The Agony of a Shopkeeper...

Through this blog I am not going to discuss anything about the profit, loss or risk involved in business. Its something no one ever noticed. A punishment, person gets coz he is the owner of a shop. Leaving apart the fate of business, first i would like to tell something about the routine a shopkeeper follows..

Open the shop by 9.30 am. Clean the shop and then attend the customers. You leave the shop not before 9.00 pm. Ya it includes the lunch break of about an hour. A job for about 12 hours a day and on holiday. Even the day when shop is closed, he has got a lot of work to do. To make the accounts and keep note of credit and debits. Also keep account of inventory. Make payments for the good. This is a general routine. But its his fate he cant avoid.


I wont call it an agony either. Its the part of the job. The path to the goal you choosed. What is the actual agony then? Its a jurisdiction of society to which a shopkeeper is subjected. When ever the social systems undergoes a turmoil, a fracture, its the shopkeeper, who makes the payment for its repair. Have you ever thought who suffer when ever there is a rampage? (leave the dead apart. Mobs never ask who you are when the kill you)

Who suffers when ever there is any political band? Its the shopkeeper ofcourse. Its him whose shop is destroyed. He bears the lose of property. The mob just go, breaks in the shop and loots him. He is the one who is bitten up, when he tries to protect his shop.

When ever there is a band, government employees enjoy holiday, private companies don’t deduct your salary. Who suffers? Shopkeeper. He has to close his shop. Impacting his days sale. He dont get a salary. He earns when he sells something. Any of such activity, directly impacts his earning. You may think how much a single day band will impact a shopkeeper? I agree to a established shop it wont impact much. But what about the shops of poor people? A cobbler, a tri cycle rider? They have to face the crisis.

This the agony of a shopkeeper. Which he hadn't choose but has to suffer. A agony that can be avoided but never will be..

A Terrorist that can be SLAYED...

Through this blog I am narrating the view of a man I met in train. His views, though strange, made me think again on the policies of government. I don’t have reasons to endorse him but have no reasons to discard it either. Just don’t read it, think over it.


We condemn terrorism. Why? Coz lot of innocent people are killed. Families are subjected to pain. A lot of people are left to die at a younger age. A hell lot of responsibilities are left pending. people have to face a brutal ending.

But is terrorism alone responsible for such misfortune? If yes, then you need to make an addition in the list of terrorists. Its not a person but a system, system of mismanagement. Just think for a while how many people die daily in road accident? How many die coz of hanging wires? How many die coz of collapse of a building or a bridge? Seems strange na? But its the truth. This terrorist is continuously killing people, shoving their family to woes. It is a terrorist continuously shouting that you can slay me. I am controllable. What are you waiting for? Why don’t you take appropriate action to kill me. I am just your ignorance. I am in you. You cant controlled terrorists so easily but you can control me by just adapting few measures. Accidents are not just the outcome coz of error of drivers, its also coz of potholes, weak traffic system and corrupted officers. Building fall coz of low quality material.

Actually its true though strange. Just think over it. Can this terrorist be slayed. It is not asking us to make a law like POTA. Just a management..

Railways in Profit...

Our honourable Railway Minister has bought railway several measures those are increasing treasury of railway by a remarkable rate. But i am confused that are these measures beneficial for common men or for railways? Well let me explain it to you in detail. Measures that confused me are:

Ticket Surcharge Increased:

Booking charge per ticket has been increased. It was so minute that you didnt bother to noticed it, but became beneficial for railways. Imagine if you are paying additional 10 rs per ticket, imagine number of thickets booked per day. Multiply them and you get a magic figure. Railways in profit.

Super Fast Express:

You must be knowing that fares of super fast is more than a normal express train. He upgraded various express trains to super fast. But are they fast enough? I dont think so. Still they take same time but extra fare. Railways in profit..

New Three Tier Compartment:

Have you entered the new compartment? Now you will have extra some one to share your woes, woes given by railway. Same limited space with a extra head. Wow.. He has introduced the concept of side middle berth. Now sitting a side upper will be a dream. Limited head room you know! Getting to that side middle berth is a exercise in itself. It has also caused a problem of shuffling of seats. You apply for side lower, you have it in your ticket, but when you board the train, surprise, your new seat is upper. Wow.. They shuffled the seats. Railways in profit.

Bribe With A Receipt: Tatkal

Ya its a bribe where you are given a receipt. You book a ticket 2 moths ago and you get waiting. Coz tatkal quota is increased. Some one else pay extra amount and gets the ticket 5 days prior to journey. And you get zilch. Now look at it from the point of view of the person who buys it. When you buy a tatkal ticket you have to pay the fare from start station to end station of the train. No matter if you board the train midway. Thats alone not enough. You have to say a additional amount of 150 to 350. Wow. I mean what the HELL is this? Its again railways in profit..

