Mumbai Migrants &Malaria

I think Mr Photographer turned politician should get some recognition for this classic enlightenment :) he has brought with his new discovery
Hope he was not bitten by some North Indian and tested positive for malaria. Oh God, save mosquitoes from Mr Photographer

Pity our politicians and the parties they represent

I sincerely hope that this man would take some actions after consultations with the healthcare officials ...to prevent outspread instead of giving such statements ..............

Terminal T3 -reality check

Yesterday our Hon Prime Minister inaugurated T3 terminal which is worlds 5th largest. After seeing the opening ceremony and the speech given by Civil Aviation minister Mr Praful Patel just became curious to know some facts

Here are some startling numbers :

*estimated cost $2.8-billion
*68 check-in counters
*48 immigration desks
*50 emigration desks
*78 aerobridges
*97 private travelators
*Cat III runway landing systems
*estimated 35 million passengers annually
*designed to handle 600 passengers an hour

and the list would surely continue ............
dying to get the actual experience and also eagerly waiting for the Navi Mumbai aiport.

Kudos to all those who have contributed to this grand success !!!

Nations Anthem 2 minutes

Went to watch Kites at one of the multiplexes in Kothrud,as a regular practise people stood up for the National Anthem and the entire crowd was one as if we were a united spririt.

Great feeling of oneness ......a perfect resemblance of unity in diversity.Also the anthem video was very well done.All Marathi stage and film actors in their crisp white kurtas and chunidars singing in unison ,looking at each other and believe me every actors face was filled with pride and containement (the fact that they have been asked to participate for such a novel and patriotic cause definately elevates their respect and suddenly they become much more humble and just participate with a generous soul..)

Such acts of patriotism must be done in every pick and pocket of the country where actually the aam janata goes ......again whoever started it he or she is a genius mind....!!!

Sprinkler and Fan Cooling System-Cafe Good Luck

After seeing India losing to Australia in a T20 clash we decided to have some good time somewhere else !!!...and there is one place in the heart of the city -Cafe Good luck.Located on FC road an irani joint famous for it's irani tea and brun maska ..,biryani's ,bread puddings...
Since 1935 is what their hoarding proudly proclaims]

and 75 years in the business is no mean.From octogenarians to the now college going crowd, everyone fondly remembers at some time having had a cup of Irani tea with brun maska in it's hallowed confines.

One thing that intrigued us that day was the low pressure sprinklers which were used to cool off the place.We were well in the middle of our dinner and suddenly the entire place was filled with these tiny little droplets falling over from the sprinklers that were attached to the cooling fans on the wall.

These were 360 degrees low pressure sprinkler nozzels that produced large droplets that produce a shower effect was the answer we got when enquired..
Believe me or not it had a natural and a better effect than our regular AC's -superb idea and that too in 2010-we were simply amazed and never in our dreams had imagined something of this sorts- just out of place ....

Now i understand how a no -alcohol ,Non AC joint can still survive in 2010 -sheer class and innovation !!!

First rains ....Nostalgic

Yesterday Pune witnessed its first rains ..late evening around 8:00.
Suddenly those good old childhood memories came in a flash.Wanted to experience those divine moments in the traditional way ...but unfortunately was stuck up in the usual Pune traffic
most importantly ..I took a few deep breaths as if I am attending some yoga session :) somewhere to smell wet mud ...man it's got such a healing,soothing effect ..kash there would have been some device which could capture this

Good instances of marketing

Good marketing or advertsing as a form of marketing is not about spending huge amounts of money to market your product
Some instances
1.Hotel Mayur on JM road Pune.While me and my parents were in the middle of a hearty lunch suddenly a man came from nowhere and presented before us a dish containing basundi,angur malai,aamras -this was so tempting that i picked up basundi but that too after a lot of thinking.
Believe me this was a masterpiece those exquisite colours -striking orange aamras,bold yellow angur malai with pista as a topping and a dull offwhitebasundi but with a crushed almonds as topping could not be just let off without a taking atleast one if not all three (which i was planning to but then stopped.......).
Hats off to the hotel management to come up with such a simple,brilliant and result oriented idea.
As soon as I saw this at the back of my mind I had decided to make a mention of it inthe form of a post.
Next time i am sincerely hoping that at some one would come up with this idea only this time
aamras,basundi would be replaced by kingfishers,carlsbergs ..budweiser's and this list can go on on and on baby......!!!!!
2.Vodafone ....those tiny little naked men or may i say dressed in white enacting a well thought idea and at the end a red backdrop ......with the service offering from vodafone this is actually that clicks !!!!! ( the one liner that tells the potential customer what he or she is going to get from vodafone)...again excellent innovation and that too very simplistic .

Indian Judiciary system

In the Times of India dated 7th Mar 2010 there was an interesting article possibly from justice VVS Rao of Andhra high court which revealed the true state of our judiciary system.
Here are some staggering admissions

• it would take 320 years to complete back log of cases
• every judge in the country will have an average load of 2147 cases
• presently we have 14,576 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 17,641
• 10.5 judges per million population as against recommended figure of 50 judges per million
• In 2030 Indias population would be 1.5 to 1.7 billion and there would be 1.25 lakh judges dealing with 300 million cases.

who cares !!!! does anybody