i have a solution for the petrol hike!. i feel, the amount of fuel we waste in stupid traffic can be minimized if we follow some kind of discipline while driving. and the infrastructure on popular roads, where there is high volume of traffic must be outstanding, then i think we can tolerate the current fuel price hikes..

Betaa success ke peechee mat bhaago... run after excellence
- Baba Ranchod das

Indian Railways

A few stats about Indian Railways will blow out any ones' minds..Like the volume of passengers it carries and the low fare and number of employees in the organisations..
However, There are few things IR is taking people for granted.Simply put it is a pain to travel in IR.
If i have to travel a simple 700 Kms, I need to book tickets in 1 Month advance and even then Im not sure of a confirmed berth
If i have to travel to place like patna from hyderabad,I need to book at least 3 months in advance.
How ridiculous it is..
The cleanliness of stations,compartnments sucks.
And the funda of RAC!.I think no one on a RAC berth ever got a confirmed berth after boarding the train!.How silly, that no one ever cancels their journey after booking tickets!!..
I feel it is high time to ramp up the rail commutation facilities in India. Like identifying heavy volume routes and introduce VERY HIGH SPEED trains..
Japan war ravaged country got HIGH SPEED trains withing <20 years after the war.China has them!.
I feel this change has to happen at the massive pace.

"What can you say?How stupid can I get?.I jumped off a perfectly good plane"!..
I asked the person with whom i was doing the tandem jump?.Who is going to jump first?. He said your friends will jump first. So I was superficially relaxed as I'll see how my friends do it , so that i can be more comfortable. In my mind, I was dead nervous...
Suddenly Evil,said move forward put your arms across your chest and jump. I thought. oh shit. I've to jump first!!!!..For the first time I felt indeed the phrase "heart sinking feeling" is indeed correct.. And I jumped :-) Jumped of a plane!! from 18000 Feet.
The moment i jumped, gravity. 9.8m/s2 was in action!.. I picked up a speed of almost 200 kmph. with a chilly wind gushing across my face. I couldn't feel anything but excitement. All the fue ndas i learnt in school, "Terminal velocity" was the speed at which i was falling down!!
I was FLYING!! :-)..

Multi lingual support

A: kkjdkajjjjljl (some thing in kannada)
B:kjkdjsakjdsklaj(replies in kannada)
C:This bus goes to Vidyapeeth??(Asks A&B in kannada)
A:??????
B:????##????
C:Dude,Thats all kannada I know.Let us speak something common :-)

Exchanged garlands

Raga is a fantastic carnatic singer.Ever since I've known her I always wanted to attend her concert.Now,here is the chance, she got an opportunity to provide vocal support to a leading carnatic singer, Ananth Sarma.
Both of us felt it is a wonderful privilege to share stage with such an accomplished singer of our times.However we were wary of how his wife might spoil our happiness.With a meager knowledge about singing she is used to pampering of all wannabe singers who wanted Ananth Sarma's attention.She even insisted Raga to put a garland around her neck,once Ananth Sarma's felicitation was done.
It was a packed concert,Which started with varanams and lot of expermentation on raagas,and patrons were enjoying and more than any one else I was enjoying live music by Raga.
Looking at a lot of flashes going on there suddenly something flashed in my mind.Raga wanted me to click some photographs of her in her green saree,in which she was looking dashing and was the centripetal force of the event.I called up my brother to fetch a camera.
Once Ananth Sarma was done,He asked Raga to continue the concert .Startled at Ananth Sarma's gesture Raga was about to start. Only if Mrs Sarma had not interrupted and expressed her interest to sing in the event.I was terribly disappointed and angry too. Amidst all the booing and paper cup throwing Mrs Sharma was relentlessly trying, mincing and butchering the song ,while Raga as promised to Mrs Sharma was supporting her with all her modesty.
Swara alapana is the crown part in the carnatic songs,Raga could not tolerate Mrs Sharma butcher the song and took over and sung the swaram ri ri ga ma ri ga ma pa ma ga ma ri sa riiii.............. so fast and so clear and so accurate that the crowd jumped from their seats and burst into applause,Ananth Sarma himself came over and blessed Raga.My eyes became wet,Proud,just to know her.
While I was in parking Raga came to me running with a huge bunch of flowers in her hand

successful people like AR Rahman always get a second chance