Sunday, January 18, 2009

Gloomy Economy

BAD BAD BAD are the days with recession and its para effects in the world economy.Its sad to read and see those news. From rags to riches and back to rags is the story around.The downfall in US economy has hit badly the major world economy.People losing their job, business slowing down/closing down. The lower class people are the most affected and they are so poor they cannot afford the poverty. Wish we could have n number of Mahatma Gandhi's around in this worse kind of situation atleast the Mahatma would have ensure two time meals for poor and lower embedded people. By grace of laxmi lord the creamy class are still enjoying the luxury of life, not even a single inch of compromise of the situation and getting affected by the
situation.




Wish Mr Karve's family planning deviced would have being a big hit that time, he cannot go ahead with his project. The population issue would have been resolved and Govt forced to think about the country men. The team of 5 sisters and 5 brothers is now a team of army and still going strong ahead to have atleast two kids for their lovely family with a boy and girl child or plus if two are girls, its a scary situation for India in terms of population. In rural area the factory wombs are busy churing rice paddy fields just sow them they are up in the market after nine months, no comments from me for minority community. The urban side are right now busy taking care of their retirement plans with two kids and bank balance trim full with EMI cuts.




Middle/upper class, familys are busy getting to get their kids to top most educational institutions without a second thought are we killing them internally as few ounce brain can torelate these bulky ship school bags, again worried, them to get stabilise them in their recession time and good times.




Well thats India, going with Satyam, so the greed of money has again taken toll of investors, India IT Image and many many things, as this is just the tip of IT-burg. Well currently the gentlemen on the board and employees are working to clear "Raju bangaya Gentlemen" magic to reality. I wonder how how how how can this B Rama-langda Raju, walk through straight and perfect for so many years and putting so many people in jeopardy and people losing their life savings into bulls and bears claws, what i feel there makes a real sense of M A Y T A S is the mirror image of S A T Y A M and now both cannot face each other being Mr R A J U ne U J A R diya saab ki jindagi. The greed is for 1000 crores, 5000 crores and more and more till they get really stuck in this Zero's cob web with no signs of getting out. Question is really they need that money for their current needs and life, not possible a real talented guy cannot earn so much with honesty and dignity. Truly said by Mr Narayan Murthy respect, honesty and dignity are the real crores one earns in this world. He is off the dirty linen to get washed off.



The ripling affects is more in EU and America with layoffs and layoffs everyday, so come Monday its a bad way to start the week, probably these voilent economy need to be given a second thought by Mr BO. US markets layoff is in bulk probably its a credit market where business and normal people run their day to day activites on credit cards. In India definitely the potential savings capacity is humungous which has help atleast the economy not come to zero. People in US do not have huge saving plans, since Govt takes care for their retirement plans. Also in India huge amount of black money is stored in the backyard. Probably the market should get streamline say after one year with atleast people having their regular activities on.

I am not a economist but, the feeling is like can't we set the market to neutral stage rather than always gearing up on top gear and low gear in a much safer way, this would help steady growth of all economies, cause in the above scenario the hand to mouth people get ruined away and mouth-ful of people always remain on a higher gear.Small scale industries have almost closed down their activities, with no orders around big industries scaling down their activities and seasonal business almost vanish. Pre - Christmas period seems to be a hustle and bustle period for industries in India, they get huge amount of orders during this period but this time due to recession in US, most of the units manufacturing gifts items have shut down. You can see almost major shopping malls, restaurants, departmental stores running empty with hardly any smile left on the salesman faces. The sudden gush of workforce which was running towards employment, recruitment are slashed badly.



Going forward hoping for speedy recovery of Mr.Economy, Lets wait for the best.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Traffic in Pune:

Start early morning to office is heaven on Pune roads, its winter and the thick - thin fog still gazing over the river water. Traveling through the fog, racing over the cracked road is a real experience. Riders wearing bandit queen covers on their face to protect themselves from icy winds. I consider my self lucky having metallic cover around me and get protected from winter. The good old cycle riders are having a good time generating hot waves in their body while peddling themselves. The roads in Pune are like travelling through thick and thin waterways which travels after a heavy rain. Few roads are like Hema Malini cheeks which is compared by Mr Laloo Prasadji. Some are like camel walking on the sand dunes.


