Amidst Slowdown In Economy The Ride To Delhi Cantt Station

Amidst Slowdown In Economy The Ride To Delhi Cantt Station

The ride to Delhi Cantt Railway Station was accomplished with the weather not turning freak and cold sweeping the plains of North India where there was none of the heat. It was Mr Surendar who dispensed pigeon feed whom i came across while walking to Nauroji Nagar bus stand where there were none who perfected the art of serving as boss. Boarded Bus Number 874 at 1.23 pm with the ride amongst those who reported to GM (General Manager). It was at breakneck speed the bus was moving with the knowledge that this orange colour bus had among its passengers some grooving. The almighty speed was a potent reminder how lean were the traffic rules in the city of Delhi and how fewer adhered to norms given they had to constantly fight away their blues.

One newspaper the previous day had a story on IMF's observation that India was in the middle of a significant slowdown, how significant was this noting given the country which was witness to round the year voting. Slowdown coming amidst fuming tax revenues with declining consumption and investment and there was a need to pitch your tent. Another story was on Delhi facing the coldest December spell in 22 years, some would find this occasion to cheer with no accompanying fear.
The poor is hit the hardest in chilling cold and they need to wrap themselves with enough woolens and be bold. They need not fear the khakiwallahs who occasionally uses baton to disperse them with the latter having gulped down a glass of rum.

Reached Delhi Cantt Railway Station at 1.43 pm with the sighting of Ala Hazrat Express coming from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh State and heading towards Bhuj in Gujarat State. Another Al Hazrat Express from Bhuj and going towards Bareilly comes on Platform (PF) 2. Yatra Special Ambala Rameswaram departs from PF 1 with 19 coaches with enough passengers who were ever ready to hand over roses. On PF 1 there is a Multipurpose Stall and Upper Class Waiting Hall. There were series of announcements with train number 14545 to Saharanpur delayed by 30 minutes, train number 15715 from Kishanganj to Ajmer delayed by two hours as in PF 1 bathroom some were taking shower. Snacks Vendor Vikas is kind enough to hand over salted peanuts, with tea vendor Sushil Kumar not to be seen probably fixing the engine and its innards. The search for tea vendor outside station couldn't yield much in a nation where there was famed festival in a place in Gujarat called Kutch.

The ride back to Safdarjung Enclave was accomplished in bus number 724 which had its own set of roar. Cricket was one game that had begun to discover declining viewership with bets, doping employed so that the opponents could not thrive. This  was done with no less enthusiasm and it was time games/sporting events like Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Badminton, Athletics (Running, Walking, Jumping and Throwing), Basketball and Hockey needed to be upgraded with a renewed vision. The Jharkhand Jolt had given the right wing party an opportunity to introspect and take all including minorities namely Muslims under its belt. As JMM political party begins its new innings in State of Jharkhand hope it would be miles away from Graft and Grunt. 

Chilling effects of protest and those relying on hearsay test

Chilling effects of protest and those relying on hearsay test

With newspaper of the day having noted Indian Meteorological Department's prediction going haywire in cold December, it was prudent to count the chilling effects of protest and their number. In the Hindi heartland mayhem was all over the place with protesters periodically taking respite from rage race. A day in the life of a protester is not easy to essay in a nation where the tools they employ is based on hearsay. The protester gets up by seven to eight in the morning with one hand holding the shower the other cell power. He is no mood to join the protest before noon, it is when the crowd would swell and croon. As he takes multiple cups of coffee he is inundated with the thought of not joining the protest as a jockey. He would prefer to walk all the way to protest zone as he wants to demonstrate that he is fighting fit and prepared to severe ties with the clone.

The protester takes his own sweet time to make calls some to roaming destinations which have seen series of brawls. As he gets ready to leave home having filled his belly with pone, the walk to the designated spot is intertwined with cell calls which apparently want to convey the nation is caught in a knot. Out in play are thousand people who have gathered to protest and they assure those in police attire that they would march for a while and then retire and in all likelihood keep protest away from violence wire. Some arsonists who have joined the fray start pelting stones with a ferocity that would shake those who have the tendency to repeatedly take ice cream cone. They torch a vehicle here and a bus there and in the end get dispersed by water canon which is not rare.

