Category Archives: Red Tape aka Governance

24 July, 2012 I grew up in a pre-liberalization India where the public sector ruled. Things changed, of course, and the transformation of Chennai Telephones (?) to BSNL was unnoticed by me because I had left Chennai and India by … Continue reading →

14 July 2012 Dilli o Dilli Or, I KNEW that North India was a different country Moving is not to be taken lightly anywhere. But in Delhi, it takes on a whole other dimension. Having moved to a different flat … Continue reading →

12 December 2012 On Monday, on my way to work, I saw a dead dog on the pavement just beyond Patel Chest Institute and before Geology. Sad, I thought, and walked on. And assumed that someone would do something about … Continue reading →

12 July 2015 Time to renew the water tax card. Uma went yesterday but the line was long and time was short, so she put it off until today. Go at 9 am, she tells me, that’s what they told … Continue reading →