The Railway Budget 2015!

The railway budget just came out today, and I am too quick to update my views about it. First and foremost its my maiden technical post so forgive me for mistakes. 

Writing this I am listening to live debate on Times Now and views from all the different sources. But what I am to write is my view. Now I am a staunch NaMo supporter and speaking frankly I am not much pleased about the functioning of his governance. Yes, I know that for the better results I must wait but Railway Budget is a good way to mark my reviews. Now if you are active the new Railway Budget includes key points as:

1	The most-expected part about this year's Railway Budget - there is no increase in passenger rail fares.
2	Rs.8.5 lakh crore will be invested in Railways in next 5 years.
3	'Operation 5 mins', wherein passengers travelling unreserved can purchase a ticket in 5 minutes.
4	Bio toilets and air plane-type vacuum toilets in trains.
5	Surveillance cameras in select coaches and ladies compartments for women's safety without compromising on privacy.
6	Rail tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance.
7	Speed on nine railway corridors to go up to 200 km per hour.
8	Wi-Fi in more stations, mobile phone charging facilities in all train compartments.
9	Facility of online booking of wheelchair for senior citizens.
10	Satellite railway terminals in major cities.
11	Centrally managed Rail Display Network is expected to be introduced in over 2K stations over the next 2 years.
12	All india 24/7 helpline - 138 from March 2015 ; Toll free No.182 for security.
13	917 road under-bridges and over-bridges to be constructed to replace 3,438 railway crossings; at a cost of Rs. 6,581 crore.
14	Four Railway Research Centres to start in four universities.
15	Details about new trains and increased frequency will be announced later in this session of Parliament after review.

Source: The Hindu 

Now, its a smart budget according to me.  I am like 15, so my views are not that technical.As a chaff, what I am confused about is it good or bad. As if I look it as a NaMo supporter , I expected something more. But then flying high and promising new things may make us happy while switching on the TV but when you think of it after switching it OFF is "Is that really possible?" But with this budget yeah there are guarantees of it to be fulfilled. Because it is not announced to show off to the non performers but to impress people like us, the AAM ADAMI. Its a step to modernise the Indian Railway and not build air castles. It concerns not new trains to be promised but just to improve the whole experience of the trains already there.

 Now, you may introduce many new trains but the question is are they really required? That is the thing this budget answers. Because it introduces no new trains, But tries to enhance the whole travelling experience of the already present, daily running and the passengers train. 

There is no price hike in the railway fare. What could be better than that? Yeah, there could be a decline in the fare. But I think on this front its well balanced. No Pro. No Con. 

First of all the provision of the CCTV cameras for the safety and the mobile charging ports. If you are a staunch critic this things may not matter. But as a person who I am , a teenager yaa this are the minute details i  am looking for. I have nothing to do with how much money is spent, what is the source of it, I am just a common person! For me these small details can make a change. Introducing helpline is a great idea. I am looking forward to it while I visit my home town this year and complain of the worst case scenarios of the toilet.  

You can order your railway food online. That's awesome. You would just have to access the site and know what you want to order and get it. Now the concern for eating in the Railways has always been the sanitation maintained while cooking it. But okay they at least introduced a new beneficial thing.

Then comes the WiFi facility at almost 200 stations. Now what I am missing here is why is this sudden craze for WiFi to be made available to the public? Okay its a good thing but then you would have people hanging out at railway stations and crowding up only to use the WiFi. If anyone can correct me on this, you are welcomed!

Provision for a message alert on your mobile about the schedule of the train! Technological advancement has been the centre of the Railway Budget and I support it all. Making the already huge infrastructure advanced can earn great revenues. 

Next, automated Ticket machines. Awesome! E-tickets and app. Awesome! 4 months pre reservation WTH? This is the most disappointing facet of the railway budget today. And was a complete bouncer to me. How can I decide before 4 months if I want to go at any XYZ place or not? And many events can take place in the 4 months span its a way too large span of time. But you can always cancel your ticket and get the refund, so.... Okay!! 

All together, this might not be the best budget we have seen but is definitely the most promising one to me. I mean, I got that from the idiot box. Of course this is the first budget I am facing as a sane person. But what I really like about this budget is its sincerity to be true and achievable. The arguments laid down have a very close approach at enhancing the railways and making it a really nice experience to travel in rather than just spitting out things not really possible. Now again we have to wait for the real things to be seen in action but then as of now, on paper, its doing good!

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© Aditi Tiwari. 2015. DBA

Back to blogging

It was stupid to take the blog down but the good news is that it is back with a bang again.

