The real reason behind the crash...

Our office-boy's take on the Mangalore air crash:

"Yeh sab log India me aise hi hai...paisa kamane ko chahiye par kharch nahi karne ka hai...idhar ke log bike ke tyre bhi chaar-paanch saal tak nahi badalte...flight ka tyre to sirf paanch minute kaam me aata hai....uske baad to hawa me uska kuch kaam nahi... pata nahi kitne saal se tyre nahi badla hoga... to woh to to phatega na..."


:) :)

Article in the Evening Standard, UK of 27th January 2010

Horny Indians

Got this as a fwded mail. Couldnt resist posting it.

The question is : What is the difference between google.com and google.co.in


The answer lies in the images below.... :D

Another bad day of travel

Another sad day of traveling to office (Y). As depicted in the diagram, Route A is our normal route to office. Today we hit a traffic jam at point X at around 9:15 a.m. Smart that we are, we decided to take the alternate Route B to office. As we neared route B, we realized that Route B is closed for repairs and that is the reason for Route A getting clogged badly. So our bold bus driver decided to go for Route C. Apart from him no one else knew that route C existed before today. Halfway into Route C, he realized that the bus is too big for the narrow dirt road and decided to turn back. So we were at the start of route C (point Z) at 10:10 a.m. deciding which route to take. Sadly the road from point Z to point X was also badly jammed by this time.
At this point my patience gave up and I decided to hitch a ride. Luckily I got a biker who took me through route C to my office. I have tried my best to show the dangerous and curvaceous route C as it is. Finally at 10:30, we won the war and reached office after crossing a series of streams, potholes and the road (so called). Thanks to the daring biker!!
Its 11:10 now and my bus is still not here. The green question mark is probably where it must be.

The bus finally arrived at 11:35 a.m. As per one of my friends who was in it, the driver tried out another imaginary route D, which did not exist, before coming back to route A.

Freedom

Today India turns sixty-one. For an individual this signifies ripe old age, but for a nation this signifies youth. Yes, we are still young and budding.

Looking back on the last sixty-one years of democracy, we have lots of golden memories to cherish. I will not recount them all, nor will I recount some of the mistakes that were made. It is human to err, but the important thing is to learn from our mistakes.

It is time now to stop enjoying our freedom and start working for a better tomorrow. Today we have an environment conducive to growth. The world is looking up to Asia to perform. We need to grab the opportunity and ascend (as our neighbor China). Sadly our competition is not with anyone else but ourselves. Yeah, we need to evolve and adapt to the change. Only then we would be able to accept it and use it in our favor. This is easy to write but difficult to execute. But it’s not impossible. All great journeys start with a single step forward. Step by step, we have to tread this arduous path.

Every individual needs to shoulder this responsibility. One of the wrong judgments made by an individual is to leave the entire administration in the hands of the politicians. This is wrong. Every one of us has some duty to perform. At an individual level we can contribute by exercising our voting rights, saying no to corruption, spreading education (if one can), trying to eradicate religious differences, etc. The list is long. But if every individual spends one hour per week for a good cause, we have over a thousand billion hours dedicated to this cause every week.

Most of us ponder, “What difference can one person make?” This is a right question to be asked. But believe me, everyone can make a difference. To bring about a change is not easy. Also, the changes will be seen only after many years. Most of us would not be alive by then. But the next generations would definitely bear the fruit. That is what our forefathers did for us. They fought for the freedom, which we enjoy today.

Let us step out from our narrow worlds of “me and my family”. Lets start treating India as our family. Only then one can proudly celebrate a “Happy Independence Day”.

Please take the online poll if you feel like.

Rain and India

Just two weeks back, we were suffering from lack of rains (http://infinitumnegativity.blogspot.com/2008/07/day-onpower-off.html).

Now that it has rained, we have a new problem. This is the road that leads to my office. The first pic shows the road on a normal day. The second was taken today. We now take an alternate road which takes an extra hour to reach office.

God bless India!

Nasty India TV

I have seen some shitty news on Indian News Channels before (http://www.indianpad.com/story/292996) . This doesn’t come as a surprise. But this definitely takes the cake.

Jai India TV!!