Rokh Sakho thoo Rokhlo..

'Sir, baat mein kaayade ki karta hun/ desh ke fayade ki karta hun. (Sir, I talk sense and it's all about benefiting the country.) That's Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad for you, presenting the 2007-2008 Railway Budget in parliament Tuesday with his true business acumen.

This time around, the railway minister chose to sprinkle his budget speech with Hindi and Urdu couplets, and unflinchingly began by comparing himself with Lord Krishna for bringing about a miraculous turnaround in the Indian Railways.

But the touch of modesty was not missing; he shared the credit with the railways employees.

'Lord Krishna was acclaimed as Giridhar when in a moment of crisis he lifted Mount Govardhan on his finger. However, he did this with the supporting hands of thousands of his fellow villagers,' said the minister.

'Though people are giving me the credit for the turnaround of the railways, with all humility I would like to share with the house that this miracle has been possible because of the tireless efforts of 1.4 million railway employees,' he added.

Lalu Prasad began his budget speech with a guzarish (request): 'Ho izaazat to karun bayan dil apna/ Sanjon rakkha hai maine rail ka ek sapna.' (If you allow me to, I would like to disclose my dreams for the railways in the comings years.) The Opposition was, indeed, not obliging, but he continued.

Crediting himself with ushering in a new work culture, he added : 'Navajis hai sabki, karam hai sabhi ka/ Bade fakhra se ham bulandi par aaye. Tarakki ke sare mayaron se aage/Naye dhang laaye, nayi soch laaye. (I am grateful to everyone and am very proud to have reached this stage, ahead of all milestones of progress with my innovative work culture.)

Outdoing former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in his proverbial use of verse, Lalu said: 'Maana ki badi-badi baaten karna hamen nahin aaya/ Magar dil par badi kaarigari se naam likhte hain. (I don't know how to boast about what I do, but I have the skill to write my name on people's hearts.'

Talking about the 'record-breaking performance' of the railways in the recent past, including the increase in passenger and freight earnings, and the whopping Rs. 215 billion projected profits for 2007-2008, the minister said: 'Jitna ab tak dekh chuke ho, ye to bas shuruat hai. Khel tamasha aage dekho, dariya dil saudagar ka.'

Loosely translated, it means: 'This is just the beginning. Watch out for the fun as you witness our future generosity.'

- Courtesy - Too many to mention

400 Kms 8 Hours ..Fast & Furious Just for a 15 Min stay???

Last Evening me and couple of my old buddies decided to attend a reception of one of our ex-colleague. We set off from Blore at 4.45 PM. Initially the drive wasn't that great at all for Blore Traffic is like BSNL Telephone line "aapka dial kiya gaya number Philhaal Vyasth Hain.Krupiya Thodi Dher Baad Dial Karen" . I really wonder at times why are the roads always loaded with vehicles somehow got into the city outskirts after an hours drive and then guess what, its time for my friend to shift the gears, switch on the IPod (As the FM Signal was weak) and zap through the empty roads connecting to Chittoor. It was really a good drive through those sexy S curves. we had stopped at Kolar for a while to fill fuel into our stomachs (One in a week I forget to take lunch) . It was one of the Best MD i had . The drive continues with all my favourite AR Rehman songs. I enjoy these long drives provided you have music system in your car and atleast 3 albums of AR and defintely RDB one among those. Ofcourse on the way we met lots of Einsteins (The tractors carrying tonnes of Hay) and Sardars (Lorries filled with stock ) . Overtaking everybody on our way for the roads are so smooth and good i am sure you are bound to drive only at 90-100. I didnt even realise we drove for nearly 4 hours and soon we reached the reception point. Thinking we landed up late and were cribbing that we should have started an hour early,soon we discovered that the reception has actually not begun. Quickly we grabbed our dinner and posed at the video guy who was actually walking with the switch board on his shoulder and lots of people in the queue for food as if they are some refugees who haven't had food for days( I really wonder if they are remotely related to the bride's at all) . Soon the Bride and the Groom were on their gruelling excercise of standing for the next couple of hours. We grabbed this chance since most of them are busy trying to figure out where the food is served we greeted the couple handed over the Gift, exchanged few words took couple of snaps and left from the venue. Actually the Groom was delighted to see us ofocourse he had to be for we drove down almost 200 KMS just to shake his hand and wish him good Luck for the rest of his life for he is getting married. Soon we stared, hardly we were there for 15 Mins. I never imagined in my life i will go all the way 200kms to hug a friend. Way back we encountered lots of these Huge trucks which gave us an impression the entire Car Show Rooms in Bangalore are empty , no wonder there is a steep vehicular population growth. Stopped at CCD-Cafe Coffee Day to have a MasalTea - one of the Best CCD's i have ever been to. Way was listening some of my Kishore Daa's Goldy-oldies . Soon I was back from where i sarted. Truly "The Ends never Justify the means" as we spent only 15 mins for what we set out for and 8 hours of almsot continuous drive. It was 1 Am when i hit the Bed, even in the sleep i can feel myself still in the inertia :-). Yet Again Rai I appreciate your stupendous Velocity of Driving skills.

