Yeh dil maange more (RailFans, while ending their trip) - Kirti Solanki

Hi VJ, thanks for calling my attention. Yeah, I have always been bemused, yet astonishingly, with these Ramu Kaka stories and +1 on reminiscing of those good old days, albeit acrimonious to some extent, but it was common knowledge that none had any harmful grudge, where debates spanned from train trivia to literature to personalities, meets, foods & fads, travelogues, PNRs, basic but effective user interface, lighter moments, anecdotes, and what not. Simply put, IRI, without any second opinion, was more COLORFUL with those plain themes then than the recent rainbowish look.
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what's ailing (IMHO) the site? Lack of personalities/characters/fun (now don't pounce on me with a war cry, claiming, "who said RF'ing isn't fun?"), change of generation or people (or evolution as you said), drastic shift of focus from all and sundry to hardcore RF, revised format? I'm so dumbstruck that I don't have a clear answer. Maybe sometime someone will come up with a poll.
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All I can say is I'm hoping against hope that that lost folk is back and the site duly gets on top again with the numero uno status that it held more than Roger Federer.