I had the wonderful opportunity to present a copy of my The Great Indian Railway Atlas to the union minister for Railways, Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw. at Rail Bhawan on Thursday 06 July 2023. I had been informed by officials that the Minister would like to meet me if possible. The Minister expressed his appreciation for […]
I’m touchy to the point of being scoffed at to ensure my name is spelt correctly, diligently spelling it out to consumer care executives (especially when it comes to NOT leaving a space between roy and choudhury), and then asking them to read it out, knowing I would catch an error or two. I have
Observe any roadside parking zone. One may have noticed many motorists tend to get into their cars, start their vehicles, swing their car out onto the road and then pay the parking attendant, successfully blocking traffic behind them. I often wonder why can they not pay the attendant, and then drive out smoothly causing minimum
Today’s focus is on blister packs, not the gentle ones that protect tablets and capsules, but the more robust ones that many commercial products (small electronic gadgets for example) are encased in. These strong plastic containers sure have advantages. They are tough, clear, showing the product inside. The protect well, stand a lot of wear
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This had been on my mind for a long time… ever since the JNNURM buses were introduced in Kolkata. So these somewhat more appealing to the eye buses came with electronic destination boards (specifically the rear ones). Most were made of a low resolution LED grid. To top it all, what had me aghast was
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And here is I making the station announcement at Saoner Rly Stn, SECR, on the then Nagpur – Chhindwara narrow gauge section. 02 October 2004. Please excuse the poor video quality. Below is the excerpt from the trip report. Post lunch, we headed back to the station and got talking to the deputy station superintendent.
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My father’s wit ran legendary. This story dates back to the days when he ran his own computer manufacturing company. One of the services provided was attendance recording systems, where they would undertake turnkey jobs, providing the attendance logger systems, the cards and the setup. Probably the largest client was Hindustan Motors, makers of the
This Colloquium Paper was part of my curriculum at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, 1994. Guides: Mr Pradyumna Vyas, and Mr Tridip Suhrud. Calcutta… 1994… India’s second most populated city. The capital of imperial India. A city with a proud past. A city with an indomitable spirit. The city which also has the distinction
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I went to school in Ajmer, staying at a hostel from 1979 to 1988. The very large school campus was bordered on two sides by railway tracks. Now these were glory days for metre gauge. Ajmer was situated halfway on the important Delhi – Ahmedabad section. I recall our cross country run route would cross
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