Operation Majnu for Male Metro Commuters

On October 2, 2010 the Delhi Metro became only the second Metro in the world to reserve special coaches for women, the first being Dubai. The DMRC took this stand in face of the many incidents of "pawing" and "feeling" that seemed to have become a daily affair. In order to ensure the safety of its women the first coach after the driver's cabin in each train has been reserved for the fairer sex. Children up to 12 years, accompanied by women passengers, are allowed to travel in the reserved coach.

However, despite the reservation being effected, there has been a stream of complaints about men who force their way in to the reserved areas. Maybe the near empty "reserved" areas are too much of a temptation amidst the overcrowded general coaches that they risk being reprimanded/fined and walk into the out-of-bounds area. The latest incident, reported on Thursday night, when a team of Haryana Police randomly entered the reserved Metro coaches only to find many men in the ladies coaches, gave birth Operation Majnu. 

Operation Majnu, 2010, an initiative of the Gurgaon Police, lead by DCP (west), Maheshwar Dayal, and DCP (traffic), Bharti Arora plans on taking the errant male passenger to task. Female constables in plain clothes will be travelling in the ladies coacehs and book all those men who enter the reserved coaches. The guilty will be shamed by getting a thrashing in full public view to warn and prevent others from making the same mistake.

Do not mistake this Operation with the one Operation Majnu, an on-camera operation in 2005 initiated by Meerut Police to teach lesson to local love birds who had been visiting Gandhi Park, Surajkund, Ram Park, Victoria Park and Company Garden,  favourite rendezvous of the city couples is back in 2010. 

A hand at Strokes and bubbles.

Every individual hunts for new and exciting ways to spend their free time innovatively. It can also be sited this way that, in the world we live in, there is a hobby for everyone, we are good at, which we wish to follow extracting some time from our stipulated schedules. There are few hobbies, we could possibly write about and share it with others, like am doing mine. Am sure, there’ll be many who must be having this particular hobby which I like personally. Since am not a brainpan at mathematics or equations, my brain get easily diverted and attracted to outlines, strokes, dialogues, satire sense of humor in bubbles or call outs. I automatically get distracted to thej cartoons that peep out in from newspaper and magazine pages, comic books, as illustrations in books, advertisements and billboards. But at times, to few it appears as a few strokes of a pen or a flourish of brush, a simple line drawing with humorous dialogues. Seems like child's play, isn't it? That it certainly is not. Cartooning is a highly creative art. Though am not at all that creative too. But at times I like to draw my thoughts on paper. Since my maternal side is too heavily blessed with a sense of Creativeness and Cartooning, the percentage has reduced a bit, before it could reach me.

These days I had been going crazy to have my few cartoons ready and share it with you all, but couldn’t get time. But then there, there is saying, where there is a will, there is a way. It suddenly clicked to my mind, that there is a blogger in my acquaintance who has a complete blog on Cartoon Strips. I thought of asking her, how she could manage it out, uploading 4 cartoons in a week. I shot the mail to her, enquiring if she made all these cartons herself. And just within an hour, this lady, whom I recognize as Swathi Di, sorted out all my queries with the reply that TOONDOO can help you.

I couldn’t believe my eyes, when I actually checked out this particular website. The tagline for Toondoo.com is World's fastest way to create cartoons! Toondoo lets its members create comic strips with pre-built or uploaded images and text easily. This is a flash based application. The website was launched by Jambav, an Indian company, backed by Adventnet (parent company of online office application service, Zoho ).

All we need to do is drag-n-drop the characters on the canvas, change backgrounds, add speech bubbles or even upload your own pictures. Everything is packed inside a very intuitive Flash interface that even a three year old can get started in minutes.

Like Youtube videos, the viewers can rate and comment on our cartoons or embed them in blogs. 

No matter I have discovered the application li’l late but may be with ToonDoo comic creator in town, professional cartoon artists might have felt the heat.

Scams routed to Sheela ki Jawaani.

The hype by the opposition for Joint Parliamentary Committe (JPC) probe into 2G Spectrum can only be diffused after a jhakkas performance by Katrian Kaif and Sheila Dixit in central hall of Parliament. All the misappropraited funds as earned from the money loaded scams by Kalmadi, Chavan and A Raja can profiatably be diluted for an ultimate enjoyments o the parliament members, 'as they say itna toh banta hai bhaai' The party is hopeful that the opposition members would forget 2G, CWG, Adarsh, and all other scams once they get the to tap the floor with Katrina.

