This will tell you about two rickshaw pullers of NOIDA.
1. I was going somewhere from sector 12-22 bus stand, where I met this rickshaw-puller. I cant remember exactly how the conversation started. I asked him how much he makes for a day? He replied that he is able to make somewhere around 140-150 a day after spending for his food. The conversation started from here and then it went on. He told me that he is from some village in central UP and that he lives here with his family. He had one boy n a girl. He told me that he used to work in some factory before starting rickshaw. I asked him why he left that job n decided to pull a rickshaw instaed, as that would have been a more guaranteed source of steady income. He said that he dint wanted to hear the abuse of supervisors n feel always fear of loosing job, as used to happen. He told me that work there was more tiresome with abusive behavior of overseers and then stop it a sense of job insecurity. It was then that he decided that he will better pull a rickshaw and feel independent. Somehow there was a sense of pride in him which I also liked. Then I asked him whether he sends his children to school or not? As I feared that he may be spending his moeny in liqour n rest. Then came the answer which moved n shoked me. He said to me that he sends his children to an english medium school, obviouslynot so big but that is an english medium school! This answer left me speechless for a moment. I was here witnessing a man who was doing everything to educate his children and that also in english medium. he understood the importance of education n moreover of studying in an english medium school. I was moved. I asked him ho he manages to pull his chores n family with that. He told me that he has a piece of agricultural land back at home(his village), which he has put on rent. some other family there ploughs his land and he gets a share of that. This way he is able to do this all. This system of "plogh-on-rent" (i dont know the exact term) is prevalent in India at large.
He really left me amused and I thought of enquiring as to how much was he speaking the truth. I was late and I couldnt offer hima nything but just said that keep up thwe good work and may be if sometime I will meet you again, I will see to that how much true you are in this. He nodded in positive and then I went away.
The most striking about this was that he was sending her girl to the same school as his boy. This was a relief to me as in India, today also we se female foeticide. He was poor yet he wanted education for his child be it boy or girl. I still see n hear coutless stories from some affluent regions of India where girl child are seen with a humiliation. In Rajasthan, parts of MP, affluent people of well to do family still want just a boy. Its still prevalent in many villages of India.
I do hope someday, the spirit that rickshaw puller had, spreads to many more like him who will understand the value of education n value of a girl child.
I want to be alive n young to see that India!
2. The secodn is a bit short story. I was returning some day from sector 21 when I hired a rickshaw. As I reached my destination, which was a red light crossing. He asked me can I get down here, instead of crossing the red light as "mujhe right jaana hai". I said ok. At the same moment, the light went green and he moved his rickshwa to cross the light. As I crossed the light on rickshaw and get off it, he smiled and said "Dont mind". I was stuck! He is speaking english! I was paying him and asked where he learnt that english? He again smiled and said "Good night" and went away.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Evil Carnage
I dont why some ppl have always to show their evil spirits inside them? Y the hell they cant live life as it is in a simplistic manner without any hatred or feelinf of conceit n betrayal for others? Why they always love evil? God knows..
And I dont understand why God doesnt punish them?
But you know bloody ****** you will not get away with it. You will have to pay for it here n in this life only coz you all are not going to get another life .. coz I believe in God and I pray that he shows no mercy to you all..
F*** you all
And I dont understand why God doesnt punish them?
But you know bloody ****** you will not get away with it. You will have to pay for it here n in this life only coz you all are not going to get another life .. coz I believe in God and I pray that he shows no mercy to you all..
F*** you all
Monday, November 20, 2006
NCR story continues
So I gave you all a brief history about NCR. Now that was a preface for this piece of writting.
Recently, to be precise last week Delhi and UP government entered into a deadlock much to the discomfort of commuters in NCR. The Delhi governement has denied a request by UP transport dept, to run UP transport buses in Delhi from UP satellite towns. This means that UP wanted to run UP transport corp buses from Ghaziabad and NOIDa n other towns to New delhi railway station, airport n different parts of city. This was outright unacceptable to Delhi govt (transport ministry). Delhi government objected to this. UP transport minister visited on last wednesday, better said tried to visit Delhi CM sheila dixit, but he failed. The CM cant get time for him. This furiated UP minister and he announced that if Delhi wont allow them to run their buses in Delhi, DTC buses wont be allowed to enter UP. Hell broke loose for commuters like me and thousand others, who live in NOIda,GZB and work in delhi or vice versa. It happened. From friday morning DTC buses were caught on entering in UP. To add to our woes, Delhi government instead of talking to UP govt declared that DTC buses wont ply in UP any more.
