Blogs
- Bayān-e-Ghālib: Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow, 19th May, 7 PM
May 07, 2024 - To pee or not to pee? Indian Railways has the answer!
April 20, 2024 - Indian Railways and Shakespeare, the bard on board with sixty phrases
April 12, 2024 - Sprinkle Some Ghālib Magic: Elevate Your Eloquence
April 02, 2024 - Export of Vande Bharat trains, South America calling!
March 22, 2024 - Rail Budget 2024, did tracks twist, hopes take a Detour? Sudhanshu Mani
February 08, 2024 - Nitish Kumar and his incredible calisthenics, a face-off fiesta between Ghālib and Shakespeare
January 29, 2024 - Are the Vande projects in doldrums?
January 25, 2024 - Whither goest thou, Indian Railways, in 2024 and beyond?
January 01, 2024 - India Overtakes UK and China A lively Shakespeare and Ghālib tête-à-tête
December 23, 2023 - More on Uzbek trains & Vande Bharat If abusing me helps, by all means!
December 08, 2023 - High-Speed Talgo Trains in Uzbekistan Much faster than Vande Bharat!
November 30, 2023 - It’s not all cricket! Shakespeare and Ghālib trade poetic punches
November 09, 2023 - Vizianagaram accident is the latest. Time to face the day, the clock is ticking!
October 31, 2023 - Has the wheel come full circle? Or, there still are wheels within wheels?
October 22, 2023 - Justin Trudeau is not a mere joker! He is worse, say Shakespeare and Ghālib
October 20, 2023 - Dr. Sreedharan had spoken! Revisiting what he said…
September 26, 2023 - It’s a mere train! Not a Chandrayaan or Mangalyaan
September 21, 2023 - India on the moon Ghālib ticks off a jealous Shakespeare
September 13, 2023 - Export of rolling stock! The way forward
September 01, 2023 - Vande or not to Vande?… Shakespeare and Ghālib pow wow part II
August 20, 2023 - Train parts for Indian Railways and PLI scheme
August 16, 2023 - If Vande be the food of bhakti, ride on… Shakespeare and Ghālib pow wow Part I
August 12, 2023 - Redevelopment of railway stations. Will things change this time?
August 06, 2023 - The Vande Vande Waltz
July 31, 2023 - Indian Railways in Vande (Amrit?) Kaal All Vande Vande Wonders One Day
July 13, 2023 - Modi and Rahul in America, Shakespeare and Ghālib debate the visits
June 25, 2023 - So Balasore never happens again!
June 16, 2023 - Why is it Vande Bharat alone?
May 23, 2023 - Give Trust a Chance!
April 27, 2023 - Indian Railways in Amrit Kaal
April 09, 2023 - The Vande Bharat Narrative Must Change!
March 08, 2023 - Oh how the mighty have fallen! Did you miss the rail budget too!!
February 01, 2023 - Vanishing Budget of Indian Railways
January 31,2023 - Let Us Not Blame Talgo… Blame ourselves.
January 23, 2023 - An Acid Test for Rail Ministry. Will it baulk at the brink?
January 15, 2023 - To pee or not to pee? That is not the question
January 14, 2023 - Flight ya rail ka general dabba? Ghālib and Shakespeare on Thai Smile Airline Brawl
January 03, 2023 - Dream India, Dream Bigger!
December 31, 2022 - Unforgettable visit to JSW facilities, Pilgrimage of sorts for me
December 25, 2022 - Shakespeare and Ghālib talk, encore on railway administration
December 15, 2022 - Vande Bharat, Team ICF and Me
November 14, 2022 - Ghālib and Shakespeare on Vande Bharat/Train 18 and Cattle, Train ba.Dii yā bhai.ns?
October 23, 2022 - Cattle may not be safe but Vande Bharat is!!
