http://jdesignlab.com Jyoti's Musings Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:01:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The state of taxis in Gurgaon demands a proper overview so I’ve decided to do a separate post on them. When I moved to (New) Gurgaon 12 years ago, I knew of just one taxi stand in the DLF-I area that appeared to have 3-4 taxis. The stand used to be ... http://jdesignlab.com/life-in-gurgaon/transport-in-gurgaon-%e2%80%93-ii-%e2%80%93-taxis.html Commuting within and to/from Gurgaon can be nightmarish. There are issues to do with the lack of signage, unnamed/bad roads and traffic congestion, and even if I were to focus on just one aspect such as the means of transport, there would be a lot to be frustrated about. For moving ... http://jdesignlab.com/life-in-gurgaon/transport-in-gurgaon-%e2%80%93-i.html 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 ... http://jdesignlab.com/travel/recent-travels-manali-naggar-and-goa.html 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 ... http://jdesignlab.com/life-in-gurgaon/traffic-management-in-gurgaon.html 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 ... http://jdesignlab.com/life-in-gurgaon/powerless-gurgaon.html May 31, 2008 After mulling over it for several months, finally I zeroed in on a day when Kishore was in town and enthusiastic about driving as well as birding; when birding-friend AMS agreed to explore the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) with us and Kabir was safely ensconced in Bangalore with ... http://jdesignlab.com/bird-watching/yamuna-bio-diversity-park.html Armed with birding reports from the net, I’d meant to cover some birding hotspots of Goa over our 7-day stay in March 2008. The actual birding experience turned out to be lukewarm because we weren’t lucky with our bird guides in two places and it became clear that bountiful birding ... http://jdesignlab.com/travel/goa-part-ii-bird-watching.html Goa isn’t that far from Delhi/Gurgaon but it took us about 8 years to bring it back to our travel schedule. I’d made the first trip when Kabir was a 3-year old toddler and Kishore had a 3-day seminar to conduct at the International Centre. My second trip was a ... http://jdesignlab.com/travel/goa-experience-in-march-2008-part-i%e2%80%93hotels-and-roads.html http://jdesignlab.com/eventwatch/april-2008.html With my site domain active for many years now, and some family and friends blogging, I’ve been under (some self-generated and some outside) pressure to share my viewpoints with the world too. All this while though, I wondered if blogging was really necessary--with so many of us already doing so--and ... http://jdesignlab.com/general/introductory-post.html