Worst-hit?? Us, the common man..citizens who cant own a vehicle of their own. Its true that private buses are playing but obviously the load has all of a sudden increased on these and private buses are not someone looks up to. Reason being the arrogance n hooligans operating them. You will have to hear them shouting, abusing, pushing n pulling passengers, which makes me sick n angry n fills more hatred for these locals of Delhi n ghaziabad n noida who dont even know "how to speak".
The midless steps by UP govt, I must say coz UP doesnot have its own city transport service. It has left this on the mercy of DTC for long and had just focussed on inter-state buses. This impasse created is causing misery and none of them are reay to relent.
I thought that at least UP gov will start rolling out buses for local ferrying after this but no. I am guessing what the UP minister is thinking? Why cant he run buses for inter city transportation? Why is he so keen on running buses to delhi, when he cant run buses in noida and ghaziabad? So silly of him.
These politicians can never do good to people. They just add to or misery. They are comfortable in their cars and seldom give a thought to citizens pleasure n comfort.
The whole concept of NCR was to create a larger metropolitan but the basic infrastructure is missing at large. If you are living in NOIDA or Gurgaon and travelling by train then you will have to cough up hard money for reaching your home or reaching dtation. The auto or taxi walas will upright decline you if you aks them about going to ggn or noida. If one in ten gets ready, he will charge you heavily. These all things are overlooked by all govts. They are not keen on providing a transport system so that one can travel freely in NCR. If this was to be done then what was the reason for creating this concept of NCR? Why dont we do away this concept then? Haryana gove is just too happy about success of Gurgaon, but is not at all worried about transport situation in gurgaon. People there have to suffer so much in absence of good transport infra. But Govt will never pay attention to this. Its happy on getting rave reviews about malls of ggn.
What knid of modern civilization is this, when we are not having transport facilities? Who the hell syas that these are world class cities? World class cities are not so, where travelloing becomes night-mare for one.
I do hope that someday this situation will get better and pray that it comes soon
Recently, to be precise last week Delhi and UP government entered into a deadlock much to the discomfort of commuters in NCR. The Delhi governement has denied a request by UP transport dept, to run UP transport buses in Delhi from UP satellite towns. This means that UP wanted to run UP transport corp buses from Ghaziabad and NOIDa n other towns to New delhi railway station, airport n different parts of city. This was outright unacceptable to Delhi govt (transport ministry). Delhi government objected to this. UP transport minister visited on last wednesday, better said tried to visit Delhi CM sheila dixit, but he failed. The CM cant get time for him. This furiated UP minister and he announced that if Delhi wont allow them to run their buses in Delhi, DTC buses wont be allowed to enter UP. Hell broke loose for commuters like me and thousand others, who live in NOIda,GZB and work in delhi or vice versa. It happened. From friday morning DTC buses were caught on entering in UP. To add to our woes, Delhi government instead of talking to UP govt declared that DTC buses wont ply in UP any more.
Worst-hit?? Us, the common man..citizens who cant own a vehicle of their own. Its true that private buses are playing but obviously the load has all of a sudden increased on these and private buses are not someone looks up to. Reason being the arrogance n hooligans operating them. You will have to hear them shouting, abusing, pushing n pulling passengers, which makes me sick n angry n fills more hatred for these locals of Delhi n ghaziabad n noida who dont even know "how to speak".
The midless steps by UP govt, I must say coz UP doesnot have its own city transport service. It has left this on the mercy of DTC for long and had just focussed on inter-state buses. This impasse created is causing misery and none of them are reay to relent.
I thought that at least UP gov will start rolling out buses for local ferrying after this but no. I am guessing what the UP minister is thinking? Why cant he run buses for inter city transportation? Why is he so keen on running buses to delhi, when he cant run buses in noida and ghaziabad? So silly of him.
These politicians can never do good to people. They just add to or misery. They are comfortable in their cars and seldom give a thought to citizens pleasure n comfort.
The whole concept of NCR was to create a larger metropolitan but the basic infrastructure is missing at large. If you are living in NOIDA or Gurgaon and travelling by train then you will have to cough up hard money for reaching your home or reaching dtation. The auto or taxi walas will upright decline you if you aks them about going to ggn or noida. If one in ten gets ready, he will charge you heavily. These all things are overlooked by all govts. They are not keen on providing a transport system so that one can travel freely in NCR. If this was to be done then what was the reason for creating this concept of NCR? Why dont we do away this concept then? Haryana gove is just too happy about success of Gurgaon, but is not at all worried about transport situation in gurgaon. People there have to suffer so much in absence of good transport infra. But Govt will never pay attention to this. Its happy on getting rave reviews about malls of ggn.
