December 2008

The crooked signs

4 December 2008 - 11:57pm — silkboard

I think its a challenge, a real one. How do you convey, via simple road signs, the so modern concept of looping road interchanges!? Try describing an interchange when giving out directions - is that a left, or a right that you take from Inner Ring Road to get on to airport road towards HAL? The road signs around such interchanges convey this confusion really well. Some samples for you:

Occupancy ratio of buses at airport

4 December 2008 - 12:29pm — vkviswanath

hi, i am going to fly from hyd to blr tomorrow morning. i saw ticketvala.com selling tickets for bial shuttle services to city. but they are charging 200 bucks for krpuram. they are cheating by charging full fare to krpuram, which is applicable to electronic city. actual fare i got to know is 100 only. what is the occupancy ratio of buses at airport?

A political awakening

4 December 2008 - 8:09pm — murali772

The Mumbai attack could be a significant moment in our country’s history in an unexpectedly affirmative way. As we demand more of our politicians—and we must—it’s time to also demand more of ourselves. Maybe the latter needs to come first.

BIAL RTI - State Support Agreement

3 December 2008 - 3:07pm — Rithesh

Govt of Karnataka State Support Agreement for the Bengaluru International Airport.

The following documents were requested from the Office of The Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka. The request was forwarded to KSIIDC which is the nodal agency for all BIAL related issues. The document was collected from KIIDC on 29th Nov, 2008.

Peace March, Bangalore: A Report

3 December 2008 - 11:35pm — Photoyogi

This morning I got this email fwd from a friend in the US, calling citizens to gather at cubbon park, and express their feeling with the terror attacks in Mumbai. Yes, the past few days I have been tracking this news across the prominent national TV channels. My blood boils, my heart broke on seeing the the Taj Palace burn.

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