Posted in Current Affairs, Education, Miscellaneous, PuneCity Info at 9:19 pm by PuneTalks
Didn’t you see my right foot?! In the middle of an argument over a minor accident the rickshaw driver claimed he had poked his right foot out to indicate that he was turning right. Pune has around 60-70 thousand three wheeler rickshaws. They are no doubt a very convenient form of taxi service. To many harried customers, rickshaw drivers are rude and indisciplined, but I don’t really find their behavior on the road to be any different than that of private vehicle owners. This is a country where everyone owns a piece of the road, so rules be damned. Read more »
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Posted in Current Affairs, Education, Miscellaneous, PuneCity Info at 9:11 pm by PuneTalks
New Delhi, Asian Games 1982. I have memories of broad, clean avenues and clean air. When I returned after a long gap in 1999, New Delhi was urban hell. My friend pointed out a particularly busy intersection and said, “that’s the most polluted intersection in Asia”. I went back in 2004, and something strange had happened. Something we Indians are not used to. Pollution had reduced dramatically. Air quality was better. The reason experts tell us, was the conversion of almost the entire public transport fleet (15-20 thousand vehicles by various estimates) of rickshaws, taxis and buses from diesel to CNG (Edit: Compressed Natural Gas). Read more »
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 10:35 am by PuneTalks
I cross Law college road everyday on my way to soccer practice. The traffic is an endless stream, and sometime back I told the other coaches that I will be coaching from the other side of the road. At the Prabhat road signal and at Nul stop the back-up is so bad, you could easily miss 3 or even 4 signals before crossing the intersection. Urban legends about these backups are growing. Just last week a woman gave birth in her car waiting for the signal. Most vehicles keep their engines idling during their wait. That gave me the idea for this blog. How much pollutants does your vehicle emit when you wait for a few minutes at a traffic signal? How much does the entire city of Pune emit? Read more »
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 11:31 pm by PuneTalks
The world’s largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.
A new born blue whale measures 20-26 feet (6.0 - 7.9 meters) long and weighs up to 6,614 pounds (3003 kg). Read more »
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Posted in Current Affairs, Miscellaneous at 12:18 pm by PuneTalks
Dear Karunanidhi-ji,
I am not a Hindu hardliner, but I am a believer in the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. Just like the Christians believe in the concept of “The father, Son and the Holy ghost”, my faith in the trinity of Indian Gods is unshakeable.
I believe that lord Ram was born in Ayodhya, just as followers of other faith believe that their Gods were born in other Holy lands. Read more »
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Posted in Current Affairs, Miscellaneous at 11:40 am by PuneTalks
Just got back from seeing Chak De India. And came back with many memories…
My family has always been into sports. I’ve grown up seeing four of my mamas (mother’s brothers) play Table Tennis, of which two played for India. I remember going to the Gymkhana just to see my fave ‘mama’ in action. He was the youngest Junior National Champion during his time…only 13-14 then. And went on to be the National Champion in the Men’s league many years later. He then represented the country in at least 5 World Championships and other international events. He used to play in a very particular style…he would lose the first round and then aggressively zoom and clinch the next two rounds so easily that the opponent never had time to realize what came into this cool, calm player. I used to watch him observe his opponent’s every move with total concentration in that first round. Absolutely cool, nothing would faze him; nothing would break his concentration from his opponent. Read more »
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 9:27 am by PuneTalks
Whenever I read or hear the name MONICA, this evergreen song resonates in my mind. It goes like this: Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 7:26 am by PuneTalks
An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Jamaican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Jamaican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. Read more »
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 7:22 am by PuneTalks
1. Money isn’t made out of paper, it is made out of cotton.
2. The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of
pickles the Company once had. Read more »
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 11:16 am by PuneTalks
We went to Pabal after 21 yrs after we visited there last. The timing just seemed right .As we were three of us in summer of 85, we were three even now on this trip to this village . It showed signs of heavy rains when we started and poured on the way to Pabal. Read more »
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