Having observed traffic for the last 3 months, I've noticed the bigger cars (also tractors, I have never seen so many in any developed city!) are the most menacing during traffic. By this I don't mean the lorries, or even the extra long, extra wide buses. I am talking about the Honda CRV's, Innovas, and the likes. Most of the shorter, smaller jams on the road that cost an average of 5mts/person, are bcos of these 'big' cars trying to take a U-turn or join the road. This stops traffic temporarily because most of them are unable to manouvre the turn at one shot and so they have to go back and forth, ultimately stopping traffic on both sides!
Why do we need these if we can't do anything about the roads? These are not meant for Indian roads and I can't understand why they companies should be allowed to business in India. Shouldn't we actually be taking tips from Europe in this regard? Their cars are smaller, keeping up with their narrow roads and ofcourse the high prices of petrol in their country, which again we can relate to.
I just read in the papers today that Volvo is planning to sell in India. If the country is doing this as a part of opening up their markets, the govt. needs to have serious restrictions on selling cars beyond a certain size. Is it too hard for the 'big heads' in the Parliament to figure this out?
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
My take on 'Sivaji'
A total disappoinment for a great Rajni fan! I wished there was more of the Rajni punch lines, more of his style, and ofcourse a better introduction of the superstar. His chewing gum style did not really take off with me. Some saving points for the movie, was the first half comedy by Vivek and the extravagant sets by Shankar for some of the songs. But other than that, I felt it hard to sit through the movie. Shankar seems to have beleived more in his knowledge of putting extravagant sets for songs, special effects and make up and not really trusted our superstar. As an ardent fan, I would have loved to see and hear more of Rajni, than what was there!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Prenatal Classes in B'lore
I just got done with my pre-natal classes at 'Asha Foundation' in Indiranagar. We attended all the 4 classes, which was quite a feat from the two of us, considering it was on Saturday mornings at 10am! First impressions - Educative, could have been better organized and customized to the kind of crowd they are attracting. If I have to be more critical, I would've wished if they had started the classes on time and cut down on teh snack breaks, which were typically much longer than the classes itself.
For the interested, here's how the classes were broken down:
The first class was pre-natal exercises. Found it quite informative and since it was a one on one session in my case, got to learn it at my own pace. It was all downhill after this.
The second and third classes were about massage and nutrition. The massage class was a total of 15mts and we waited there for 2 hrs for someone to come in and tell us waht the agenda was! Quite disappointing. The nutrition class was where they took us through what to eat and what not to eat. It felt like it was too late in the pregnancy for all those tips, considering all of us were already near the end of our second trimester. I didn't particularly gather too much out of it. The issue was mainly the presenter. She was all over the place, she would start with the diet chart and the next mt. would talk about labor and then about epidural, and jump back to how protein helps the body etc . etc. It totally lacked any kind of structure!
The last class was lactation classes and post delivery exercises. This was a very informative class and I felt the presenter much more organized! Had a lot of my doubts clarified. I realized after this class, that labor and giving birth is just a part of the whole process. Handling and feeding the baby needs much more attention and care and I'm sure many mothers would agree with me.
On the whole, I was glad I attended something like this. If not for the classes itself, to meet fellow women in similar stages of pregnancy and discuss our symptoms. Luckily for us one of the expecting dad's was a physician and I was glad we had him in our midst. A class like this in India is a great thing, educating women and I respect and appreciate their sincere intentions. They are on the right track, but they just need some serious guidance on organizing a class like this!
For the interested, here's how the classes were broken down:
The first class was pre-natal exercises. Found it quite informative and since it was a one on one session in my case, got to learn it at my own pace. It was all downhill after this.
The second and third classes were about massage and nutrition. The massage class was a total of 15mts and we waited there for 2 hrs for someone to come in and tell us waht the agenda was! Quite disappointing. The nutrition class was where they took us through what to eat and what not to eat. It felt like it was too late in the pregnancy for all those tips, considering all of us were already near the end of our second trimester. I didn't particularly gather too much out of it. The issue was mainly the presenter. She was all over the place, she would start with the diet chart and the next mt. would talk about labor and then about epidural, and jump back to how protein helps the body etc . etc. It totally lacked any kind of structure!
The last class was lactation classes and post delivery exercises. This was a very informative class and I felt the presenter much more organized! Had a lot of my doubts clarified. I realized after this class, that labor and giving birth is just a part of the whole process. Handling and feeding the baby needs much more attention and care and I'm sure many mothers would agree with me.
On the whole, I was glad I attended something like this. If not for the classes itself, to meet fellow women in similar stages of pregnancy and discuss our symptoms. Luckily for us one of the expecting dad's was a physician and I was glad we had him in our midst. A class like this in India is a great thing, educating women and I respect and appreciate their sincere intentions. They are on the right track, but they just need some serious guidance on organizing a class like this!
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