"Achhe din aane mein 25 saal lagenge (It will take 25 years to bring achhe din)," BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday- news

Lo kal lo baat!

Charchay wohi rahengay, afsos hum na hongay!

'The Pluto fly-by today' by K.J.S.Chatrath

Today is the Pluto fly-by day.
I am so excited.
May be signs of some alien life...
Oh I wish so...

'Smart cities- the dissenting viewpoint' by K.J.S.Chatrath

100 smart cities to be set up in India...Wow. It sounds so good and uplifting. But does one fully understand what is a smart city and the requirements of setting up such cities.

I came across a simple and informative article on this subject: "Smart cities for smart people: Plan them as small working districts for entrepreneurs' by Prof. S.K.Sharma.

'Smart cities', he cautions, 'will be suitable only for smart people, who own smart phones and smart gadgets with a 24-hour access to high-speed data and have financial resources to own smart apartments and appliances'.

You may like to read this dissenting viewpoint at: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/smart-cities-for-smart-people/99712.html

Chandigarh railway station to be made of world airports standards- news....totally skewed priority

The main task of the railways is to transport people (and goods) from one place to another. The crucial operation is the running of trains. Trains need to be (i) clean, (ii) should be safe, and (iii) run in time. In my view these are the aspects which need to be addressed first. Beautification of railway stations can wait. And making the railways stations look like foreign airports, developing of shopping malls can very well wait.

Chandigarh railway station, and for that matter a large number of railways stations across India are fairly neat and functionally adequate.

Planning is about prioritization of spending of scarce public resources on works as per need. Please dont waste public money on so called beautification of Chandigarh railway station. Let us concede that Chandigarh has no historical heritage and let us not try to look important by spending crores for 'beautifying' railway station.

'Bravo Sumit Nagal!' by K.J.S.Chatrath

Bravo Sumit Nagal!


1.2 billion Indians would like you to lift the Wimbledon Singles Trophy.....Soon.

'Budha Sadhu in low spirits'

I was a bit foxed to see a small heading on the front page of an English daily yesterday. It read "Budha Sadhu in low spirits".

Going to the main story, I found it to be a delightful piece on Old monk rum written lovingly by the versatile Bhaichand Patel. Take a look:
http://linkis.com/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Old_Monk_lives_on_a.html

Warning: Consumption of alcohol is injurious to health!

Mass Yoga: The other viewpoint

I have seen Mr. Harish Khare's article dated 19th June, 2015, today. "Bend it like Modi: Minimum transparency, maximum intrusion: by Harish Khare;".

It is good to see the other view point also.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/bend-it-like-modi/95472.html