What knid of modern civilization is this, when we are not having transport facilities? Who the hell syas that these are world class cities? World class cities are not so, where travelloing becomes night-mare for one.
I do hope that someday this situation will get better and pray that it comes soon
NCR
National Capital Region is a metropolitan area, which icnludes New Delhi, Delhi, Delhi Cantonment along with satellite towns which came into existence all along borders of Delhi viz NOIDA, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Greater NOIDA, Ghaziabad.
The motive of developing a region called NCR was to create settlements for increasing influx of people coming to Delhi. Since Delhi was already having no space for extension, so GOI thought of developing satellite towns on the borders of Delhi, which lied in other states. The genesis of the National Capital Region lies in the recommendations of the first Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) notified in 1962 wherein, a broad area consisting of the Union Territory of Delhi and a few ring towns around it was conceived for being developed as a metropolitan region to reduce the population pressure on Delhi.
The area of the NCR is as follows:
NCT Delhi: 1,482 square kilometers
Haryana
Seven districts - Gurgaon, Rewari, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Panipat and Jhajjhar, comprising 13,413 square kilometers
Uttar Pradesh
Four districts - Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut and Baghpat, comprising 10,853 square kilometers
Rajasthan
Alwar district, 7,829 square kilometers
The motive of developing a region called NCR was to create settlements for increasing influx of people coming to Delhi. Since Delhi was already having no space for extension, so GOI thought of developing satellite towns on the borders of Delhi, which lied in other states. The genesis of the National Capital Region lies in the recommendations of the first Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) notified in 1962 wherein, a broad area consisting of the Union Territory of Delhi and a few ring towns around it was conceived for being developed as a metropolitan region to reduce the population pressure on Delhi.
The area of the NCR is as follows:
NCT Delhi: 1,482 square kilometers
Haryana
Seven districts - Gurgaon, Rewari, Faridabad, Sonepat, Rohtak, Panipat and Jhajjhar, comprising 13,413 square kilometers
Uttar Pradesh
Four districts - Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut and Baghpat, comprising 10,853 square kilometers
Rajasthan
Alwar district, 7,829 square kilometers
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Cut the crap
How can one say that "Capital punishment should be abolished" ? There no moral right to say that to any one. I read in the newspaper as an activist, who is against it, saying that "we dont have any moral right to take someone's life". I would like to ask her and rest of Anti capital punishment activists that do we have moral right to "rape someone?" or "to murder someone" or "to commit mass murders"?
HOw would they feel if someone from their family would be raped or murdered? I dont think that they will want that person to be let free after serving 10-15 years in prison.
The point is that Capital punishment does infuses a fear in criminals to some extent. People question this by saying that there is no decline in the crime rate and all that. But why dont you see that how many of the criminals who were let off after serving prison turned into good human beings. Why not have a srurvey on that first? Indian law and criminal penal codes are alreasy very relaxing when compared to other countries. Rape is considered the most henious crimes in arab countries where they kill the person in front of millions and that too cruelly. That just gives terror in people's mind and they feel the chill before commiting such things. The reason is that since these crimes are henious so their offenders should also be punished in the most serious of ways possible.
National Human rights commision always tries to save such people from being hanged. It should be taking up issues at root level and not try to come in news after highlighting themselves for trying to save someone who dint deserve a life. NHRC should be concerned about poor people who are exploited by rich and affluent strata of society. They should be talking about about basic amenties for villagers in tribal and rural backward areas. After all they are HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. Aint they?
But eveyonw wants to come on newspaper front page. ANd obviuosly you will get your picture on cover if you are against capital punishment.
Why cant people see that th crime they have committed has made life hell for the dead's relatives, friends and well wishers. Can they do something for them? Can these anti capital punishment activists wipe the tears off Priyadarshini Matoo's family members and their agony they have been suffering for do long? Can they? No. they cant.
Can they bring back the killed [police andf army personnel in parliament attack. No. Will they come ahead to help the dead's families? No they wont.
Coz the only thing they know is shout, demonstrate and forget.
But I know that I am for it and will be for it.
HOw would they feel if someone from their family would be raped or murdered? I dont think that they will want that person to be let free after serving 10-15 years in prison.
