*Grandfather with his very old memoirs, “We travelled for meager 5 Rs in train”.
*Father continued, “In those days, Train tickets were very cheap like 5 RS”.*Annoyed grandson, “You duffers, even now the cost hasn’t changed, I attend my college by paying the same price".
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What really happened?
Our Deputy prime minister MAMATA banNERJI (since she has a BAN in her name, she bans almost all proposed bills) says she will not accept a hike in price, why is she worried ? she may travel either by flight or by train, which government will take care of.
DID ANY SINGLE POLITICIAN, traveled in UNRESERVED ? or in SLEEPER CLASS ?
NO, because they are not much convenient.
No railway minister will spend his own money to revolutionize an ill fated train, all that he need is money and some brain to keep the wheels on track.
Indian railways with its enormous working force, still struggling to succeed the odds, why ? do we lack human resource ? certainly no. we lack BRAIN and we lack COURAGE and we lack some fine politicians. I thought that Rail minister would give some speech on irctct site, which is top runner for WORLD'S WORST site, nearest rival is UPSC site :D
10 years ago, price of 1 KG tomato ?
Now, price of 1kg tomato? compare it without laughing....
Every year new staffs are inducted and retired persons were given pension, money comes from tree ? or from plant ?
I just wonder, how ignorant these leaders are, all you consider is the vote bank(note not even the Swiss bank)
Now Mamata Bannerji, makes JOKE. this is a drama by congress, i wonder whether should we laugh or cry?
Already railways are going pretty fast on a wrong track and on a wrong direction.
when a minister takes a bold step, YOU FEAR FOR VOTE BUT NOT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ?
You and me will not have any problem, ticket price will not rise, but we will be traveling in train like FLINTSTONES CAR.(propelled by our legs)
Then our Mamata BANerjee will point out as, "This is an excellent drama by Satyajit ray".
LOL ..........!!!! loved every part of it :)
ReplyDeleteDeputy prime minister MAMATA banNERJI...i cannot stop laughing :P :D
what an audacity to make a mockery of the system - Mamta does that very well and so are a few horde of politicians dooming the country for their vested interests ! The moot point is what are we gonna do about it ?
ReplyDelete@saikat mbka ghoshThats true saikat :) thanks for the swift response !
ReplyDelete@Priya Sreeramthats a million dollar question, got no answer but only time can answer it :) thank you !
ReplyDeletenice take on railway budget :) laafed after reeding :P :P :P
ReplyDelete** MAMATA banNERJI ** lolzzzz :P
FLINTSTONES CAR?!?!?! i love dat idea :) :)
**railways are going pretty fast on a wrong track and on a wrong direction** TRUEEEE
ok I'm not much of a news reader and didn't get half of what you said :P , but I liked the 55 word fiction :) :)
ReplyDeletehahaha...nice one...
ReplyDeletewell we don't lack any human resource...rather we have corrupted politicians in large quantity... :O
Yea True....Really hike in all the price...not in Railway fare... Money grows in plants for Railway department :-)
ReplyDelete@Uma UthraLOL :D ya ya lets see :) thanks Uma !
ReplyDelete@NehaThank you neha :D
ReplyDelete@CYNOSURETrue that sarab :) very true
ReplyDelete@Ranjana's craft blogYou are fuming :) yeah guess so.. thanks ji :)
ReplyDeleteyup- good post deepak ! cheers
ReplyDeleteInteresting take on the issue. Good one again bro :)
ReplyDeletebro nice post,
ReplyDeletei traveled daily for my college from UJJAIN to INDORE , one side jounrney 80KM and i travels daily with train,
in my view increase in train fare is good, condition of railway is not very good but also not very bad. from last 2 years of my college i traveled in lot of trains and it seems railway need money, i also know some railway officials who says that their salary doesnot come on time.
do you know from UJJAIN to INDORE 80km ticket cost is just 13RS.
and in Indore my college is 8 km far away from railway station and city bus charges 7rs per ticket.
condition of railway is good, yes it needs more improvement and for this it needs money.
sorry if i talk more on this post.
Please BAN her jee. ;)
ReplyDeleteLoved it. :)
How can yu forget abt the gold price? its shooting lik rocket... And this Petrol? Its reaching sky now..
ReplyDelete@Priya SreeramThanks a ton again :)
ReplyDelete@Akshay Kumar Gthank you bro !
ReplyDelete@Chirag Joshi
ReplyDeleteTHANKS FOR EXPRESSING YOUR VIEWS..
why sorry for that? glad to have readers like you...
i agree with what you have mentioned above.
thanks bro
@vinayBANerjee :P lol.. TY vinay
ReplyDelete@Smile :-) drink a 7up :) cool down...