The opposition tries to reach out to protesters urging them to keep up the momentum not realising this open invitation and awkward stand can make them land in a place where there is excessive sand. The opposition should have given a clarion call to keep the protest peaceful and yet some opposition parties want the protester to carry the violence tool as was amply seen in Bihar State which no one could fool. The opposition is mandated to lend support to these protesters with the rider that peace has to prevail at any cost and they the protester should at no point of time be beast boss. Opposition parties have a larger role to play in ensuring that peace should be the in thing; the acts of arson and treason would be condemned by one and all in zing bing. As one is made to understand that Govt of the day and night would/might stand steadfast on CAA, diluting the NRC (National Register of Citizens) in toto would bring peace and douse fires ravaging in vicinity of area named Brea.

In these protests the UP State in India has been hardest hit and the large number that turned out to protest shows the rampant unemployment and enraged environment. The break in in Jamia University was unwarranted; the students of this prized institute should see to it that protests by and large remains peaceful and arson elements don't take centrestage and rule.

The Mumbai Protest showed in plenty how peace can be maintained even when thousands (over 20,000) turn up to show solidarity against CAA, this should be the thumb rule to be applied across country even by those drawing handsome DA (Dearness Allowance).

There are ads of weekly flights from city of Bengaluru to Amsterdam, the latter is one place where the computers have breathtaking RAM. In Amsterdam the traffic is by no means sombre, and climate is largely cold, the weather can turn freak with people unwilling to flaunt their Gold. In the name of protest and those wearing vest, some items would get stolen and this would be the shape of things as has happenned in literature largely defined as Roman.

Tweets and emerging cleats

Tweets and emerging cleats

As tweets began to emerge from protesters protesting against CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) they wanted to converge at a designated spot where they could unravel the plot. Word came in that CAA was yet to be notified and the day it is dumped for good that day and ensuing season won't be brute. The time is ripe for CAA and NRC (National Register of Citizens) to be set aside so that flames of fury subside. Protests raging across country need to have a coating of calm and peaceful posturing and gathering of people should not be unnerved by repeated hectoring. On Thursday, Dec the 20th the traffic on Delhi-Gurgaon highway went out of control as Sec 144 had been on a roll. A jampacked Delhi-Gurgaon highway shared space on news channel with protests in different parts of country primarily making of those who were in the employment fray.

Demonstration primarily comprising people of varying age group; the protest at August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai on Thursday, Dec 20th kept everyone in the loop. Peaceful by all sorts, the August Kranti Maidan gathering wanted rollback of CAA and and non application of NRC across the country, and none of the acts that could ignite violence inventory.

Word came in internet services had been shut in parts of UP and other disturbed places, it was the long standing rumour that led to vandalism with most arson elements covering their faces. Rumours in times of crisis spells doom, it is time to bid goodbye to violence and emerging ruin. Word emerged that stock markets had opened at a record high on Friday as facts emerged that arson and hysteria is an aberration in a nation as diverse as India. Once CAA and NRC become history, India would be welcome by those who would celebrate and see the country on a growth trajectory.  The Govt of the day needs to put it in black and white that CAA and NRC would be set aside and let assembled innovative flight of imagination glide.

Saturday, Dec 14 Save India Rally against Citizenship Amendment Act that was not routine

Saturday, Dec 14 Save India Rally against Citizenship Amendment Act that was not routine

Post Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which transformed to Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) tally after the nation's Prez gave his assent there was Mega Save India Rally with participants primarily those who were staying on rent. This rally was organised in the heart of Delhi where you come across enough people from varying age group finding the food on table to be little to fill their belly. The turnout was huge as people were on a cruise as they listened in rapt attention to speaker after speaker release their pent up anger over country's jammer which did not let them speak their mind against CAA and the breakneck speed at which it was cleared by Two Houses of Indian Parliament that had in plenty those with the degree of BA. Internet curbs had been in place to thwart rumours whose origin and base was difficult to trace and these internet curbs were justified in a nation where political brinkmanship throws up daily to weekly surprise. For over a week or so, parts of the country have been up in flames and all indication pointed towards the need to rein in CAA in chains. CAA was not anti muslim was the die-hard message the treasury benches wanted to send; the disturbances across India made them look like hapless spectators caught in a dogfight between gents.

