Bishwakarma gets the blame.

Bill Martino · Jul 6, 2004

Saw a news flash on CNN that made me chuckle. Seems the Indian railroads have been having problems -- not sure what kind but enough to cause the Minister of Transportation a problem -- when asked for an explanation he blamed Bishwakarma, the God of the kamis who is responsible for metal, tools and machines, saying that He was probably angry about something.

You gotta love it!

Rusty · Jul 6, 2004

Over here the excuse would be "an act of God".

johntrout · Jul 6, 2004

Well if they are missing miles and miles of track, maybe the blame is in the right place...

DannyinJapan · Jul 6, 2004

what are those things in his hands?

Ferrous Wheel · Jul 6, 2004

LMAO!

What are hands

Keith

Stroller · Jul 7, 2004

With the diabolical state of the rail services over here :grumpy: , it's only a matter of time before the Minister for Transport latches on to this as the latest excuse

Mr.BadExample · Jul 7, 2004

You do not want the god of steel mad at you.

FallingKnife · Jul 7, 2004

It looks like he's got some coax cable in one of his right hands. The kind of stuff you use for hooking up an antenna.

ferguson · Jul 7, 2004

Well the steel supply for the Kamis has been pretty good lately.

Steve

Bill Martino · Jul 7, 2004

I think Bish is trying to cool the Indian economy. Really, it's been going quite well lately.

Jose · Jul 7, 2004

Stroller said:
With the diabolical state of the rail services over here :grumpy: , it's only a matter of time before the Minister for Transport latches on to this as the latest excuse

Here in San Juan, the government has been trying to get our new Metro-rail system to finally work after years of construction. I hope that they do not learn about the Bishwakarma Excuse from the Indian Minister of Transportation.

Bishwakarma gets the blame.

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