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125 days ago
Three years into moving back to India and I am saddened by the fact that the country that can send a flight to the moon and build metro trains but can't manage it's garbage and drains. But over time, facts sank in. Population, unawareness, illetracy etc. just does not allow for such things in India. Atleast not at a pace which some of us expect. It will have to be a slow process and it might take a few generations. But for that to happen it is important that we start doing somethings that our kids can watch and learn. At the same time try and do my little bit in helping the current situation. It may not solve the problem but might create a wave for the next generation to follow. That is when my father stepped in and educated me on composting. The process of converting kitchen waste into manure. He does that at his Pune home regularly. So in Bangalore, we stumbled upon www.dailydump.org , an organization run by a lady in Indiranagar who claimed to have a solution to ...320 days ago
So they are asking what do we do with the bodies of the terrorists killed on 26/11? I suggest that they be put in body-bags and the Indian Navy to sail and throw them on the Karachi Port. Let them rot where they belong.
673 days ago
Recently, Mr. Thomas Friedman published an article titled "No, No, No, Don't Follow America", an article on how the Tata Nano is a bad idea. While I do agree with his views mostly, there is only thing I find wrong about the article. And that is his comparison of the Transport system with the Cellphone revolution in India. If you observe the Cell-phone penetration in India and why it "leapfroged" over traditional land lines... laying traditional landlines involves a lot of work and needs a lot of land. This involves govt sanctions etc. basically a slow lengthy process filled with Govt bureaucracy and the resulting corruption. Cell-phones on the other hand don't need all of that. A few towers that can be raised over private buildings and small pieces of land do the job. Hence Indian Entrepreneurs found this to be the easy route to fill the "communication gap" in India. Unfortunately, transportation does not have the luxury of this shortcut. ...
