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When India lost to Maharashtra

images of soiled Amitabh Bachchan pics greeted me as i opened the newspaper, the television channels went into overdrive to show how Bachchans posters were being torn and burnt all over mumbai and maharashtra.

the anti-social elements had again got their fodder. the so called secular lobby was up in arms, they were punishing and asking for more punishment for an indian citizen. The Crime : Speaking in Hindi in India.

The vulnerable bachhans yielded to the pressure and criticism mounted on them. "we are ready for punishment" was the reply from their side.

Wait ! why an indian should be sorry for speaking in hindi in any part of india ? and why should any indian be punished for speaking in hindi ? what a shame !!

What Raj Thackery & Co are doing in Maharshtra is simply anti-social, anti-national, moreover anti-india. they dont have guts to ask maulvis to teach marathi in madarsaas, nor they can do anything when urdu is impsed from mumbai to vidharbha to konkan. may be in pro-muslim mean secularism.

I expected fellow indians in maharashtra to come in support of bachchan, but their silence was in some way nod to the goondagardi of raj and his ilk supporters. It was shameful to see some globetrotter ellite intellectual class also talking in pro-raj thackery language.

If Raj Thackery was right in mumbai then what is wrong in Taliban in Afganistan ? If Raj Thackery is right by harming and beating helpless northindians, then what is wrong with separatists movement in Kashmir ?
If Mumbai behaves in the way Raj Thackery behaves then what is wrong in a naga boy refusing to sing the national anthem or asking people to accept Mahatma Gandhi statue in Kohima .

Nothing can be more shameful than an Indian apologising for speaking in hindi in Inida on eve of Hindi Day !!

 
 

(NO) Special Train

Special price, Special discounts, Special treatment etc.From special new york apples at retail store to special seats at a multiplexes. We indians just love this word and go ga-ga about anything that has a mention "Special".
And i am no exception to that herd (probably millions) of people who are just mesmerized with the oral sound of the letters S P E C I A L . It happened when i was going to Jammu recently. Some last minute changes and commitments (business commitments ok) made sure that i had to leave withing a day or two.
I was all scrolling down though the Indianrailways web when i read those magical six letter word SPECIAL. Gawd !! there was it, a special train from Varanasi/Benares/Kashi(please wiki if you dont know Benares kis chidiya ka naam hai) to Jammu. I didnt waste a second and booked tickets online.

The meargre thought of travelling in a Special Train made me restless and filled me with enormous joy, I decided to leave early on the day of travel. I hurried down through the station and checke for the train running status and was a little amused not to find mention of any train to jammu (forget a special train to jammu). After a little medlling through the crowded enquiry counter i headed for the designated platform.

By this time i was all eager to catch the glimpse of the much hyped Special Train.Within a short duration the train snaked in. The view of peeling off exterior paint, rusted door handles, pan masala stains on windows, rickety compartments was enough to diffuse all the excitement and hype in me. If the view of the exterior was forgivable, the envelop of a foul smell inside the AC compartment was enough to break my heart.

I was gradually discovering the unspecial part of the special train as i managed to fix the lose hinges of my berth and unwanted co-passengers like roaches. But for reasons unknow i still clinged to the word Special and was willing to let go ill experiences about the train as one off incidences. The journey started, and i immediately switched on my the gps on my E90 and after some 4 hours was disappointed at the screen reading the average speed 36Kms and highest speed 65 kms.I looked for charging point as my E90 was losing out on charge and was annoyed that there wasnt any charging point in the AC compartment, a walk down in other compartments yielded same results. Gawd!! in a country of 260 million cellphone users, a Special Train does not have a single charging point ? Soon i was detested with the Special Train as i was yet to discover / find anything which makes it special compared to other trains and decided to sleep. But was unable to do so as the was unusual level of noise at the AC Vents near me .

I decided to ask for an help at the coming station as the noise was unbearable . As the train halted, i went to the station master and asked for helpl to this he surrenderd helplessly saying that he doesnt have any arrangements to check the problem at this time in night, and this was partly because he was informed 15 minutes ago that a Special Train was running in this route.All the beloved images of Special Trains had by this time vanished as i made way to my berth.

In the morning i was delighted at the sight of train approaching the Jammu Station. I happily got out and searched for my friends waiting there. As we were leaving the platform, one of my friend was curious to know how the Special Train was to which i nodded in agreement. But inside in knew there was nothing special about this Special Train.