Comments for Amused To Death - Pratish Menon Blogs http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog In search. Of the Eternal, and the Absolute. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The new IRCTC interface rocks!… by shantanu karve http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-220 shantanu karve Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:39 +0000 http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381#comment-220 Thanks. Yup, I do need to promote it more. Ideally of course, IRCTC would provide that functionality then I can just duck out of the picture. I'm sure it will happen - in due course. -skk Thanks. Yup, I do need to promote it more. Ideally of course, IRCTC would provide that functionality then I can just duck out of the picture. I’m sure it will happen – in due course.

-skk

]]> Comment on The new IRCTC interface rocks!… by Prats http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-219 Prats Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:25:53 +0000 http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381#comment-219 Point well taken; what amazes me is that IRCTC (on account of the first two letters in its name) was never expected to be so good at doing what it does. Credit to Laloo Prasad maybe? Your website is just great; kudos on the effort. Have bookmarked it and shall be visiting frequently :) You need to promote it more! Point well taken; what amazes me is that IRCTC (on account of the first two letters in its name) was never expected to be so good at doing what it does. Credit to Laloo Prasad maybe?

Your website is just great; kudos on the effort. Have bookmarked it and shall be visiting frequently :) You need to promote it more!

]]> Comment on The new IRCTC interface rocks!… by shantanu karve http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-218 shantanu karve Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:23:31 +0000 http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=381#comment-218 It certainly is a lot faster - and their use of accordions and sections makes it up-to-date. Its STILL difficult to find the trains numbers between two places though. I mean, here's this vast railway system, connecting just about every corner of India to every other corner of India but finding the connections to actually make the journey is quite a challenge. It upset me enough to write my own train search algorithm. At my website, totally free and totally ad-free, just enter the start and destination city names ( you don't need to know the exact station code and station name ), your dates and times of travel and the website will find the best trains, detailing the connections as needed to get you from A to B. It certainly is a lot faster – and their use of accordions and sections makes it up-to-date. Its STILL difficult to find the trains numbers between two places though. I mean, here’s this vast railway system, connecting just about every corner of India to every other corner of India but finding the connections to actually make the journey is quite a challenge. It upset me enough to write my own train search algorithm. At my website, totally free and totally ad-free, just enter the start and destination city names ( you don’t need to know the exact station code and station name ), your dates and times of travel and the website will find the best trains, detailing the connections as needed to get you from A to B.

]]> Comment on In The Name Of The Motherland by Ashutosh Lal http://www.pratishmenon.com/blog/?p=197&cpage=1#comment-217 Ashutosh Lal Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:38:45 +0000 http://pratish.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/in-the-name-of-the-motherland/#comment-217 Dear Pratish..... Was just browsing thru and chanced on this spirited text you have poured your heart into.... It really pleases me to say the least.... there exists a concerned set of citizens who don the mantke, who make the call and Most Importantly...put in a beginning Having said that...allow me to share my point of view as well. I stand at a unique apex of a strange pyramid which has the fangs but is forbidden to sting - has the heart to put the skill in to motion and action but is tied by the Rules of Engagement - has the will to do the last mile in persuit but does'nt have the legacy of a logistical chain which could support me ( read my kinds !!) On Fifth have been invited at the launch function of Regional Centre of NSG here at Hyderabad...It really warms my heart, atleast we shall not have to wait that long and allow some gun trotters to run amock with the economic centre of our country... Having said that the point which I want to make is that at every step there exist a very reasonable line of defence ...errr.... may be line of deterence is a better phrase. These successivelines of defence run thru the local home guards to the ordinary police to the Quick reaction Team of the local police to the armed constabulary to the Grey Hounds and so on...Believe you me - my recent experiences tell me that these lot of people are also very committed Two days back , I was rescuing some five shepherd folks in Warrangal Distt from the wrath of swollen Godavari. Having domne the job...we were waiting for the fuel bowser and I got talking to the local inspector from the AP Special Police. Trained at Manesar NSG set up, this FAT inspector was visibly a horrifying sight but when I got talking to him - the old adage came true - appearances are deceptive. There wer quotes of How to wrest the initiative from the Naxalites and why the Grey Hound suffered casualities in Orrisa last year ( boat encounter for 67 grey hounds submerged in the watery grave) and How the terrain is to be utilised to own advantage....prestine, pure, professional stuff from the mouth of an unassuming Police Inspector.... The point is my belief that there exists several Delay Lines, Deterrence Lines and so on who could contain the wrath ............. But it is these Politicians who hold us back, who have little or no understanding ..... who do Not want to solve the problem ...For If the problem is solved then who is going to be asking for these very politicians...They want to keep the Tiger tied in front of the house and they want to keep threatening the house hold ...Look only I can save you from the Tiger's wrath ...so listen to me....worship me...feed my greed and so on . May be I am off the mark , but then I thought must salute the spirirt brother and also to make a subtle point that the malaise of Political Interference is adversly affecting each of the Lines of Defences !!! More later ... ASHU Dear Pratish…..

Was just browsing thru and chanced on this spirited text you have poured your heart into….

It really pleases me to say the least…. there exists a concerned set of citizens who don the mantke, who make the call and Most Importantly…put in a beginning

Having said that…allow me to share my point of view as well. I stand at a unique apex of a strange pyramid which has the fangs but is forbidden to sting – has the heart to put the skill in to motion and action but is tied by the Rules of Engagement – has the will to do the last mile in persuit but does’nt have the legacy of a logistical chain which could support me ( read my kinds !!)

On Fifth have been invited at the launch function of Regional Centre of NSG here at Hyderabad…It really warms my heart, atleast we shall not have to wait that long and allow some gun trotters to run amock with the economic centre of our country…

Having said that the point which I want to make is that at every step there exist a very reasonable line of defence …errr…. may be line of deterence is a better phrase. These successivelines of defence run thru the local home guards to the ordinary police to the Quick reaction Team of the local police to the armed constabulary to the Grey Hounds and so on…Believe you me – my recent experiences tell me that these lot of people are also very committed

Two days back , I was rescuing some five shepherd folks in Warrangal Distt from the wrath of swollen Godavari. Having domne the job…we were waiting for the fuel bowser and I got talking to the local inspector from the AP Special Police. Trained at Manesar NSG set up, this FAT inspector was visibly a horrifying sight but when I got talking to him – the old adage came true – appearances are deceptive. There wer quotes of How to wrest the initiative from the Naxalites and why the Grey Hound suffered casualities in Orrisa last year ( boat encounter for 67 grey hounds submerged in the watery grave) and How the terrain is to be utilised to own advantage….prestine, pure, professional stuff from the mouth of an unassuming Police Inspector….

The point is my belief that there exists several Delay Lines, Deterrence Lines and so on who could contain the wrath …………. But it is these Politicians who hold us back, who have little or no understanding ….. who do Not want to solve the problem …For If the problem is solved then who is going to be asking for these very politicians…They want to keep the Tiger tied in front of the house and they want to keep threatening the house hold …Look only I can save you from the Tiger’s wrath …so listen to me….worship me…feed my greed and so on .

May be I am off the mark , but then I thought must salute the spirirt brother and also to make a subtle point that the malaise of Political Interference is adversly affecting each of the Lines of Defences !!!

More later …

ASHU

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