Friday, August 21, 2009

Delhi Turns Boggy With Lashing Rain



Indias capital Delhi drenched hard as it rained buckets this noon in Delhi. Waterlogged pits, Flooding roads, Cars turning into ships and uprooted trees were a common scene in Delhi today as Delhi witnessed a 2 Hour Marathon Rain. Traffic was pulled off, trees were uprooted, roads were flooded all owing to the lashing rains in Delhi. As it rained cats and dogs in the capital, the whole city witnessed a halt and all the buzz in the buzzing capital was hushed by the gushing rains.

Mumbai has been witnessing heavy down pour every year, but it is first time that the National Capital has witnessed a maniac rain. Most of the parts in the city were almost flooded in the marathon rain that started at around 2.30 p.m. Delhi received 74 mm of rainfall in just two hours. This heavy downpour brought the day temperature in Delhi down to 22 degrees Celsius.
The whopping rain left severe implications on various aspects of the city. Traffic was jammed up, flights were cancelled, roads waterlooged and low lying areas submereged. All this accounts for the poor civic maintance and the pathetic conditions of essential infrastructure in the Capital. While a Capital should be a role model to the nation with perfect civic implementations, the Delhi civic structure has proved to be stain.

Adding to the trouble was the Delhi Metro construction. The areas under Metro construction have loosened sand and mud already. The lashing rains have worsened the situation in such areas making them unbearable.

Traffic in the city jammed up for hours as roads were flooded with water. The unattended manholes and potholes in several places added to the pain of drivers. Cars and bikes were starnded in the midst of the heavy traffic for hours. Emeregency call lines were set up to bring the traffic under control. Public was advised to enquire the traffic status of concerend areas with the emergency traffic helplines before stepping out of their houses.

With the troubling rains, the city administartion got into troubled water for poor maintance of roads. The administartives started a blame game to get a clean chit for themselves. Authorities said they were helpless and the blame game began between the civic agencies.

Within an hour of the rain, there was chaos on the Delhi roads with reports of waterlogging on several key, arterial stretches, delayed flights, red lights going on the blink and choked drains. Waterlogging complaints were recorded in around 12 areas, trees uprooted in 14 places and traffic messed up almost on every bus road. Even flights out of the national capital were either suspended, rescheduled or cancelled. A portion of the new domestic terminal building was damaged due to the rain and a bit of roof fell down. This has brought to question, the quality of cnstruction in vital places like Terminals that must are expected to be rigid.

All that matters under such situations is the power of public. Public can engage in helping out the starnded ones and take initiatives to clear up the uproooted trees instead of waiting for the municipal authorities to come up and take clearing up actions. Such scenarios bring out the unity among the people of the city and will bring up the true spirit of the city. The Mumbai spirit is worthmention, when it comes to managing crisis like heav rains. Once when it rained buckest of 98 cms in Mumbai, causing, cars and buses to be stranded for more than 8 hours, the kind heart of the public reflected in the helping hand lend to the suffering people. Local people of the nearby areas brought food and water to the passengers who were grid locked in traffic. These actions restore ones faith in humanity and refreshes the commom bond shared by us, the bond of being an "Indian".

Saturday, August 15, 2009

27 Dresses - A Dainty Wedding Fantasy


Weddings have a charm of their own. Neverthless English weddings have a mesmerizing trait that no one can resist. I have always been fond of movies that are centered around weddings, because I love seeing the white, the pink and all the shades of purple and violet that dominate the color wheel of these wedding oriented movies. The whole ambience of these movies brings joy. The colorful decorated rooms, carefully dressed tables adorned with attractive table clothes and laces, attractive poles delicately draped in finespun lavender and white chiffons, lilies, all attractive flowers and abundance of white- the purest color almost make me feel swept off my feet for the English Weddings.