Final Destination!! :P

We all have seen this , well talked about Hollywood film right? The "Final Destination". Or the Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 3, Final Destination 4, Final Destination 5, and no thats all. What I love about the film is when I googled it, there is no such thing like Final Destination 6 coming any way soon. So! To the people who don't know about it (I have "Friends" in 12th who might be not knowing) so it is basically a script copied from all the Indian houses and then directed in Hollywood background with a dab bit of sense. It almost like my mother telling me when I call her from back "Peeche se nahi tokte" in The Warner Bros version. Because in any one of the series they ll have a miserable protagonists who would have this deja vu intuitions of HD Blu-ray deaths with enormous and enumerable blood spatters and would have a Bollywood twist and be like okay it was all in my head. Last time I saw something like that was in KJo's and Aditya Chopra movies where the whole song sequence is nothing but a mere dream. But what is my utmost problem with film is not the lazy writers who can't think of anything new but how to kill someone is most unexpected almost impossible way but is that the shitting movie, of the shitting series,comes on a shitting channel, every shitting single time, with a damn fucking different name.  Like I am watching Final Destination 4 on HBO and the same film is coming as Final Destination 1 on Z Studios and as Final Destination 2 at PIX. I literally am pissed of this fact as to why can't they understand the fact that your movies as so shitting'ly repetitive that even International Broadcasters are confused about it. I mean literally what was that shit of the man lazily lying on his dead bed scene and when he is expected with a single "Dadaji abb nahi rahe" in classic Bollywood its done with so much of Hollywood influence that another man is also killed in the same scene like as to same time. I don't understand that when they have scared the shit out of people in the every first scene of the film why you have to waste more of 80 minutes. Because you know almost all the films of the series are merely on an average of 90 minutes. I mean yaar itni humari Star Plus ki Maha Movie bhi hoti hain. The shit of clubbing all the romantic episodes of Yeh Hain Mohabbatein and titled like "Pyaar bhara Valentine" Dekhiye 2-4 sirf iss Sunday cause you are a shitting jobless if you still follow star plus. Another fact of the movie is the making of common places to death scenes. I mean they haven't taken anything or anywhere dangerous but the places normally we are are used to like Going to watch a car race, Air Port, Roller Coaster, Bus on a bridge, Optician's clinic, Gym, and beauty parlour. I mean it scares the shit out of me when I am in car as after watching Final Destination 2. And the fact that the picture is tried to be portrayed as completely logical what the hell is wrong with of not counting the correct people in the first edition of the series itself. If you know what is so insane about it just google it. Now finally I salute the film as it always had well portrayed actors in it who are probably the background crowd who die on the spot in first scene and are the only sensible enough to not face shit for rest 80 minutes. And they also manage to scare the shit by releasing it in 3D. No not of the audience but of the producers after the first week of screening as they were like "Kiska idea tha re.. Bhaari humne itne kaise kamaaye?!"  But down the line it is one of my most loved "horror" (ROFL) ever. 

Disclaimer: No offence, pure sarcastic review intended for the fun of the audience to read. 

Inspired by : The Roast of Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor by AIB Knock Out .

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© Aditi Tiwari 2015. DBA.

48.5 - The story of rising above.

First of all this post is not for the people who dislike me or my blog or the ones who have the false assumption that they know me. Please if you are anyone from the above you can right away close the browser. And for my real readers and friends please do read it.

