Archive for the 'Delhi' Category
For those who thought Delhi Police was only about regulating crime in the capital, eating for free at restaurants and taking bribes, this article will widen your horizon. In an attempt to “help us serve you better”, Delhi Police has managed to release a booklet called Security Tips for North East Students. The photo of the booklet says it all.
via IBNLive
After almost a week long jing bang in Rajasthan Gujjars finally thought it was enough. The community called off their protest after meeting with the chief minister. In today’s age when every multinational company is trying to set up a base in Gurgaon, such protests obviously demonstrate the fragile socio-political conditions and discourage these companies. It’s high time that the Haryana government steps in and shows some responsibility for handling such situations in future.
A woman is raped in the Indian capital every 24 hours and, in an overwhelming majority of cases registered by police in the last six months, the rapists were known to the victims.
So why are there so many rapes in Indian National Capital, is a question that haunts me quite often. It is not that men in Delhi have this uncontrollable libido, nor it is the case that the police here is too tolerant about such acts. For the first few months that such acts of barbarism increased in Delhi, I, like most other people, thought it was a coincidence that the acts increased rapidly. And then it became a monthly issue. To think about it, there are several factors that may have caused such circumstances to exist in Delhi.
First and foremost, it is the size of the city surrounded by elements of rural Haryana and Rajasthan. People may call me a bastard, but they know what people from these two states are capable of. The BPO boom led to more jobs and it meant more expatriates from surrounding states. It is not just a coincidence that the last four out of five rape accused were from Haryana or Rajasthan. Drivers continuously being subjected to partial nudity in their night shifts, uneducated and tolerant people from smaller suburbs and many daily-wage workers in Delhi still think that a girl is giving them hints if she wears a tube top and a short skirt. It is worse if they can spot a small part of women underwear, and their eyes just stick out. Continue reading ‘Shameful Delhi’
Starbucks may not have entered Indian coffee industry yet, but another coffee tycoon Lavazza did by buying 100% stake in Barista. A popular coffee joint since its very beginning, Barista indeed served everything good except what it was expected to – Coffee. I have had countless breakfast, lunch and snacks at various Barista outlets all across Delhi and North India, but could not get a single cup of well made cappuccino. Keeping my tastes and disgust with Barista coffee aside, the outlet chain was probably the first one to teach the masses difference between cappuccino and latte. The chain served excellent sandwiches especially the chicken tikka ones and quite decent panini. Nonetheless, I knew Lavazza was making a move after seeing a faint red logo on Barista menu labelled as ‘premium’ coffees. So with a big shout to Starbucks, I hope there is some more international coffee brand presence in India. Probably Starbucks can buy out Café Coffee day and start off.
Read more about the buyout here
What’s with Republic day security in Delhi and arrest of militants from Seelampur? Not that I live there, or have a particular liking to that colony, but I feel it’s too obvious for anyone to have disbelief in reports of LeT men arrested in Seelampur every year, year after year. Either the local Police Station at Seelampur is too efficient in nabbing the so called terrorist suspects, or Seelampur is not a good place to hide as other places in Delhi are. So what distinguishes the infamous locality from others, provided it’s neither too close to Pakistan or Bangladesh border nor it has caves like Tora Bora to breed terrorists, is an interesting question to think about. The arrests in Seelampur are nothing but a prime example of how reputation precedes the reputed.
Continue reading ‘Republic Day and Seelampur’
BarCamp Delhi 2 is happening on 9th December 2006. I missed the first one, but I surely plan to attend this one if time permits.
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All my love for Delhi fades away as I read and hear about Dengue fever spreading in Delhi. With Indian government’s bureaucracy at its best, it’s difficult to do control anything Delhi. Lack of control of Traffic does not worry you as much as lack of control on growth of Mosquitoes. Delhi has had a number of open drains, but those were supposedly covered in 1998-99 when Dengue had first hit Delhi. With most of the drains (officially) covered and country’s hospitals at their best (acc to various reports), Dept of Health had little to offer as an explanation to spreading of Dengue in the capital city. So with nothing else to do, they conveniently started blaming the Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for their casualness.
Continue reading ‘D for Delhi, D for Dengue’
I am Sumeet,an information security enthusiast, crazy about Coffee, iPod, everything mac, travelling, consuming rss and eating. I work for a large consulting firm where I usually rant about security best practices.