How do you pay the fine honestly in case of traffic violations in UP or Haryana? Your choices are to either hand-over your license and spend long hours driving to traffic court to pay and collect it, or pay a small bribe on the spot. What do you choose?
Author: Mrityunjay Kumar
I am a technologist by profession and educationist by heart. Over last 20 years of my career across 3 countries, I have learned that everyday teaches you something new if you are willing to be an everyday learner. I write about my learning experiences so that I can learn better.
Road Accidents
Today, while rushing from Greater Noida to Noida to meet someone in a client company, someone hit my car. It was a small dent in the rear bumper, while negotiating the treacherous circle in Pari Chowk. While I would like to say it wasn't my fault, it actually was: I had no business going that …
RBI can help only those who help themselves
A visit to the nearby restaurant turned into a lesson about our sense of security of sensitive data like ATM PIN! I wonder how RBI can save us from ourselves.
Strangers as Neighbors
I was surprised when my doorbell rang around midnight couple of nights ago. Good thing was that I was alone, bad thing was that I didn't have a way to see who is behind the door (we had given up chasing the maintenance guys who were supposed to put an eyepiece on the door). Anyway, …
Buying an insurance policy – harder than it seems!
This is the story of term insurance plan. I have now tried to buy it twice, with very unpleasant experience, and same result - no policy issued for lack of documents they didn't care to ask upfront!
स्वर गान
अ से अनार, आ से आम, अपना तो है पढ़ना काम। छोटी इ से इमली, बड़ी ई से ईख, मुन्ने राजा कुछ तो सीख। छोटा उ से उल्लू, बड़ा ऊ से ऊन, दिन में सूरज, रात में मून। ए से एड़ी, ऐ से ऐनक, ओ से ओखली, औ से औरत। अं से अंगूर, अः से …
Visiting Yangshuo (Guilin) – 2010 July
We visited Yangshuo, a small town 65 Km south of Guilin, in July 2010. Here is what about.com has to say about this place: "Guilin is the capital of Guangxi province and Yangshuo is a small, sleepy town about an hour's drive away. For many, Guilin is an entry point to the area but Yangshuo …
Hindi-Cheeni Bhai Bhai!
(Translation: Indian and Chinese are brothers) It was an interesting sight and since I didn't want to offend anyone by taking a photograph, here I am trying to draw a picture by words! This sight came up unexpectedly when we wandered into Friendship Shopping Center in Shanghai near LianHua Rd metro station. This is a …
Random Observations: Traffic is no worse than India!
When we were coming here, we were told that traffic is really bad and I should not even think of owning a car, let alone driving it. So I have stuck to that advice and use public transport. However, traffic is not that bad, especially if you compare it with India. People here seem to …
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Random Observations: Why do Chinese websites names have numbers in them?
Within China, I find so many websites which are either entirely composed of numbers (like http://www.4008123123.com/ which is a pizza hut franchise in Shanghai), or part of the name is numbers. It was intriguing to me initially, and I was thinking about the reason. One reason is logical (esp the pizza hut example above): this …
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