All were eager to see the needles in their watches to reach 12:30Pm... Oh god... the tight scheduled seventh semester B.Tech exams came to a much awaited end... Phew...!!!

After a few scheduling, re-scheduling & planning we reached Kabab restaurant at pattom to take our lunch & celebrate the day. Me, Seriene, Richard, Osti , Melvin & Sandy. After the lunch we dropped Melvin at Hostel & had to pick up Noble, who was standing at the PMG Bus-stop after a big THEPP from Richard... lol...

Then we headed towards EASTFORT in Ostinato's very own wagon(My car). Reached EASTFORT & parked the car inside GANDHI-PARK & as we were heading towards the bus-stop... Seriene, Sandy & Richard ran on seeing the Low-floor bus...

Yeah the Newly introduced KSRTC's lowfloor bus, riding on it was our "PLAN OF THE DAY". Those guys ran like small kids running behind ice-cream vans...!!! By the time we managed to reach the bus-stop, there were two buses one going towards Technopark-Kanniyapuram & Other towards kowdiar, even though i wanted to take Kowdiar bus, others insisted to take the other bus. So without much arguments we entered the bus.

Bought tickets to Kanniyapuram, the last stop, for 38 bucks...!!! Me, Noble, Sandy & Osti stick to sit at front section(the low floor section) & Richard & Seriene moved to back seat(The upper section). On the way Mobin boarded from University, even though it was not a stop the conductor stopped the bus for us.

The Bus's worth 80 lakhs for that you can buy a Benz S-class, but you never expect such head-turning. Everybody's eyes are on the bus, from the small kiddies, ladies, motorists, old people each & everyone on the road cant take eyes out of the bus. Yeah the bus has "THE ENVY" factor, no wonder a KSRTC bus tried to hit the bus intentionally(FOR more details read METRO MANORAMA) .

The bus drove through university, GH junction, detoured from pallimukku towards Kannanmoola, through Medical college, ulloor, sreekaryam, Technopark & Finally reached kanniyapuram.

On the way at ulloor, the bus had a narrow escape from getting scratched, but an alto car had to face that brutal faith...!!!

We the reliable engineers on-board were closely examining & evaluating this engineering marvel from VOLVO. Starting from Driver's dashboard, it has almost all the controls of the bus. A camera at the rear, at the entrance, the clarity of the video is simply awesome. Infact it has the features of a luxury car on the dashboard. The seats are very comfortable, audio system, display panel etc... Should give 10/10 for the accessories in the bus. The conductor & bus driver were also friendly, they were sharing their experience in the new bus & was talking about the bus fares & all. For hospitality also 10/10.

From kanniyapuram we bought tickets back to EASTFORT. The bus started after a 10 minutes halt. The return journey was so romantic as it was raining outside. You can feel as if you are traveling in a SUV. The journey from kanniyapuram to Eastfort was 1 hour long. As per the conductor there are enough commuters in the bus all the time & 25% of people are like us who board to experience this new journey. As the bus is air-conditioned you wont feel tired even after a 2 & half hour journey...!!!

Better catch a seat infront, its like the business class with regard to comfort.

USP: Redefining city bus travel...

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"Absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows."

Over the past several days, Congress has been busy promoting its austerity drive with leaders flying in economic classes & traveling in trains. Our dear MP commented on this topic on twitter like this "Absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows." This comment created a Hullabaloo in our Nation, THE INDIA.

Here starts our so called "Political Masala Drama". Some catchy scenes and dialogues are "Shashi Tharoor has insulted the people who fly in Economy class, by calling them cattle class and holy cows", Tharoor should resign as early as possible, Tharoor is accused of being insensitive to people’s sentiments blah blah...


Oh guys, come on... be practical...

Why are you targeting such a qualified minister, go & catch those people who dont even deserve to enter the Houses (Lok sabha & Rajya sabha). Do you really think all our ministers are cutting costs, who knows the truth...!!! Look How intelligently our PM has solved the issue. All you people reading this post, think and differentiate between a slur and sense of humour.


All I wanna say to Tharoorji is " Twitt less, work more, everything will be forgotten"

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26th Jan 2009, Karnataka police arrested 17 Shri Rama sena members in connection with attacking a pub & assaulting girls.The founder of the Shri Rama Sena, Pramod Muthalik however justified the actions of the activists while saying that they were trying to protect the women against immoral activities.

Similar attack on 31st jan 2009. Now Pramod Muthalik comes to centre stage justifying their action by stating that this was a spontaneous reaction against those girls who flouted the traditional Indian norms and levels of decency.

Feb 5th 2009, Unfazed by the outrage over its attack on a Mangalore pub, the self-styled moral brigade of the Sri Ram Sena on Thursday threatened to forcibly "marry off" couples dating in public on Valentine's Day. (Thank god!!! There wasnt any Rama Sena Marriage Bureau down here in TVM). Muthalik said that his activists would hold protests at hotels, hostels and colleges where Valentine's Day celebrations are held.

