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.

The Longest Month

Yes, January 2008 has been the longest month of my life. Not because it has 31 days but because I have not been able to get through this at a pace that I would have liked.

I resigned at the beginning of the month and since then I have been itching to leave.  But the days just won't get over. And to tell u the truth the feeling is also not great. U know u have to go and u r counting ur days and u have people who r keeping a good eye on you.

Well, i can only wait.

The One Lakh Dream

Tata's One Lakh dream finally came to life on this 12th at the 9th Auto Expo. The much awaited and anticipated car called the Nano was unveiled by Tata om 12th Jan 2008. And the car has lived to all the hype that was created before its launch.

Compact but yet full of features, this car caught the eye of one and all. In fact, Tata's stall at the expo was among the ones that drew huge crowds.

As per my personal opinion the car looks good and is sure good value for money. But Tata is still to run the road tests and find out if this car would actually work for a common man.

The car would be made available in September this year. Well, all those who want to own a Nano should keep their fingres crossed :)

For more information on the Nano please visit:

http://www.carwale.com/autoexpo/?p=25

http://www.tatanano.com/tatamotors/

Serving Notice Period :)

Yes, I have resigned I am serving my notice period of 30 days with my company. It all began around August, when even after me saying a lot of times that I am underpaid my salary was not raised. What followed was nothing less than a nightmare for me.

My CEO took a different approach at it, instead of talking to me he kept pushing the TL to talk to me which is not really a great strategy. I had also pointed out a number of problems and instead of solving them he started picking on me for any reason right or wrong. I was treated as a scum bag.

Every little argument I had with someone was taken as a opportunity by my CEO to take it out on me. He kept telling me "u need to change", irrespective of the fact who started it all or who was right or who was wrong. I still wonder why can't others change. What all he says to me why can't he say it to others. Maybe he is scared of his own employees.

My CEO thought that I am pointing fingers at him by saying that I am not fairly paid. He took it as a personal attack. So, he started pointing fingers back at me. He thought he could break down my self-confidence, but he couldn't, I had seen worst.

He started crossing every little limit that there existed. But he really crossed it the day he had a word with me about my certification exams. I told him I am not giving my exams coz that will lead to my appraisal and an appraisal meant a 2 month notice period. He yelled at me "Do u like working here?" I wonder what gives him the right to yell at me. I am not his servant.

This incident really pissed me off And somewhere in my heart I decided that now I will leave.

But what really lead to this was the incident that took place about 45 days back in November. We had to go live with a project and my TL had done a horrendous job with the time lines. Well, we were over the target by 15 days. My TL went on this marriage leave. It is then when it all happened.

My CEO sat with me one evening doing the fine tuning of the application and the he told me that he sit with regarding the same the very next day. But, the next day he came in and shouted at me "Is it ready?" Dude, just the last day you had said that you would like to sit with me regarding the application.

Now I as really pissed. And I took a definitive decision to quit. And a month later I resigned.

This is the major but not the only factor for my quitting this job:
1. CEO plays like a puppet in hands of his trusted.
2. Some people are the exception to every rule. There is huge partiality in the organization.
3. I work my ass off for what I get, others who get double don't put in any efforts.
4. The need of the hour is a proper HR which he don't have in place for a little too long now.
5. No growth here.
6. I am stuck in HTML/CSS/Javascript. There should be an equal division of work.

I am hughely relieved that I have resigned.

Unke Nashe Mein

Lyrics of Hinda Song Unke Nashe Mein from
the Movie Shootout at Lokhandwala

unke nashe mein.........
jalate rahe, jalate rahein...
unke nashe mein jalate rahein
haay unke nashe mein jalate raheein
ladakhadaaye, (ladakhadaaye kabhi kabhi sambhalate rahein - 4)

subah se lekar shaam tak unaka jubaan pe naam tha
(subah se lekar - 2) shaam tak unaka jubaan pe naam tha
woh jaise badali ko saawan se - 3
saawan ko badali se kaam tha
milney ko unse taraste rahein
ladakhadaaye, (ladakhadaaye kabhi kabhi sambhalate rahein - 4)

mera unaka jhagada tha - 3
par unase main yeh keh na saka
mera unaka jhagada tha, par unase main yeh keh na saka
meri khata thi, meri saja thi - 2
main dard-e-judai seh na saka
yaddon se unki ladate rahein
ladakhadaaye, (ladakhadaaye kabhi kabhi sambhalate rahein - 4)

???? pi ke
pine waale zarooor pite hain
ho inaki khata nahi koyi
yahi hai kasoor ke pite hain
woh hum maikadon mein hi palate rahein
ladakhadaaye, (ladakhadaaye kabhi kabhi sambhalate rahein - 4)

Perfect Idiot!

I have been searching for long to find a term which would define this fellow just in the right and appropriate way. And I found one today. What less would u call a man who has decided to play dump for the rest of his life. Well, someone who cannot see things with his eyes open is no less than an idiot for me.

Its time for this fellow to realise that things cannot be run like this. Well, it is his call but i don;t think he is going to get anywhere with this kind of attitude. What more can u say for someone who have no criteria to evalute someone else and keep praising those who lack everything.

He is a Perfect Idiot indeed.