An Indecisive Indian

  Let me begin in a sombre mood, as very soon, it would be all inanities, and worse than that, profanities.   Sad jalva rū-ba-rū hai jo mizhgāñ uThā.iye tāqat   kahāñ   ki  diid   kā  ehsāñ  uThā.iye ( Sad  jalva: a hundred grand  appearances, spectacles,  rū-ba-rū: face to face, mizhgāñ: eyebrows, diid: sight, ehsāñ: obligation) Dīvār bār-e-minnat-e-mazdūr se hai ḳham ai  ḳhānumāñ-ḳharāb  na  ehsāñ uThā.iye (bār-e-minnat-e-mazdūr: weight of the kindness of the labourers, ḳhānumāñ-ḳharāb: one whose home is ruined, ehsāñ: obligation)    Hundreds of colorful spectacles (of her or his charisma) are visible once you lift your eyebrows, where is the strength to witness his immense power? Who has the strength to bear this obligation of vision and drink in all the moods and hues? A man goes on looking, and looking, and he gets tired but the marvels of her magnificence or his omnipotence are unending.   Interpreting this sher as a romantic one, as soon as he opens his eye

  If you have not read it, do go through this piece: “Indian Railways' major policy shift: Vande Bharat is back, and on fast track” in The Economic times of October 9 th 2021:   https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indian-railways-major-policy-shift-vande-bharat-is-back-and-on-fast-track/articleshow/86894808.cms   Let me forward some comments on what it says. That Indian Railways(IR) would   quickly build 75 indigenously designed, semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains by August 2023, referring to the PM’s statement from the ramparts of the Red Fort, that and during these 75 weeks of the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence (March 12, 2021, to August 15, 2023), 75 Vande Bharat trains would connect every corner of the country. That may be a tall order but I am not complaining as the intention is noble. It goes on to say that IR had decided to distribute their production among three factories- 24 in ICF and 10 each in Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Rae