“48.5” It all started with this simple figure but you can’t even imagine how it changed my life. Those are the marks I got in my SA I (Terminal) Exam in Mathematics. For everyone else it was just me hitting a bad shot and getting out. But for me it was as if my whole world came crashing down to me. It was a right away stab at the self confidence I built up all my life. It was a black stamp on my personality. It was a disrespect from my side to my Academic self. I abused myself with those marks. Many of you must be thinking that I am over thinking and I was but I never knew at that time that I would get punished so hard. All I knew was the phrase “There is no use to cry over spilt milk” didn't have the slightest of existence in my vocabulary. I cried during the whole lot of day I got those marks. And I cried hard. My Maths teacher moreover all my teachers and friends were trying their level best to calm me down but was I even listening ? The only thing going on  in my mind was “48.5”. It was like a echo that kept on repeating and repeating till I slept from crying. But in my nightmares too it didn’t  leave me. I remember waking up shouting “Just leave me alone!” and then… I never knew that over thinking on it would change the person I was. I became quite.  I won’t talk like... I used to..leave that I won’t talk at all. The first people to realize something wrong with me were my friends. Because when a person who can be so irritating with her not stop talking suddenly stops even uttering a word, its not normal. They kept on trying to retrieve the old me but I knew nothing but “48.5” I even withdrew myself from things I loved the most. I would not sit on my computer and surf net. I won’t watch TV. I would go out for walk. I won’t listen to music. Photography was the word not known to me as if. And all other things I enjoyed or I was good at. Because ACADEMICS is one of those and I had failed it in. My confidence was trashed so severely that I began thinking that if I am not able to score marks I can’t now do anything else. I don’t deserve do anything else. And it was not like I was met with any severe scolding or punishment at home or at school. Rather seeing me shattered like that no one would even mention it. But I was so self obsessed with “48.5” that even if someone asked me a question I would think like “Okay, so he is trying to check if I know this or not?” And in such negativity I would end up answering wrong even the simplest of the things and in turn my non existent confidence would weaken more day by day. It was just another day in my Maths period where I needed to write “Q.9” in my notebook. I could not remember how to write “Q”. I am not exaggerating its true. I turned the pages to remember to write “Q”. I was sweating as hell cause the no.s followed the answer and I was trembling to write. I began crying and noticing the shivering my teachers go scared. I still remember how worried my teachers were when I could not write. They never expected it from me. No one can expect it from a student so bright going dull and dull and dull and then forgetting things. That day when I saw my friends, my mother, my teachers crying for me  I decided to end my life. I said to my friends I want to commit suicide and I still remember the hallucinated expressions on their face. They tried shouting on me, hitting me , beating me but I won’t I won’t just…. Reply. I was tested for all the test no one of 14 has to. Thyroid, blood pressure, cancer, glucose level, hormonal problems everything. Our family doctor had to even ask me if there is any other reason other than “48.5”. Finally, I met my counsellor. Student counsellor. She asked me various things. Actually, everything. She even asked me to cry if I feel like and letting it all out I was relieved. But not completely fine. My friends, parents, teacher didn't want the marks or grades back but they wanted my me back. The old me back. And with some treatment I was. And now its even hard to remember that whole one month again. My own  regretful self back. It is almost as hard as anything in the world. I am not ashamed but I am just regretful as I wasted such a beautiful month of my life and even wanted to destroy it forever. But I raised back. And I am back stronger. From good I got down to worst but only to rise back as best. Everything I am today is because of this incident and I would remember what I learnt from it forever. I am not writing this as to gain an sympathetic behaviour or anything but I know that out there, millions of "Aditi's" don't only think of committing suicide but do it too. And for all of them and as is the motto of my life today, "Mathematically" there is something known as Negative Infinity, and beyond that there is nothing lower. So when in the graph of your life, you feel that you are on the negative infinity just remember that you can only and only RISE ABOVE. And then worry when you are on positive infinity. For me the meaning of my name itself is INFINITY. Today, people say a lot of things about me. Shit about me. But I am like.. okay. I don't care a damn as I am happy. And I know the price I had to pay to get myself back from the harshness of life. So today I am not who I am to impress every damn one of you but for myself. You may call me selfish and with pride I am.  I have learnt that meaning of life that most of you haven't even heard about so just go to hell. I am not worrying myself with any of this bullshit. And not should anyone out there too. You are what you are for yourself not for anyone else but you. You know what you desire from life more than any one else. So stop living in a false identity and being uncomfortable in your own skin trust me I know how it is. So promise yourself today that now on you are going to live our life on your terms.

"I rose above all odds to only fly high, not to be held by any damn insecurity." 
Aditi Tiwari

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© Aditi Tiwari 2015. DBA.     

Expeditious Experience!

