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August Kranti Rajdhani Express: WL/Regret

Started by sidin · 6 months ago

I have great pleasure in informing readers of this blog that the venerable Rajdhani Express trains of the Indian Railways continues to maintain the highest standards in passenger service, comfortable travel and catering that has a “must do trans-fat” attitude.
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51 comments

  • The Ech Aar manager

    10 months ago

    Thank God you are back....maybe you need to take a few more railway trips to increase the frequency of updates...[:)]
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  • Praveen Gopal Krishnan

    10 months ago

    Amazing.

    Just FYI : the Trichy Railway folks got wise to the Coca-Cola charade post 2001.

    I guess that's when some geniuses discovered that swigging cough syrup bottles were not only effective, but also irreproachable and garnered sympathy from the F 18 - F 25 segment they used to eagerly hunt for on the reservation charts of the Rockfort Express.
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  • Karthik

    10 months ago

    Err..Did you ever lay your hands on that Biltong after that? :-)
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  • Nikhil Narayanan

    10 months ago

    Whatay longish post saar!
    You will be sued for loss of productive man hours or part thereof!

    Good read :)
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  • kalhua

    10 months ago

    thank you! welcome back...

    btw sound clip not working!
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  • kalhua

    10 months ago

    or a part thereof?!!!! he should indemnify his readers fully!
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  • Purva

    10 months ago

    Nice post sid!

    You forgot to mention the Railway toilets! I believe they deserve a special mention in any discussion regarding Indian Railways.. HUGE -ve for railways from me..


    BUt the CUtlet meakes up for it i know... :D.. and the omelette... and the tomato soup!!! GOD I can kill for that soup...

    Ok. NOw Im hungry.
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  • Rada

    10 months ago

    Funny!

    In these days of overbooked trains and scarce resources, a romantic train journey, I guess would forever remain in the realm of fantasy, in India.

    Unless maybe you take that daring leap of faith and book yourself and "the missus" in 1st AC or something! :-)

    In Ist AC btw, the attender would come and discreetly enquire whether you needed some Coca-Cola!
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  • Naveen Roy

    10 months ago

    Hehe, reminds me of the pre-cooked Coke that we swug during our rail journeys! And lucky you, you atleast get some beef....here, even hypermarkets have stopped stocking or advertising beef!!
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  • sonal jhuj

    10 months ago

    :O & lol @ One more of this and I will die. I swear. Jee.”

    “Koi baat nahi.” Says the father in law ...


    Nice post :) and i totally agree with the concept of the 'look'. and no, you don't need to travel in a train with middle aged people to receive it. apparently living peacefully and sweetly in a building can earn you that too. tch tch.
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  • xylene

    10 months ago

    haha,
    great read.
    :D
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  • Sangeetha

    10 months ago

    hey Sidin,

    how come you had Veg Cutlet for breakfast despite you going backdoor and requesting for an omelette?

    And ya, pls tell us whether you got the bilgot or not. We would appreciate if you do it asap :D
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  • cg

    10 months ago

    Nice read. .

    Died laughing when i read "Kuch tho gym vym karvao" and "stop talking in upper case"

    I sincerely hope that the common difference between your blog dates doesn't follow an ever increasing geometric progression.. ;)

    cheers
    cg
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  • dhiv

    10 months ago

    new post!new post!
    (small dance)

    kuch gym-vym ke saath thoda blog-shog bhi likhwao na
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  • Silverine

    10 months ago

    Awesome post!!! And hilarious too!!! Great to read a post from you after such a long time. Methinks when you Comedown in GoAir there will be another story to tell :D
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  • snehanshu

    10 months ago

    Total madness! Freaked out!!

    Congrats on getting side lower and side upper berths. I have never been so lucky in Rajdhani. But could you fit yourself in? Think these side berths are designed for 4.5 foot kids.

    Any posts on what kinda treatment you got from your in-laws? Or would you leave that to our imagination?
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  • Sangeetha

    10 months ago

    Fantastic read!! Kinda makes up for the loooooooong gap!! And brings back memories of snoring middle-aged people in AC compartments.. They never snore in sleeper class though, do they?!
    Once again, gr8 post.. Keep 'em coming!!
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  • Yusuf

    10 months ago

    "This was how perhaps Lance Armstrong snored. It was loud, strong and repeated with metronomic regularity "


    Very funny man, Great post.




