Every day I ride to whitefield, and yes its very very tiring. But what choice do I have. Going by bus is not an option- it takes double the time and is extremely boring. So riding is the best option. But it still takes an hour.
But after going riding for about 2 weeks I started finding ways to make my journey shorter. I go through gullies, riding on the footpath on some occasions and occasionally during extreme jams. I also squeeze between cars and change lanes to make maximum use of the little pockets of free road.
Contrary to being indisciplined, I think it makes sense that some of us do this. It reduces the load on the already clogged road. When a few people do this, it reduces the jams and makes maximum use of the resources. Occasionally the odd amateur creates a bigger jam. But thats just a learning experience. Soon he finds ways to get home faster without delaying himself or others. I know this is not the ideal thing to do. But I am not riding on ideal roads.
I guess this applies to India as well. The resources are never adequate. So people start finding shortcuts to work around that and the system. Making most use of our precious resources is what has kept us growing.
India cannot be compared to the west were resources are in abundance. Here people need to be more innovative, creative and have to really think out of the box. And this happens at the lowest levels- from rural India to small traders and businesses.
Now back to whitefield, if everybody maintained a minimum of 2 feet distance between the vehicle in front of you- the jam would look orderly but would be a mile long.
So before you comment saying "See the west. Everything is so orderly"... remember at some level it is our disorderliness which is helping us grow- and right now at a tremendous pace.
I would also like to share this post which I read recently
I wanted to create a post about all the best dosa in namma Bengaluru. So here goes!!
Masala dosa-----> CTR.
Tried Vidyarthi Bhavan( was the undisputed winner till eating at CTR and Vidyarthi Bhavan on consecutive days proved it that CTR was by faaaar the better place for masala dosas). Though for the whole Dosa experience a lot more places come to mind.
Sid and I had an argument/discussion and these were our finalists
If anybody has any other place to mention in the list, feel free to comment.
Also your mom's dosa doesn't count cuz I meant commercial joints.
The plan is to go eat a dosa at each place on separate days and rate the complete dosa experience. Who is in?
I am a paranoid about symmetry. Especially with my feet and hands.
With my hands it is along the X,Y and Z axes. If I make an action with my hand where in my hand pointing along an imaginary X axes, I HAVE TO make the same action along the Y and Z axes relative to the X axis.
With my feet(which is limited in movement compared to my hands) the symmetry is with respect to 45degrees axis on the X-Y plane.
If i go to sleep on one side, and if I do wake up, i turn over to maintain symmetry.
I remember phone numbers by thinking of deep, intricate links between the numbers and positions of the numbers- with the logic mostly involving prime numbers.
I multiply numbers using the overs concept. Let me explain. If you ask me 42*7, in my mind it is 42 overs is 252 balls + 42 runs for runrate of 7, so 294.
I usually change the gear of my bike when the Tacho meter needle and the speedometer needle is almost parallel.
You're lucky if you have one person in the world whom you can tel anything, be yourself completely, who has been there for you and you know will be there no matter what.
I have somebody like that.
Somebody I can call at 3 at night to "cant" and know the only thing he will say is "I'll walk down, pick me up".
Somebody who along with me is a permanent member of the Padmini Convention.
The only person who will wholeheartedly drink OT with water along with me, not bothering about the taste.
Someone who was with me full time during my worst and best.
Someone who I can talk bout family problems, girl friend issues, a muscle tear, exercises in the gym or about Hindu mythology.
Someone with whom I can argue "ferrari vs Mclaren", "Federer vs Nadal", "Aamir vs Srk" and still request for the same song at the end of a session.
Someone who will come with me at 2.30 in the night with a beer in hand under a spooky haunted looking tree - just to feel it.
Someone with whom I can play a TT series for "who wins 100 matches first"
Someone whom I can listen to Eminem, flo rida, Rahman and Calypso in one night.
The only other permanent member on the "porch" playing bridge.
Someone who will always be my wife even if I marry someone else.
Miss you bugger
This post doesn't mean I am gay.
This post doesn't mean I am in love with him, or may be it does