Saturday, July 20, 2013

Writing from vicinity of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee road

Reaching Kolkata; visiting Dakshineswar

Writing from vicinity of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee road, the seat i am in and sense i can make gives enough opportunity to spew a tale on 30f and those willing to have veg puff. In all i could read 180 seats on flight 2E 203, with the one seated on 30d not averse to speak and search. All he could raise a tale was on a number and all one could say with certainty was he never tried hands to gain expertise of a plumber. Request came to him to switch off the cell he was trying to get in as the aircraft had a will to get out of the city. The first officer, 6ft tall, checks the wings and makes a wish.

Surface on which it runs has to be in the best frame of functioning
Sporting a catering vehicle which has branches in mumbai, delhi, chennai and Aurangabad, hope this catering concern has a smooth run with cautious entry/exit from terminal area. There are 21 gates in the domestic terminal of indira Gandhi international airport area. Corrosion on iron sheets above gates can be seen. Plane goes past apron, IAF tech area, the 40-sec run before taking off (3.35pm) turned thoughts on the surface and the weight it has to bear to make a smooth case. The surface on which landing and take off happens has to be in the best frame of functioning. After 75 sec i spot Qutub Minar and at 3.45 the expressway that runs from the outskirts of national capital region to Agra.

Green cover 9 to 7 mts before landing is truly moving  
A window seat with a winsome fare all i have to look at are the clouds and  innumerable agricultural fields down below that retains the authenticity of glow. Menu of flight  has veggie delights, meaty delights and beverages One Punjab de paranthe coming for 190 rs with very few passengers showing the tendency to sneeze.  Meeting turbulent weather on and off, the inhouse magazine has a story on apurva,  movement from cabin to cockpit coming in the past few years. The airline magazine has ads on different indulgences, with a wish stories could be on how they attempt to connect with commoners who have a wish to fly. Perhaps a draw of lot every month for 10 seats won't be asking for more. These 10 seats coming for no charge would be handed to those whose name appear in the draw of lots and would include those on the margins or dispossessed.  At 5 pm the announcement comes Kolkata 250 km away and would take half an hour to reach. Most interesting part the amount of green cover about seven minutes before landing in Kolkata can’t be seen in any other metro of the country. The green cover is truly moving. Reach Kolkata at 5.32.

As for the flight, most people use lavatory, the objective being to leave it with not enough battery. The one on 30d gets away from his seat quite often and what i can assume he moves to try loo kit.  As one goes past the aerobridge at Kolkata airport, the distance from aerobridge to collection of baggage is fairly long and this is under heavy airconditioning. This can be kept mild for checking costs. Similarly in aircrafts, less fuel would be burnt if ac is kept mild.

Going to Dakshineswar
Book a taxi inside and take another queue to get the taxi number. This can be sorted out by getting the taxi receipt and the number at the same place inside the airport counter. A list of readily available 50 taxis every half an hour/ one hour could be brought to the airport counter so that the passengers desiring to take taxi don't have to stand in queue on two different occasions. I, for one, jumped the second queue apologising to those ahead and behind as i had to leave for Dakshineswar followed by a train to Jasidih. Take taxi for 210rs Dakshineswar on a Saturday evening had a huge rush and i was lucky to gain a glimpse. Even if one does not get to get into the queue, the rear sighting of the Goddess is helpful. Chandra at Dakshineswar temple very helpful. He sits near the shiva temple which is on the right side of the road leading to Dakshineswar .


Shared auto to Bally Halt
From Dakshineswar take shared auto to Bally Halt. A 25 to 30 mts ride to Howrah station which is witness to a fight between two in the coach i am in. Some intervene to pacify them, but none are listening as they had their dose of rum.  Howrah station is fairly congested; foodplaza is alarmingly rented. Have veg fried b/w 55 and 60 rs. Come across one bimal das,  vendor selling soap strips. In Howrah station there are enough going to Muzaffarpur and other destinations in Bihar.

Boarding Jasidih train
As i board the Jasidih train, the train goes all the way to Kathgodam, the sighting of passengers and their sizeable purse makes one wonder whether they made enough savings to board the train with a constant ring to their cell. Here i spot two baraindias, they had seats numbers 49 and 50. But they found it fit to sit opposite me where they could not  get witty. Besides the one seated on left was headed towards Muzaffarpur. He had two to three rings on his fingers and looked to be reserved. Baraindias too were headed to M'pur.  There was another from CBI, who had come to divest one of his relations pursuing a four-year marine course in Pune. The marine boy was simple armed with two cells, probably going to Siwan. As i was making a mental note of passengers with their share of patience, i was in train a little after three, hoping against hope i won't be short of glee. As the train reaches Jasidih, gems are all across hoping they won't be in shadow of their temperamental boss.

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