By nandan on February 18, 2010
I finally got my passport and believe me it took more than eleven months. I had applied for it last year in February and got it this year in January. I went through all the crazy bureaucracy and corruption. The whole process starting from buying the application to getting the passport in hand was full [...]
Posted in Corruption, terrorism | Tagged Corruption, indian passport, terrorism in India
By nandan on February 2, 2010
I was watching news on India TV news channel today and it made remember of my best video of the day prize I had won on India TV three years ago. Actually once I and Lane went to see the untreated sewage discharge in Nagwa, Varanasi and Lane had a digital camera and used his [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged best video of the day, corruption in india, india tv, Indian police, sansui
By nandan on January 22, 2010
I have gotten my driving license about 8 years ago but I thought to write my experience at the RTO (Road Transport Office) office today. Actually my friend was talking about applying for a driving license today and it made me remember my experience and I decided to write about it. I was 20 years [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged corruption india, driving license in India, Varanasi
By nandan on June 16, 2009
I worked with the American writer Mr. Michael Blanding for two days (14th and 15th of June) in Mehndiganj as his translator and local assistant. He is writing a book on the Coca-Cola issue. This book is called Coke Machine and will be published under Penguin Publications, USA. I met him on the 14th at [...]
Posted in Business, Coca-Cola, Corruption, Studies in India | Tagged coca-cola issue varanasi, coke issue india, mehndiganj
By nandan on May 8, 2009
It was election day in Delhi yesterday. Mr. Naveen Chawla, The Chief of Election Commission of India also went to vote and found that his name was not in the list. His name was in the deleted list. It became news and all the TV channels started talking about it. The employees of Election Commission [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged elections 2009 India
By nandan on May 1, 2009
My friend, Prabhu, got sick a few days ago. He was in extreme pain from a stomachache. He was taken to the BHU (Benares Hindu University) emergency ward immediately. Doctors checked him and said that he had some serious problem. Prabhu wanted to be admitted to the hospital but doctors there did not want to [...]
Posted in Corruption, Medical services in Varanasi | Tagged Banaras Hindu University, BHU
By nandan on April 27, 2009
The SIM card I use for my mobile is an Airtel, which is the biggest service provider of India. I had received a call from them a few months ago which was about choosing a caller tune for my mobile. The computer played some songs first and then said to press the button 3 if [...]
Posted in Corruption | Tagged Airtel
By nandan on April 17, 2009
It was voting day on the 16th in Benares. Everybody was supposed to have a voter ID card which is issued by Election Commission of India but again this year Election Commission of India was not able to provide the voter ID card to everyone; actually I also did not get it. Three days before [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged elections 2009 India, Varanasi elections 2009
By nandan on April 13, 2009
The politics is at its top in India nowadays. All the political parties have released their manifesto for the coming election. Samajwadi Party also released its manifesto yesterday in Lucknow. The chief of Samajwadi Party, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav , said yesterday that if they win the election and come in power then they will ban computers, [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged election 2009 India, samajwadi party menifesto 2009
By nandan on April 8, 2009
There was a bollywood movie song “love ke liye sala kuch bhi karega” which means “will do anything for love”. I think our politicians love this song and have implemented the idea in their lives but not for love, for vote. They agree to do anything for vote, just anything. Yesterday P. Chidambram,the home minister [...]
Posted in Corruption, politics | Tagged jarnail singh, journalist throw shoe at home minster