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Update on train cancellations to Delhi
Railways has made available the list of affected trains online. You can access these details at the following links :1) IRCTC news flash2) Northern railway news flash Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Cancellations / Diversions of trains to New Delhi wef 06.09.2008
Train services to Delhi, specially to New Delhi station is going to be severely affected between Sept 5 and 15. As I have read in the newspapers, 62 trains will be cancelled, 50 diverted and 126 will be terminated short. Some of these train will be terminated short as far as Kanpur which is... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Costlier air travel : UDF at HIAL and BIAL airports
More bad news for domestic air travelers. Not only taxes have gone past 3000, you will also have to pay an additional amount as UDF (User Development Fee) on flying out of Hyderabad, and soon from Bangalore as well. The Civil Aviation ministry has given approval for collecting a UDF of Rs.375/-... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
When ATM did not dispense
Sometimes back State bank of India (SBI) use to run a television commercial which boast of SBI having the largest network of ATMs in India. The corollary to this is that SBI also has the largest number of non-working ATMs in India. My experience says that whenever you are in desperate need of... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
My brush with a group of eunuchs
Have you dealt with a group of eunuchs hell bent on extorting money from you? I had to deal with a group of them few days back. I am narrating my experiences. Hijda, as they are commonly called in Hindi, move around in groups, looking for victims which they can extort on the pretext of some... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Wonder La experience : Bangalore weekend outings
During my stay at Bangalore from 8th to 22nd June, 2008, I had 3 weekend holidays to spare. As I had already done some local sightseeing, e.g., a visit to the famous Lal Baug and had also undertaken a trip to Mysore during my last visit, I could leave out these most common options. I had wanted... Read more...
Published a month ago
Bangalore
The only place one feel comfortable in Delhi is right under the fan. Temperature is just 30 degrees. But humidity is 80%. There was hardly any summer this year by Delhi standard. In fact Delhi had only a few, may be a max of 5 really scorching days this summer. Yet the weather is not pleasant by... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Chardham Yatra : useful helpline numbers
Feeling good to be back in my blog after such a long time. It has been a hectic month. So much was the work pressure that I finally succumbed to a recurrence of spondylosis after a couple of years. I hope that the worst is over.The month of June always reminds of the first visit to Badrinath. The... Read more...
Published 3 months ago
Driving holidays
While returning from office, I was wandering about driving abroad. From what we see in movies or TV, it appears to be pleasant experience. The thought of exploring a state on wheel is something unimaginable here. Everybody jostles for space on the clogged highways. You are caught in a virtual... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Canal Road : Faster access of ITO from East Delhi
While the South Delhi has been strugling with the botched BRT corridor, it was a pleasant experience for me (and many East Delhites) while going to office on Friday. The newly constructed Canal Raod, constructed parallel to the Vikas Marg, has been finally thrown open to public the previous... Read more...
Published 4 months ago
Exploiting power of the net for tourism
Many a times I am surprised by the amount of information available online today. Just 5 years back, I had to re-plan a trip because I had failed to find information about the place I wanted to visit. But the scenario has changed drastically in these intervening years. The tourism and travel... Read more...
Published 5 months ago
Jim Corbett : From a hunter to a legend
Ramnagar, a small town in Uttaranchal, is infatuated with the words Jim and Corbett. Everything from dhaba, to tailor shop, to saloons to costly resorts has to have one of these two words in their name. The town has probably nothing to do with Lord Ram, but with Jim Corbett. It owes its fame to... Read more...
Published 5 months ago