Emotionally Speaking

Arindam Chaudhuri & Shiv Khera

I am writing this post mainly with an eye on my friends in the university who rarely look beyond the politicians while lamenting the country’s plight.  Next time they talk to me about these luminaries, I’ll ask them to read this post. Most of what I have written is widely available on the internet. Please [...]

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Photos: tell it like it is!Spelling Error and Public Pissing on Delhi Roads

Here are a few interesting photos! The photos after the first photo are not for the squeamish! This one was clicked on September 21, 2008. A traffic advisory by ‘TRAFFICE’ POLICE! This notice was published at many places along the road from old JNU campus to Vasant Vihar in South Delhi! You may still find [...]

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RTI Queries to DTC [route no. 615, JNU!]

This was long overdue! Today I am submitting the following RTI petition to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on the abysmal service of the route no. 615 buses (“lifeline of JNU”). I have asked other questions too such as on ladies seats occupied by men and the route no. 764.  The reply will be posted [...]

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How to file an RTI Petition?

How to file an RTI (Right to Information) Petition/application/query I have filed a number of RTI petitions so far with various administrative bodies including the UPSC, India Post, UGC and CSIR . Some of my friends in the past have enquired on how to file an RTI petition. The cyberspace is  full of this information [...]

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How to get Delhi autowallahs to say ‘Yes’!?

That Delhi autowallahs are incorrigible is too well known to be elaborated here (meter not working, choosy about destinations and the like). Here is my suggestion (read trick) on how to get them to say yes over small distances. In JNU campus when you ask them to go to Munirka (more than 2 kms away) [...]

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Metro Now – a very average newspaper!

Metro Now was launched in  2006 in Delhi when two arch rivals, the Times of India (TOI) and the Hindustan Times (HT), joined hands chastened by decades of rivalry (and the urgency infused by the decision of the India Today group to launch a morning tabloid). It was a 48-pages all colour paper in the [...]

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