The GOD, Faith and Paitents...

"Do beleive in God and he will do everything Good"

They say it. I saw it. I need not go too far for that. An incidence, you may say not too big, but sufficient for me to conclude.
This incident is not related to me directly but indirectly I was a part of it. How do you feel when your sister crys on phone, that to too often? She was appearing for her final year exams. She is a dental student. You need to treat patients for practical exams. She actually struggled to get them. She was once betrayed by her batch mate, who litrally stole her patient. How mean actually.But at the end of every practical she did it well. She got the patients and finally cleared her exam. When ever she cryed I told her to have faith in god. He will do everything fine. She was of the mentality that God wont do good to her. She cryed for more than a week. But she had some faith, though a little, in God. He did everything good for her at last. We all are happy for her now.
she belived in God, had patience, got patients and now she has became a doctor. God actually checked her patience. This incident made me belive that every thing is done for good. its only one soul that controls us, subjects us to various tests and finally give us our reward.:-)

The Kite Runner

Another good novel i read.... Another lesson I learned... It describes the condition of afgan... kabul.... how it changed.... How people turned poor and pron to death when talib occupied them.... no young man was allowed to live... it had a lot of haterate for HAZARRAS.... HASSAN suffered too.......... This novel is a story of a father, A son(Amir) and a hazara boy Hassan.... both father and son committed a mistake.... both had a guilt, but father didnt get a chance to regreat it.... Amir got his chance to regreat his guilt..... He did so by saving the child of HASSAN, SHORAB...... Hassan who was ready to taste the sand for Amir, never betrayed him... did evrything for him.... but when he was caught in trouble, Amir thouht of his wish for that moment and just ran away.... it became difficult for amir to face hassan... he got him expelled from his house...... but he always had a guilt in his heart... he wanted to bring him back.... but fate never allowed him to do so... though he was given a chance in face of SHORAB... He saved him.... Its life that may not give u second chance.... even if u gat a chance, u may be like amir. who although saved the child of hassan, but was never able to ask for forgiveness from hassan.... he got him expelled, he got him killed(unknowingly)... He, i dont think did what was required to seek the forgiveness from GOD, although he got a share of it... he got his lesson... so did i.... when given a chance, never waste it... u wont get a second chance, to turn your mistake to a boon..........

Novel: Fountain Head

Fountain Head.... a great novel.... will teach u a lot... it tells something that really changed me... Its not bad to be selfish but its bullshit to be selfless... U need to be a INDIVIDUAL u need to leave ur life ur way... Dont just live for the society... every creator fought the society... they invented the world we live in... we say we need to share and be social... but we need to create things to share... for this we need to be individual... we need to be egotist... EGOTIST is not a peson who sacriffices others for himself... he is a person who works for himself.... he does what he thinks is good... he dont want any one lse to interfere.... ofcourse he needs other people to play their role but that to as per his plans.... this novel is about a person HOWARD ROARK, AN ARCHITECT.... he is the one who knows what he wants... he is a egotist, an individual, a person full of self respect... i acually want to be like him... he build what he awanted to... he never took favour of any one... for a long tim he had no work, no money... people actually despised him.... but he ended up being famous... not coz of any help, butr coz of his work... perfect epitome of an ideal man

another cahracter i liked was of DOMNIQUE FRANCON: a girl, who, no one was able to understand...

one who loved roark....

made every path roark followed, a trouble for him... cricized him publically,,, loved personally...

strange na...

NO She destroyed him so that world wont have a chance to destroy her love....

She married his folly... did eevrything to snatch all commisssions from him...

but was always with her....

SHe married his opponent no to make him jealous... but as a punishment for herself...

i will never forget this character... perfect blend of beauty and love... she knew what love is... did everything for it.... so did ROARK... he never hated her for any of her actions... but his love grwe more and more...

another character i wont discuss here is peter keating, opposite of roark in every way, his opponett...

Ellsworth m TOOhey: knows what he wants, ant to rule the world... rul their weekness... real willwn of the story... perfect in his approach to destroy everyone... excellent character again..

a perfect novel to read and learn.... AMAZING... u will really love it... absolutr genius "AYN RAND"... wow.....

READ IT FOR SURE.... to learn a new life...

Why i started BLOGGING...

Well let me interoduce my self... i am anshul garg.... a computer engineer i am passout of BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Durg... "People say u can speek ur heart out to strangers easily...." i have got a lot of things to tell but no one to listen to them... So i decided to speek my heart out through blog... u know it helps a lot.... through my blogs i will like to share my viewpoints on various subjects like novels, movies and any thing that comes to my mind... i will also sahre my lonliness through this blog... hope u all appritiate ie...