October 08, 2022 - Talk show with Shakespeare and Ghālib on railway administration
October 03, 2022 - InnoTrans, Berlin, 2022 and India
September 25, 2022 - Paintings and Painters, in the eyes of the uncles
September 19, 2022 - The new Train 18/Vande Bharat, from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step
September 13, 2022 - To abuse or not to abuse: that is not the question
August 27, 2022 - Indian Railways and Vande Bharat/Train 18
August 22, 2022 - Shakespeare, killed with kindness and Ghālib, murdered mercilessly
August 01, 2022 - A wake-up call for railway industry
July 25, 2022 - Dil and jigar/the heart and the liver
July 16, 2022 - Train 18/Vande Bharat Express: Indian Railways Round Up
July 13, 2022 - Good railwaymen get a chance!
June 29, 2022 - Public Procurement and Cartelization
June 13, 2022 - Oh, they kill with kindness!
June 07, 2022 - A petition by IR ‘Wiser After Retirement’ Officers
June 01, 2022 - Train 18/Vande Bharat: a roller coaster ride for the creators!!
May 23, 2022 - Strange are the ways of Indian Railways!
May 08, 2022 - Are there wheels within wheels in Train 18 delays?
April 28, 2022 - When will the trains of Indian Railways speed away? Part 1
April 24, 2022 - Ghālib and Shakespeare on the war in Ukraine
April 10, 2022 - Kavach, the TCAS, is big, really big!
March 28, 2022 - UP Elections 2022: A talk show with Ghālib and Shakespeare
March 13, 2022 - Address the root cause of rail accidents, avoid red herrings
February 28, 2022 - Rail Budget 2022: A talk show with Ghālib and Shakespeare
February 04, 2022 - New Train 18/Vande Bharat Exp. must excel its ancestor!
January 25, 2022 - Accident of Bikaner-Guwahati Express: An American viewpoint on our Couch Potatoes and Thumb-masters
January 19, 2022 - Hype, Hyper and Hyperloop
January 13, 2022 - Trains are not Rockets (and so, not a rocket science)
November 28, 2021 - Who steals my purse steals solid cash: Speak for me, Shakespeare and Ghālib
October 23, 2021 - Train 18/Vande Bharat express: IR does mean business
October 10, 2021 - Shakespeare and Ghālib: Beauty, Desires and Love
September 16, 2021 - Shakespeare for laymen and Ghalib today (Part three of both)
July 31, 2021 - Talgo and India’s quest for a modern train
June 29, 2021 - Flip-flop governance!
June 13, 2021 - Ghalib goes for vaccination after Shakespeare is vaccinated!
May 10, 2021 - Shakespeare for laymen and Ghalib today (Part Two of both)
May 6, 2021 - I didn’t tell you so…but you ought to have known
April 20, 2021 - Ghalib today
April 9, 2021 - Private Trains: Dilemmas of a prospective PTO
March 19, 2021 - Shakespeare for laymen like me
March 5, 2021 - Management Lessons from Poet Uncles (part three)
February 26, 2021 - Quo Vadis, Private Train? Don’t let this train derail!
February 11, 2021 - Management Lessons from Poet Uncles (part two)
January 29, 2021 - Bandit Territory, America?
January 14, 2021 - Remembering Ghalib on his birth anniversary
December 29, 2020 - HBD, Forsooth!
December 16, 2020 - Management Lessons from Poet Uncles
November 28, 2020 - Train 18: Public Leadership and Design Thinking
November 14, 2020 - Privatization of trains: Indian Railways chasing its own tail?
November 8, 2020 - The success of Train 18
October 30, 2020 - Rip away the random reckless RIP routine!
October 14, 2020 - Unveiling of Train 18
October 8, 2020 - Corporatization of Railway Manufacturing
September 26, 2020 - Train 18 hype as the day of the unveiling drew close
September 19, 2020 - Train 18 hype as the day of the unveiling drew close
September 19, 2020 - Make in India to Atmanirbhar
August 27, 2020 - Privatization of trains: Chop and change?
August 6, 2020 - Dash and the last mile dash(before the turn out of Train 18)
July 16, 2020 - Chinese banished, but are Indian apps coming?
July 5, 2020 - Veer Biharis! And why this border clash is different
June 27, 2020 - How self-reliant is Atmanirbhar? Part 2
June 20, 2020 - Train 18…Virtue out of a necessity
June 15, 2020 - How self-reliant is Atmanirbhar? Part 1
June 13, 2020 - Our labour laws. Have we thrown the baby with the bathwater?