"27 Dresses" now tops my list of favorite wedding movies. It was recently that I could catch a glimpse of this down to earth story of a bridesmaid who longs for a day when she can be the queen - "The bride" and not yet another bridesmaid. The story revolves around a naive, down to earth girl Jane who has a very unique hobby of being the "Brides Maid" and whose wardrobe floods with heavy, vivid, colorful dresses that were once her bridesmaid dress for one of those weddings in which she was a bridesmaid.

Jane is simple, sweet and caring while her sister Tess is a city-bred, careless girl who just focuses on enjoying life to the core. Jane, a single woman who has served as a bridesmaid a shocking 27 times wrestles with the prospect of supporting her sister at the altar on number 28, despite having fallen helplessly in love with her smitten sibling's handsome husband-to-be. Jane (Katherine Heigl) has the kind of altruistic traits that everyone looks for in a friend, yet lately the perennial bridesmaid has begun to feel as if something is missing in her life.

One night, local newspaper reporter Kevin (James Marsden) spots the devoted bridal attendant racing between receptions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and quickly surmises that her quirky tale may be just the story to get him off the bridal beat and into the big time. Immediately suspicious of the cynical reporter's motivations, Jane tries to get rid of Kevin just as her younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman) shows up in town. While Jane has always put the needs of friends and family before her own wants and desires, she's suddenly prompted to reevaluate her priorities when her boss, with whom she is secretly in love, falls for her younger sister Tess. When Tess and Jane's boss George (Edward Burns) make plans to marry, the smitten younger sibling mistakenly assumes that her lovelorn older sibling will be happy to take part in the wedding. For as far back as Jane can remember, she has sacrificed her own happiness for the sake of those she holds dearest, but now that her heart has been broken, she's finally found the courage to be honest with herself. Now, as Jane finally comes to terms with her true feelings, her life begins to change in ways she never expected.

Slowly Kevin starts getting along more with Jane so as to learn more about her and get all her information that could fetch him more content for his article on this one of a bridesmaid. Kevin is very keen about his article as it will be the key to his achieving a better position in his firm and meeting the promise made to his boss. Gradually as Kevin starts learning more about Jane, he gets allured by her innocence and flawless care for family. At a point when both Jane and Kevin start liking each other, Kevin's boss publishes Kevins article on Jane without Kevins knowledge. Grief-stricken b the humiliation caused by the article, Jane starts looking at Kevin as a traitor who played with her emotions. Alas! Kevin who had decided not to publish the article, but simply propose to Jane finds himself helpless. Later, Jane realises that Tess has created a false personality in the eyes of her boss so as to impress him. Jane is shocked b this truth and makes up her mind that she wont let her dream man to be cheated by her own sister. So when Tess asks Jane to prepare a wedding presentation, Jane adds in all pictures that show off the real Tess, which is totally different from the kind of person with whom George has fallen in love with. Eventually, when the real character of Tess is showcased, George decides to break up with Tess.

But then Tess confesses to Jane that she had truly changed and was not the old regardless lass anymore. At this Jane repents on her mistakes and both of them renew their lovel sisterhood with all love ad care. Finally Jane realises that Kevin was helpless when an article on her being a "Bridesmaid"for 27 times was published and she feels true love for Kevin and decides to confess it to Kevin. So as usual, its a happy ending movie, with Jane's long due dream being fulfilled - es eventually Jane marries Kevin and she is blessed with 27 different bridesmaids for her wedding! :)

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Eyes That Care



A kind look makes the heart melt,
A sweet word makes the care felt,
But its the true love and seamless care,
That wins over hearts everywhere.

Look at people for what they feel,
But not for what they look,
Because what you see is never what you feel,
It is just like diamonds and carbons indeed.

Feel the eyes and feel the care,
As everyone seems to care,
But only few eyes really care to care,
And never lose the ones who care.

Look into the eyes,
That open up into the heart,
Trust only those balls that beam with care,
Not those that just look fair.

Trust in feel,
Trust in care,
For all you need is,
Someone who cares to care!
 

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