A glittering expression was evident on my face from the moment I stepped out. It could be easy going day at school. I rarely have them.  Or could be my new Asus Zenfone 5 I got delivered today. But whatever it was I was happy. Strange. Spending time with a friend reading horoscopes and going like "Exxxaaaacccttllllyyyy!!!" every single time as we found that fascinating. And sharing secrets with another and spending quality time together after a very long time of her never ending series of exams. 12th!!  But the best part was going out to play badminton. I started with another friend of mine. BTW misanthropists !! I do have some friends. The whole humanity does not hate me. Badminton is always fun but the talk we do during that is just a jewel in crown. It varies from lot of leg pulling to some serious satires on someone's Englishs Ruchikas thiss the ones fors the yous.  And then having my favourite twins I have ever met Gaurang and Shivang return from somewhere and just acting as if we met after years. Their sis Anonymous di politely asked me for the racket and I handed it over. I went back to my Asus which was unjustly fit in my pocket due to its larger-than-reality-size. The conversation with the only sane person in the group was kick started with the casual topics like sibling rivalry , as we all are and we criticized our counter parts. And then to career and it did strike the chord when she too studied in Pune. And then for a while it was about Pune as my sis to is studying there.  Then SC ST Reservation, always the topic of utmost criticism, came in and she mentioned casually that she belongs to OBC , and for a second I was like did I struck the wrong note this time, but no she belongs to OBC, MP. "Oh! MP!! Where from?" "Ahh.. De... Indore." "Indore or Dewas?" "Actually Dewas." That was the total power start for the conversation. You belong to my state, my place and we meet in some other place, I just loose all my sanity and formality I was holding since and I am a completely different person now. And then it seemed like it was no end for us to talk. Dewas is  my home town and situated about 150km from the capital, Bhopal. Its not a very lavish or posh city but just the best feel to being home. My family has been there for like since my Great Grandfather so its like even though I have not been there for more than 2 years of my life yet every shopkeeper is like "Arre yeh to Anil Bhaiya ki choti wali beti haina!" Di belongs to Adarsh Nagar and having so rooted relations I have relatives in every nook and corner of the city. We talked from Ratan wale ke Pohe & Jalebi to The Holy Temple of Tekri to going to Dewas by train and having samosas in Ujjain. After about 15 mins it seemed like we have known each other for a long long time. Her mother called her out as di just came from college. But its a different connection when taking to someone who may seem to be just a far off relative. "So, what's your name?""Aditi. And aap." "Surbhi!" Divya di was like, "Yaar tum log kab se baat kar rahe ho and abhi introduction ho raha hai."  And we both we like if talk for some more minutes we would definitely be relatives or aik shop yaatoh aapki hogi yaa aik shop meri! And we all just laughed it out. For moments like this to share I sometime cherish and feel proud of my extrovert and light hearted behaviour. 

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© Aditi Tiwari 2015. DBA.      

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Día De Fotografía!!

"Photography is not about capturing the extra ordinary things, but it is about capturing ordinary things in an extra ordinary manner."  Aditi Tiwari (That's me 'jerk.')

For the first time I went for a day out only to talk to random unknown people, take crazy photos and just eat. I felt like another host of Fox Life. Laughing along with unknown people you have just met is an exceptional feeling. And with your Mum along with you, it just can't any better. Khopoli, is a small town comfortably embracing the valley of the famous Lonavala and Khandala mountains. Not very densely populated Khopoli is quite of a place to reside in. Education, Medical Care, fresh food, water and well managed by the transport lines Khopoli is urbanising from a village to a city. And today I was there for only 3 reasons. TRAVEL. FOOD. PHOTOGRAPHY. Maybe travel could be replaced with shopping, but for a girl like me they are just synonyms. Planned for days, this first ever kind of day out proved to be simply awesome and gifted me some many new experiences. As for the idea of it I was really excited. With a camera in my hand, mum by my side, I roamed interestingly at every shop of the Khopoli Thursday Market. Its kind of a... fair maybe just stretched along both the sides of the road aimlessly for about 1.5 km and having products ranging from land to sky. When I first came I thought only to click photos of food. But the instant will to talk to the strange salesmen and just click a few photos sparked inside me and I began with a poker smile. Gradually, the smile turned to be more and more genuine as I learned how to talk to someone rather manofy them to let you take some pictures. It was a hell lot of fun. Cracking silly jokes is a part of my nature and that actually was entertained rather taken as irritation. It was a huge learning experience and collecting photos for your blog and getting so much to learn and enjoy is a  star wala treat. Pani puri, Ganne ka ras, Vada Pav, Bhajiye and lots of shopping. ( I regret not having Dabheli.)  I crashed at my seat in the bus when I saw 2 of my wildest nightmares coming to me. My pals from 12th were there too and so the session of cracking taunting jokes continued as all of our mums enjoyed complaining about each one of us. The perfect end to the perfect day, Indian style. The insanely amazing part is I haven't changed yet after coming from market and blogging about it when I should be sleeping to get on time tomorrow.     

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© Aditi Tiwari 2015. DBA. 

Sleepy Quotes : A Khurafat of my mind (thanks!!)

Blogging has always been a surprise gift in my life that I discovered lately. Blogger has been the foundation of that dream. Today when the blog completes 1.5k views I am very happy as a proud owner of the blog. For all the readers thanks for being such an avid part of my life. Thank you all for supporting and enjoying this blog as much as I enjoyed writing it. And while the writing of this blog I also discovered and founded another blog that is Sleepy Quotes. The wordpress blog has also been a vivid beautiful part of my tiny writing experience. But today I am basically here to share with you all that along with my many other friends like Aayushi di, Rupali di and of course Tanya di (btw your poem was awesome) and many more poems and articles were  published in our school magazine "Blossoms." Its not a big thing though, its just a step ahead in our poetic or authorit careers. I would never have got the confidence to submit the poem if I didn't write this blog and moreover was not supported in it. All the readers thanks a lot for appreciating the blog and I would keep on writing with the same confidence only if you all support through! 
Thank you. Cheers!!