In July 2015, there was high tension in Gujarat due to Patel Agitation. In the first week of July, Patel community started their fight to get reservation from the government of India. They organised a peace rally in Ahmedabad to…
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“Modi isn’t doing anything. I wasted my vote on him.” Mahesh Kaka started the day by commenting on Modi’s tenure as prime minister. “Who told you to vote for him? Why are you complaining now after making him Prime Minister?”…
Along with Shanti Express, schedule of most of the express and superfast trains was disturbed. The reason was track work between Vadodara and Surat. Shanti Express was habituated to getting late but other express and superfast trains were running on…
In the last week of May, I saw a huge crowd at Vatva in the morning. Vatva is a second stop between Ahmedabad and Anand. It was a small village earlier but now it is a part of Ahmedabad city….
Next day, there was news in the papers that metro train has arrived from Japan. Metro train service in Ahmedabad is known as Metro link express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA). The project was started when Shri Narendra Modi was chief minister…
Love birds are everywhere. They can easily found in local trains as well. In month of May, Sun had the license to spread the heat. During that time, I used to leave bed early in the morning and reach at…
I ended April with a mini vacation. I went on leave in the last week of April. I needed that break after hectic start to the month. In May when I returned in train, I was warned to keep my…
After first week of April, I was relieved. I was back to my normal schedule of leaving the office at 5:30 p.m. I used to get Saurashtra Express at 5:45. There was Express in the name of the train but…
I was doing the overtime in the first week of April due to accounts closing work. During those days, I used to get Gandhinagar memu at 7:30 p.m. from Anand. Gandhinagar memu is the train for those commuters who work till…
“Rishi, you are falling ill quite often now a days.” Dharmendra Sir quoted after noticing my red eyes and coughing for a while. Since I started commuting, there was a huge fall in my immunity. Dharmendra Sir was right. I…