Few hours later the roads are filled like a huge bunch of mice running towards a direction after a signal turns Orange, Red or Orange, Green. Center of the city in the middle of the day, the only way to move is sideway like a crab, if you drive rash you are alive end of the day, if you follow rules you end up in the grave. Be it Two wheels / Four wheels or six wheels if you can drive in Pune city, you got a license in the any part of the world. Signals and cops , they do not have any other work so they are standing on the corner of the road, watching the flow helpless.


Traveling through wide cement roads, every single day I have to see dogs who are smacked down by heavy vehicles, Remember my good days staying abroad where pet are treated more than a human being. Dogs sorry !!! canines and bulky pussy cats get treatment of a human kiddo. They too are quite discipline and walk in their own style rather than behave like our local dogs. Lucky doggies. So these smacked dogs later turned to plain flat leather.


I won’t describe much of Pune road traffic since all the readers are aware about the traffic, but need to specifically mention about red tanks the PMPML, dare you give a challenge to these tanks, you need to give them way like VIP’s convoys. Recently the mishaps have decreased; heard drivers are trained to drive the bus with valid license.


It’s a great curiosity what runs through the mind of foreign guest visiting Pune city? I asked one of my foreign guest, the reply I got was from his no expression on his face or rather what to say about Pune traffic, since some first time guest would be a state of shock such countries exist in this world.


If you go into hardcore area of Pune having narrow lanes and streets one would be amaze how these spoke less vehicles dodge each other, if you watch these scene from a satellite you will feel its like ants not running in one line and connecting there antenna’s and getting themselves away. People living besides these narrow lanes must be allergic to oxygen since they would be addicted to more carbon monoxide and carbon dixiode. Let give them pure oxygen they will be dead.


One of my cousin from US was here after a long time and as a habit he fasten the seat belt before starting the adventure trip to Pune City, I told him the cops will fine if you put on you seat belt And sitting besides me, the drive kept his mouth open and heart pounding while zig zagging through the traffic jungle. Next he awarded me WRC (World Rally Championship) award.
Rick guys are jumping jacks zoom zoom and they make you reach your destination in no time. While the ride they ensure you are jumping while sitting behind ding dong ding dong, they will ensure you are ready milkshake. The three wheeler fighter planes have extra zoom power to move around the city.


Round abouts in city are the common signs to take turn left, right, up, down.

Mumbai Travel Trip


Recently I happen to visit Mumbai.
Started early in the morning, took the normal highway till Lonavala. It was really nice to start early in the morning, nowadays the old Mumbai Pune highway is really free of traffic. I remember 10-15 years back when I used to travel by Asiad bus it took round about 6-12 hours to reach Pune or sometimes never reach. Both the ends would have serpentine queues of trucks, buses and cars. It was chaos all over.


Now it’s easy to reach both the ends. While reaching Wakad there was traffic jam as a cyclewala was knocked down and he was lying in the middle of road, a cop trying to manage the traffic. He took the guy in a six seater, I think he had passed off since his cycle was kept aside in a scrambled state. Poor guy, sometimes its their fault cause in a quick of second they show their hand to turn and get goofed up / ride in the middle of the road. Have to take a extra precaution while driving in Pune city.


Reached lonavala in a flash, stopped at a snack joint. It was really chilly in Lonavala I had to wear my overcoat to get myself warm. Had a vadapav of 15 bucks..phew that costing dude, we used to have it for Rs 2.50/- few years back on the same highway. Started on express way after Lonavala it was a smooth ride, though my car has little less power we reached chembur in another few hours.


Well here we are hot and sweating. We reached relatives apartment so as usual the fan was running at its full capacity, he was trying to keep us cool. Never mind he cannot help the situation. Cause Mumbai afternoon was like a summer one with heat at its peak. Later had a nice lunch and a little nap.


