Make flying safer

Aren't long flights full of boredom, stuffy cabin, anxiety, turbulence?
Sometimes I wish that I can sleep throughout the flight. Many people try to do that by drinking, medicines, yoga, meditation, music, etc.

Wouldn't it be safer and better if travellers are stacked in unbreakable,  cushioned capsules after administering medical Anaesthesia for the duration of flight. Benefits of flying like this:

1. Safer in terms of crash etc.
2. One arrives fresh and rested.
3. Flights can be non stop and longer.
4. Cost saving in terms of lesser staff required on board, no catering, etc.
5. No flight anxiety.
6. No boredom.

Although, there will be many legal and ethical questions to be resolved but why not? It can be a good business model if implemented correctly.

Volkswagen Jetta 2015 reverse camera not working with Blapunknt Philadelphia 835

I was recently getting Blaupunkt Philadelphia 835 installed on Volkswagen Jetta 2015.

Everything got nicely fitted and working. However, there was a small glitch that whenever reverse gear was engaged when the engine was on; the reverse camera will not show video on the system's screen.

Upon lot of researching found out that when the engine is on, CAN interface and the system takes lot of voltage and on connecting the camera with the reverse light doesn't gives the reverse camera enough voltage.

To circumvent that hooked up the reverse camera power line directly to the fuse box and it started working even when the engine was on.

Try this if you are facing the same issue and let me know in comments if it works for you.

Disclaimer: Please get it done from an authorized workshop as wrong diagnosis and connection can cause all the electronics to go bad and also may void your warranty.

Wouldn't it be nice

Wouldn’t it be nice if cell phone companies actually let us use the product online, to check out the interface and functions. Instead they just give us the screenshots and 360 Degree views.

Are we sitting on Financial Crisis like USA?

Financial crisis rocked the financial markets across the world and the world is still not able to recover from that. In India we saw very little impact of the same.

However, did we learn from the mistakes of the USA and Europe?

It seems we have not yet taken any learning from the crisis.
I say this because; still in India it is very easy to obtain credit with very little documentation. Loans like home loans are still lent out with loads of paperwork.

But, credit card debts and personal loans etc. are lent out on the basis of salary only.
The banks do not even check the total amount of loans on a single person. That makes it very easy for a person to be under a huge debt.

Salary is not a good guarantee in India, especially with lack of labor rules people are fired indiscriminately during recession; with no notice pay on the basis of lack of performance. In such a scenario and lack of any social security benefits, how can one pay back the massive amounts of debt?

Home loans in a way are secured because the house is an asset that can be sold. But this theory failed in US and European markets where the house values dipped during the crisis.

Clock is ticking and if not the banks, we as individuals should take good care when taking loans. It is an individual's responsibility. A commitment to sustainable development.

Met Deptt. Does not have official IDs

This picture was taken in southern andhra. I would like to title this photo as 'Lonely'

Cost of petrol - Reality check

Well, this morning I got my car filled with gas at one of the Shell petrol stations in the city (Bangalore).

I paid INR 69.05 per litre (Super Unleaded).

This is the actual cost of petrol without subsidies. This is INR 9.00 per litre more than the petrol available at state owned petrol pumps.

Random Quote

A diamond is only a piece of charcoal that was lucky to be under pressure!

Well said, positive stress brings out the best in a person. If the stress is too much or negative stress then it can be lethal.

Working life

23 years on an average is wasted preparing to get a job.
This is 28.75% if our life (assumption based on average life expectancy of 80years)


We all know each year has 365 days.

On an average private companies have 10 national holidays and an employee gets 30 days as paid leaves.

Saturdays and Sundays makes up 104 days in a year

To conclude we work 221 days in a year and end up spending 60.5% of our working life waiting for a weekend or a holiday.


If we assume that a person works for 30 years. We waste 18 years waiting for a weekend or a holiday.

Based on the assumptions above if we live till the age of 80 years we waste 41 years .i.e. approx 51% of our lives working waiting for weekend or a holiday to relax and enjoy life.

- Thinking thinker thinking too much

NCR - National Capital Region

For those who do not know the meaning of NCR.

Please see the link below:
National Capital Region

I Love This Post

This is simply amazing. This makes me feel so nostalgic.
Click here to read.

I went to UK in January of 2004 for doing MS that was then, things were easy and tough.
I found MSN maps and went through them multiple times to make myself familiar to the area.

UK and I will forever share a relationship of love and hate.

That time I was driven by my ambitions and lived for other insignificant things.
Now, I am driven by the people in my life and the love they have for me.

Working for small company Vs big company (IT)

As a fresher there is always a conflict about joining a big brand or a start up/medium scale company. Everyone have their own biased views on the same, depending upon their past experiences.

Common arguments for smaller companies are:

1. One gets to learn more as there are less procedures and everyone should know how to work on everything as per the need.
2. The work is more challenging.
3. Visibility to the top management.

Arguments for joining a big brand:

1. Big bucks sooner or later.
2. Easy life as one is on the bench all the time.
3. Learns more on how not to work by putting in more procedures.
4. One gets to learn how to get work done in proper manner.
5. One develops skills in one area, hence becoming master in one technology rather than being jack of all trades.

Well, the pros and cons are numerous for both the cases.

