Archive for the ‘bangalore’ Category
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
Long weekends are always good & bad news for me. Bangalore roads are wonderful to drive during long weekends. It is safe to assume a huge percentage of population goes out of Bangalore during holidays - mainly to Tamil Nadu, Andhra (united Andhra!), Kerala.
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
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We recently received our first traffic violation notice from Bangalore Traffic Police Department. The notice was printed neatly in a professional manner, which is rare for any govt notice.
Notice said I could pay the fine on http://www.bangaloreone.gov.in/ (they should make http://bangaloreone.gov.in/ a valid URL, it wasn't ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
A while ago I had read about movie theatres in India being required to play the National Anthem before the show. As a child growing up I remember it being played "after" the show and doors were being opened only after the completion of the anthem (rightfully so).
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
A teenager from Poland sent me an email today,
Dear Friend, My name is *******. I am sixteen years old and I am from Poland. I like planes and flying very much. My dream is to become a pilot in future. I send you and your airport big regards, and I ...
Posted in bangalore, government, karnataka | 25 Comments »
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Our politicians across all parties are united when it comes to diverting the attention of their citizens. Dharam Singh initiated the change of name of 12 cities and finally it got approved during HDK's tenure. Why has the government unnecessarily fiddled around something which was going on smoothly? I ...
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