So it was time to go ahead few stations, and there I was stuck in the traffic since some tube railway work was on, the traffic was moving at snail pace.I quickly upped my a/c and was feeling little better. Near the International airport the traffic was little better. I reached my good old place where I was born and brought up. Recollected all the good old memories, still not crowded might be because of a weekend. Very much people waiting for bus with less patience. Cause in Pune people have lot of patience on the bustop. Probably I suggest the authorities to keep some recreation activities on the bus-station, so that they can have some nice time around. I have stopped travelling or rather do not travel in Pune's city bus. By the time the bus comes I make two trips to my destination on my vehicle. But if you see faces of people waiting for the bus on Pune bus-stop they are really quite and clam, even though a pack bus comes up they do not make any hurry to catch it, but in Mumbai people clamped to the bus whether they are old or young. (BEST- Bomb Errr Still Travelling) (PMT - Permanent Mental Torture). My wife still travels in Pune city bus, how is a big question, cause she reaches the destination perfectly. I keep wondering how on earth she does it. A big round of a plause to her.

Going ahead the flyover city is still struggling with traffic, cause by the time they finish with flyover build, another lakhs of monster vehicle are ready to have their jabb.I was near a location where a famous theatre was located which is demolished and it is replaced with a commercial cement block. We used to visit this theater frequently so had a good memory of it. Those were the good times with less ticket and snacks rates. We guys could afford the tickets with our pocket money and had a cheekful of snack. Now I do not dare to visit a nearby Multiplex.


Next had a overnight halt and it was still very hot and fans trying to take over the heat. I tried to pip out of the window to have some fresh air in the middle of the night but it was worse cause in the middle of the night the traffic was flowing at full and pollution at its peak. Phew guess what happens in year 2018.Had a good night sleep.


Morning 10am it started burning again, as we had destination to reach in middle of the city. Started my journey the flyovers are great in some areas so good to get rid of traffic snarls. On the highway had a glimpse of my childhood place and reached the old Airport where the Centaur Hotel was located. Its demolish now, I don’t know what its replaced with, but the Centaur Hotel had its real glory with a nice architecture, the small windows really impressed me and had huge structure, authorities should have made a monument of it, can't help cash hungry guys cannot wait to put it down. There were lot of cops on the highway in wake of the shootout at CST and Taj Mahal Hotel. Good atleast they woke up for few days.... they will be back to their old routine once things calm down. They are busy holding up poor guys and the real guys are planning their next activities with a feel free spree. Intelligence please be more intelligent to skip the politicians and reach the action guys directly.


Reached the destination for a marriage ceremony, had to encircle many a times to reach it, since there were lot of one way's coming, but people of Mumbai are enthusiastic to give proper direction for a new person who has lost his way. In Pune ask a way, you are lost what he said or it’s a blunt reply do not waste my time or it’s a reply you are mad to ask a way, puneties have lot of time to encircle the city whole day. Finally got the ceremony Hall, so it’s packed with millions of people inside, noisy, hot, music playing at its top of the voice and top of it huge hot lights. Well Pune has advantage as it has lot of Garden and open air locations for occasions, also very good location for pinic with close vicinity. Mumbaikars are not so lucky for it. Due to very hot conditions I had to take lot of cold beverages and thirsty drinks. Had a good lunch and pushed out for Pune.


I was in a hurry to reach Pune since was missing the fresh air and Chilly winter, phew at last reached Pune and gasped for fresh air and back to winter proofs. Had a nice hot vapor shot and slipped into warm blanket wear.

Breaking News

Breaking NEWS:
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Open your junkie box for the latest around you, your eyes balls keep dribbling along with breaking news scrolling plate. Whether it’s a poor child getting sucked by a tube well or stampede in a temple. So my question is what was the breaking news when we had a single relay of Doordarshan few years back. There was nothing that time to bog down your brainy wires. A single big glares news reader would read the news and vanish in few mins.

Now the screen is filled with all kind of stuff, the viewers are not really getting what to read and what not. One fine day I was watching a channel which did not had any decorations around the dummy guy, it was a very good view and I was happy to see something different.So Whats so Breaking about the News,Nothing present a mouse wearing elephant skin and trying nerves of janta, Also help people to jammed their head inside the panel. Sometimes I feel people will fall into the picture tube and end up in the borewell tube along with the kiddo, so that would be another BN.

