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Death on a Train

31 October 2007 - 7:54pm — E.R. Ramachandran

The train from Mysore towards Bangalore left at 6:45 on 28th October, last Sunday morning, like any other day. Being Sunday, it was less crowded, the passengers comprising mostly middle-aged and elderly and a small group of traders discussing the zooming sensex.After sometime a sense of ennui, sleepiness took over the train amidst vendor’s shout of coffee and tea.

Just before the train reached Mandya, there was some commotion from passengers, 2 bogies away. Soon after, the Ticket collector came enquiring whether there is a doctor in the train to attend to a passenger who had become unconscious.

Drive to BIAL sure to be hell

31 October 2007 - 8:50am — arunvishvin

You can reach any part of India from Bangalore by air in less than three hours. But you’ll need four hours to go to the Devanahalli international airport from Electronic City by road. With 150 days for the opening of the airport, only one national highway takes you there.

Biometrics: The future is here ...

30 October 2007 - 8:29pm — tsubba

... but the past wont let go.

In the land of benaami khatas, multiple registrations, school certificates, drivers licences and other sundry scandals, a government initiative to use biometrics to pin a person to his identity, has stirred the shackles of citizen groups and raises important questions about identity and the sanctity of personal space.

ESG - BMIC: It's Out In The Streets Now

30 October 2007 - 5:46am — tsubba

On Oct 25, 2007, ESG ran into trouble on the BMIC PRR at the Somapura Junction. From the pictures taken by the ESG members it is clear that Ashok Kheny was there and so was the police. So that was how serious this was. Now there are four versions to this episode, the NICE version, the ESG version, the police version, and the media version.

Even though Ashok Kheny is known for his talks and is known to bowl over listeners, NICE is not exactly known for their openness and this case is no different either. Nothing on their website when I last checked it. There is no direct way of knowning their side of the story. Only media reports. But ESG is quite net savvy and carries a copy of the FIR that Leo Saldhana (co-ordinator, ESG) as filed with the police along with photographs on their website. In addition Arun forwarded me an email from Leo Saldhana(coordinator ESG) that he received.

Campaign style in Mysore and Kawasaki

28 October 2007 - 8:10pm — GVK
Governance

My young friend C K Naveena wonders why candidates need to lavish so much resources on banners and hoardings at election time. “I am sure nobody votes for a person just because they see his cutout and banners in every street corner”, writes Mr Naveena, who edits Mysore Matters, adding, ”political parties need to realize this simple truth”.

Website Review: KA Lokayukta

27 October 2007 - 9:08pm — tsubba

http://www.kar.nic.in/lok... first good thing: it is the first listing on google for lokayukta, ahead of even delhi :) now here is the downer the home page itself does not work!!! you gain entry into the website through the rules page. i went to the site looking for information regarding the suomoto powers granted for lokayukta recently but found no information.

Bisi Bele Makes It To WSJ

27 October 2007 - 8:02pm — tsubba
The Dish: Bisi Bele Bath A Lot Goes Into Bangalore's Favorite Meal By MARGOT COHEN October 26, 2007

No sting operation this

26 October 2007 - 11:27pm — silkboard
Traffic

I swear, I was not trying a sting operation here. Though I do wish our electronic media tried sting operations at these day-to-day levels as well, but they are on to bigger things :)

Ultra local JNNURM

25 October 2007 - 10:41am — shas3n

Here is a good news!! JNNURM is now ultra-local! We all knew that JNNURM could be used by projects of medium scale that benefit the majority of the community of a town/city.

Coastal Karnataka and Tourism

24 October 2007 - 9:34am — silkboard
Tourism

[photo credits - Dr Vivek M @ flickr]

I have done the "Bangalore - Hassan - Mangalore - Udupi - Kundapur - Bhatkal - Murudeshwar - Jog Falls - Sagar and back" round trip a couple of times in past, and will have some images of Hilly and Coastal Karnataka etched in my mind forever.

So I thought of visiting the region again for the end of December vacations. Called up a few travel agents, checked a few travel websites to look for places to stay. Asked around friends to check if its practical to do a pure road-trip and explore the coast for a week.

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