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Driving Like Dummies 1 – Traffic in India

India’s roads and driving culture are one for the books. You will be hard-pressed to find a place anywhere on earth where pure chaos and lawlessness prevails on the roads as so much as it does in India. Almost none of the...

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Of Bus Bays and Car Repairs in Bangalore – A True Story

Bangalore is well known for its WTF traffic and crumbling infrastructure, and everyone in the city with a vehicle will have their share of stories of woe to tell. The other day it was my turn, an incident which would ruin my en...

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B. Tech Victims

They sell their souls and four years of their life on the promise that they will be bestowed some kind of world-changing abilities of technological mastery, only to realize later that they have been trapped, left hanging in a v...

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The Chetan Bhagat Conundrum

Yesterday, India’s uncrowned king of bubblegum literature, Chetan Bhagat, decided to celebrate Father’s Day by recycling an old “locker room” joke about child custody and a Coke vending machine. Minutes ...

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The Red Killers of Kochi

The private buses of Ernakulam-Kochi, the mainstay of the city’s public transport options, have progressed from being a menace on the city’s roads to an outright danger to life. The were called the “Red Devils” ...

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Levels of Corruption

There seems to be a serious misunderstanding on what “corruption” means in India. It seems that we think only politicians and bureaucrats are and can be corrupt, and corruption as such starts and ends with bribes, m...

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Vodafail of a Different Kind

No, this is not a Zoozoo-bashing post but about something that reeks of sheer incompetence and irresponsibility, that should not come from a company like Vodafone. Their new promotion: “Vodafone Superweeks” – ...

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Chaos outside Tripoli Airport. Courtesy: Reuters

Libya – Why Want to Return?

Libya has been witnessing the most violent among the protests that have been rocking the Middle East. After 40 years under the rule of Col. Muammar Gaddafi, Libyans rose in protest against his autocratic regime demanding his ...

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Will Someone Please Pick the Phone?

When it comes to customer service, it looks like telecom companies in India are on a race to outdo each other in mediocrity. The less said about the call centers the better. Add to that billing errors, ‘document submi...

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INR 1.76 Lakh Crore ($40 Billion)

(Text in blue are links to other pages like Wikipedia explaining more about the highlighted text. (Not ads, never!) You may click on them, linked pages will open in new tabs/windows. Promise :) ) The most widely quoted curre...

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Nothing Is What It Seems!

“Nothing is what it seems!” – Walter Burke (Al Pacino), The Recruit In the mediocre-at-best spook movie ‘The Recruit’, CIA chief trainer Water Burke (Al Pacino) kept reminding his new recruits th...

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For Customer Care, Dial WTF – Part 2

…Continued from Part -1 Ring-Ring-Ring-Ring!! The music/loan-sale/importance reminder routine came to an abrupt end. The sound of the phone ringing at the other end, the fruit of all my hard work, rudely shook me out ...

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Our Existence and It’s Reason – A Triumph of Nature, Written in Blood.

20 Things that India Will Have as a Developed Country

To Get Back at Autorickshaws, Take the Bus!

My New Year Resolution: To Not to Give a Damn.

Rs.5 ka Corruption

The Norway Kids’ Mess – Egg on our Faces.

Driving Like Dummies 5 – Story of the Indian Car Buyer Part 2

To Get Back at Autorickshaws, Take the Bus!

Have a Happy and Fertile Valentine’s Day!

OMG! Fancy-Number Calendar Dates!!

“This is a Caaaaar!” – The Nissan Sunny, the Mallu and Mr. Manoharan.

#MalluCars! – My Social Media Marketing Moment.

#MalluPlaces in Bangalore!

Kerala – The Joker in the Railways’ Pack of Cards.

Kerala and Some High Speed Jokes

What is it Like Being a Malayali? #BeingMallu!

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Driving Like Dummies 1 – Traffic in India

Of Bus Bays and Car Repairs in Bangalore – A True Story

B. Tech Victims

The Chetan Bhagat Conundrum

The Red Killers of Kochi

Levels of Corruption

Vodafail of a Different Kind

Libya – Why Want to Return?

Will Someone Please Pick the Phone?

INR 1.76 Lakh Crore ($40 Billion)

Nothing Is What It Seems!

For Customer Care, Dial WTF – Part 2

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