ReplyDeletei am dealing with train tickets,, not with gold :)
Train tickets? Come on i travel once in a year in train.. it doesnt really matter wit train ticket for me.. but gold nd petrol.. i do use them regularly.. see, my need differs i guess :D
ReplyDelete@Smile :-)LOL
ReplyDeletei wrote on train tickets...
Your need differs because you are in a wrong rest room :P
Ha ha ha Deepak...real good one!
ReplyDelete@AmitAagthank you sire :)
ReplyDeleteDee , your writing is a magic..loved to read..Great post..:-)
ReplyDeleteha :) thank you so much :) are you teasing ? :D
Deleteit rains in trains for the politicians for sure(rem the lalu's era). They know how to make profits from the most unpredictable things!
ReplyDeleteMamta or any other politician for that matter has no mamta for their people or anybody elese!
There is a hike in every other commodity. You are trapped and there is no escape!!!
well said :)
Deletewe are trapped !
hahaha....liked this one;)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately,I belong to the state which she represents and my house comes under the constituency(South Calcutta) that took her to the Lok Sabha for the last decade or so,but whenever I hear about these blunders, it pains me to the core.In spite of taking the oath to make our country better she has done the opposite everytime with her populistic decisions. Its time the people of Bengal understand what price they are paying to bring someone to power who needs a serious sanity check!
ReplyDeleteWell said Deepak... How many would mind paying a little extra for greater security and other facilities? One of the news channels were showing that a tkt from Delhi to Kolkata has now increased by 80 Rs or so (not the exact fig). But, in reality, how many people travel from Delhi to Kolkata 'daily'?
ReplyDeleteThe bottomline is that they dont give a **** for Aam admi. They only want the votes so that they can fill their coffers at the cost of the Common man!!!
Cant agree more with IRCTC site. The worst site in the world... I feel I've wasted half my lifetime trying to book tickets through it!
Deepak - I was really disappointed watching the news channels yest and was thinking do these politicians really care what the common man thinks or maybe they are living in a world of hallucination !!!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff boy !!
In Blr, travel ticket is cheaper than platform ticket (Platform ticket Rs 5, Blr to Yeshwantpur : Rs 2
ReplyDeleteGood Take!
ReplyDeleteMAMATA banNERJI (since she has a BAN in her name, she bans almost all proposed bills)... ROFL!!! :) nice one..
ReplyDeleteHehehe have you seen the new Amul ad with Mamta and the train? :-)
ReplyDelete@Elvira Lobo(Elli)thank you elvirah :)
ReplyDelete@Arnab MaityI can understand your feelings bro....
ReplyDeletestraight comment :)
@NishaCool down ji :) we have no other go :( sad but true
ReplyDelete@Sangeeta Reghu Nairi was shocked :( Thanks ji for your comment :)
ReplyDelete@Shrinidhi HandeLOL :) that was funny boss :)
ReplyDelete@Neeraj Kumarthanks neeraj :)
ReplyDelete@HarithaLOL :) you got it !
ReplyDelete@Suchihaven't seen :( share of possible :) thank you :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome reality check :-) Loved the post
ReplyDelete@shilpi3005thank you very much :)
ReplyDeletewaah, well said and well written... do let me know if you would like to share this post on my Mumbai Local blog. Of course with due credits and a few lines of this post with "Read More" link to your blog. My blog readers, Mumbai commuters, will really love this!
ReplyDelete@mumbai-localtrains.com I have no problems yaar :) thank you very much :) do it asap :)
ReplyDeletebanNERJ...........LOL :) fantastic write. sadly we accept all stupid/useless/illogical tantrums of our ministers. Its really really sad.
ReplyDeleteoh ho mamtha sworn deputy prime minister from your hand ah friend???sollave illa? paavan dinesh trivedi!!!!
ReplyDelete@ShamsudLOL:) well said... TY sham...
ReplyDelete@சேகர்enna nanba.. ithu theiryaatha :P naan than pathavi pramanam seithen !
ReplyDeleteBANnerji...lol!
ReplyDeleteBANerjee lol...loved the post dee...
ReplyDeleteromba kovam irukku
ReplyDeleteWhile Mamta is impractical on the fare hike issue, Congress also fished in the troubled waters by delaying the removal of Dinesh Trivedi. Similarly Pranbda presented a status quo budget- no major kike in IT exemption limit when inflation is going up. So part of the criticism against Mamta is motivated by media.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. Isn't it highly.. what's the word.. stupid for DIDI to be this stubborn about this? And now that Dinesh Triwedi has resigned. LArgest railway in the world.. stone aged too.
ReplyDeleteGood One Deepak :)
ReplyDeletePoliticians lack courage. This was a first step towards taking Indian Railways into 21st century. Thanks to some pathetic creatures, it remains a dream yet.
ReplyDeleteTimely post Deepak.
These guys are really funny Deepak if we really understand the sarcasm and satire behind them.... it was really funny article.. :)
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