August 2008

where's the level playing field?

12 August 2008 - 5:24pm — murali772

BSNL has prime real estate, access to the best spectrum, has been guaranteed priority spectrum for 3G, and by virtue of its state-owned status, will always have a line of sight into spectrum.

Apparently, you can never possibly have a level playing field as long as government player is also in the picture. Is that a satisfactory scenario?

Reproducing the text of the article by Shalini Singh, which appeared in the TOI on 9th Aug, under the caption "BSNL unions question IPO valuation"

Aero India 2009 still from Yel?

11 August 2008 - 5:15pm — blrsri

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=41195

Very interesting to see that Yel AFB will be hosting the 2009 Aero India again. I was of the opinion that BIA had spelled doom for this primier show..was wondering if air show would be a nightmare for the BIA ATC..

So many sorties to manage..IAF plans to include vintage flying in this show..wonder if BIA wont raise any objections!

Parking for profit, and how we can help

11 August 2008 - 11:19am — silkboard

Location, Whitefield. First photo may tell you nothing, whats wrong with parking on the edge of the road anyway. Second one tells you why I clicked it. Blatant, isn't it?

We see examples like this everyday. Some of us fools waste time taking pictures. And the rarest of rare, nut cases, take the trouble of sending these to Traffic Police to feel like doing 'their bit'.

Out of sight, out of mind?

10 August 2008 - 8:22am — tsubba

If the middle class lives in secure communities, then how will things improve? If the movers and shakers opt out of sharing the problem that everyone else is facing, how will things improve? When the middle class evacuates a sphere, like education, or healthcare, doesn’t it go to the dogs?

These are a set of questions asked in an outlook article on gated communities. I have attached RK Mishra's take on these questions. But, beyond his opinions, what do you think? This by itself is a loaded question, but let us extend this beyond gated communities and ask similar questions about SEZ's and satellite towns. If industry and enterprise go to exclusive enclaves, will not the city go to the dogs?
Or is this all so much more theory? Or is it? To be part of the solution, do you have to be part of the problem?


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First Information Report

9 August 2008 - 7:59am — psaram42

Today's Times of India carried the following article of interest. It is not uncommon for public to face rude police behavior. Not registering an FIR is simply unjust. This is a very irritating matter and has to be tackled.

Cops understand only crack of whip, says Supreme Court, 9 Aug 2008, 0001 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN (Link: Register FIR or face jail: SC to cops):

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