This morning's newspaper account of a doctor and his 5 yr. old daughter crushed to death by a speeding bus was more bone-chilling for me, and I am sure for thousands of parents, who drop their kids every day to school bus stop outside their complex.
Getting stopped for red light jumping
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?
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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