plight of Airlines Pilots

Airlines like King Fisher and the state owned Air India are not doing well and are facing severe cash and financial crunch due to which they have not been able to pay the salaries of the staff since the past 3 months!  These Airlines are also not coming forward to tell their staff their proposed course of action and the ways devised to get out of this financial mess that they are pushed into.  The pilots and the other staff are looking for absorption in some other airlines for which they require clearance from their present employers.

At the time of joining the airlines, it is mandatory to have identity cards issued for entry and exit out of the airports which are controlled by a special wing of the central police force.  The BCAS is one such wing which issues the identity cards to the operational staff and the pilots of the airlines.

The Pilots and the staff of these airlines are facing a peculiar problem with their respective airlines/employers.  The resignation of the pilots and the operation staff are not being accepted by the airlines citing the mandatory notice period of 6 months.  The staff are agitated as they have not been getting their salary and unable to cope up with routine life due to the cash crunch.  They are unwilling to work for yet another 3 months without getting paid and kept in suspense about the future of the airlines itself.  The catch here is that they have to surrender their identity cards to their employers or the issuing authority which is BCAS, a central Police force.
Both of them are not willing to accept the surrender of identity cards pushing the responsibility on the other.  The pilots and the staff suffer due to this drama since the surrender of I-card is essential to join the other airlines offering them jobs!  It is understandable that the employer would not accept the surrender of I-cards as they do not want to be deserted by their staff.  The BCAS being a central government work force should be magnanimous to accept the surrender of cards by the staff and enable them to pursue their rightful living by joining other institutions that offer them jobs?

I met one pilot who was complaining about the attitude of the chief of BCAS who is a decorated IPS officer who has been trained and given the job to help, assist and protect people! He said that the officer made him wait for several hours before accepting the surrender of I-card only after ranting the  power associated with the seat that he was occupying and saying even IAS officers come and stand in front of him for getting their jobs done!  As a police officer, it does not go well if his head is swollen with such huge EGO??

will the ministry of home affairs, under whom this department functions layout procedures to be followed in these circumstances and counsel the chief of BCAS to adopt a human approach to these problems and try to help and assist the people who are in distress and not to be jealous of the perks and salaries that these persons enjoy?

Car Regn number/Fancy numbers

If you are buying a car and want a fancy number plate of your choice, there is a fee charged by the Regional Transport Authority ranging anything between Rs 5000/- to Rs 50,000/- depending on the popular demand for that specific number! The rules are very strict for the public who are often forced to shell out money to get the number of their choice.

In Chennai, most of the Government owned vehicles have fancy numbers such as the one in the picture above and one really wonders if the Government department also spends that extra money to get these special numbers or is it allotted out of priority? Invariably, all the Government owned vehicles and specially those owned by the bureaucrats occupying important positions, the judiciary and the police officers have this special privilege of having special numbers which are attractive and easy to remember.

There is no harm in extending this privilege to the Government servants but one is entitled to know if they also shell out that extra fee for getting the special numbers?

Can anyone explain?

Election Commission's directive to U P Government

The directive issued by the Election Commission to the Government of Uttar Pradesh to cover up the statues of Mayawati and her elephants symbolising her party is unethical and stupid.  If at all the Election commission wanted to ensure fair elections, they should have stepped in the moment the statue installation work started which attracted lots of hue and cry from the public along with public interest litigation.  Merely asking the state government to cover the statues will have no impact on the voters who will vote according to their conscience.
                           
The election commission should have interfered when huge, gigantic statues of Mayawati, her mentor Kanshi Ram and the party symbols were being installed using public money.  Now, after everything is installed and over, the Election Commission has suddenly woken up to direct that all the the  statues be covered.  The newspaper reports suggest that it may cost roughly Rs 1 cr to cover up the stupid act of the chief minister of U P in errecting her own statues everywhere in the state!  This is the cost of electing uneducated people to run the state!  Statues are errected only for those impeccable leaders who have worked selflessly for the cause of people and the country.  Mayawati is known for her ambitions to project herself as a saviour of the Dalits and ruin the state funds for petty matters like statues which is unproductive.

It is time that the constitution is changed in such a manner that no one can errect his or her own statues in any public place.  Statues or busts of eminent persons can only be put in museums for public viewing.  This will not only free the cities from congestion but also help in disciplining the political class to a great extent.

Sky Bar @ Bangalore

During my recent visit to the city of Gardens- Bangalore, I had the opportunity to visit one of the most talked about "Hang-outs" in UB city Mall, Bangalore.  This Sky Bar is located on the 15th floor of the Mall and considered an exotic place to be around by the modern youth and youngsters at heart!
We walked in to feel as if we were in some upscale pub of Dubai !!
No time is wasted by the attenders around who immediately distribute the menu card and wait on top of your head to take orders for drinks!  The moment you ask for a particular type of drink that you like and ask for suggestions, the boys point out their finger at the costliest drink that is available in that class!  Probably, they are told to sell the expensive drinks to earn better commission?  Anything lower, the response is "not available"!

As the time progresses, the crowds swell and the blue, dim lights right from beneath the table, foot tapping music and the cold air brings in romantic mood into everyone so much so that all the women start looking beautiful to the eyes!!!
There is nothing Indian to eat or munch and all that you get on a huge plate is  small pieces of potato veggies and some grass and leaves for an amount that can fetch you  a whole sack of vegetables that can last for a week!!

