Archive for July, 2008

Recent Travels — Manali-Naggar and Goa

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The last two months gave me opportunities to revisit Manali/Vashisth/Naggar in Himachal Pradesh and Goa! This post goes over some of that experience and offers some helpful bits of info for people to use.
Manali/Vashisth – June 08
This was our first self-driven trip to Manali and Naggar. The drive was expected to be longer than any [...]

Traffic management in Gurgaon

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Some months ago, I applied and joined as a Traffic Observer in Gurgaon.
Before that when an RWA member had suggested that I go over and attend a meeting at the DCP’s office for I drive around Gurgaon and would have a view on traffic issues, I was alarmed at the idea! And yet, I [...]

Powerless but Connected

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

There hasn’t been a week in my 12 years in Gurgaon when I haven’t wondered about DHBVN’s viability as a power provider in this city. Their service is useless, supply highly erratic and phones constantly busy.
There are days every week when outages last 5-8 hours at a stretch or certainly average to that long with [...]