Age is just a number - Cougar relationship

Do you know what is a Cougar relationship? It refers to a relationship where a woman is romantically involved with a man younger than her.This trend is now common in India. Such things have happened in the past,but not too openly, says psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh.

People just raise their eyebrows on this topic and then move on when another interesting topic comes. Samir Parikh,consultant psychiatrist,says,Anything which is slightly different raises eyebrows for a while.This happens more so with celebrities because they are so much in the public glare and the reactions are all the more manifested in nature, says Parikh.

Sachin, Shilps Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Aishwarya Rai - to name a few in this category.

When psychiatrist say public notice the celebrities getting into this type of relationship but not the non-celebrities, as in most of the cases, we do not know the ages.

My take on this:

Most [ I say most..and not all ;-) ] of the men end up listening to their spouse (whether like it or not) and in the case of such cougar relationship, they can take shelter by saying that they always listen to the elders advise.

Hope to get others views / experience / thoughts on this.

Cheers,

Gopal

Tatkal passengers will now have to carry ORIGINAL ID proof

Rail passengers travelling on Tatkal tickets must now carry their identity proof in original or face the prospect of being treated as ticket-less travellers and penalised. 

Dogged with complaints of alleged irregularities in the Tatkal scheme, Railways has directed that passengers travelling on such tickets must produce proof of their identity from February 11 onwards. 

Any one of the passengers travelling in a group have to produce the ID proof “failing which all passengers travelling on the said ticket will be treated as travelling without tickets and will be charged excess fare and penalty as per rules”, a statement issued in New Delhi said. 

The identity proof could be a voter photo identity card, passport, PAN card, driving licence, photo identity card issued by Central or State government, student identity card issued by recognised schools/colleges, nationalised bank passbook with photograph and credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph. 

No identity proof is, however, required to be produced at the reservation counter while getting the Tatkal ticket booked, it said. 

The Tatkal scheme was introduced in 1997, with the provision that passengers booking tickets would indicate their identity card number at the time of booking and would be required to carry the same card during the journey. This provision was subsequently withdrawn in August 2004.

Railway officials said the latest move was aimed at putting to end complaints of bulk booking and the role of touts in cornering such tickets.

Railways had last year also barred e-ticket agents from accessing online Tatkal bookings from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. when booking commences for the day.

The move comes at a time when the Railway Ministry is understood to be considering a proposal to introduce Tatkal trains on busy routes, a mention of which is expected in the Railway Budget. 

If you look at the various identity cards, one cannot afford to loose when you travel. Especially when elderly persons are traveling, it is difficult for them to manage the safe custody of the Voter Id card or Ration Card. Getting again a voter id or ration card is not that easy.

Why not the Railways issue an identity card (through IRCTC) and charge Rs.25 as processing fee. When this card is lost, they can issue a duplicate (after checking the records) for a nominal fee. This Id number can be used for frequent traveller, managing travel booking, senior citizen proof etc., This can be used for other online travel bookings, as this is issued by a government agency.

An improvement in this regard would be highly appreciated in the ensuing Railway budget.

Others thoughts please.

Cheers,

Gopal

Will India pull out a sensational win against SA?

With 340 runs to win the match - whole day with the team, what would be going in the minds of Dhoni @Co?

• Play safe, without loosing wickets, and draw the match & series
• while playing safely, if we loose wickets, India will loose the series
• Play aggressively - go all out for a victory
• Shewag, Tendulkar, Dhoni, Pujara & Harbajan should step up with quick score, with Ghambhir, Dravid or Laxman on the other end to keep the wicket intact.

Ther is another 15 more minutes to go for the start of the match! Let us wait and see what is going to happen.

Anyway, this is going to be a wonderful final day - DO or DIE for both the teams, Shewag v Steyn. More than the spectators, team members, it is the umpires, who will be under tremendous pressure, as any wrong decision will favour a team.

All the best to India & SA team for a fantastic game.

Cheers,

Gopal

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2011

Friends,

Happy NEW YEAR to you, your family & friends. Like previous years, let this new year too usher in good luck. We wish everyone a Happy New year, every year. How about wishing once for all a HAPPY FUTURE !

Time flies and I stopped blogging from Apr 2010. I stopped blogging, as i got a mail from my company on  blogging policy. That stoppage took a long time to get back to blogging.

This is not my new year resolution to start blogging, but to restart from where I left. There were many things I wanted to share the shames & scams (CWG, 2G etc.,)..Tendulkar's superb double century in One Day International...India's victory run in Cricket, CWG (India's performance) etc., but could not.

May be this post for wishing you all a bright future, will make me to come back on track and start my blogging.

Hope to keep up my regular posting.

Once again wishing you all a bright and happy future.

Cheers,

Gopal