    Thank God !! You are alive !!!!
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  • Abinav

    10 months ago

    ROFL!

    Dude - keep posting! I suggest, start the Sid Says series again.
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  • Debjit

    10 months ago

    For me, the Rajdhani brings back memories of the music. Somehow, it sounded the same in every Rajdhani that I travelled in. But it was very comforting. :)

    Don't know if they still have that. Its been a while since I travelled in one.

    Nice post. Am a new reader of your blog but I really like your style.
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  • Arunk

    10 months ago

    :) on the recording. Yes - mark of a true journalist.

    My encounter with the loudest snore on the planet was from Madras to Trichy (trichy to cochin in your engg days - RECTian?). That one probably could have blown out the microphone on any portable recording device. Pretty much the entire compartment could had to listen to the guy as he snored away happily. Thankfully, God intervened since he got off at the next major station (vizhupuram? cant remember now)

    Arun
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  • Paradox Philic

    10 months ago

    Good one!!
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  • Archana

    10 months ago

    No one explained the effects of the Doppler effect better methinks! :) Good job! And whats with the veg cutlets? Dont tell us the aunty followed him 10 minutes later and got your omelettes changed to veg cutlets again?

    And please, have a heart Sidin... A pastranami sighting for a line and a half is such a heartbreaker! Not very unlike showing Chandler Muriel Bing peeking through the window for 20 msecs in an hour long special episode for F.R.I.E.N.D.S :( The regulars on this blog love him... Please make him have a comeback sometime soon... (Given the frequency of your post, WHATsAY next millenium?)
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  • Raghav

    10 months ago

    Welcome Back Sidin !!!!

    Great post and after such a long time :)

    Awesome read :)

    Gusshow !!

    PS: ACP to Archana...Please put some more of Pastrami..still cant forget his slideshow faux pas :D
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  • Ashish

    10 months ago

    Snore Seasons? In streaming audio?
    Dude you. are. the. travel. blog. god!!!
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  • Minka

    10 months ago

    Dang ! you beat me to the snore-fest recording. I was on a Rajdhani to Mysore when I met one such specimen and thought of recording on my w350i. We might have had a contest. Alas !
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  • Minka

    10 months ago

    biltong and pastrami are the same thing !whatay !
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  • sidin

    10 months ago

    Oh I think have half a kilo or so in my freezer...
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  • sidin

    10 months ago

    Except a Pastrami post any time soon. A recent Pune gave much fodder.
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  • sidin

    10 months ago

    He he he. Brainwave I tell you.
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  • sidin

    10 months ago

    Even Air India I think. Once upon a time they used to keep playing Deepak Ram's Return to Lenasia.

    Love that song.
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  • Vivek

    10 months ago

    Finally! Man, that was one long break.. And yes, more pastrami please! ' stop, talking in upper case'.. Lol!!
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  • Billy

    10 months ago

    Remember "Stan the Exercise Man"
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  • Ashwin

    10 months ago

    This is the day Greham Bell would rest in PEACE...!! His invention has much more use that its initial intent.....god bless Greham Bell!!!

    To elaborate

    Phones :
    a)Good for recordring a variety of tonal modulations...especially Snores...as so beautifully demonstrated.
    b)Good to take pics of unsuspecting 'maamas' and 'maamis' ruthlessly pulling out hair and other heavely/sacred blobs from places beyond one's comprehension ( a winner for Ripleys).
    c)Awesome device to break a boring convesation with one of the sanctimonious 'maamas' and 'prospective tambram fils' trying to find which gotram your ancestors belonged to.
    d) oh did i mention...a great device to talk to someone (if you do find a signal to do so!!)

    So sid...you just succesfully demonstrated point a.
    b and c on the cards?? ;)....
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  • Pooja

    10 months ago

    Very nice.

    Lol, as a Punju, gotta admit that the cheap crack on the in-laws had moments of veracity. As hubby (from Andhra) will heartily endorse.
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  • Rakesh

    10 months ago

    Finally you are back.....excellent piece man.