The treasury benches wanted to convey that those facing religious persecution at the hands of majority and this primarily meant minority, the doors were opened for them as all the three nation states Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan were Islamic entities (nothing to rue over this fact) taking decisions in haste. Political class in India needs to be on the same page as protests and reciprocal stress would drain out resources and their case and sooner CAA is nipped in the bud, alarming won't be the fut. Protests may fizzle out over a period of time this what the ruling class believes not realising this won't happen sooner and the landscape would resemble the presence of cooner. India as a nation stands divided and divisive is the agenda of CAA; the fiscal deficit having crossed the threshold is much due to Govt Employees DA.

This CAA would not have been brought in the first place was the refrain from the opposition class and they stood corrected in a nation of evolving tigers and those offering rose. Where was the need to bring the CAA when none report for work including your PA (Personal Assistant). Would this CAA have legs to stand in the court is not known, what is know is the fact that festering tension across country hits your livelihood and extending to residents of Rome. Normalcy needs to return to the North East, UP and other parts of India as violence is something that brings in dollop the wobbly nature of Feria. Shun violence, shun hatred should be the underlying goal in a nation state like India with divergent poles.

We can't provide employment and homes to our own citizens - Population in India 1300 million and counting - and here the govt managers in places as varied as Jharkhand State are talking about taking in those facing religious persecution in neighbouring nation states with full respect and giving them citizenships and by no means to be treated as Guests. You supercilious politicos of ruling class you are miles away from reality and providing citizenships to new set of ladies and gents would make you look more a class of haughty. The CAA is faulty and faulty are Govt's designs in a nation where divise politics makes the people whine. As i face imponderables as far as restoring net connection is concerned the khakiwallahs in neighbouring house is a frustrated lot who knocks your net connection now and then and who primarily stays on rent.

With Sec 144 imposed and those offering rose those defying the diktat were those who understood the implications of CAA and NRC (National Register of Citizens) and wanted to be in shoes of those who were free. The nasty elements who in the name of protest take to crime and release arson tide should be dismantled and best course would be to put internet curbs in disturbed places for long as that would snatch away from them the status of King Kong.

Hindi Movie Mardaani 2 Released In India And Its Review

Hindi Movie Mardaani 2 Released In India And Its Review 

The opening scene is of a man no less than a Monster who sees women as sexual toys to be played around. Sexually starved the Monster ravages and vandalises the women from top to toe and this is what he is best doing at with aplomb. The film has undercurrents of wild sexual assault taking place  now and then with this Monster Sunny ripping apart women of his liking or one who have hit his self esteem much to the chagrin of SP Shivani Shivaji (Actor Ms Rani Mukerji). The Monster has been hired by a politico in Kota who wants to get rid of a journo and he carries out this act by making it look as if it was a suicide and not a murder.

Having excelled in UPSC (Union Service Public Commission) exams conducted in India and undergone training at Patel Police Academy, SP Shivani has the knack to take the bull by the horn. Having visited a crime scene where a woman fell prey to nasty designs of Monster, the assaulted woman was all by herself with innumerable assaults visiting her leaving her motionless and Shivani is able to divulge that assault was the handiwork of a lefty who dragged the hapless woman before strangulating her with his belt. The script has loose ends in the sense that Shivani is not able to develop these leads to a conclusive correction with the Monster having the audacity to visit her home in her absence and vandalise her belongings.

There are three main character playing the role of senior cops, Saxena the DGP, Shivani the SP and Shekhawat the Deputy SP. Shekhawat does not see eye to eye with Shivani and on the first given opportunity bares all before the media with little knowledge of the crime that has taken place and leads that are yet to be gauged/established. The man who replaced the vendor running a tea stall opposite the Kota Police Station and serving tea to the assembled police force is again the Monster and his lefty acts go unnoticed. Scenes are in multiples where the Monster comes in direct contact with Shivani and yet the latter fails to gauge the assault and arsenal of the perpetrator. It is only by chance that when Monster having injured himself and taking this alibi comes within the striking distance of being hit by her car is when Shivani realises that this person is none other than the famed assaulter. Here as well he gives her slip and vanishes into river. There are instances of intelligence network of the police department not up to the mark and to retrieve the missing links there is quid pro quo as Shivani is only able to get to the root of the crime against journo by getting consignment cleared of a diamond merchant languishing for long in customs department who in return spills the bean on who gave orders to carry out journo's murder. Here Her upright template comes in for questioning but given the circumstances where there are no clues she is left with little choice.