They (opposition leaders) are also citizens of this country,” Congress spokesperson Manish Tewary said, “If the citizens of this nation can be happy with stuff like Bigg Boss and forget all the scams, there is no reason why our respected friends in the opposition can’t. They must.”

Apparently her moves help India forget all the bad scams . . :P

Sooner the sources might reveal that  Katrina is all set to become the brand ambassador of Congress as a result of an “out of court settlement” between the ruling party and producers of the upcoming Bollywood movie Tees Maar Khan (off the record). As soon as the media will play their role of exaggerating and run the ticker of breaking news, both the parties would come up with an out of court settlement as had happened in the Dabangg-Zandu Balm case,  as Malaika Arora Khan had become ambassador for Zandu Balm.

A legal notice to the producers would be the response by the Congress leader Mrs. Sheila Dikshit's for using her name in the song "Sheela Ki Jawaani" without her permission along with loosening some chillars as compensation ( Ways o making money :P). Doesn't it sound like that If the producesr would have seeked her permission or using her name then it would have been, 'SHEILA KI JAWAANI' (with change in spellings :P)

Producers of Tees Maar Khan have agreed to the proposal which would end up making Katrina Kaif, the actress dancing to the tunes of “Sheela Ki Jawaani” in the movie, as brand ambassador of Congress; 

Apart from Katrina's performance to break the deadlock in parliament over the scams the party might also now  plan to use her posters from her movie Rajneeti in the upcoming elections in West Bengal, as Zandu Balm also recorded 35% sales hike ater the success o Munni Badnaam Hui.

26/11 - Awaken from thy slumber.

Friday morning, had been similar and usual morning like other week days. Listening to radio station, they reminded me of the red letter day. But still The Date, was significant than this day. Lives are still not back to normalcy. Blame Games are still on, passing the bucks to each other. Government is concerned only today for security reasons and rest of the days are in the shackles of slumber. City is being set to high alert. The anniversary had completed 2 years. 


Only 35 days were left for the year to end, that the normal life was disrupted by 8 consecutive sea-borne terrorist attacks at South Mumbai by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET). News channels were flashing with the Breaking News. A panic was there. Today is 26/11. After this event, the attacks are commonly referred to in India as "26/11", after the date in 2008 that they began. But has this attack brought any changes to our nation? What mechanism or actions have been done to prevent the attack of this magnitude? A great deal of noise was made post-26/11 for upgrading internal security structures, both at the Centre and in the States. But if we actually analyze one year later, the situation is still vulnerable and Mumbaikars, worried and far from secure. The grandeur Taj Mahal Palace, which was destroyed in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, has finally restored its heritage suites and opens for its guest. So, Tata kept their words, but how about the leaders? They showed their concerns to threatened lives only till the times vote banks were filled. Some relief was attained with the decision of death sentence to the Pakistani terrorist, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab. 


But some good has also been done against seaborne terror i.e., it is guarded by a new network of 73 coastal police stations (Kochi). On the whole, the attack is still alive in our minds, raising many questions for the progresses made so far and what better could be done besides expecting some support from supreme power US, to take care of the menace carried by Pakistan and talks with the neighbouring country. Thus, like everyone, I pay homage to the jawans, citizens, foreign officials and tourists, Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Hemant Karkare,  Additional Commissioner of Police: Ashok Kamte, Encounter specialist: Vijay Salaskar, Sourav Mishra, a Reuters journalist who lost their lives. May their souls rest in peace. 

Untamed Dream

A succession of images, movements, whispers, sounds or emotions that the mind experiences at its restful stage, when one is unconscious in their slumber. They peek into our subconscious state, reveal our deepest, darkest fantasies. At times when we are out of balance with our natural pattern of life, our subconscious sends us to this alien world full of fantasies and far away from our real life. Many have been taught that these are superstitious, dangerous or to be avoided and therefore many have shied away from delving into their own world. I talk about dreams that are nurtured by ones own sense of creativity, somewhere deeply linked to our problems, to serve ourselves with the codified solutions. Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

This morning I dreamt and I followed, Widely spaced bells, ringing in the wind, And climbed through mists to rosy clouds, I realized my destined affinity, A beautiful Church, Where I had landed mistakenly,