May 30, 2020 - Livelihood and dignity of labour
May 20, 2020 - Make in India to Self-reliance: beyond the semantics
May 14, 202 - Sisters of Train 18 and RDSO
May 12, 2020 - Transparency and Delivery, the twain must meet!
April 29, 2020 - Corona Virus and the labyrinth of statistics!
April 27, 2020 - Excerpts from my book on Train 18
April 26, 2020 - Some more musings on ICF and our path to manufacture of Train 18
April 21, 2020 - Start manufacture of Train 18 guys, pronto!
April 17, 2020 - Excerpts from Train 18 memoirs, Everyone aboard! & Approval Processes
April 16, 2020 - Witajcie drodzy konsultanci! (Welcome dear consultants!)
April 15, 2020 - Train 18 memoirs: The wise doth know he is foolish and vendors as partners in a public procurement regime?
April 13, 2020 - Train 18 memoirs: Our doubts are traitors
April 11, 2020 - Train 18 memoirs: Never let your dream die
April 9, 2020 - Train 18 memoirs: ICF starts breaking new grounds
April 7, 2020 - Train 18 memoirs: Getting into the soul of ICF
April 4, 2020 - What can engineers do to alleviate the Covid-19 misery?
April 2, 2020 - My first week in ICF
March 31, 2020 - No romance in more of the same
March 29, 2020 - Disconnected Corona Musings
March 27, 2020 - Visual Arts and I…musings of a rookie curator (part 2)
December 22, 2019 - Visual Arts and I…musings of a rookie curator (part 1)
November 6, 2019 - Train 18 series 28…leadership for a metamorphosis
April 19, 2019 - Train 18 series 27…the day of unveiling draws close
April 4, 2019 - Train 18 series 26..there is nothing better than winning over your staff!
April 1, 2019 - Train 18 series 25…Why is ToT not always such a good word?
March 29, 2019 - Train 18 series 23… our HR magician was going strong
March 22, 2019 - Train 18 series 22..bogies, the heart of the project
March 18, 2019 - Train 18 series 21…virtue out of a necessity
March 14, 2019 - Train 18 series 20…some more on design and train’s progress
March 5, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 19…Transparency and Delivery, the twain must meet!
March 3, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 18…hitches and glitches
February 26, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 17…more about design and manufacture
February 23, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 16…cultural transformation and its sustainability
February 17, 2019 - rain 18 series, part 15…participation of staff
February 12, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 14…manufacture starts!
February 10, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 13…are the designs ready to start manufacture?
February 7, 2019 - Train 18 series part 12…..industrial relations
February 5, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 11…preparation of key drawings and keeping the team intact
January 29, 2019 - Train 18 series, part 10…Approval processes
January 27, 2019 - Train 18 series, part IX…Cultural transformation of ICF
January 26, 2019 - Train 18 series, part VIII..Public Procurement Policy is certainly not a disabler!!
January 24, 2019 - Train 18 series, part VII..welcome dear consultants!!
January 23, 2019 - Train 18 series, part VI..everyone aboard!
January 19, 2019 - Train 18 series, part V..our vendors, our partners
January 17, 2019 - Train 18 series: Where were we?
January 15, 2019 - Train 18 series part three
January 13, 2019 - Know about ICF before I tell you about Train 18
January 12, 201 - Train 18 ..The concept
January 10, 2019 - Creativity is contageous!
October 16, 2016 - Oye Lucknow second!
July 31, 2016 - Some Artworks from “Reinventing the wheel’, the Art camp at Rail Wheel factory
July 30, 2016 - Oye Lucknow first!
April 30, 2016 - Bite and kill!
April 28, 2016 - Reinventing the wheel!
April 24, 2016 - Is the answer blowin’ in the wind?
April 17, 2016 - Firaq ke watan mein Urdu! Aur Iqbal?
April 17, 2016 - Some more on “Hindi hain hum…..”
April 16, 2016 - Railways and Art: Wheels within wheels now!
March 29, 2016 - Hindi hain hum, watan hai Hindostan hamara
March 28, 2016 - Hindi or Urdu
March 27, 2016