .....
In the course we heard of the other body being found....The condition of the bodies disclosed later...No eyes,No lips,No.....i find hard to proceed further.If the things as the same had been done yesterday...may be the bodies could have been in better condition..or saved in case of a miracle! The faculty stuff...and the others falsely justifying their efforts............We turned our backs throwing out charts...walked out before they..........."College prashasan ..hai-hai!!!".... The two souls being Ravi (CE) & Ankit(IT)...Ankit's mother fainted on reaching the hostel.About him only if I recall..one among those names I anchored at the branch freshers' party for the intro.....against an intro as depressing as this!! ...
thats it.No college,no class today..
condolence tomorrow at 9.30 A.M.
May their souls rest in peace!!
THE BLACK SUNDAY
the calendar date:
26th january 2009..
initiating the day with the marathon,the parade and the flag-hoisting followed by the literary young-india events,and then the cultural meet....all this very contrary to a dark republic day..for the college and for us,the students..the young indeed! a group of some boys..all students of first year of our college plan a trip to Orcha(M.P.)..few kms away from the college into the M.P. border.Orcha has been a very popular historical(bundelkhandiya) as well as religious spot(Shri ram & Balram)..the Kila..the temple..the bridge and most importantly the flouncy..flowing river BETWA..over the rocks.Throughout the season tourists from all around the world come to this place of ethnic beauty.Me being a third yr student priviledged with a fine company of friends..have atleast been 5-6 times..last it was 27 dec after the sem exams.. Also to your knowledge..ma last birthday treat had been at Orcha. Reason, why they chose it to be today..can be attributed to an escape from the many events..tagged "compulsary for first yr" , on account of republic day in which students(Ist yr. necessarily) willingly or not have to participate..else threatened (or any other means adopted by the seniors...more so in case of boys).Now why did they have to do this??What if I reply to it like this:"Even me(yes this blogger!)and my friends made out of it our first Orcha trip..and since then(3 huge years!) we've been repeating it so often!"
Now.. rather than much predecting what happened to the boys there..what they did there ..the final tragic story is that two out of them drowned in the river ...to more say flown with it sans any trace of their body! Their friends utterly panicked..went mad searching them..weeping bitterly ,seeking all help..all in the end of no avail! The college authority is furious at the matter ..concerning it against its reputation...phones,police,questions all around..The same with among us all and is so derived that the "government" college has let abandoned the search rating it as futile! ofcourse as to what the stupid police agrees!
Now what next? Are they cruel and insane enough to speak it all to the suffered parents??Well,no reply from me this time..except my sympathy to the parents and relatives. Angry at such a disgusting attitude of the college..the search being left after only some hours..the students decide to throw a protest at the director's gate tomorrow early morning.Also, standing with the decision of boycott of the classes.(I support it all!) At ma personal level ..I fail to analyse this whole issue ..including the protest and the matter where it may head to..
The little/large i could derive is:"Republican we stand ..Republican we fall"..
that we feel we are one..
and one of the "one-of-us"..
JAI-HO!
26th january 2009..
initiating the day with the marathon,the parade and the flag-hoisting followed by the literary young-india events,and then the cultural meet....all this very contrary to a dark republic day..for the college and for us,the students..the young indeed! a group of some boys..all students of first year of our college plan a trip to Orcha(M.P.)..few kms away from the college into the M.P. border.Orcha has been a very popular historical(bundelkhandiya) as well as religious spot(Shri ram & Balram)..the Kila..the temple..the bridge and most importantly the flouncy..flowing river BETWA..over the rocks.Throughout the season tourists from all around the world come to this place of ethnic beauty.Me being a third yr student priviledged with a fine company of friends..have atleast been 5-6 times..last it was 27 dec after the sem exams.. Also to your knowledge..ma last birthday treat had been at Orcha. Reason, why they chose it to be today..can be attributed to an escape from the many events..tagged "compulsary for first yr" , on account of republic day in which students(Ist yr. necessarily) willingly or not have to participate..else threatened (or any other means adopted by the seniors...more so in case of boys).Now why did they have to do this??What if I reply to it like this:"Even me(yes this blogger!)and my friends made out of it our first Orcha trip..and since then(3 huge years!) we've been repeating it so often!"
Now.. rather than much predecting what happened to the boys there..what they did there ..the final tragic story is that two out of them drowned in the river ...to more say flown with it sans any trace of their body! Their friends utterly panicked..went mad searching them..weeping bitterly ,seeking all help..all in the end of no avail! The college authority is furious at the matter ..concerning it against its reputation...phones,police,questions all around..The same with among us all and is so derived that the "government" college has let abandoned the search rating it as futile! ofcourse as to what the stupid police agrees!
Now what next? Are they cruel and insane enough to speak it all to the suffered parents??Well,no reply from me this time..except my sympathy to the parents and relatives. Angry at such a disgusting attitude of the college..the search being left after only some hours..the students decide to throw a protest at the director's gate tomorrow early morning.Also, standing with the decision of boycott of the classes.(I support it all!) At ma personal level ..I fail to analyse this whole issue ..including the protest and the matter where it may head to..
The little/large i could derive is:"Republican we stand ..Republican we fall"..
that we feel we are one..
and one of the "one-of-us"..
JAI-HO!
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