Mycroblog- Simplifying Saral March 21, 2010Why does the FM (as in the ministry, not just the man) need to make simplifications to the Saral form almost every year ? Why not get some design experts, and get it done with in one shot ? Someone from google should help these guys ! […]
- A free guide to Google Wave March 21, 2010A free guide to Google Wave: This free guide to Google Wave is a great starting point for understanding how to leverage the power of the new platform. In addition, it’s free, and will be updated regularly as more features are added in wave. […]
- Short ebook on software pricing March 21, 2010Short ebook on software pricing: Neil Davidson has come up with a great guide to software pricing, which also covers the basic microeconomics therories on demand-supply curves, etc. Good read. […]
- "Dear Facebook,
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- "If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in..." March 21, 2010“If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in microseconds ? Takes more time for a new-post page to appear than the time it takes to write a post !” […]
- Simplifying Saral March 21, 2010
Kolkatans are safer – only for today !
Today is a relatively safe day for people to venture out on the streets of Kolkata. The CITU, a politically backed union, has supported a strike by the state’s bus and auto drivers. The reason – not speed regulators, fuel price, or fare hikes, but something more gory – the bus drivers want to retain their freedom to get bail, after injuring people and being a part of fatal accidents. The courts have ruled that drivers in fatal accidents can be now booked under the non-bailable section 304A. The existing procedure was to book them under the bailable section 304 – thus allowing them to go practically free after causing (or in rare cases, being-involved-in-for-no-fault-of-theirs) a serious accident.
Their argument – drivers are rarely responsible for fatal accidents. Road conditions, traffic, pedestrians are the other causes.
Walk on any road in Kolkata, and you will find buses running not in one lane, but between two – to block other buses, and ensure that the buses breathing down its back do not get ahead. The result : daily, a minimum of 5-6 people injured or killed, so that the bus drivers earn some more commission, and their masters earn some more money.
What encourages these people is the lackadaisical and irresponsible attitude of the government (the minister can’t even organize a felicitation for Maradona properly, let alone worry about transport), and the fact that, as is the case with these things, the decision makers and owners do not have to venture out on the streets on foot – they have drivers and convoys with security, and do not understand the common man’s plight.