DTC - Delhi Traffic Chaos

If put up in Delhi and u travel by buses u would know that it is an ordeal in itself. I have been traveling in buses for long and I know it is not easy. I was at Dhaula Kuan the other day and the scene there just freaked me out. U would not find a bus stand at this place but a long stretch that is treated as a bus stand and the DTC bus drivers follow their instincts to park the bus at the place they like the most. They drive as if they want to drive over u. U r at ur own cost and risk at this place. Keep ur eyes open or ur next breath could very well be ur last. Adding to the drama are the Haryana Roadways guys. They seem to have a will of their own. They also doesn't quite seem to understand where the bus stand is. And how can we forget the priavte bus operators. They want to make hay all the time. Their drivers will wait at stands until the bus can take nomore. And then there is the mad crowd. Whenever a bus comes people run towards it like it is a money train. Everyone wants a space in the same bus. No one seems to be willing to wait an extra minute. All this makes DTC and traveling in Delhi a horrifying experience in itself.

But could we really blame the bus drivers, the conductors or the crowds. In my opinion, there is a big problem in the way buses are driven in Delhi. Fisrtly, we don't have a figure for the maximum number of passangers that may be allowed in a bus. Secondly, our people are not used to stand up in queues and wait for their turns to get into a bus. And lastly, we have too few bus.
One also cannot ignore the poor skills of bus drivers. DTC, as a report said could not find enough bus drivers to drive their buses.

All said, I think people like me can only be a victim of the circumstances. There is very little a common man can actually do. How has the time? Everyone is busy in making their careers. Anyways this is not going to solve the problem, so I better leave it here... will write back soon.

login\gauravs logged off - One Final Time

If u r a bit confused about the title of this entry then let me tell u that gauravs is my username and login is the domain to which i have been logging in for the last 2.5 years. And 02 Feb 2008 marked the day when this account was logged off one final time. Yes, I have left my present company and am looking to follow new endeavours in life.

I had resigned in early Jan and was serving my 30 day notice period. Well, I was wanting the days to get over as quickly as possible but it seemed like a race to death for me. It is over now. And technically I should be happy. But believe I am not.

Last evening was perhaps one of the longest evenings of my life. But the realisation didn't hit me immediately. But when it did it was hard for me to hold back my emotions. The route from Okhla to Moti Bagh became the longest route of my life and in an unassumingly long journey I looked at each landmark that came in my way - Kalkaji Depot, Nehru Place, Lady Shriram College and many more are some of the landmarks that I wont be seeing anytime sooner now.

I had never thought that this will be so difficult for me, but trust me it was. Leaving the people u have been working with for a long time now is not easy, especailly those whose wavelenghts mactches your. I will miss one and all of my team members that I have left behind.

But I guess that is the way life is. You have to lose some to get some. I hope this phase passes really soon for me coz I don't like being down for too long. May God help me.