Premshree Pillai ([info]premshree) wrote,
@ 2005-02-15 08:41:00
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Tuesday Morning Cribs
Heh, there’s such a clear difference between Mumbai and Bangalore. With my 3-week Bangalore mentality, every time I took a cab, I was all set for the cabbie to ask me, “50 extra, sir.” Ah, but no one bullshits here.

Warren and I took a cab from Pune to Bombay (Borivali, to be specific—less than 2.5 hours); one grand—no “extra, sir; petrol, sir” bullshit. A rick from Borivali to home; night meter charges. No bullshit.

Fuck! This is Bombay. Alive. No bullshit.


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[info]parag
2005-02-15 03:25 am UTC (link)
I recently visited Hyderabad. I was just disgusted at the rickshawallahs that cheated us royally. Being form Mumbai, I didn't know that one needs to set a price before getting into the rickshaw and the meters are just for show.

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[info]amunix
2005-02-15 04:07 am UTC (link)
Mumbai ROCKS man !!! No wonder it is called the ``New York of India." :-)

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[info]jace
2005-02-15 08:16 am UTC (link)
Mumbai and New York? Please excuse me while I finish laughing.

Really, dude, you should know better than to compare a gutter the size of a city with a real city.

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[info]premshree
2005-02-15 10:52 am UTC (link)
But does being a gutter mean the city can’t rock?

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[info]parag
2005-02-15 11:31 am UTC (link)
Come on, man. Be nice. New york is crowded and filthy and grimy but you don't have to call it a gutter.

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[info]vighy
2005-02-15 06:10 pm UTC (link)
lol

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[info]mannu
2005-02-15 05:12 am UTC (link)
You will crib about Bangalore every time you return from Bombay. Bangalore seems to have got all of Bombay's troubles (heavy traffic, pollution, crime, high density of population, etc.) without getting its benefits (good roads, public transport, cops -- and life). A hardcore Bangalorean friend of mine was saying that Bangalore is going to the dogs.

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[info]freegeek
2005-02-15 05:25 am UTC (link)
Heh, I got 'the bullshit' in Pune last night.

Not quite sure how much I got cheated off. He was demanding 60
for a 4:30 (hmm is that 43:00?) fare. Sounded too much but I had a
50 note and didn't want a scene outside the hotel (heck free stay;) so
gave him the 50. He fucked off after I started asking for the meter.

So there went a tenner or more. Will have to get hold of a meter
card to confirm how much I got cheated out off.

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[info]eddd
2005-02-15 05:37 am UTC (link)
($meter_reading*6 + 1) rounded off.

4.3 * 6 + 1 = 27.

If u had to pay HalfReturn [which is always decided beforehand] that would make it 40bucks.

last night I paid 41 for a 6.40 meter reading. No bullshit :)

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[info]suhit_kelkar
2005-02-15 06:00 am UTC (link)
Do you know Warren Noronha? He was at the Pune GNU event.

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[info]premshree
2005-02-15 10:32 am UTC (link)
Yeah, was with him. Since I was speaking on Ruby, we decided to do some Ruby on Rails evangelism together. :-)

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[info]rileen
2005-02-15 12:36 pm UTC (link)
I guess there's plenty of bullshit at other levels, but yes i really like the fact that autorickshaws in Mumbai don't cheat, haggle etc. and don't refuse to travel for 'short distances'.

That kind of mentality is at its most prevalent in Delhi among the cities i've spent some time in, and that's chiefly why i like it(Delhi) the least.

Bangalore is a great city - you may end up liking it a lot eventually.

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[info]premshree
2005-02-15 10:03 pm UTC (link)
I like Bangalore for multiple reasons; and hate it for multiple reasons—one reason being home’s Bombay.

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[info]nash_da_basher
2005-02-15 01:17 pm UTC (link)
Just an extra 50? How come I was asked for double the last time I was in Bangalore?!

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[info]premshree
2005-02-15 10:01 pm UTC (link)
That was just for illustration.:-)

They charge double after mid-night, btw.

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[info]eh_donia
2005-02-15 04:58 pm UTC (link)
Jai mumbai, jai maharashtra, jai Malhar!! :D

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