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Ravi_D - 25-NOV-2008
"Which raises a heart-stirring question: If our parents left India and trudged westward for us, if they manufactured from scratch a new life there for us, if they slogged, saved, sacrificed to make our lives lighter than theirs, then what does it mean when we choose to migrate to the place they forsook? " |
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asj - 24-NOV-2008
Unashamedly they go on, road after road, for sake of wider roads trees are being axed |
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First Urban Land Title in India srkulhalli - 18-OCT-2008
"I am delighted to share with everybody that Guaranteed Land Title is now a reality in Rajasthan. Rajasthan is leading the country in its "second wave" of land reforms - land title security. |
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Politics over principles characterises India: Shashi Tharoor mcadambi - 15-SEP-2008
Indian politics is essentially debate over principles unlike developed country politics: "The French political scientist Maurice Duverger once explained that politics in India involves conflict over basic principles and in Britain, conflict over subsidiary principles, whereas in the US, party politics amounts to a conflict without principles. For both parties agree on most things: liberal democracy, free-enterprise capitalism, low taxes and superpower status abroad." |
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How do you know its time to bribe? silkboard - 3-SEP-2008* Beforehand itself (reputation, hearsay) * The guy asks * Hints (delay etc) but no direct demand * I simply offer it for speed * Agent guides me through it |
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Public Transport - Bus service algorithm / checklist asj - 30-AUG-2008
My views on BRT have been known for a while on Praja. I am not anti or pro any model. I believe a place has a thing and a thing has a place. First we must be able to justify BRTS on basis of need, then it should be implementable on given corridor (just being able to implement without demonstrated need is no good). Here is an algorithm which I would use -
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Useful resource - Long-Life Concrete Pavements in Europe and Canada asj - 26-AUG-2008
Here is something which may be of interest and use of Praja members who want to look at local standards and compare with Western standards. http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/pubs/pl07027/index.cfm#execsumm Have not seen it in detail, seems useful. Cheers. ASJ |
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How good is your Road Safety Knowledge - Test your self against 170 questions asj - 25-AUG-2008
For some time now I have been working towards making available an Interactive road safety quiz database for Indian road users.
Here is the entire quiz database of 170 questions available as two interactive quiz e-book's to test your knowledge of road safety related issues. This is a free downloadable resource for all who are preparing to sit the theory driving test as a part of licensing procedure. The latter is rare as most states in India still have not implemented a mandatory theory test for learner drivers. Hope is that Road Traffic Authorities in India use the above as a starting point for implementing a mandatory theory test for all new learner drivers. This resource is also likely to be a perfect way of refreshing the knowledge base of those who have been driving for several years.
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'The Next Asian Miracle' - by Professor Yasheng Huang amaku - 11-JUL-2008(A must read article by Professor Yasheng Huang, of the Sloan School of Management at MIT in Foreign Policy magazine, July/August 2008) |
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Driver Education DVD now available asj - 7-JUL-2008
Dear all, Some of you are aware that I have produced 17 driver education videos about a year ago. All videos are posted on Praja and can be seen online. The videos now have over 100,000 online views and are available on a DVD. Every week I get requests for the videos to be supplied as a DVD. Given that I am currently working abroad, it became very difficult to sustain sending out DVDs (over a hundred were sent out free). |