Saturday, January 31, 2009

Aruva Culture in London

A common complaint on rediff is tamils create problems wherever they go ... example vs. Karnataka, vs. Kerala, vs. AP, HINDRAF vs. Malaysia, Sri Lankan Tamils the world over, Karunanidhi, Jayalalitha, Vaiko, etc... Had this conversation today with some dost...

Dost: dei
<<a link he sent>>

Dost: read this
this happened just 1 mile from my place
day before

Manojar: oh
pathu poda...

Dost: yesss

Manojar: how is crime in london generally?

Dost: blacks and srilankans
thaaan problem

Dost: now aruvaaal culture also started

Manojar: ennathu???
aruva culture

Dost: yess
all our tamil guys only

Manojar: our tamil guys illa -

Dost: not lankans

Manojar: ltte tamil guys... ceylonese?
oh ok

Dost: tamils from tamil nadu
lot of illegal immigrants are there

Manojar: madurai tirunelveli thuthukudi guys ;-)

Dost: yesss
mostly from karaikudi
pattukottai

Dost: they come in tourist visa
Dost: over
stay
yes

Manojar: what abt u?

Dost: there are many agents
dei i am a proper resident with valid permit to stay
i am paying tax and filed tax also


My theory is, greater the Tamil Nationalism/Chauvinism of the people, greater their tendency to be violent and stupid. Just look at how peaceful the people in Madras are, compared to the people in south Tamil Nadu (also include Karunanithi, Jayalalitha, Vaiko, Ramadoss, Thirumavalavan, and many more). Also, peace is a relative term :D.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Chennai Metro




With the people signing the deal for Chennai Metro, many may expect it to be the greatest thing to happen here. However, will it go the way of the MRTS - be inaccessible and underutilized in the catchment area due to poor planning?

Previously by Manojar - Chennai Local Train map

Even the Metro is for the benefit of South Madras, and tries to include some areas of west Madras, let's see how it fares.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Local trains in Chennai

Totally vetti, so plotted the existing local train map for Chennai. See how much of the city is unrepresented here!!

7 not greater than 6?



I have been trying to help someone apply for a bank job. All the Indian banks use the same website for receiving applications. I get an error saying that IE Version 6 and above has to be used. I tried Firefox, and Chrome, and finally came to IE. Even when I have a higher version (version 7), I get the same error. What can be done? Wonder if anybody else get the same message.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Police Stories - India

The Hare runs like crazy through a forest and meets the Wolf. The Wolf asks: "What's the matter? Why such haste?" "The camels there are caught and shod!" The Wolf says: "You're not a camel!" "When you are caught and shod, go then and try to prove them afterwards that you're not a camel!"

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The British, the Americans, and the Indian police are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The UN decides to give them a test. They release a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.

The British police goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The Americans go in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.

The Indian police goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"

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