Happy Birthday Delhi Chief Minister

Either everyone wants to be in the photograph or they are desperate to eat the cake or possibly both, any which way I want to know who paid for the 51 kg birthday cake and if it was the tax payers money then why wasn’t I invited?

You Have Reached the Tourist Helpline

Kripya pratiksha kere, aapki call katar me hai… asuvidha ke liye hume khed hai (kindly hold, you call is in queue… we apologize for any inconvenience.) This is what the foreign tourist will hear when a 24 hour helpline gets started by the Delhi Tourism Minister Mr. Arvinder Singh in association with the Delhi Police. [...]

Dirty, Stinky and Crowded; The IGI Airport

The Indian government has decided that they will give foreign tourists a first class tour of what Delhi is all about, starting right from the airport. The have strategically placed litter, waste and dogs at various location to make the airport look and feel like the crowded streets of old Delhi. This is a superb [...]

Paying MCD Property Tax Online?

Update: I have compiled a list of frequently asked questions for online MCD property tax, please read it before you post questions here. Are you planning on paying your property tax before March 31 2008? Well you can do it online also. Every year I used to pick up their forms and do all the [...]

Government is Playing Games

You must be wondering why i keep quoting from Hindustan Times, well that the only newspaper i get at home Anyways… read the excerpt below from HT. All this makes me wonder, if the Common Wealth Games were not happening in 2010 would Delhi ever get such a big face lift? And all this is [...]

Can I Get One Too?

Just in case you are wondeing…No! i am not a supporter of Narendra Modi. Just saw the photograph on HT and found it funny. This take branding to a whole new level. “BJP members wear masks of Narendra Modi at the party rally in New Delhi on Thursday” Taken from Hindustan Times.

MTNL Delhi : Consumer Beware

If you are based in Delhi and have a MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) landline phone, then you should pay attention to his article. Today I got my landline phone bill and was taking a look at it, wanted to check the payment due. My eyes went straight to the amount mentioned in red. To [...]

Killer Blue Line Busses

Can any one tell me how many people have to die before the government wakes up? Almost everyday someone is killed or injured by the blue line bus on the Delhi roads and everyone knows how rash these busses are driven. The police is aware that most of the drivers of these busses don’t even [...]

BMW Case… God let there be Justice!

If you read the HT today, you would know that the Finger prints Bureau of Delhi stated that Sanjeev Nanda’s (the main accused in the famous BMW hit and run case) fingerprints did not match to the 18 fingerprints lifted from the car back in Jan 1999. Oh come on! How do you expect anyone [...]

This is Delhi!

This photograph of people urniating on the roadside was sent by Abhishek Khandelwal to Hinudstan Times. People call this pathetic, i simply call this Delhi… very sad!

Uphaar Case Verdict, Likely on September 5!

What i want to as is… september 5 of which year? 2007..2015 or 2020? If it weren’t for the efforts of the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy, this case would have been long shut. Again and again out government, police & law have proved how incompetent they are when it comes do doing their [...]

Land of the Plenty… beggars that is!

India, no doubt would have the highest number of beggars in the country, no wonder our politicians and bureaucrats are taking a tip from them… or is it the other way round? Check out MLA Mukesh Sharma in action… i wonder how much would he have collected for the day