Kota is the place where the crimes of sexual onslaught play out in entirety and Monster's trademark is snatching the mobile of a person known to the victim and henceforth telling them that he is in possession of mobile of the man they knew who has met with an accident and he would give them ride to the hospice where he is recuperating. Women fell for his pranks and occasionally subjects them to his dirty acts. The script doesn't gel with the reality as Monster having enough comfort level with his sexual and physical invasions is hard for police to lay their hands on. Monster running wild till the very end is a reflection on police force as there are enough occasions when juniors take pot shots at their seniors in their absence. Reflexes by Shivani is to watch out for as she is neither weighty nor lean and in between plays her character on occasions with adorable innovation. Large number of sessions in gym would have made her fighting fit and in the end when she zeroes in on the Monster she lets her rage cross all hurdles with no brevity thrown in.

Grilled by a media guy on Kadwe Sawal (Tough Questions) programme on a news channel Shivani loses no opportunity to tell that it is men in society who need to be shown the mirror and why blame or question women when it comes to they returning home late after putting in long hours at work or taking the law and order assignment which for long has been the preserve of one gender. The men by and large can't digest the fact that a woman too can take a call on crimes taking place at various places in India and can don a cop's role with ingenuity.  Despite juniors taking umbrage at Seniors SP Shivani is divined to come to their rescue and occasionally asks them to take leave when festive occasion is on.

The movie opens with a fair taking place in the city of Kota in Rajasthan State in India and climaxing at a spot where Festival Diwali celebrations are on. The movie is little over 100 minutes and should serve as a benchmark for women police officers that patience is key to success and also motivate families across India to send their daughters to police force. Women at best would be able to serve well by functioning at Senior Level; the junior mantle would be tad different and not free from graft. As for womenfolk they are on most of the occasions upright and need to be given respect for the intelligence quotient they bring on the table.

The visit to Delhi Cantt Railway Station on a Friday

The visit to Delhi Cantt Railway Station

It was on a  Friday i decided to visit Delhi Cantt Railway Station. While walking to the bus stand i came across Mr Surendra who makes his ends meet by dispensing pigeon feed. As usual he was at his best. A man of simple nature and simple deeds. Reached Nauroji Nagar bus stand and boarded a bus number 724 at 1 pm. Mr Ajeet Kumar was the bus conductor who was kind enough to give me change and broached on subjects as varied as free travel to women in DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) buses to those availing pass to make their travel more comfortable. At South Campus bus stand a large number of students boarded the bus and it was choc-a-block with passengers. There was a caution thrown around as far as women safety was concerned. There was a message in the bus to not misbehave with women passengers. There are marshals in the bus. That reminded one of air marshals taking their seats in planes and how sincere and adept (capable) they were at their task, primarily meant to thwart any hijacking or untoward incident. They better not be drunk and be alert to the proceedings.

Reached Delhi Cantt Railway Station at 1.37, Janak Setu is the bus stand for this station which is on a flyover. Mind you enough repairs have been carried on this flyover at different points of time. How steady is the structure not known. Having deboarded i set out in search for tea and tea vendor whom i met in early part of this year. I was not able to trace him and it was Mr Naresh Kumar who ran a tea stall opposite Paytm payments bank. This tea vendor was kind enough to hand over a set of black tea.

While crossing tracks came across a sole engine bearing number 16773. The station had a modern look as far as the place from where platform tickets are dispensed. The system was down and it took over 10 minutes before tickets could be dispensed. It was Ms Rupinder Kaur who handed over ticket and there was another woman who went by the name Ms Yamini.

The screen that radiated the timings of different trains was functioning and what all i could gather was the following. 09731 Jaipur Delhi Cantt Special arrived on PF (Platform) 1 at 1.20 pm, Delhi-Rajkot Express arrived at 1.37, Ala Hazrat Express arrived at 1.44 on PF 2, 19407 Ahmedabad Varanasi Express arrived at 1.57 on PF 2 (it has four set of AC coaches as well as Deen Dayalu coach), 14545 Farukhnagar Shahranpur Express arriving at 2.12 on PF 2. Delhi-Rewari Passenger arriving on PF 1 at 2.20, Delhi Jaipur Express departure at 3 pm, 12916 Ashram Express arriving at 3.48 on PF 1, 12066 Jan Shatabdi Express arriving at 4.30 on PF 1.

