http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss ALl of this and some of that Tue, 01 May 2012 04:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/it-will-change-completely-but-it-will-be-the-same/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/it-will-change-completely-but-it-will-be-the-same/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:38:31 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=478 Delhi government is planning to introduce cheaper four wheeler alternatives to the auto rickshaws. They will be charging the same fare as the autos and there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm among some people who feel it will solve all the problems related to auto rickshaws Among the sound byes quoted in Hindustan Times, [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2012/01/it-will-change-completely-but-it-will-be-the-same/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/inconvenience-of-a-convenience-%e2%80%93-story-of-delhi-%e2%80%93-gurgaon-toll/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/inconvenience-of-a-convenience-%e2%80%93-story-of-delhi-%e2%80%93-gurgaon-toll/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:30:16 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=409 Traveling to Gurgaon seems so much nicer now as compared to a few years ago. The smooth roads, the long flyovers help you glide smoothly… till you reach the Toll Plaza. This is when you wonder why is it suddenly okay for the government to charge you for something that till now was free. Sure [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/09/inconvenience-of-a-convenience-%e2%80%93-story-of-delhi-%e2%80%93-gurgaon-toll/feed/ 4 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/06/whose-milk-is-it-anyway/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/06/whose-milk-is-it-anyway/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:41:13 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=358 I remember the milk queue at the Mother Dairy booth when I was a kid. People used to start queuing up hours before the booth opened. One would spend as much as a couple of hours in the queue and I remember taking turns with my dad and my brother. “Ok, I have taken a [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2011/06/whose-milk-is-it-anyway/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/cwg-games-are-over-so-lets-also-forget-about-scams-and-corruption-too/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/cwg-games-are-over-so-lets-also-forget-about-scams-and-corruption-too/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:26:09 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=261 Recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi are a very good example of how short public memory is. The games are over and everyone is raving about them and how India has done well in games and I am sure there will be no further discussion about corruption and the swindled money. You know it [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/10/cwg-games-are-over-so-lets-also-forget-about-scams-and-corruption-too/feed/ 0 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/09/mind-your-driving-the-guests-are-watching/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/09/mind-your-driving-the-guests-are-watching/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:04:16 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=224 Trials for blue lanes are on. Today onwards if you are driving in the blue lane, the cops will stop you to educate you on the blue line (they may take a small tuition fee as well). If you are like me, you must have seen blue patches on some of Delhi roads and wondered [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/09/mind-your-driving-the-guests-are-watching/feed/ 5 http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/ http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:36:44 +0000 Navin Harish http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/?p=164 I guess at some stage or the other in our lives we feel that we are at loss of words. Sometimes it happens that someone else says something which communicates what you are feeling. In an interview Mark Tully talked about his attachment to Indian and the UK and I feel this is how I [...]]]> http://navinharish.org/mentalfloss/2010/03/cant-rid-yourself-of-your-experiences-good-or-bad/feed/ 1