India Shining

12/02/08 02:31 - psaram42

I bought the Booker Award winning book by Arundhati Roy in 1997, but could not complete reading it. However I did not realize this Man Booker award winning "white Tiger" by Arvind Adiga was something different. It is not just different but earth shaking.

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Brand IIT the only way, or Karnataka Inst. of Tech possible?

12/01/08 02:04 - silkboard

This is a reaction to "Demand for IIT rejected again". It seems the main reason KA's request was turned down was because the state already has IISc and IIM here. Is getting a central govt sponsored, IIT branded institute the best way of setting up a premier education institution in the state?

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Delhi BRT - much to learn

11/29/08 20:36 - asj

Much to learn from this experience -

http://www.itdp.org/documents/Analysis%20of%20Delhi%20BRT.pdf

ASJ

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Wide & elevated rendered useless

11/29/08 17:07 - asj

For those who think wide roads, elevated routes et al is the solution - this is Hampton, zone 4 outskirts of London. I get caught in this rut each time I decide to drop my daughter off by car during morning rush hour.

View this image http://better.pune.googlepages.com/queues.jpg


ASJ

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Bangalore: Open Praja meeting

11/28/08 12:17 - admin123

Trying to start recurring Praja meetings, see this post for background. Venue Lalbagh West Gate. Agenda: update each other on things we are into, think how to make our virtual group do more and help members collaborate better.

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Praja.in : about moving ahead on actionables

11/28/08 06:25 - ananth.bangalore

Hey SB and naveen, Thanks for your replies (to this comment), please find my inputs below..

"Anant sir, If you are willing to come forward and help carry out this survey, some of us here are willing to fund it."

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How petrol pumps cheat you

11/28/08 04:56 - bijeshkrishnadas

I had written about this some years back and forwarded it to as many people as I know. These practices that I mention below still continue. Do your part and spread awareness to everyone you know.

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id proof and address proof

11/27/08 10:40 - seenivisesh

i am a bit confused. different authorities ask different prrofs for ID and adress the government is to regularise the issue of voters id as well as the reation card,otherwise it is very difficult for middle class families who run their lively hood partly by loans only. no registration for gas unless there is ration card.how to go further. narayanan

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appoint volunteers and issue complimentary passes on "turn "basis to have fair reporting about the traffic in the routes of BMTC

11/27/08 09:05 - seenivisesh

private bus operators had tested it and found it working well to have their private reporters on traffic, suggestions for improvement, involving the public in actions etc. for this you can issue complimentary passes to volunteers on turn basis and can try if it works our at bangalore. narayanan

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Learning from East London Transit plans

11/27/08 09:03 - asj

I thought I can share with everyone the example of East London Transit plans. I am providing links to the consultation documents below but the features worth noting are -

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