Why the big noise over Hindi?

In the week gone by i.e. on the 20th July, there was a furore in the parliament over the insistence of use of Hindi as the language in the Parliament. This was specific to the incident, when a question was raised in Hindi to the Environment & Forest minister Jairam Ramesh and he preferred to answer in English.To which Kalraj Mishra from the BJP had an issue as the honourable minister in spite of knowing Hindi, was refusing to reply in the same language. The minister then retorted that the MP had probably had contacted the disease of Hindi from SP leader Mulayam Singh to which there were protests from MPs from BJP,SP & BSP mostly from the UP & Bihar states. Then some AIADMK MP insisted on asking the Coal minister Mr Jaiswal a question in chaste tamil. Mr Jaiswal was in no mans land to which Jairam Ramesh gave a thumbs up to the AIADMK colleague. This incident just highlightens the fact that in spite of India being a democracy why does such a culturally diverse nation has to follow the hegemony of couple or more northern states and have to speak in Hindi? Their only contribution to this country is basically providing cheap labour to other states & consume funds from the national exchequer which they regularly do. Apart from of course contributing to the spread of Hindi because of their humongous unchecked population growth rate and big share in contributing to the poverty ratio of the country. Not to get me wrong, I don't have anything against Hindi, but I protest against the enforcement of a particular language as the chosen one. That is the only reason why the southern states refuse to accept Hindi as the national language. We should not be bogged down by third rate politicos from a couple of sick states who though they are illiterate, have the gall to tell us which language to speak in.

Here is something which might be useful for the denizens of Mumbai who do use the BEST service to travel in the island city & the burbs. Many a times we wanna travel but do not know which bus to take & traveling by the overcrowded trains is the last thing on our mind.
So the BEST undertaking has made life easy for Mumbaikars and have updated their website with various routes and which buses can take you to your desired destination, the time of arrival and the fare that will be charged. Check out the link: www.bestundertaking.com/transport/index.htm
Life is simple, isn't it?

Reminiscing about my Bull...

There comes a time when every guy reminisces about the good things in life he has experienced. Well, amongst other things, I always reminisce about my Thumper which I used to own. There was something special about that machine which used to egg me on to ride her come rain or shine.The sweet thump which she used to emanate when I used to kick her to life was just like Nirvana. Though from time to time it used to give me some minor issues like oil leaks or average issues, the ultimate feeling was at the traffic signal, when other guys on their toy bikes look in awe at a Bullet which is thumping away silently when the light is red & when it thumps away to glory as soon as the lights turn green.
She was of the 1995 class, Standard 350 Bullet which had stepped out of the Chennai plant of Royal Enfield. I owned the beauty for almost 4 years before I had to let go of her as was not getting much time to ride her around the city or on long trips. But now after almost 1 1/2 years, feel that its time to go for another Bull, but this time one with a shock abs & DC electricals.
So my searh starts again for the ultimate symbol of masculinity on the Indian roads and Im referring to the bike with the gearshift on the right hand side....