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**UNTAGGING**

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Well well.. so then i 'm dragged.. uh i mean tagged by this ve ry unreserv ed counterpart ms Swagatika .. And as i forayed, it turned out to be quite amusing.. The rule says- you have to answer t he questions with images and minimum poss ible description.. Here goes my journey... The age you will be on your next birthday: A Place you would like to travel to: Your favourite place: Diplomacy never hurt!! Your favourite food: A dominos meal.. Your favourite Drink: Your favourite pet: Minimum mess i guess.. Your favourite color combination: Contrasting colors... Scientifically too, contrasting colors are the perfect combinations.. eg purple+yellow Your favourite piece of Clothing: an immaculate tuxedo.. The town in which you live: The millenium city.. gurgaon Your dream job: How about being the global ceo of citibank? I know mr.Pandit is taking home just $1, but that's his own decision.. I'll add some zeroes...!! The first thing you will buy if you get a million dollars: My

The Railways saga...

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Study 1: 14.02.2009 "What’s in Rs 90,000 crore??" is the question then.. Its a bloody humungous amount thats what!! To think of a public sector undertaking in India accumulating that amount of profit in five years is sincerely interesting and awe- inspiring.. Yep, thats the "cash surplus" the Indian railways has piled up in the 5 yrs of Mr. Lalu's tenure..Our esteemed union railways minister really deserves accolades for the insurmountable turnaround he has allegedly brought about, especially when the public subsidiary was facing almost certain bankruptcy some years back.. The extent of popularity of his laurels can be gauged by the fact that students from Harvard university flew down to India for a lecture..The Indian railways has been transformed from a bulky ‘elephant’ to a swift 'cheetah' for sure.. Study 2 14.02.2009 At least 12 people were killed and many others injured when the superfast coromandel express derailed in Orissa, once again plan