Wednesday, September 21, 2011

TitsBits: Okhil Babu’s letter to the Railway Department -190...

TitsBits: Okhil Babu’s letter to the Railway Department -190...: Okhil Babu’s letter to the Railway Department -1909 “I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling w...

Okhil Babu’s letter to the Railway Department -1909

Okhil Babu’s letter to the Railway Department -1909



“I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with ‘lotah’ in one hand and ‘dhoti’ in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on plateform. I am got leaved at Ahmedpur station. This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honour to make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers.”
Okhil Chandra Sen wrote this letter to the Sahibganj divisional railway office in 1909. It is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi. It was also reproduced under the caption “Travellers’ Tales” in the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Any guesses why this letter is of historic value?
It led to the introduction of TOILETS in trains!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Actual Search

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick one day. Needing to have an urgent problem with one of the main computers resolved, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. 'Hello ?'

'Is your daddy home?' he asked.

'
Yes,' whispered the small voice.
May I talk with him?'

The child whispered, '
No .'

Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, 'Is your Mommy there?' '
Yes'

'May I talk with her?' Again the small voice whispered, '
No'

Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, 'Is anybody else there?'

'
Yes,' whispered the child, 'a policeman.'

Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?'

'
No, he's busy,' whispered the child.

'Busy doing what?'

'
Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman,' came the whispered answer.

Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, 'What is that noise?'

'
A helicopter' answered the whispering voice.

'What is going on there?' demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered,

'
The search team just landed a helicopter'

Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, 'What are they searching for?'

Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle...

'
ME.'

Friday, July 22, 2011

Uuf Another Blog

Finally got inspired by so many blogs available around :P

Will definitely scribble something interesting :P
Till then Stay Tuned ;)