Some unsaid rules of Mumbai transport mechanism

1. Always stand in queues, be it train ticket counter, auto/taxi stand, bus stand etc.
2. In local train the person at gate will always make way for the people off/on boarding at station, if he blocks the way than he is to be pushed and then whatever happens to him/her is neither our responsibility nor interest
3. If you stand between the space available between two seat rows , then its your responsibility to keep everyone's bag at the place given above and if somebody vacates the seat near you, then you will be the one sitting on that seat
   
4. Auto rickshaw will charge as per meter only, no matter how short or long the distance is.
5. Its absolutely safe for girls to travel back home by train even if it is the last 1:40 am local
6. No talks with strangers while transportation, at the max hi hello..the principle is live and let live..and do not interfere
7. Always run and rush to catch your local even if it is fully empty, and also jump before the train stops if you are at gates and rush to the fob. Run run run keep running atleast walk fast.
8. Never ever attempt to eve teasing coz you will never know how many ppl(other than the gal) will kick your ass.
9. Its perfectly ok if somebody steps on your foot in train or bus. No regrets or apologies
10. Once again RUN RUN RUN...KEEP RUNNING...
    

Be Mad to be happy...

Just a thought crossed my mind...was talking to a virtual friend..fellow blogger(retired, dormant whatever) isha ray...we both were talking bout the daily torture of targets..me in TVS she in Kingfisher a nice thought came to my mind while our discussion..
I therefore quote myself..... "all that I have to do is to be partially mad...and pretend that 2moro doesn't exists and today is over...so no targets 2moro and bad day is already over" Good isn't it..
Thanks for your patient reading..
Tinu...

Poor and cheap Hindi

A thought just crossed my mind, there were some swearing I got to hear from some girls around me...
'What the fuck is goin on' .....'kiss my ass'.... 'What ?? 20 rs for this, fuck you'....'oh shit'...'screw u'...'Oh god her ass/boob cleavage was visible'....'dude u need fucking balls to do so'...and some more stuff like this

Ok so why I am writing this...now do one thing...most of these words are slangs....so say(or atleast think) the same things using their analogous Hindi slangs...This is how boys(and some gals) say..so how it sounds...cheap?? dirty?? ghatiya ladka???...and this is my problem..why same thing, when said in Hindi becomes cheap or vulgar and in English it becomes cool, hip hop or ok ok???
Thanks for your patient reading
Tinu...

They have succeeded..

Yes they have succeeded..I, a common man now fears to go out of home, board a train or bus, witness the legendary Ganpati visarjan processions of mumbai, go to some famous temple or any crowded place. Not that we stopped our daily chores, but there is a fear somewhere inside, a queer feeling that I may not come back home in one piece. I was few kms away from the bomb site in Banglore and that time it struck me that what if they planted there ill intentions 3-4 kms away from where they actually did. I have never feared death, but still I am apprehensive, would I see my roommates when I reach home..is my friend and family all right..these are some things which we always take for granted, but not anymore..and that is what these hardliner or more aptly known as terrorists want. Killing is not agenda, I guess more people die in accidents rather than terror attacks, the agenda is terror, fear.. I know you may be very brave and don't feel on the same lines as I do...congratulations , but make sure you are fearless not ignorant cause both the feelings will give same end result.. As far as I am concerned I can't ignore the fact that our intelligence has failed totally to stop these unfortunate events, the bastards are exploding lives whenever and wherever they want..Our lives are literally at the mercy of these terrorists..
Fearless as you are, but can you claim that you are cent percent assured that something like that will not occur to you or your loved ones???????????
Anyways I have to board the local to thane tomorrow just like I did today for others parts of aamchi (hope MNS agrees) Mumbai..hope to see you soon
Thanks for your patient reading..
Tinu...

Is it possible??

Is it possible to wake up free tomorow, free from the pain and misery of not speaking, agony of hearing and bearing. Free from being pushed to the wall at the corner, free from that feeling that I am small, very small, a goddamn nobody who is alive yet not living, speaking yet not saying, laughing yet not happy.

26/07/2011

What happened??

I was going through some of the blogs today..or shall we say tonight. I saw a trend, I felt more connected to posts which were more towards the practical side of life, like the one with a mention about practical problems a girl faces in periods, or the one which mentioned about boons and banes of living a nomadic life or more commonly known as being in transferable job. Offcourse love still appealed, but it was more on realistic grounds of companionship, needs and benefits of it. Posts which were highly creative (honestly), but based on unrealistic grounds hardly seemed to catch my attention..I don't believe its me who wrote the last post,(looks like a romantic poem to me and yes.... I wrote it) so what happened??? Is my job taking over me, or its like that movie "Aparichit" talking about multiple personality disorder...I guess its job, I am not sure though. During my sales training at TVS the fact came out that I am a mix of "Panther"& "Peacock"...Panthers are practical, result oriented, believe in order and discipline, they are no-nonsense people. Peacocks on the other hand are creative, fun loving party animals, they love shows and show offs....what a contradiction and I am both of them...God help my wife, who so ever she be...
So I guess the nature of my job (which is sales) is strengthening only one part of my persona.. So what, practical people can be bloggers too, what if I am more on result orientation side now.My next post will be on dealer sales person training and the differences between retail and billing targets, but is it good?? ....and would someone ever read it??....I am really doubtful...may be I should revisit this post to remind myself that somewhere inside me lies a peacock too, the one who used to dance at LBS parties from start till end, one who was given the title of Mr Tansen, the one which never gave a damn about results and concentrated more on efforts, and was contented with it, the one who once was made to drink deceitfully and people could not find the difference between pre drunk and post drunk state as both were like post drunk state only, the one who wrote the last post, "I wish"...

I wish...

I had a wish, not a very great one
I wish that I had you,
you my life, you the one,
I wish you existed, so that I could hold you in my arms
kissed you, fondled you and relished your charm.

I wish we comforted each other in summers, and celebrated winters
I wish together we dwelt in some serenity
and together we would have sailed distances beyond any dreams.
I look for you like a ship searches for a beacon light
tries to clear a mist that spreads around it and end its plight.
I do not show my loneliness,
I hide it behind the arrogance of a man
but the fact remains, behind that jovial face
hides a lonely man
I wish I could be the shoulder, you search to rest your head
I wish I wish, I wish this was true
turned into reality , all that I said
I wish that I was loved
and I wish that I loved you....