The point is that Capital punishment does infuses a fear in criminals to some extent. People question this by saying that there is no decline in the crime rate and all that. But why dont you see that how many of the criminals who were let off after serving prison turned into good human beings. Why not have a srurvey on that first? Indian law and criminal penal codes are alreasy very relaxing when compared to other countries. Rape is considered the most henious crimes in arab countries where they kill the person in front of millions and that too cruelly. That just gives terror in people's mind and they feel the chill before commiting such things. The reason is that since these crimes are henious so their offenders should also be punished in the most serious of ways possible.
National Human rights commision always tries to save such people from being hanged. It should be taking up issues at root level and not try to come in news after highlighting themselves for trying to save someone who dint deserve a life. NHRC should be concerned about poor people who are exploited by rich and affluent strata of society. They should be talking about about basic amenties for villagers in tribal and rural backward areas. After all they are HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. Aint they?
But eveyonw wants to come on newspaper front page. ANd obviuosly you will get your picture on cover if you are against capital punishment.
Why cant people see that th crime they have committed has made life hell for the dead's relatives, friends and well wishers. Can they do something for them? Can these anti capital punishment activists wipe the tears off Priyadarshini Matoo's family members and their agony they have been suffering for do long? Can they? No. they cant.
Can they bring back the killed [police andf army personnel in parliament attack. No. Will they come ahead to help the dead's families? No they wont.
Coz the only thing they know is shout, demonstrate and forget.
But I know that I am for it and will be for it.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Am I discreet?
Not really..I tried but I failed..reason being I was not able to oversee all thats going on in front of me...I know its delicate but I tried to handle this delicately..I tried desperately that I choke the problem before it becomes an annoyance for me. But I failed or better say the other person was never really ready to give up.
I dont know whats going on. but I am afraid coz slowly n slowly every bad dream is soming in front of me as reality n the reluctance to do part is the biggest factor which makes me paranoid..I dont know whats gonna happen to me..it all rests with her but she doesnot wants to relent...
the more you stick the more u are involved the more u will be in trouble the more u will be disturbed..
Please hang on ..I plead as I bleed but no ears are there to listen to me...
even God has shut his ears..I just dont want to loose as I wont be able to live
I dont know whats going on. but I am afraid coz slowly n slowly every bad dream is soming in front of me as reality n the reluctance to do part is the biggest factor which makes me paranoid..I dont know whats gonna happen to me..it all rests with her but she doesnot wants to relent...
the more you stick the more u are involved the more u will be in trouble the more u will be disturbed..
Please hang on ..I plead as I bleed but no ears are there to listen to me...
even God has shut his ears..I just dont want to loose as I wont be able to live
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Ride Back
It was Tuesday and I was working in office at 8 PM. This week is going too hectic. I am burdened with load which I took for myself, but I am enjoying too. I had been offered a lift to home by Jagesh, who owns a car, WagonR.
So at 8:15 we left the office and for the second time I was riding back home in comfort of AC. As we approached the red light crossing on highway for a turn towards sec 37, Jagesh asked me that do I like the song which was playing in the CD player. I was totally unaware about that song. I said that I havent ever heard this song. He said how come, this is so popular?? My reply was that I dont listen much to hindi songs. The he said 'Wah bihari!'
That was as usual a slap on face for being from bihar. I dont know whay ppl seem to ill treat people from bihar? have they committed any crime by coming and working here in NCR? Why are they always abused? Just for being quite in this alien land of Jats and gujjars and of inhospitable and inhuman natives of ghaziabad and delhi and haryana who dont even know the baiscs of speech and the way to talk. The bus conductors, the auto wallahs every one seem to abuse any one as a bihari. The irony is that all the factories n shops n construction activities are driven by labours and people from bihar! If all vacte this NCR region then all these people who always abuse biahris will come on road and will start their days in agony as everything will come to a grinding halt!!
Even educated people seem to have hatred for biharis. That is obvious as biharis are succesfull in every field. No one can see them as auccessful n powerful. So the best they think is to humiliate them and mock them.....
But I dont give it a damn and I had smiled when jagesh said that. I said ya I m deeply devoted to english music and i follow hindi music very less. I kept talking of here and there and then he asked about Enigma..I said yup ..play on i am a grt fan....When he started playing enigma...I was like tears in my eyes as I was remembering college days..was remembering her....
Her!!!
Ahhhh Icant write more..lemme recollect more about her
So at 8:15 we left the office and for the second time I was riding back home in comfort of AC. As we approached the red light crossing on highway for a turn towards sec 37, Jagesh asked me that do I like the song which was playing in the CD player. I was totally unaware about that song. I said that I havent ever heard this song. He said how come, this is so popular?? My reply was that I dont listen much to hindi songs. The he said 'Wah bihari!'
