By nandan on November 21, 2008
It sounded like a joke when the Indian government prohibited smoking in public places. They introduced this law on the 2nd of October, the birthday of Gandhi. I was always suspicious whether people would follow this rule. In the very first week after the law was implemented, media people took pictures of people smoking at [...]
Posted in politics | Tagged no somking in india
By nandan on November 20, 2008
A student from Singpore is staying at my place. She had contacted me through couchsurfing. She just wanted to meet me. But when I saw that she was doing research about Ganga, I asked her if she would be my paying guest. She was also looking for home stay so she decided to rent my [...]
Posted in Business, Corruption, Groovy Ganges Guest House, politics, Studies in India | Tagged child of ganga, ganga, Ganga research, photo documentary Ganga, pollution in ganga
By nandan on November 17, 2008
The title of this post is upside down because I have noticed a few things where quality is thrown out and garbage is being collected by our people and government. First off I want to talk about my brother who is an Italian interpreter and works for a very big travel agency in India. He [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged jobs in India, unemployment in India
By nandan on November 11, 2008
I saw something very strange, maybe it could be the strangest thing for an Indian. I was sitting in an auto rickshaw when a policeman stopped it. He came and sat next to me. Police never pay the fare for any transportation whether it is auto or bus or train. After a drive of two-three [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged corruption in india, Indian police
By nandan on November 11, 2008
I went to Delhi on the 9th to be part of the case that is going to be filed against the Ministry of Tourism for the Government of India for not the starting tour guide training program in 2008. This training was supposed to start from the 6th of October but could not because the [...]
Posted in politics, Studies in India | Tagged indian civil courts, tour guide training
By nandan on November 9, 2008
I went to Delhi public school, Varanasi branch yesterday with my friend. His nephew goes there. There was some kind of music festival in the school yesterday. I liked everything there but did not understand why all the kids and teachers were speaking English to each other. All the parents were supposed to meet the [...]
Posted in politics | Tagged Hindi vs English, Mumbai riots
By nandan on November 4, 2008
Now it seems like it will take another year to complete the guide training program. The guide association of Jaipur has sued the government again. They want the government to organize training exactly as it had been done with them. Their training consisted of classes for three and a half months and a orientation tour [...]
Posted in politics | Tagged tour guide training program 2009