Earlier, while booking a train ticket through Internet using irctc.com services, one had to give the Identity card[which could be anything like driving license, passport, PAN card, etc] details at the time of booking and when travelling, it was mandatory to carry ONLY that ID card whose details were entered at the time of booking. Agreed it's very important to verify the passenger travelling on an e-Ticket, it was equally ridiculous to bind a person with that ID card, which once entered, could not be changed. Also, only ONE person was allowed to provide those ID details. I remember how much harassment I had to go through when I had lost my college ID card and in spite of me having the FIR for that and the driving license, TTE charged me 100 bucks as the "fine".
But now, as the title of the post says, there has been a much awaited and a welcome change has been made by the IRCTC...Now, it's not required to give the ID details at the time of booking. You just need to carry any[only those mentioned earlier] of your ID card in original and it'll do. Also, any of the passenger travelling on the same ticked can produce the ID...Which means, there's little chance for any harassment and complete peace of mind...

It's feels nice when brains work, and specially in govt. PSU's which are so very infamous for low productivity and inefficiency...

Regards
(Siddharth Razdan)

Labels: IRCTC

Again it has been the Pakistan and it’s 3^rd grade cheap politics that has been making the headlines in the recent times…Though he(Mush) has a very good history of miracles favouring him, this time ball seems to be in the other court now…Coalition leaders in his country have decided to go ahead with the impeachment process and chances are bleak that he’ll be able to use the President’s tag before his name for long…Corruption and other cases that’ll follow once he’s out of power are other things to watch out for…It is certainly not going good for him…

I remember when I was reading his autobiography(In the line of fire) sometimes ago, I could easily make out that he has lived his life very passionately, as if at each and every moment he has lived was with his testosterone and adrenile levels high…I personally had a very neutral opinion of him as a politician, neither too good, nor too bad…But as a person, yes I had some regard for him and therefore would not want to see him go down the history lanes as a waste product(the treatment that had been given to the Dravid and Ganguly of team India)…Hopes are on that whatever happens is good for their country(and subsequently, the world)…Let the good sense prevail…

Regards

(Siddharth Razdan)

Labels: Musharraf, Pakistan, Politics

I remember around 2 years ago I read an article in Times of India titled "Even 1 crore is not Enough"...Now, if you don't find the title self-explanatory, let me tell you the details of that...That article read in those days, 1 crore rupees held little value...Of course this amount may seem huge for a few, but was not impressive for getting personalised wealth management services from the "good" companies in the market...It could not buy even a decent house in an upper middle class locality...And other things that you could not do but wanted to which I can't remember exactly...
Note: Inflation is at an all time high now
Now coming back to my own life I was wondering how in world I would ever be able to make those 1 crore, which held and hold a dirt value...After 3 years when I complete my engineering, and hopefully get a placement somewhere, earning around 3-4 lac per year, its gonna be really very difficult to make that crore...Actually, it is all a rat race as I read in the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"...You study, then do a job, spend a lifetime building a home and then die peacefully...And the most unfortunate part of this race is that arnd 90% of the people spend their lives stuck in this rat race...They never(try to)come out of this race and live like ordinary people with ordinary means and ordinary aspirations...The problem is, I don't want to go about that lifestyle, rather, no one does...
For your information people, this was not a random thought...Interestingly, today I read in a newspaper that there exists three sure shot ways to make that buck...And those are: Enterpreneurship, Stock market investing and real estate...Sadly, I don't have enough capital to go about any of the idea stated...Point is, how do I get the capital...? I'm still confused...Please help...

Regards
(Siddharth Razdan)

Labels: Future, Money, Rat Race