The stage was set for the Christmas Eve, a zestful event for all Christians, thus bringing in new signs of joy to their life.  In my dream, a blonde girl, caught my attention for the innocence on her face. She stood there calm and quite in the icy land, accompanied by her parents and her elder sibling. Clad in winter clothes, muffler around her neck and a nicely tied plait. Holding her father’s finger the blonde was walked down streets with an eager observation to all directions. Until the time she had reached the destination, the divine place, Church she kept looking at her back to check if her elder brother had been following her or not. The young innocent girl seemed quite possessive about her dearest possession, her eldest brother. He meant a life to him. There she sat in the church, offering her prayers to the Christ and somewhere within her prayers her brothers concern was a constant mention. But then the undesirable happens, the moment this little honey opens her eyes, she doesn’t find her brother to be around. Before I could help the tiny tot finding her brother, my mom gave me a reason to wake up this wonderful morning and get ready for office. This little girl is their in my thoughts now, as I could figure out myself at her place, sharing the same compassion of love for brother. I was helpless but want to help her willingly. Dreams are untamed but I wish to tame this one again and see a smile on her face holding her brother’s finger.

Accessorized ‘Me’

Different shapes(Geometric or Irregular), length(Short or Long), sizes(bold or tiny), colours(Dazzling or matte), material (Silver or Gold) and styles(Shimmering) are the best variable options available now. Girl’s shopping list is almost incomplete without the buy of these. Every chick can be knocked out with the variations. Also I have made it quite convenient for my friends to gift me with the variations of it on my birthday. My friends call me lunatic, observing my crazines and obsession for these but then complement me as Confident Diva, who believes in her own statement.

 “In the morning I think accessories first, then clothes second, says Hollywood celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe.” I follow the same notion as stated by Hollywood stylist Zoe. First thing on my mind are not the attires but the accessories to team up. I can miss anything else but not my neck piece. It’s a big must in my bank of accessories.

We might be in our favorite jeans and flip-flops but once we throw on a great belt around the waist, colourful scarf around the neck, or with some dazzling chains we are much closer to looking fabulous, colourful and lively.  It simply adds a different tone to our wardrobes and our confidence level. I believe that far more than clothes, accessories allow us to turn out graceful and nurture our inner fashion chameleon. Our shoes, jewellery, sunglasses, belts and bags say much more about our fashion statements and confidence level.

The girls alike me who love to maintain their own individual fashion statement know the power of accessories which includes the power of a trendy bag, trendy flip-flops or stilettos, teamed up with right neck piece. In short, I love myself accessorised.

Being female we are much advantageous to play with lots of stuff and not dress up monotonously like guys. We are fortunate enough to experiment a new colour almost everyday no matter casually or formally. We love to wear matching neck pieces or jewellery with their attire whether it’s a western outfit or a traditional ethnic piece, cotton sari. Silver and gold have always been there, but now dazzling long, multicoloured, huge, beaded, funky chains are new add ons to jewellery boxes with matching bangles, bracelets, earrings or scarves. 
My accessories somehow give me a sense of confidence to carry myself differently. For few fashion turns out to be disastrous, until and unless we aren’t ‘exesscorrised’. So be beware!! Since I have a personal liking for almost all kinds of accessories disregarded to branded or street, I love to notice gals who carry themselves in an nicely and complement too if they out stand the crowd.

We mustn’t forget that we are never too old to create our own sense of personal style with just mild efforts. Just adding just one single wow piece with varied lengths of beads or chains can add a tone to both our outer look and our inner confidence. Points to be remembered for a smart dresser is that one should play in a subtle manner with colours and lengths, keeping in mind the dimensions of one’s own body so as not to fall prey to the chit-chat for the gatherers.

Now almost new colour palettes are in with pastel, monochromatic and fluorescent shades. What is important is to keep in mind, the occasion; the dimensions and the match with other accessories and you can just flaunt the true of yourself. Hit the streets with confidence. 

Go get accessorized!!

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Honk !! Honk !! Gurgaon Commuters.