Channel flip flip !!!The Real BN are really informative and help issue to get resolved, but its sometimes really irritating showing a snippet again again several times, its amore of cartoon film than a breaking news. Snippets like politicians slapping around, swearing around etc.A particular news came up showing un manned car traveling across the Delhi street, the channel was unnecessary stretching the news whole day, finally they displayed the trick, the man sitting besides the driver seat was driving the car stretching his feet. I feel News channel are pulling the viewers unnecessary to see the breaking news, it’s like dragging a pet dog to have bath with soap and water.

Channel flip flip !!!In crisis situation the reporters are doing a good job. Take e.g. of Mumbai floods, Bihar Floods, Mumbai bomb blast and latest Taj Mahal Hotel /CST bombarding / firing. The reporters had put their life on risk with nearly bullets swishing around them. They were present near the scene till the last terrorist was down that news really breaked me from heart, I was really helpless since wanted to do about the situation. God should have given me super power like Superman or Spiderman, I would have really cleared the situation in minutes killing each and every terrorist and saving out defence force lives. God please give me some super power !!!! Hope by now politicians must have realized the importance of our independence for which Mahatma Gandhi had fought.


Channel flip flip !!!Another good reporting of BN was Bihar floods, since reporters had put their every effort to reach the interior locations of flood affected area the ministers were busy fighting with each other to take credit of implementation of disaster management system. INDIA DOES NOT HAVE ANY DISASTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Can you hear me I am yelling it. As rightly said by Mr Ratan Tata during Taj Mahal hotel crisis, we do not have disaster management system in India, authorities in Mumbai had made some disaster management team after Mumbai floods, seems its limited only to floods and cannot be implemented to tackle flood of blood. Disaster management itself is in disaster. Going back to Bihar floods the situation was horrifying, we would have not know the situation unless the reporters would have reached there, the various news were heart rendering. Due to the diversion of the river most of the part got drowned in water. People were running for their life and ministers were busy with chopper rides and discussing issues. Once a crisis start ministers start cribbing of not having local funds and keep begging with government. There was no food available for people living in shelters; anyways Bihar is mockery of democracy. I do not know what these flooded affected people are doing now. Probably shift to Mumbai and stay on footpath and earn two square meal. Thanks Mumbai you have given a lot to endless people, sorry for bleeding you 'n' number of time. Thanks for the breaking news, another good example of politicians are here for nothing. Finally news channel people collected lot of help and delivered to affected people.

My thought goes back to British Raj, the states which are in a pathetic state should be given to British Raj on contract basis to improve there state probably another BN. (IMP Clause: Cannot rule any of the state).

Channel flip flip !!!Just to recall regarding Bihar floods, some people were yelling at the top of their voice please send Barkha Dutta to help out !!!, unfortunately she was posted in US for other reporting. Hey Barkha probably you could be next PM of India.

Channel flip flip !!!Mumbai floods no change yet, the situation remains the same people praying every year not to rain beyond limits, Best of luck for next year rains. Yet another good example of BN.

Channel flip flip !!! So how about breaking news of celebrity inpatient in a hospital. Crazy Indians please stop the disturbing the legend. He himself being a simple person has lot of blessings from everybody he will live another century with same kind of humbleness. I am sure he is jumbled tumbled with coming into BN again and again. Please let him live and work in peace. Great guy I am too his silent fan for last many many many years.

Channel flip flip !!! Never in Breaking News defence guys at end of every border of our country. They never come in news for the life and dead game they are playing every second. Siachan Glacier is only in news when VIP visits the top of the world, war zone. I think reporters cannot hold for more than few hours to have breaking news. Its truly unsung saga and not just an online gaming stuff to play.

Channel flip flip !!! 100 dead 15 injured I cannot believe that stuff with that kind a of RDX blast, the pieces of body are / cannot be counted, it’s a minced body part spread across the Taxi blast recently, we don’t know who he was and we still don’t know who he is ? The life the of chicken is far more better than human being cause he is sure to get minced someday without a thought, but we getting chopped across is something not a BN. People around the blast watching body parts falling in front of them is heinous crime than a murder. There are still body lying unidentified in hospitals.

To end with BN BLOG is hats off to the back team of all channel providing real BN, risking their life and we sitting peaceful and safely in front of telly tuby.