The experience of being there is worth the cause at least once in a life time?  The repeat orders for drinks does not seem to carry out the purpose for which it is ordered as you walk out like you walked in even after 3-4 rounds of drinks!! May be it is the excitement of being on top of 15th floor in Bangalore?

Misty Mornings of Bangalore- a reason to love Bangalore!

Living in Bangalore is by itself a pleasure and if you are destined to live in a gated community developed by the Prestige Builders in Shantiniketan, whitefield, you must consider yourself blessed!

A few hundred meters away, the train passes sounding its arrival into Bangalore, the air conditioned city!  The early morning fog makes you feel like being in Europe!!  The passing trains on the whitefield tracks brings in a feeling of"out of city bustle"!  A hot cup of Tea standing in the balcony allowing the misty wind to gently pound on your face enlivens the aroma that glorifies the garden city!

The sun plays hide and seek with the clouds above. The imagination runs wild in thinking as if it is  talking to the Mists to determine the time it has to come out?  The Fog on its part requesting the mighty Sun to allow them to spread the happiness of chill amongst the people and help them remain cool and calm at least for some more time of the day!  The huge lake that can be seen from the bedroom window is invisible and for that matter even the next, adjoining block in the compound!
You open the French windows and sliding doors only to allow an invasion of pure, fresh oxygenated air right into the house and enhance the breathing space of the apartment!  Truly, Bangalore is blessed with a climate of this kind and it is not a wonder when I see the people so cool and calm to understand and tackle things that crop up each day for fulfillment!!

Bangalore- a paradise in India

Gar Firdaus Bar mein Zameen Ast, Hamin AstHamin Ast"
"it means that if there is paradise on earth, this is it, this is it and this is it" said the famous Persian Poet Firdaus on Kashmir!
                       
I would attribute the same to the wonderful city of Bengaluru.  The month of December here in Bangalore is so lovely and cool that one does not have to go abroad to enjoy the winter season.  The early morning mist gently moved by the cool and fresh air is simply amazing.  Many times, you feel like being in a Hill station!  The misty mornings influence the rising of the Sun and gives you a pro-longed feeling of joy and happiness which makes you remain cool.  The entire city can be termed as "Air-conditioned" which comes free of cost.


I live in Chennai which is hardly about 360 kms away from Bangalore where this kind of a weather is simply a thing of awe and dream!  The people of Chennai who face a 3 season weather of "Hot, Hotter and Hottest" can have a feeling of European weather in Bangalore which is about 5 hours travel by road.  The reasons for the people of Tamilnadu to go to Bangalore on a holiday are:
1. convenient distance to travel
2. cheaper hotels within Budget
3. savings in Foreign exchange
4. Food of choice
5. easy communication mode as all speak Tamil Bangalore

The Kannadigas must also be complimented for the spirit of National Integration as they are the only people in India who can speak English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and their own mother tongue in Kannada!!


It is worth a Holiday in Bangalore any time of the year except for the months of April and May when it is warmer.

Desi Boyz- a review

                            


Undoubtedly, one of the most hilarious, comedy entertainer in the recent past directed by Rohit Dhawan son of David Dhawan who has given big comical hits with Govinda!
The story is all about two Indian youths who are hit by the recession and find themselves unemployed!

Jignesh patel @Jerry as Akshay Kmar and Nick Mathur (John Abraham) are two friends who live together.  While Nick is educated investment Banker with comforts,  Jerry is a drop out and live happily on the earnings of his friend Nick until recession strikes whereby Nick looses his job and unable to find another one.  In the meantime, the custody of Veer, the school going kid who happens to be the nephew of Jerry is questioned by the State authority who gives ultimatum to Jerry to straighten himself with a decent earning or relinquish the rights over his nephew as he is even unable to pay up the school fees or get him his fantasy cookies!
                                                                    
Nick is engaged to Radhika(Deepika Padukone) who has big ambitions and dreams of  a big wedding and a big house to live in with luxury but Nick does not have money for the next meal which makes both of them desperate to earn money by hook or crook and decide to join the male strip-tease club and to be  male escorts for women which is controlled by Sanjay dutt who has acted well as usual in his style.  The back ground music of Nayak Nahin Khalnayak hoon mein adds to the weight of the character of Sanjay Dutt as the Brothel head!   The best sequence in this episode is that when Nick tears his shirts during a dance number in a club and tries to show his Macho body to the females around only to find his sweetheart Deepika appear right in front of him and makes her realise the reality of his life! The State also snatches the little school going boy from Jerry and both of them part ways.

  Jerry  joins the college and has a crush on with his professor Tanya well enacted by chitrangda singh who looks more seductive and beautiful than Deepia Padukone!

Nick  tries hard to win back Deepika and even puts up a small caravan in the parking lot etc. singing songs and begging excuses for his short cut  acts for earning money!  Nick with the help of Tanya manages to get his degree and Nick brings his mother from India to unite them once again as friends.  The family court gives custody of the young boy back to Akshay Kumar @Jerry seeing him credited with a degree from the Trinity College, London.
Akshay Kumar as Jerry@Rocco does justice to his role and looks ever youthful and agile specially in the dance sequences.  John Abraham as Nick @ Hunter shows off his muscles and six packs with ease and even puts Akshay Kumar to shame but has to go a long way in acting skills.  Deepika Padukone is more or less a dummy in this film and it is not understood as to how she accepted the role?  chitrangda Singh looks sexy and inviting  enough to make boyz join her institution to learn whatever subjects she teaches!!
Desi Boyz is a good entertainer film if you watch it with your brains left behind in the house!!