Money Down the Drain… sorry, Yamuna

It’s no secret that I don’t like the MCD, I have written so many articles on MCD that I must be on their most wanted list by now. The reason for my bickering is that the Municipal Commission has wasted thousands of crores of the tax payers money in the past so many years and [...]

Poor Quality Water? Sue MCD

Good to know that now we can sue the MCD for poor quality water… but when will we be able to sue the government for creating such a worthless department? Article in HT epaper written by Satya Prakash NEXT TIME you catch a waterborne disease like jaundice or cholera, you can drag the Municipal Corporation [...]

No IPL Cheerleaders in Mumbai

It’s a little funny that the Maharashtra government has banned the IPL cheerleaders from performing at Navi Mumbai for the IPL match calling it “vulgar” while so many dance bars in Mumbai remain open for which the term vulgar actually fits. Below is a excerpt from HT epaper THE SKIMPILY-CLAD, beaming cheerleaders – who have [...]

Shahrukh Asked to Sponsor More Players

I don’t understand why the Sports Minister M.S Gill would want to ask money from Bollywood stars when the Finance Minister Mr. Chidambram has allocated Rs. 1,111 crore towards 2008-2009 sports budget. That is a substantial amount and if allocated properly it would be enough to provide better facilities for all players. Lets say a [...]

How To Guide For Starting Bed & Breakfast

There is so much hype about the B&B establishments throughout the country. The Tourism Ministry has been trying to promote it to quite an extent yet they have not been successful. The B&B is geared for foreign tourist looking for a stay at home experience in India. Personally i have doubts on the program itself [...]

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. [...]

Get Ready to Stock Up on Those Medicines

After the malls in Gurgaon, its time for all the chemists in Gurgaon to shut shop on Tuesdays. Even the chemists in hospitals are not spared. The labour department had notified the Harayana government to make it mandatory for all shops and malls and even chemist shops to be closed on Tuesdays. Why! You may [...]

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 [...]

Why are You Killing Our Future?

This is my appeal to the Ministry of Education to stop being the reason why the children are committing suicide these days. Yes! I blame the education system and let me tell you the reasons why. 1. Why do children have to take tuitions starting class 5? 2. Why does the education system make us [...]

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 [...]

Gandhi, Shiva, Ganesha all for Just $16.99

I happened to read an article in HT on “US site sells undies with Bapu images; riled India protests” and then I went online to cafepress.com to have a look at the images myself. After typing in some keywords like Gandhi, Hindu, Shiva etc i got to see some images which the article was referring [...]