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E-Highway To Heaven
The Hindu
Where skybuses, bullet trains, e-highways, seaplanes, underwater metros, driverless cars, tireless scooters, two-wheeled tricycles, will be crisscrossing each other at high speeds
For the last couple of weeks, there’s just been one word in my head. Travel. Travel. Travel. And how close our ancient culture is to the way people commuted in the Star Trek, Star Wars and Maya Bazaar of my youth. And these vivid fantasies about the near future have been spurred by the slew of glorious reports from our transport ministry.
(I have to confess here that I am an unabashed fan of our transport minister, and wrote a moving piece elaborating on his proposal of using Indian musical instruments to improve the sound of our vehicular horns.)
These, fellow travel buffs, are just some of the fantastic developments in store for us in the coming days.
While addressing a recent event, Gadkariji said, “I want to start skybuses from Dhaula Kuan to Manesar and later extend it to Sohna to reduce traffic and pollution.”
What is a skybus, you ask? Don’t be daft. It’s a bus, okay? And it goes in the sky, dammit. That’s all I need to know.
At another venue, the transport minister said “With full faith I want to say that petrol will vanish from the country after five years.” That, to me, is brilliant news. Instead of our money vanishing at the speed of light, it is that dastardly petrol that will vanish. Take that, petrol! I can’t think of a single thing that would make me happier, other than news of Ambujam aunty’s upcoming arangetram being cancelled.
Then came news that travelling from Chennai and Bengaluru will soon take only two hours when the new green expressway between the two cities is completed. You know what that means, right? When I host my next grand party in Adyar, Chennai, guests from Yelahanka, Bengaluru, will arrive before those from Thiruvanmiyur.
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The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
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Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
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Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.