GET MARRIED FREE OF COST
Muthalik announced that he had formed five teams to go around the Bangalore city on Valentine's Day. The team members would have a video camera and also a turmeric stub. If the team member finds anyone dating, they will force them to get married . They will take the couple to the sub-registrar's office and the marriage will be solemnized.

Muthalik doesnt stop here, he termed Valentine's Day as anti-Indian culture. The Shri Ram Sena has also submitted a memorandum to the Bengalore city police commissioner in which they have sought help to ban Valentines Day.

IT'S Time for some action
Pink chaddhi campaign Campaign kicked off on 5 February 2009 to oppose the Sri Ram Sena. Most women in this country have enough curbs on their lives without a whole new franchise cashing in with their bully-boy tactics. Of course, a lot of men have joined the group as well.

Here is what they did as part of Pink Chaddhi campaign.

Action No.1
They planned to send some love to Shri Rama sena. They send them a lots of PINK CHADDIS.

Action No.2
They spread this meassage to maximum people possible, through media, face book & all kinds of sources.

Action No.3
On Valentine’s Day they did a Pub Bharo action. They asked all the people who are part of this campign to go to pub, even if they are not a pub-goer & to raise a toast (it can be juice) to Indian women. Take a photo or video, put it together and send this as well to the Sri Ram Sena.

Some more info, This campaign has not gone of to a DORMANT stage. They are getting more & more active. To know more log on to http://thepinkchaddicampaign.blogspot.com/. Dont keep mum lets act now or people like Muthalik will do some bloody stuffs in the name of culture, religion, community etc.

Come on guys lets join PINK CHADDI CAMPAIGN.

One more question before you leave.

Isn't beating up women, AGAINST INDIAN CULTURE???

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8th January 2009, 7 AM, at home:

Was reading the newspaper, came across the news that civil supplies minister says that there is no reason to panic we have enough stock of fruits, vegetables & all other essential commodities for the next 1 week. Hope the strike will be withdrawn soon. I thought what happens if its not withdrawn soon & stocks gets over.

1:15 pm, at a hotel in Kullathur:

I was having lunch with The pilgrim, suddenly my mobile rang. It was mom, she asked me to fill full tank petrol in Activa cos there is a shortage of petrol in the city, i took it casually and said ok. After lunch i dropped The pilgrim at home & was returning home, heavy traffic block at Kesavadasapuram. Somehow managed to tackle the traffic & crossed the Kesavadasapuram junction, i saw a huge number of cars, bikes & a big crowd infront of the petrol pump, even there were a of lot of police personnels. Out of my laziness i thought i will refill in the evening. Same scene was at pattom also. Reached home & had a nap.

6:10 pm, Pattom:

Started my activa & the indicator was pointing towards E( Less than half litre of petrol left in tank). Oh my god...!!! I must refill it now else i would have to push the Activa all the way to home. Thinking that i went to the petrol pump in pattom, not the same scene as it was in afternoon, but the density of people have increased a lot from what it was in the afternoon. I thought for a whie, there a lots of petrol pumps in the city na, so will get refilled from any one of them.

6:45 pm, Petrol pump at Althara Junction:

After visiting many petrol pumps in the city, i reached Althara junction. There was hardly any petrol left in my activa & if i didnt get the fuel from here, i have to push the vehicle from here. No way...!!! i will get the petrol from here, with this attitude i went inside. My jaws went down on seeing the long long queues of people standing with empty bottles & cans. On one side a big crowd of motorists & another side long queues of cars stretching for about a km. Another problem arise then they were giving petrols in bottles only & i dont have one. I stood there scratching my head, just then i happened to see an old friend of mine, some how with the help of that guy i got one bottle. Then i also joined the queue, just then a fight started between police & motorists. Then police dispersed the queue [people carrying the bottles] & started filling on the two-wheelers. Then another fight broke out & a new queue was formed & i was pushed back from my former position...!!!

After about 1 hour, i was still in the queue. The queue was hardly moving. The queue consisted of youngsters, auto drivers, office workers & all kinds of people. It was a nice experience waiting in the queue, i think i have never stood in such a queue for more than 10 mins. There were usual scenes of jump queues, exchange of words, small fights etc. People were really frustrated & agitated. Two wheelers were honking, people were also making sounds, passing out comments, those who got the petrol were celebrating like anything. The atmosphere was really at high energy level. At 1st they were giving people the amount of petrol they demanded, later it became Rs100, Rs80 & finally became Rs50 of petrol. At about 9, a few employees of petrol pump came & measured the stock of petrol left. Just 500 liters was left. I felt little satisfied to know that, cos i was 10th or 11th in the queue & there was cent percent chance that i would get 0.98 litres to reach back home. Finally by 9:20 i got the petrol , what a feeling it was...!!! I fled the scene as soon as possible and reached home.

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