…::::The Vada Pav Chronicle::::::……

Folks use words like ‘Excuse me’ before pushing you and going ahead.

Laptops are a big status symbol, have seen fights erupting on laptops.”Boss sambhal ke laptop hai” on hearing this the other guy would grin his teeth and say “To kya mere bag me bi do hai”

People dont remove the flight tags from their laptops, obviously laptops plus flight travel are great status symbols. It doesnt matter that you must have travelled with the cheapest airline last year that too on you compnay money.

People fight in English. Many people use words like ‘Stupid’ ‘Idiot’  even kindergarten kids dont use them. You can hear better cuss words in the ladies compartment when a fight erupts.In the last 3 months I have heard only one fight where good ol ‘MC’ ‘BC’ was used, just once !!!

People need their personal space, very unlikely for a bloke in the first class compartment to stand in the gap between two seats, its insulting. He would do it under very extreme circumstances like at least 10 other dudes shoving him. I think thats the reason theres no fourth seat too.

You push someone and they give you such a stare, which implies “Thats my personal space dude, you wanna cramp up then go to the second class”

You can hear really wild stories, obviously since all the I class travelers are ‘EDUCATED’ and have traveled a lot, some of them give jet packs to their imagination.

Most of the people have their own rules obviously since everyone’s  ‘EDUCATED’. The other day one guy got in from Wadala and he actually went and stood between the seats without people shoving. A seated guy got up to leave, so this guy sat down. Suddenly some cranky fellow standing in the aisle started shouting “I’m standing here from VT and you took the seat?” WOW as if he had his boarding destination tattooed on his forehead.

That finishes off my ranting, did I mention about the laptop ?

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As expected Kimi wins

Shows that a great driver in a good car can do wonders.

Didn’t know the trailer was out.

Digital Inspiration gives a good way to save videos from You tube.

That sure sound like the title of a C grade Hindi flick but it ain’t so.

I was trying to frame the headlines for the evening breaking news when they get to hear this.

Some smart guys in Australia have created a dress which is bound to give people some kicks.

Once it becomes a hit; the dialogues in Hindi movies would surely change. Wife fed up of her drunkard husband: Tumne ghar ke saare kapde kaa liye ab yeh sari bacha hai woh bi khaoge kya? (It sounds like a B grade movie for sure)

A new set of class wars would start, mine smells like Johnnie Walker yours is narangi.

Let’s wait and watch.

Using this service called Popularity Dialer you can arrange for your phone to be called through a web interface.

Would help you to escape from unwanted conversations with the extremely pakau kind of characters.

I wonder when are they planning to launch it in India?

A funny note I read behind a rickshaw at Chakala, it said "Mulgi Shikli, Pagli Zaali" loosely translated it means if the girl learns then she would turn nuts.

I thought maybe the rush at Andheri station coupled with the massage you get when you try to get down at Wadala makes you think that way.

Anyways thanks to the traffic, the rickshaw was there for 15 minutes; thats when I came out of my delirious state.

I realized that a line had faded off from the writing it was actually "Mulgi Shikli,Pragati Zaali" which means if the girl (child) learns then we progress.

A warning sticker pasted in the train by the authorities.

It was a warning to the junta who travel on top of the train/stand between couplers/in the high tension room attached to the compartment in the local trains; basically all the dumb guys who don’t have a life.

It said that if you are caught doing this act then its punishable etc.

It was printed in Hindi, Marathi and English.

The funny part was the placement; it was stuck inside the compartment on the ceiling.

The person who stuck them might have thought that the fool sitting on top of the train can see through the roof and read the warning.

I’m a true blue Mumbaikar as if been bought up here was my own individual achievement, BTW I live in Navi Mumbai now and it doesn’t make a difference to me.

I take a false pride in belonging to this tribe. It’s like people taking false pride in belonging to a particular religion, caste, state etc. as if they strived very hard to be in that group, but all they have done is that they were just born in there nothing else, which didn’t require their individual contribution.

I feel that taking pride in your SSC results is much better because that’s something you must have achieved on your own.

Coming back to the topic of this post, yesterday while surfing thru the Mid-Day site I came across this article, two journos trying to hitch hike in Mumbai posing as lost people from some other state.
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I dozed off while going home yesterday and had to miss a station. This isn’t the first time I’m doing it.

The last time I dozed off was hmmm well on Monday this week .

If I were a superhero I would have been called The Sleep Master.

Sleeping in trains and buses is nothing new to me like they say…mere liye to bayeh haath ka khel hai.

I remember once I dozed off in a harbour line train and I reached Khargar. The first thing you do after waking up from a deep slumber and realizing that you have missed your station is to get down and that’s what I did.

After getting down somehow I managed to drag myself to the other platform, a train was just about to leave but I didn’t bother to run and catch it coz Aamir Khan had once said that "Zindagi mein teen chezoon ke pechey kabhi nahin bhagna chahiye: bus, train or chokri."

Then I realized that it was past midnight and that was the last local.

If not then the next time you don’t water her she might call you, well you may expect a call from Lily, Jasmine or even Rose or from any plant which you have.

This technology allows thirsty plants to place a call to humans !!! 

Who said that playing games shouldn’t be allowed in office?

Now since IBM has started it, I’m sure many more are bound to follow.

They have started using games (only one game) to train new employees on understanding the company culture.

I hope even my organization starts with AOE II would help improve teamwork or at least peoples understanding of history