Justice finally

Six of the 11 accused in the Khairlanji killings case have been given death sentence and two have been sentenced to life imprisonment sentence by a court in Bhandara on Wednesday. Source
It did take time for the justice to be delivered but indeed a job done. The gruesome incident is probably only one of the many [...]

Mumbai doomed

In spite of the terrorist attacks, bombings, slums, the following sentences about Mumbai are commonly heard
“the citizens are brave and spirited. If you see on channels like CNN-IBN or NDTV, you will be moved to see the guys in Mumbai showing the resilence. The way the common man from kids to adults come out in [...]

Horn ok please

My office building is in a locality with 3-4 schools surrounding it. Most of these schools have kids from the economically upper-middle and upper class families. The classes get over at around 2-3 PM.
Mumbai is not a place with as wide roads as Delhi. Whatever available for any purpose is luxury. But between 2-3 PM [...]

Dahi-Haandi: Janmashtami celebrations in Mumbai

If you happen to be from Mumbai and/or were in Mumbai last Sunday and dared roaming around the city I am sure Dahi-Haandi celebrations could not have been missed. Fine that it was celebrated with all the gusto but the way the city life is brought to near stand still by mounting haandis on a [...]

Fighter India

It is interesting to note that the Olympic heroes from the land of Gandhi have bagged medals in shooting, boxing and wrestling

Railway tickets at market prices

Looks like someone from Railways read my previous post on ticketing and gave a serious thought
“We are planning to launch online auction of train tickets and the modalities are being worked out,” said a senior Railways Ministry official and added “only sleeper and AC class tickets will be available for online auction.”
Though there [...]

3 medals for India

With Vijender entering the semis of boxing and Sushil Kumar winning a bronze in wrestling, India is assured of 3 medals in the Beijing Olympics. A bronze is assured to the semi-finalists in boxing. Hope we win a gold here too. Quite an achievement. A 200% increase in the number of medals!!

India wins a Gold!!

and I am happy about this
Go. Celebrate. Its the first ever olympic gold medal India has won in an individual event!! Congos to Bindra!!

Train tickets of AC compartments at market rates?

Don’t you think this can be a good idea? It is difficult (rather impossible) to sell Sleeper Class tickets at market determined prices (similar to how you pay for an airline ticket). Railways has a social responsibility and has to ferry the masses irrespective of the money it can make from them. Essentially, its a [...]

Modern Hindu

This is not a religious post unless you live to eat.
There is a dhaba kind of eating place on the 4th floor of a moth-eaten building near Sterling cinema and opposite the TCS headquarters in Fort, Mumbai. Us jagah ka naam hai “Modern Hindu Hotel”.
They operate on the “fixed menu for a day” model like [...]