When is V's V'Day ???

Will Mr V celebrate V-Day as his day some day? For this i think i should depend on the kindness of my so called "Princess". I always used to believe someday my princess will come, right now she took a wrong turn and lost the way and is too stubborn to ask for directions. But will she really come out of my fantasy world someday and allow me to sing "Pehlaa Nashaa..." ?
People ask me don't you you have Girl in your life? I reply i don't want a girl I want to have a "woman" in my life and she is always with me.

I can imagine she must be the cutest and warmhearted and I wish her to be part of everything i do, she is the one whom i draw inspiration from. But does she know that I love her? What is that i have to do for her to convey the message across? Why is that she is never willing to come right in front? But what if she comes will I able to tell her how much i care for her, how much i love her , how much i have been longing for her? I always wanted to tell her the very feeling itself excites me, makes me go mad, but what if someday she walks across me, will I become speechless? With all these thoughts and questions she dances gracefully deep down in my heart making me smile not only on my face but in my heart as well.

If she gives me an opportunity to show how much i love her, Will take her to all those beautiful places on the river side and just spend time hand in hand, face to face , eye to eye all day long and make her feel with just my eyes not uttering even a single word conveying, "My heart to you is already given, Oh princess, do give yours to me, We'll lock them up together,And throw away the key".

If she asks me Quantify me the Love for her, i will respond her "A hundred hearts would be too few To carry all my love for you".

Every time my mind asks my heart How long can you wait for her?, It feels "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

I am for sure some day she will realise how much I love her, for What I need to live has been given to me by the earth, But Why I need to live has been given to me by her.

The day she feels my love I will ask her "Will you be my Valentine?" and that day will be V(ijay)'s V-Day for she too has decided I am "The One" for her.

I am losing!!!

Well this is definitely not a sequel to my earlier post of the stuff lost but still the jinx of loss seems like not giving up at all. Off late the common question i am hearing is "Have you Lost......" Yes i am talking about my "Weight Loss". Though i never cared for it Whether i gain/lose weight but over the last 3-4 weeks it is bothering me a lot, as every second person i meet asks "You have grown so thin" "Have you been consciously losing or it is an unconscious loss" and many more on my very structure of my body. So to clear the doubts of these Questioners and mine i checked the wikipedia first : According to wiki - Weight Loss is in the medical context is reduction of the total body weight which can mean loss of fluid or muscle or bone mass or fat, apparently it is of two types - Intentional (Nowadays it is the Big Market just a call away...) and Unintentional. I should say i fall in the later category. Indeed it turned out to be true when i validated it quantitatively, And i really lost quite amount of weight . So it is a case of Unintentional Weight Loss and i need to act to it before the actual repercussions are initiated. But what has actually triggered this loss is it the erratic diet schedules or the burn out with those less hours of sleep? Whatever it might be i need to take care of it before this puts all the exciting stuff i do at Stake. As my friend says before you take care of every damn thing of others take care of yourself. Yes its time for me to concentrate on my diet and appetite and let me see if in the next few months i can really put on what i lost !!!!