Offtopic: There has been numerous references to the film 'Pother Panchali' (Song of the Road) in many posts here. The most acclaimed film by the famous director Satyajit Ray depicts the popular train scene, which are still itched to our heart. Its time to watch the triology in high resolution. Release Date: 17... more...
Nov 2015 click here click here click here click here click here 'All three installments of The Apu Trilogy have been painstakingly restored to their earthy beauty under the auspices of Janus Films, and was screened in 4K Digital at Landmark Theatres in the Bay Area in June. East Bay Express's Kelly Vance reports, "The gentle tranquility is inviting. Almost all the sounds enveloping the characters in Pather Panchali are natural: a breeze in the bamboo forest, raindrops on the roof, birds calling in the trees, the soft cries of Chinibas the sweets seller making his rounds. Only the distant chuffing of a passing train disturbs the hum of the peaceful community of Boral in West Bengal, India. Writer-director Satyajit Ray's first film (1955) is the ideal village picture, a miniature panorama of humanity with a few well chosen characters whom we understand immediately, instinctively, at first glance — a poor family with typical hopes and dreams.' Update: click here Technical Specifications: click here Online Listing / Where to buy (Check address, as of now it can be ordered from India) click here
A REFRESHER ON WAITING LISTS. THE EXPLANATION OF A LAYMAN BY A LAYMAN for LAYMEN > GNWL (GENERAL WAITING LIST) tickets are issued when the journey commences at the originating station or stations close to the originating station and ends at the terminating station or close to the terminating station. This is the most common category of WL and has the highest chance of confirmation > RLWL (Remote Location Waiting List) tickets are issued for intermediate stations between the originating and terminating stations because usually these are important cities or towns on that... more...
route. This waiting list has a separate priority and confirmation will depend on the cancellations of a destination confirmed ticket. Remote location stations prepare their own chart 2-3 hours before the actual departure of the train. Chances of confirmation of RLWL tickets are less. > PQWL (Pooled Quota Waiting List) is a common pool shared by several small stations en route. These tickets are generally issued for journeys from the originating station to a station short of the terminating station OR between two intermediate stations. > RLGN (Remote Location General Waiting List) is issued when a user books a ticket under the RLWL. After booking RLWL gets renamed as RLGN. > RSWL (Roadside Station Waiting List tickets are allotted when berths/seats are booked by the originating station for journeys up to the roadside stations irrespective of distance restrictions. Chances of confirmation are rather remote. >RQWL(Request Quota Waiting List) If a ticket is to be booked from one intermediate station to another intermediate station and it is not covered by general/remote/pooled quota, the request for the ticket goes into RQWL where chances of confirmation are least. PS. I found this in a Whatsap post and thought it could form the basis for a healthy debate and discussion. The explanation is open to correction and elaboration by our WL experts in IRI like Dipyaman Basu, Pramodh Kommattil and many others of their ilk. All are welcome to contribute and participate.
One of the very old description which I had probably seen in IRFCA. Not only it is flawed but also vague, ambiguous and confusing. Too much mixing up of phrases like 'close to origination station' and or 'close to terminating station' and similar things. Also discards the fact that RLWL/RLGN and RSWL/RQWL are the same thing.
For starters, if you purchase a PRS Ticket, it will show RQWL while if you check the PNR online, it will show RSWL. Same goes for RLGN and RLWL Also, you would never find a confirmed ticket issued against RQ/RS/RL(GN,WL).
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In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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