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Passerby make a valiant attempt to move an injured cow away from the path of the oncoming Kota Jan Shatabdi. The cow had presumably been hit on the flanks by a passing train a short while ago.

Credits: Karthik Nanda, Shashanka Nanda - IRFCA.

Notwithstanding Nithari, say what you want about India but this pic is one proof that we Indians are definitely not as bad as it is projected by some. Apparently the oncoming train, in this instance was stopped just to save the poor thing.

Here are some other instances in the recent past where i’ve seen the good face of India

1.When me and mom had an accident in ECR.
The guy who gave his handkerchief to hold my bleeding leg, would’ve in all probability given up his only kerchief for my sake. The much abused auto rickshaw driver of chennai then took me and mom to a doctor nearby and did not bother to collect his fare for the distance.

2. My friend Satya’s guesture a few years back.
A speeding  Mini-truck(Swaraj Mazda,DCM Toyota type) knocked down a commerical carrier auto one afternoon near Nandanam signal. Some 4 of my colleagues had gone down from our 7th floor office since most of guys are ‘Dhum’ parties and they cannot go without one after lunch. Satya saw the hit and the auto somersault and in a flash ran towards the auto, rescued the guy who had sustained head injury, took him to Royapettah GH and returned only after the guy’s family had come. 

Please bear in mind that all this in a country where Emergency Healthcare is one of the lowest in the world. Not to mention that issues a helping guy may have to face from the police, hospital etc.

It is all very well to compare the west with us and say the concern for human life is poor in India, but please bear in mind that our metros put together may have more people than the entire population of a few countries, all fighting with each other for resources as fundamental as water, public toilets, etc..

I have to admit i’ve not been involved in any such heroics.

For the population and the issues in India, any other country would’ve had a civil war long back.

I was chatting with my friend and she had a very interesting thing to say about how Desis use eBay.

Apparently, eBay is a big draw for a good number of americans and it’s their default website to purchase things. Now, our ever smart desis hunt the net looking for crazy deals. Once they spot a deal, they make the purchase and promptly put it on sale in eBay at a margin :) 

You can always survive so long as you have people dumber than you.

Mozhi - Mindblowing
Easily the best movie in recent times.

PKMC - OK
The minus point being that the movie ended 15 minutes after the story ended.

Fact:
It takes someone to come all along from Hyderabad to make me go from Velachery to Sathyam to watch a movie :)

Where shall i start? I’m still gasping for breath!
This past week is perhaps my longest absence from blogosphere in the recent past.
The fact of the matter is, I was caught in a whirlwind of a project. Some gap in communication in San Jose and as a result a work was delayed 3 weeks but with no relaxation in the deadline. All this resulted in the most hectic, insane 3 weeks in my career ever! 

My first major specification in a new company, a new setup, for a new client and with a  new  onsite coordinator did not help matters at all. A 12 hour network outage contributed its bit for the confusion!

But in the end, we made it!, thanks in no small measure to my onsite coordinator and couple of folks who assisted me at work!  Hey S~, i’m not sure you would get to read my blog anyday but i definitely owe you a treat!

An India Dev. Center or Offshore Dev. Center associate will have to sweat it out for 16 hours a day at times

Bridal makeups in our weddings turn a good looking girl look plain ugly

A blogger will always find a topic to post

Indians cannot stop thinking about cricket

I’m gonna come home early today. Idhu sathiyam!

I happened to read this post by RS. So what do guys discuss and interact? From my experience, the dynamics of a guys’ interaction in a group setting will never be serious. For this purpose, I would define a ‘group’ as 3 or more guys.The agenda will most likely be ‘ottufying’ some guy, either alone or by connecting  a gal, or gossip about who is the hottest chick in the class/office etc. I do enjoy listening to this stuff but I rarely contribute actively in such forums.