God saves Western Railways...

With the construction going on full swing in both Nallasopara & Virar, the other side, commuters are facing lots of inconvenience to commute towards Churchgate early morning. There has been a complete chaos early morning during pick hours. All trains come after a hault at Vasai Road and Nallasopara and so people from both station abroad the local. For a person residing in Virar cannot even enter into the rake when the local becomes Virar-Churchgate Fast. Anyhow he manages to enter the local, he will have to stay in standing position until Mumbai Central or Charni Road when local gets emptied. All the regular passengers would say to their friends,

"BHAU.. YA NA.. 

IKDE BASA NA.... 

BHAU. PUDHE SARAK NA.... 

MI BASLO. BASA TUMI...... ARRE BASA NA."

Superwomen of Bombay

And we cannot even protest them as they are locals and we become weak. There is no planning by Indian railways to control crowd of Western Suburbs. The new bombardier local which was to be started on 26th January has still not come on tracks. There is no further announcement on it. The Churchgate- Virar elevated railway plan has been put on hold. It looks like the plan will be cancelled. The 6th line between Mumbai Central & Borivali where WR was planning to run 10 locals during pick morning & evening hours has been put on hold after slum dweller protest.

The thing is that the condition of people communicating between Virar & Churchgate has become even worse than cattle. Numbers of people die everyday we don't know, their relatives are compensated or not we don't know and when will we meet with an accident, we don't even know. The life is always on the edge and the Western Railway's role is more like a Kumbhkarna who is taking a nap, waiting something to be happened....

Changing times

The time has been changed and it changed really fast. Everything has come under a single smart phone that has affected people's lives the most. Around 2008, when I started travelling in trains from Valsad to Surat, it was a time when people used to listen songs loudly in their china made phones which might have 8 to 16 in built speakers. Then came Bluetooth, by which small media was transferred from one device to other. Later came 3gp video format. I still remember many people used to have desi porn content carrying in mobile and discussed with each other,

"Arre woh Kosamba wala kand dekha kya? Nahi? Bluetooth chalu kar abhi bhejta hoon."

Just like this life was anyhow running in public transport. Later I went Delhi where people in metro are not allowed to play songs. So I forgot how the people behaved in trains in Gujarat. When I came back from Delhi spending 2 years, China made phones were replaced by android devices (we call them smartphones). These phone has got MX player that has the ability to play all types of video formats. So people downloaded movies which were available on sites and kept on watching them. As the time was running, the technology in android devices has even become more friendly.

Surfing with smartphone or suffering with smartphone? :)

Nowadays you can transfer any size files from one device to other in a blink of an eye. The technology has made phones smarter but see on the other side, people have lost smartness. Just before all these stuff, there was a different atmosphere in trains, especially in Mumbai local, people used to play cards, have gup shup until their destinations, they sang bhajans etc etc. But now everything has been changed. Everyone has the expensive smart phone that has maximum features. Today, if the movie is released at 11 am, it's copy arrives in market by 2 am. And it is even free on cost. By 8 am, the file has been copied thousand times! People do not talk to each other, the keep looking into devices. Candy Crush, WhatsApp, Facebook and other applications never allows one person to look above. Necks are always down and so the attitude is higher.

A good friend is the best gift :)

Sometimes you think you'll be fine by yourself
'Cause a dream is a wish that you make all alone
It's easy to feel like you don't need help
But it's harder to walk on your own

You'll change inside when you realize

The world comes to life and everything's bright
From beginning to end when you have a friend by your side
That helps you define the beauty you are
When you open your heart and believe in the gift of a friend
The gift of a friend

Screenshot from the song "Gift of a friend"

Someone who knows when you're lost and you're scared
There through the highs and the lows
Someone to count on, someone who cares
Beside you wherever you'll go

You'll change inside when you realize

The world comes to life and everything's right
From beginning to end when you have a friend by your side
That helps you define the beauty you are
When you open your heart and believe in the gift of a friend

And when your hope crashes down
Shattering to the ground
You, you feel all alone
When you don't know which way to go
And there's no signs leading you home
You're not alone

The world comes to life and everything's right
From beginning to end when you have a friend by your side
That helps you to find the beauty you are
When you open your heart and believe in
When you believe in
You can believe in
In the gift of a friend...

In case you're single this Valentine :)

I always think when Valentine is near that I would have my Valentine this day but I have always remained single. But this day never distract me seeing other lovers. This is the day not just meant to be for the lovers but this day is for all. Singles can celebrate with joy rather than being jealous seeing your friend and crush in a relationship. I have an idea for all you people who are single and worried about Valentine Day. Here are the best ways how you can celebrate it alone.

1)      If you have a car or bike, you can go for a long drive and visit your favorite spot (excluding lovers point). There should be immense peace or surrounded with greenery or visit a temple if you are having faith in God.

2)      Pick up a book. I must recommend a book that will inspire you except the novels. There is a particular time to read novels but you must have to read inspirational literature in order to decrease the anxiety of a Valentine day.

3)      Find Children. Children are gift of god. When they are around, you can easily overcome the unnecessary worries and pains. When you see a child smiling around, I bet you can’t stop yourself from being satisfied.

4)      You have an idiot box at home. Now LED Tvs have USB Port too. You can easily play your favorite stuff on TV and enjoy it. This is one of the best ways to throw out all your worries.

5)      If you have got cute pets, more like a puppy or kitten, you can take it out and spend time with those innocents. Animals are truly best friends of human beings. Your girlfriend might cheat you on 15^th Feb after she receives a gift but animals won’t.

These are simple five steps to enjoy V’Day if you are single. But be happy and free. Don’t worry about anything. You will definitely get your Valentine very soon. Remember mother Gothel of Tangled,

“ALL GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO WAIT”