    Hey Sid, I need some advice......what would you suggest Nokia E71 or HTC Touch Diamond? Or is there something similar thats equally good? iPhone not an option.
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  • Archana

    10 months ago

    Promises!!! Promises!!! Promises!!! Lets see... you are yet to tell us all:

    1.) What happened to the sticky thin friend of yours who started gymming all of a sudden.
    2.) about the cricketing legends of all times who got left out in the first post.
    3.) bitch about the more dangerous species - the vegetarians

    and am sure I can think of at least 10 more, if only I had the time to surf the whatay a bit more deeply.

    And now this!!! Sigh :( Regulars we, what more can we do Believe and hope and wait and wait and wait... So shall we.... :(

    Cumma tripping as got a chance! :)
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  • maya

    10 months ago

    dear sidin,

    Reminds of the dried beef my ammachy used to make . Used to string them on this steel rod and hang it above the kitchen fireplace. There is something abt food cooked on firewood. The beef treated with masala, salt and pepper and sun dried . Then smoked for a week. Then this is beated on the grinding stone and fried. That with red boiled rice and salted whole mango pickle with a dash of homemade ghee. And ammachy used to serve hot ghee spiced with baby onions.
    Now where will i go for that flavor of smoked beef. My ammachy died 12 years back.
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  • Deepa G

    10 months ago

    WHERE IS THE AUDIO CLIP??
    Awesome as usual, but I want to hear the man snoring too!!!
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  • Deepa G

    10 months ago

    Yeah, actually! Train toilets would be one hell of a topic..
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  • Ranjith Kollannur

    10 months ago

    Go Air to come. Nice one. Had the misfortune of travelling home in a not so neat Chennai-Alleppey last week. There was no snoring marathon around, but there was a cranky fan which kept everyone up till somebody switched it off. Unfortuately, I must add, since it was a pretty humid trip.

    The conversation about the "dinner" at the in-laws was funny. But at least, it's vegetarian and can't be that fattening. My mom always have a ton of chicken ready whenever I go home. ;)
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  • Gopinath Mavinkurve

    10 months ago

    Good humorous post! Came across your blog through the beingablogger interview. Plan to visit your older posts some time soon. Do read all post in my blog - its humorous too!
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  • Gopinath Mavinkurve

    10 months ago

    I have reviewed this post on StumbleUpon!
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  • bluediamond

    10 months ago

    too funny... esp the vivid descriptions of the snore, and the in-laws feeding!!! :P hehe
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  • Anand S

    10 months ago

    Sidin,

    Keep it going man.

    I remember getting caught in a train in a similar situation.The snorer was the only guy to sleep in our compartment and it kept us all awake.His snore was like one of those Brahmos missiles.

    Consider joining a gym.It is one of those places where you can be w(f)itness to more fun like this.
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  • Noodle

    10 months ago

    Nice Post - reads even better in Google Chrome
    Much respect for the dahi-handy and wadala jokes!
    And did you mean gravitas when you wrote about Pico Iyer?
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  • Neha

    10 months ago

    Gud one...Abhijeet has a nice style of writing,he cud always try writing short stories for kids :D
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  • udayan

    10 months ago

    superb writing ... the "seasonal" dahi hundy pun was awesome !!!
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  • Suresh

    9 months ago

    Sid,

    This may sound cliched..however I am going to cave in and say it..If you ever write a book I will buy it..Kettooo!

    Keep writing and if it takes a kilo of Biltong to do it, I am ready to go in search of some receipies here...

    Suresh
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  • arunima

    9 months ago

    "Sid: Oh nothing much I am waiting in the train with MY LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE for the the train to start. My WIFE OF A YEAR AND FIVE MONTHS is sitting right next to me. We intend to SPEND THE ENTIRE TRIP READING BOOKS and in QUIET PERSONAL INTROSPECTION.

    Pastrami: What the… Stop talking in upper case goddamit!"

    This was funny but I can relate to it as hubby and I don't look our age. People feel we are college kids when actually he is 31 and I am nearing 30. So, I often talk in uppercase about our marital status. :-)
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  • Amit Pandeya

    8 months ago

    http://www.nagpurpulse.com/rajdhani-food-prepar...

    3 Yrs ago, Indian Express uncovered that the food supplied to the Mumbai - New Delhi, is outsourced & prepared under unhygenic condition along the Mithi river at Dharavi...So much for the Indian Railways !!!
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