Life In a "METRO"

The radical change in the political wind has maintained the hullabaloos within the state from the days when Bengal evidenced a shift from a 33 year old dominance. Issues, policies, motives stirring up from different corners have kept the headlines busy with them. Cooking them up with controversies has of course spiced up the drama!!!

The latest from the corner is the unveiling of the new route for the Metro Station from Tollygunj to Garia Bazar…oops wrong dude..Uttam Kumar to Kazi Nazrul Islam…!!! Sounds Dis… anyways…!!!!

..umm… back in 2005.. the work had just started seeing the light of the day…we friends used to see the construction works going on as we moved pas the Garia Station area for our college. As each year progressed, we used to ask ourselves, whether we could see this Metro Station ready before our graduation…aah..well..no more questions now though, the route has been made ready for a flag off.. though it took a few more days than we expected….anyways better late than never (as the saying goes..and this holds)…
Getting the whole Kolkata connected by the Metro has been quite an appreciable plan..but while I cross the roads adjacent to City Centre Mall and Sector –V , the visuals around pinches me hard..!!!!!! Large stretches of greenery uprooted.. road dividers vanished to pave way for the Metro..!!! The sight is horrible..at a time you would feel to go and straight away prohibit these actions..!!!!! But reality has been faced from the changing times.. urbanization leads to depreciation of natural resources..!!! So . no exceptions either..!!!!

Anyways.. I think I was not really intending to go into these stuffs… but to focus on the inaugural function of the Metro route from Tollygunj to Garia. Well.. nevertheless , quite an auspicious occasion it was!!! But as the program got telecasted , I was quite confused ~ was this an inaugural ceremony of Metro Station or a TMC rally ????...
[Before I make my further comments , I would like to mention that neither I’m inclined to “Left” or “ Right”… I support any ideologies (whichever team comes up with) that deals with the uplift of Common Man ]
The act of tollywood stars teaming up with the uprising political force of Bengal was wrapped under the Uttam Kumar trump card. Apparent view presented : In the Loving Memory of late Uttam Kumar , the Railway Minister does the formalities; Actual Inner View prescribed : another campaigning of TMC with some people from industry “officially” shifting their sides..!!! The natural tendency is to oil the stronger section .. so this show was no exception either!!!
(Meanwhile.. did you notice Tapas Pal… oh I did…and got confused with my first sight.. I felt that I saw some “local gunda” with our “beloved” didi..!!!! )

Now,Left Front has been left back with its loopholes in the recent days…. thus gradually loosing their three decades old foothold..!!!! But atleast , the contribution of theirs in this Metro Rail development should not have been bypassed..!!! The Railway Minister should have invited the Chief Minister and State Minister with a more cordial manner without thinking of the political differences, it was a State affair after all..!!!! umm..can’t be helped.. every dog has his day…rather sessions..!!!!

And yes yes… the “tamasha” that lies ahead .. I feel is with the saying “What’s in a name????”… one of the worthless saying.. to be dumped..!!!! The “tamasha” is of couse distinct when you see a metro rail staff saying ….. “ dada, ekta Uttam Kumar 6 taka”..!!!!! The Chief Minister , though, pointed out this..but have been involved in this coining affair before..!!!
It’s not restricted to Uttam Kumar , Kazi nazrul islam.. but extends to Rajiv Gandhi in the central. Though we know , there is Mahatma Gandhi Road, AJC Bose Road… but the continuous usage of names of such personalities in coining different projects certainly does not describe the true respect toward them… these human beings have immense contribution in their fields of work and just a statue at one corner..or using his/her name does not stand tall..!!!! The duty lies in extending their ideals by proper and efficient hardwork with truly dedicated and anti-corrupted mindset!!!! The packaging does not help , but the actual content does. Those great personalities have laid the foundation stones.. our job is to concretize the projects for a prospering tomorrow..!!!!!

The inaugural of the Metro station has thus lit up the sparks…and in the coming days … the sparks seems to get more excited… hey there…fingers on the triggers ..!!!!