Wednesday, August 31, 2016

India Post

Saw a sign board with an arrow which said  "India Post Complex".
Its true that Indian Postal System is complex as it has over 150K offices.
I remember that in my grandfather's village due to the tradition of my community many households had the eldest male named as Mangesh. Nadkarni was a common last name. A telegram was received at the post office addressed to Mangesh Nadkarni informing the birth of a granddaughter. I understand the postman went to every household he knew with that name and found the right household (co incidently my grandfather's) almost at the end of the day!

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Khaali aur Khali

Came via  Sadar Bazaar today. Road there was so Khaali that even Khali (the great) could have walked comfortably

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Thor is Trim

For my Konkani friends. Contradiction: Super Hero "Thor" is trim and fit

Monday, August 22, 2016

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Pensioner too early

Never understood the logic in this Indian Insurance advertisement where the main character who is very young  man considers himself a pensioner because he has taken an insurance policy with the benefits of a pension after retirement and then like a highly experienced chess player without taking the permission of the players and not even looking at a chess board moves one piece on the board to do check + mate.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Monday, August 15, 2016

Hajar Rupiya

Once I and my friend were walking out of UDCT building at 6:00 pm and  one student asked "Are Itne Jaldi Ja Rahe Ho" my friend's reply was "Hajar Rupiya Main Kya Kya Karega" (Our stipend had got reduced to 1000 rupees for 6 months)

Haircuts

In a recent discussion on GST on a TV news channel the anchor asked "with the coming of GST what will go up and what will come down, would haircuts cost more?" Montek Singh Ahluwalia a prominent economist on the panel promtly responded "I am not worried about haircuts"

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Name

Came across a name in India's North East "Mwdwn Islary". Not sure how to pronounce the first name.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Credit to Indian BSF

Saw a news item which indicated that some people who normally would have infiltrated from the porous boder came to protest at Wagah border (the official border post) to accept some items which they had brought along. Does it show that our Border Security Force is doing well?