The hour I spent at the Chiranjiv Bharti School in Sushant Lok, Gurgaon earlier today washed away any feelings of patriotism or civic sense that I'd summoned to cast my vote. The 3 stalls outside the school building were full of anxious people crowding around 2 officials posted at each stall. It took me some … Continue reading Voting Blues in Gurgaon
Flowers to Tickle your Bone
Ever since we've owned a small patch of green and been gardening, we've acquired some scattered knowledge of the varieties of flowers and grass that can grow in the trying soil and weather conditions of Gurgaon. Most of that knowledge has been initiated by the local maalis (gardeners) or nursaries (plant shops) and we've accepted … Continue reading Flowers to Tickle your Bone
Online Shopping
Despite being a Net user for over a decade, my experience with Net shopping is still at its nascency. I'm glad to report though that I'm slowly and steadily warming up to the idea. About four years ago, when I managed to successfully pay for a set of Tintin comics on Indiatimes, and saw them … Continue reading Online Shopping
Tibetan Kitchen — Proper Tibetan Food in Gurgaon
Last evening Anjuli-Sandy introduced Kishore and me to the newly opened Tibetan Kitchen in Gurgaon – a small eatery that goes way beyond momos and includes many impressive words on its menu such as Lowa Khatsa, Gyuma, Lamain, Phingsha, Thenthuk and more. For now, even though these are just exotic words to me, I hope … Continue reading Tibetan Kitchen — Proper Tibetan Food in Gurgaon
Learning Urdu in a Novel Way
Over the years, I've found that I like the sound of some Urdu words and even without working too hard, I understand many because they are used in Sindhi—my mother tongue. Some common ones that quickly come to mind are lafz, khabar, vaqt, tang, haalaat etc. However, there are many words used in gazals that … Continue reading Learning Urdu in a Novel Way
Gurgaon Traffic – there’s still hope
Today I attended an emergency meeting of Traffic Observers (TOs) at Gurgaon's Mini Secretariat that houses offices of some DCPs of Gurgaon. The meeting was called to introduce the new ADC Mr. Praveen Kumar and it had him and Mr. Satyendra Gupta, DCP/Traffic addressing us. The new ADC gave instances of our possible support to … Continue reading Gurgaon Traffic – there’s still hope
Easy Computing
After much thought over the last few months, I bought myself an Eee PC 1000H. It's tiny, shiny black, clad in a nice neoprene cover and it works. My specs of a small sized machine that slips into a shoulder bag; enables wordprocessing, browsing, emailing; and looks presentable without burning a hole in my pocket … Continue reading Easy Computing
Furniture Shopping in Goa
I've maintained that Goa offers varying experience to its seekers. If some of our early trips were focussed on its beaches, shacks and food, there were work oriented elements on a couple of later visits – one when I went on my own to intern on a web design assignment didn't allow me even one … Continue reading Furniture Shopping in Goa
Goa this time round (Jan end)
This trip had more of a holiday flavour than the last – for one, it coincided with our wedding anniversary and then it had Kabir with us. But it wasn’t all fun and games as furniture hunting took away some of our 8 precious days. Birdwatching: Didn’t manage any focused birding – but one day, … Continue reading Goa this time round (Jan end)
Telecommuting is the way to go!
Recently, a friend asked for help with planning her firm's telecommuting policies, and I was only too happy to devote my bandwidth to the cause. I've long wished to see companies and managers transcending their physical walls to tap a vast pool of talent outside, and wanted to do my bit to propagate the concept … Continue reading Telecommuting is the way to go!
Jyoti's Musings 