Design issues

Why is it that as a nation we lack design skills?  From the design of our roads, railway stations, airports, election process to the tetra packs of juice we produce… all suck big time.
Roads dont have planned pedestrian crossings or bus bays. Railway stations and airports dont have enough place to park and for passengers [...]

Yeddy rocks

The election results – wins and trends were out by noon though the final counting went on till evening. But it was apparent who was going to form the next Government by lunch time. I was so happy to see that there was no hung assembly. I feel that either the Congress or the BJP [...]

Isnt Congress the opposite of progress?

With the recent declaration of assets of the candidates of various political parties in preparation for elections, its rather obvious how much corruption there is in this country. Characters who are mere 10th standard pass have assets in crores of rupees. In addition, they have shown upto 500% increase in their assets over the last [...]

Volvo waste

I decided to try out the BMTC’s Volvo AC bus service to get to office. Since I had woken up late, I feared not getting a parking space as well as having to drive in peak hour traffic. The bus stop was just opposite home and I had to wait about 10 minutes for the [...]

Trippin in Goa

The gang got into the 2 cars and we sped away from the office at exactly 1:30pm on Wednesday April 30. By 2:30 pm we were at Tumkur Road breathing in fumes from all the trucks and other polluting vehicles.

We inched along the road for about 30 km and then it eased up and we [...]

Pangea Day at ThoughtWorks Bangalore office on May 10

There’s this seemingly interesting global event called Pangea Day which on May 10, 2008 will link sites in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro. There will be movies (about 24 short films selected from about 2500 entries),  talks from visionary speakers and live music. Pangea Day intends to use the power [...]