Radio Autos as they were in Chandigarh

Public transport has always been of maximum concern, specially making it inconvenient for the elderly and women in NCR, especially to the full fledged business hub Gurgaon. But here the wait ends as exciting news for Gurgaon commuters is out. After straggling it all finally radio auto makes it way onto the roads of Gurgaon from 22 Novemeber though they did facea failure in Chandigarh incurring a loss of few thousands in comparison to the fraudulent scams that we hear every morning. . Someone year back I was a daily commuter to Gurgaon so this auto thing did fascinate me, as at times I had to grapple while commutation. What was more interesting is the accessibility with the helpline number (0124-2343434) and the facilty will be there for the inner paths of Gurgaon only. To make the facility available to the masses in Gurgaon advertisements have already made rounds to the city, which I haven’t noticed as yet. Since we all know that Gurgaon is beckoned as a business hub with the presence for most of the corporate houses and a lower classes traveling from Delhi to NCR, I am sure that this facility will surely be a great help for women and labours.

On an account of fares, the pockets will have to shed Rs 50 for first 3 kms and  Rs 8 for subsequent kms. No compromises have been made on the timing from 6:30 am to 11:30pm.

These autos will be equipped and featured with safety measures like Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the auto position, a panic button for the commuters and a current immobilizer (to disconnect the electrical circuit in case of a CNG fire) inclusive of Mobile Phone charging socket.

Though now the City buses and cabs had been available for commutation but not to the inner areas. Keeping fingers crossed we hope that this facilty really does some good to daily commuters since its high time that the city desperately needs intra-city transport as soon as possible.

Key to Happiness :)

If there would have not been any restrictions, life would have been an exaggerated version of freedom. Imagining a life where there is no one to guide you through or any limitation on anything you do just makes life appear so meaningless and tasteless. We often see people crib over something they wanted to do but couldn’t because they see ahead of them obstacles or restrictions. These limitations put their will power to attest and gauge the determination of the person to attain the objective.

These restrictions which when imposed lend thrill and excitement and offer a challenge to people that brings out the needy side of their nature and helps them judge the same. Hence life is full of obstacles for which we should be thankful to the divine maker of mankind because it is these restrictions that enhance a person’s endurance and always teaches a lesson.

During childhood, children want to have the exact toy that their friend has bought. It’s the very first sight of the new exotic thing that lures them into having it. They end up demanding it from their parents and when not heeded by their folks results in a few days of crying and even more in sadness. But then as days pass by, they learn to overcome the fact that they were unable to have the toy which they wanted so badly. That’s the brighter side; it teaches you to accept the feeling of deprivation and heals the void suffered.

Similarly, in your teenage, you are not permitted for a party or celebration of which you want to desperately be a part of. So the entire cycle is repeated but doing less damage and faster recovery. Consequently, our life gets accustomed to this process of desire, failure, acceptance, recovery and so forth. This reminds of the first walk we have which is immediately followed by our very first fall. That tender age begins the process which continues till your final last breath. Throughout the journey of life we keep experiencing such incidents which define who we really are.

Thus, we need to endure failure and accept it. That’s the keyword to happy state of being. It’s the answer to most of our mind puzzling questions.

Moderation

 

Transformation is a process of reformation or modification in our outlook as to how we look at things and tackle them out at our own wits. How we look at things is also called perception in other common terms. Exactly, the origin shift to introspect and to successfully manipulate and perceive the concepts in other senses too. That means if we cannot see the beauty, if we cannot realize the worth; there might be other perceptions too. The other perceptions might look at the same from a different angle, reflecting other waves. The different angle may lead to transformation of any kind. Transformation can be in a single viewpoint and can happen in a single second of realization.

If it is a realization which is actually illusion, then again a transformation is required. That is felt through higher responsiveness to different kind of known and unknown processes in general. Normally there is an illusion of transformation of mentality but actually it’s the reflection of the fight of being with their will to exist with consciousness. Actually the being also wants to feel its subconscious existence consciously. Otherwise why the faiths turn up into deceptive and misleading realizations? This is because consciously one wants to feel like it. Even if one understands that there is higher probability of kind of myth involved in the process, then also he selects the illusion. This is normally because of lack of equilibrium (fight) between consciences and desires (wants in existence).

Normally, a realization of illusion needs to be handled on a probability basis. According to me, there is no perfect answer to find out whether the realization was an illusion or not. Realization can be a step towards maturity or again a downtrodden step. But via willpower, this can be resolved. E.g. Edison (who invented bulb), thousand but one downtrodden experiments, in the end success!