About Me...from Me!

Brace yourself…for u will be reading ME –II (for people who have read part I and for those who missed on it u really lost on an opportunity to read one of the greatest piece of literature)………….well I would like to give a disclaimer here………although ull find traces of plagiarism in this , for the fact that this part has been influenced by reading many “about me” segments……..so credit for all those who stole my idea before I could write it……….the underlying “ME” still remains the same …….however here ill try to break into the humor side of things...(after reading my last segment …….many wud have thought whether im planning to take abstinence from worldly pleasures)…… So here starts the journey….. Station1:childhood…….. ..........well I can only say the the hen simply wouldn’t stop from pouring all the golden eggs on me………I kept collecting them….but then suddenly one day the hen died …….i guess she was suffering from Bird Flue – I can claim to the WHO that I discovered the H5N1 virus before nebody else….. Station 2:the teen age….. .........somehow recovering from the grief of losing the hen…….stumbling I reached my Junior college just to find stuck on a dart board……..everything was coming towards me…..(I just hope the Harry Potter dreams don’t cum true always……cos I have seen even scarier than what Harry can ever think of handling)….poor HSC results ...more scary was first year where nothing was going rite for me….but ven i thought I was loosing this race …….as happens with all the Bollywood movies…suddenly the hero is gifted with a charm …..i landed up with one...although apart from getting myself a graduation degree...i could do myself no good... .........and if u think things were going bad for me …I helped their cause when I decided to take up MBA as a career option…(being more clear I just helped open the Pandora’s box)…well things have been bleak and gloomy since then…..but often someone splashes a torch in this dark tunnel…(No,its not the watchman who does it)….believe it or not …but its not how hard you can hit but how hard you get hit and keep going that matters the most….it seems that clichés cover up for your faults….yes they do that but therein lies the truth….well its time you buy yourself some popcorn cos this journey is going to last some more segments…..(note : I’m sure after reading this You will be only too keen to catch up with my Segment I…well you can avail of ur copies from all the leading Crossword stores in ur city)

My Poems!

Sorrow for me is the time of being a loner
A wait to have a look at my fortune turner

Though the world seems to condemn this feeling forever
It always is like a thorn that prevents the flower to be plucked whenever

The flower gets the fame the thorn only gets the blame
World still remains a place where the ugly is tamed

Sorrow is a time when a person tries to count his worth
Although the recurring memories of failures keep splashing forth

It is the time when the smile becomes the most precious gift
But a loner you are on the day as no one stays to give you a lift

The footprints of happy times evade from the thoughts
And the winds of change again bring a challenge to be fought

Credit to our new found B-Guru!

As this being the post rail budget day ...I can scarcely leave mentioning about the new kid on the block ....Mr.Lalu Prasad Yadav.The rail budget clearly drives home the point that this new found B-Guru can be evny for many of the CEOs for he is credited to have turned around IR.A cash surplus of around Rs.10000 crore after paying the dividend liabilities is only too good to ask for from IR when we know that in 2003-04...IR hardly had any surplus.

Now when the FM and the North Block are finding it difficult to come in terms with the rising inflation ....He has applied a soothing balm as the Rail Budget has left foodgrains and fertiliser freight untouched,a move that is expected to soften inflationary pressures.

The battle of LCCs Vs IR resumes with IR cutting the fares of AC I between 3% to 6%.

Highlights of the Rail Budget:
1. An operating ratio of 78% better than the US's only freight -loading train services.
2. Allocation of Rs.5,500 crore towards the depreciation reserve fund.
3. A 16% CAGR growth in the gross traffic receipts in 2006-07.
4.When the Govt. is trying to squueze out whatever money is available with OMCs...the Rail Budget saves @ Rs.75-80 crore for these OMCs because of the cut in freight rates .
5.Lower freight costs for Iron ore,limestone,cement and ammonia.
6.Introduction of triple stack containers,higher axle load trains and wagons with better load carrying capacties.

The flip side :
1.Although on the paper this looks as a good budget but reading the fine print shoes that this is more of a populist budget attempted to assuage the vote bank in view of the state elections.
2. An estimated 13% CAGR growth in gross traffic receipts as compared to 16% growth achieved this year appears to be conservative.
3.Looking at the expenditure that is in pipeline and the estimated lower tariff growth ,capacity addition seems to be the only respite for revenue generation ,which in turn will require more funds.
4.Security and Saefty have always been on the backburner with no clear raodmap defined for the funds allocated for this sector.

All and all this seems to be an attempt to carry on the good work whcih began in early 2005.Politics may be the last refuge of the scoundrels but if politicians decide they can turn around even a sick industry into cash cow.....kudos to this league of legends!