In my personal opinion it is very difficult to join big brands once you have worked for smaller brands. Especially if one started working from a small company.

A fresher in the beginning needs support from the ecosystem of a big brand company. One needs to be groomed, polished and trained for the corporate world. In the beginning one may feel stifled working for a big company as he/she may end up on the bench for 6months to 1 year. Benefit of being on bench is that one gets proper time to adjust to the big bad world before being entering the rat race.

Small companies have their own advantages as they make you rough and tough to the core. But they lack exposure to procedures and feels stifled in more professional work environments. Also, there is a difference in doing things right with 100% success ratio Vs ad hoc fix for the same work every time.

Choosing which kind of company to work for is a big decision as it is difficult to shift between the two ends of the spectrum. Especially if one develops their comfort zone.

Before choosing which offer to accept its advisable to sit down and write on a piece of paper, what Big company has to offer and what a small company has to offer. Then write down his/her expectations from their ideal workplace. This should then be tallied with the lists of what big and small companies have to offer.

Also, one should network as much as possible and find out about respective working environments.

I hope this would be of help to many people struggling with their first job offers!

2 Days 7 Hours

Two days and seven hours to start my journey and then couple of hours more on the flight and I will be eating Aloo Tikkis. Level of desperation is really high and my taste buds are crying out loud for an aloo tikki. I know how each single day has passed without my dear Aloo Tikkis.

2 days 7 hours to go

Hip Hip Hurrah

SLUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Can you hear the slurppp in Delhi?

Landing in New Delhi...

Now that I have landed in Delhi many times, I thought of sharing my experience and it is only 14 days before I land at IGI airport so the memories are coming back.

My nose tells me that I have arrived in Delhi. I can smell and know that the flight is about to land in Delhi. It is a good smell, a familiar smell of dust and smoke. This smell fills the air cabin as the plane flys over Delhi, few minutes before landing.

It is so wonderful to feel choked, I feel so nostalgic. For me who is allergic to dust and smoke, I know I have arrived in Delhi when I sneeze. It takes a while for my immune system to adjust to Delhi air.

As soon as one gets down at IGI airport there is a strong smell of Phenyl and the white tiles and mosaic floors reminds one that they have gone back in time. Man I love the 80s, I feel I am a kid again.

By this time having experienced so many 'fragrances' my nose gives up and I barely can breathe.

Then comes the immigration queues, the wooden tables, and paan eating babus waiting to stamp your PASSPORT and ask weird questions. Just as one thinks it is all over and now I will meet my loved ones. One has to collect the luggage, with people literally resting their heads on your shoulder to look at the conveyor belt.

By now I want to really get out, cry, scream, run; but wait there is more.
While getting out of the airport I have to tell so many people that I have arrangements to go back home. People of Saddi Dilli are so courteous to the guests. I am talking about millions and zillions of taxi drivers waiting outside.

Well, whatever it is. It is my home and I love being in Delhi. The dust, the smoke, the traffic, the swearing while driving, the food, the mess - I love it all.

Dilli is Dilli
And, I love Dilli

Wow!!!

I am sitting in Office working.

I get some free time, so I check the counter for number of days remaining in UK.

And then WOW!!!

I can smell DAAL MAKHANI and NAAN. Yes it is true!!!

I do not know how? But, it is true...

Yummmmmmm... I love DAAL MAKHANI...

I AM COMING BACK TO INDIA IN 16 DAYS

Restaurant: Fav 5

I have been tagged to write about - 'My 5 Favorite Restaurants'
http://logicalreligion.blogspot.com/2007/05/restaurantsfav-5.html

List of my 5 favorite restaurants are:

1) 13th Floor, MG Road Bangalore. - For its Daal Makhani and amazing view of Bangalore from the 13th Floor balcony.
2) 3 Quarter Chinese, Bangalore - For its ambience
3) Queens, Church Street, Bangalore - For its daal Makhani
4) Elixir, Sector - 29, Faridabad - For its Daal Makhani
5) Hunger Cure, Sector - 29, Faridabad - For its Indian sauce used in Pizza

I rate restaurants on the basis of the quality of Daal Makhani.
:-)

Introduction

The person you all wanted to know about, now has her own blog:

Piu's Blog

She is a Punjabi Kudi from National Capital Region.
But she is a lazy bum, so let us see when she actually starts blogging on it.

Wedding - III

Only 5 months remaining for the big day, half of the year has already passed by.
:-D

The wedding as any other wedding has seen its share of ups and downs in past 6 months.
Nothing much is happening on the preparations front.
I will try to maintain a daily journal for the very last month, if I get time.

I do not understand why Punjabi weddings have to be so GRAND?
Why can't a wedding be a smaller event between family and very close friends at a resort or somewhere
:-)

One has to be very thick skinned while going through a Punjabi wedding, because of so many people just blurting out whatever they feel like.

I RETURN TO INDIA IN 24 DAYS

Small update for long time away

Well it has been long long time since, I updated my blog.

Things are finally picking up pace at work and my UK stay is coming to an end (30 days remaining). Looking forward to facing the Indian summers - which I have not faced in last 3 years.

Every time I say goodbye to UK and return. I have to return to UK.
Let us see what happens this time.

Random Thought

Sometimes hope is the only hope for one to carry on...

-Thinking Thinker