That was as usual a slap on face for being from bihar. I dont know whay ppl seem to ill treat people from bihar? have they committed any crime by coming and working here in NCR? Why are they always abused? Just for being quite in this alien land of Jats and gujjars and of inhospitable and inhuman natives of ghaziabad and delhi and haryana who dont even know the baiscs of speech and the way to talk. The bus conductors, the auto wallahs every one seem to abuse any one as a bihari. The irony is that all the factories n shops n construction activities are driven by labours and people from bihar! If all vacte this NCR region then all these people who always abuse biahris will come on road and will start their days in agony as everything will come to a grinding halt!!
Even educated people seem to have hatred for biharis. That is obvious as biharis are succesfull in every field. No one can see them as auccessful n powerful. So the best they think is to humiliate them and mock them.....
But I dont give it a damn and I had smiled when jagesh said that. I said ya I m deeply devoted to english music and i follow hindi music very less. I kept talking of here and there and then he asked about Enigma..I said yup ..play on i am a grt fan....When he started playing enigma...I was like tears in my eyes as I was remembering college days..was remembering her....
Her!!!
Ahhhh Icant write more..lemme recollect more about her
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Second Stint
Here I am. Back to the Blog world in a new Avatar. I have transitioned from a world which i will call fairy world to a world of bitterness, challenges, Proactivity, Dare, Goals, Results and Appraisals. I will explain each word as they have meant something when i keyed in them here.
So, where do i start from?
Hmm so first thing first, I have joined the corporate bandwagon by joining my company 0n 19th June. I will write separate blogs to tell you all about the happenings and feelings from day1 :)
The second thing I said was that I have transitioned from a fairy world to an altogether different kinda world. The college life was really a fairy land. It was so great to be with our friends around us all the times. The lectures, tut and labs all seem so tempting to me now. At least we were with our loved ones all the times. I am missing those sweet days. The mischiefs that we did and always looking for fun. Those bunking classes for movies, sleeping in the afternoon and well many more reasons. The night outs or late nights. Those CS matches. The FeVeR clan and server. The IPMsg..aaaaah theres so many things to jot down here :(
I even miss the ambience. The food of Annapurna which was so disgusting to all when we were there seems good to me now. Coz here i cant get a proper meal. I miss the LAN where i cud have accessed so many machines over the network ;)
I miss the beauty n the beast :P I miss the Orchard de noble and the lawn, stage and volley court. The New Lab where I was the mentor..
Above all I miss all friends, class mates, some teachers, LRC and every person down there in JIIT.
That was the fairy world. And here I have entered corporate world where no one can be friend, everyone is just ready to stab u in the back. No fun no sun :P There no space to beinf Active now, you have to be 'Proactive' as we were told in the Induction trg. Then you have to think abt goals appraisals. Prev we cared abt grades now care abt r goal too coz thats how u will be measured up the scale.
Dare or Die is the motto. It somewhat remains the same but with a twist ;)
Happy days ahead to all of you
So, where do i start from?
Hmm so first thing first, I have joined the corporate bandwagon by joining my company 0n 19th June. I will write separate blogs to tell you all about the happenings and feelings from day1 :)
The second thing I said was that I have transitioned from a fairy world to an altogether different kinda world. The college life was really a fairy land. It was so great to be with our friends around us all the times. The lectures, tut and labs all seem so tempting to me now. At least we were with our loved ones all the times. I am missing those sweet days. The mischiefs that we did and always looking for fun. Those bunking classes for movies, sleeping in the afternoon and well many more reasons. The night outs or late nights. Those CS matches. The FeVeR clan and server. The IPMsg..aaaaah theres so many things to jot down here :(
I even miss the ambience. The food of Annapurna which was so disgusting to all when we were there seems good to me now. Coz here i cant get a proper meal. I miss the LAN where i cud have accessed so many machines over the network ;)
I miss the beauty n the beast :P I miss the Orchard de noble and the lawn, stage and volley court. The New Lab where I was the mentor..
Above all I miss all friends, class mates, some teachers, LRC and every person down there in JIIT.
That was the fairy world. And here I have entered corporate world where no one can be friend, everyone is just ready to stab u in the back. No fun no sun :P There no space to beinf Active now, you have to be 'Proactive' as we were told in the Induction trg. Then you have to think abt goals appraisals. Prev we cared abt grades now care abt r goal too coz thats how u will be measured up the scale.
Dare or Die is the motto. It somewhat remains the same but with a twist ;)
Happy days ahead to all of you
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