As one enters PF 1 there are new sets of seats/benches, more passenger friendly. The platform is squeaky clean.

The LED screen that are positioned at different places has enough messages concerning the common man. Be a part of Railways' Journey To Eliminate Corruption. Do not tolerate any type of corrupt practice. How much the common man adheres to this necessity/rule is not known. The screen lays emphasis on UTS on Mobile (Book paperless ticket through UTS Mobile app) . The steps six in all are as follows
- Download the app
- Go to app and register yourself
- Recharge your R wallet
- Book Ticket
- Select
- Show Ticket

Another message is on Dawn of a Swachh Bharat With A Clean Railway Journey. As i am supposed to leave the station i come across a large number of passengers boarding train number 74003 from Delhi Junction to Rewari Junction. There are no less number of passengers wishing to board Delhi Jaipur Special which is standing at PF 3 and supposed to depart at 3 pm. There is a poster of Electricity Saving Week from Dec 7 to Dec 14. How much is procured and how much is saved is difficult to spell.

From Janak Setu i hailed an auto driven by Mr Vipin and the auto was at a breakneck speed which most passengers would not have desired. In under 30 minutes i was at my place. This visit to Delhi Cantt Railway Station happenned after nine months and over this period there was a makeover which one could identify with. 

The Visit To Delhi Cantt Railway Station That Did Not Come About

The Visit To Delhi Cantt Railway Station That Did Not Come About


As i was all prepared to visit Delhi Cantt Railway Station, the freak weather halted my movement and brought in dollops of hesitation. The visit did not happen and and with no knowledge of trains that were to depart from this station it was time to look at the sky and ponder on a sector invigorated as aviation. There were reports by one news channel about 10 days ago that one airline was operating with malfunctioning engines and this could engineer a split in the airlines rank with enough spots in airports which could see parking of tanks. The aforementioned visit not having taken place it was appropriate to reflect on Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which was passed in a tearing hurry with none having written their WILL. As CAB was passed by India's Upper House, the agitators in North East part of India wanted their net connections restored so that they could browse. As Opposition said the passage marks a dark day and violation of Article 14 of constitution, the govt of the day wanted the North East people to learn the nuances of Bill and take the aforementioned tuition.

CAB is against The Idea Of India as speakers after speakers from Opposition camp slammed the Bill something that was passed with unnecessary zeal and will. The point to be noted is over 70 per cent of residents of North East haven't had the occasion to write their WILL and CAB is all out to give them a session of grill. North East is on a boil and hope normalcy returns to the place as residents are under curfew on their own soil. IUML (Indian Union Muslim League) and other parties have decided to file petition against CAB in Supreme Court as this was the very Court that struck down strictures passed by public at large on demonetisation starch. How weighty would be the argument in Court against CAB is not known, what is known is that law and order issue if it festers for long in the North East as some rationalists fear would make the entire region disturbed and thereby making it difficult for men, women and children to bear. No one can take away your rights is how the top leader of ruling party of India assured the residents of Assam with a bid to assuage their apprehensions perhaps the festering tension a reflection on ebb of once great nation.

The slow GDP growth is another issue hitting the headlines perhaps it won't be a spoiler in the long term as people can ill afford to be glum. AS the economy starts picking up - when and where no one knows - with perhaps signs of tumultuous times set aside, the economic revival would make a large number recall a tablet to keep vigour going necessarily called revital. This revival could still take considerable time given the non sighting of green shoots and parts of country administered by those with raging boots. As for Karnataka Juggernaut in Karnataka State in South India with the right wing party having won 12 of 15 seats in the just concluded polls, the hurry to declare your son a successor is a tale with enough holes. Dynasty Dynasts in South India would have to battle it out as public by and large are miffed with politicos and their brethren and want steady and not speedy development with least seedy denouement. As we get splashed with an ad of Be a New Yorker For A Month in New York Times, this is one paper that is truly read by those including the likes of Hawker.  Would Off the Cuff on NDTV news channel win enough audience is difficult to tell as India is a nation that is greying fast and with enough sighting of rill.

Best wishes to NDTV News Channel Staff Members, CNN News 18 Staff Members. Anchor Mr Zakka Jacob and his Face Off on CNN News 18 News Channel is not to be seen these days.