Comments on: Getting back home - The Auto Driver http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/ The truth, one post at a time Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: roshan.george http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192082 roshan.george Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:53:32 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192082 Uh-oh, that's not reassuring. It's a bit terrifying even. To think I should be in class now. Uh-oh, that’s not reassuring. It’s a bit terrifying even.

To think I should be in class now.

]]> By: Isha http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192029 Isha Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:05:43 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192029 Sweetheart, that's the point. You aren't actually supposed to like it. Sweetheart, that’s the point. You aren’t actually supposed to like it.

]]> By: roshan.george http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192015 roshan.george Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:23:17 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192015 Aargh! What kind of taste is that?! It's abnormal, surreal even. Pink with green and yellow stripes, just thinking of that gives me a couple of headaches. Aargh! What kind of taste is that?! It’s abnormal, surreal even. Pink with green and yellow stripes, just thinking of that gives me a couple of headaches.

]]> By: Isha http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192013 Isha Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:14:14 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192013 I'll design you a flag Roshan, a pink one with green and yellow stripes. Gitanjali just nodded in approval. I’ll design you a flag Roshan, a pink one with green and yellow stripes.

Gitanjali just nodded in approval.

]]> By: roshan.george http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192009 roshan.george Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:47:46 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-192009 They have their own flag? I want my own flag. Flags rock so hard. They have their own flag? I want my own flag. Flags rock so hard.

]]> By: Arundhathi http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191996 Arundhathi Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:58:28 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191996 The flag is Karnataka's flag, apparently. For some weird reason, this state has a flag. The flag is Karnataka’s flag, apparently. For some weird reason, this state has a flag.

]]> By: roshan.george http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191951 roshan.george Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191951 Actually, it's getting worse with the buses. The volvos show English, but the other new buses only have the origin and destination in English, everything else is in Tamil. Fortunately the abbreviations atleast are in English. Thing is, I've never noticed because I can read the Tamil anyway. We've not got it as bad as Bangalore, but it isn't perfect either. Actually, it’s getting worse with the buses. The volvos show English, but the other new buses only have the origin and destination in English, everything else is in Tamil. Fortunately the abbreviations atleast are in English.

Thing is, I’ve never noticed because I can read the Tamil anyway. We’ve not got it as bad as Bangalore, but it isn’t perfect either.

]]> By: Marc http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191947 Marc Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191947 Sindhu thinks that signboards and hoardings in Tamilnadu are all in Tamil even after I told her it wasn't so. Do you remember seeing any all Tamil hoardings without a word in English? And Bangalore's signs are all in Kannada! I couldn't understand anything on the roads! Sindhu thinks that signboards and hoardings in Tamilnadu are all in Tamil even after I told her it wasn’t so. Do you remember seeing any all Tamil hoardings without a word in English?

And Bangalore’s signs are all in Kannada! I couldn’t understand anything on the roads!

]]> By: roshan.george http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191853 roshan.george Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:52:18 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191853 Ah yes, there was a similar thing in TN some time back I remember. Fortunately, some rationality won out and we have some English here and there. Oh yeah, what are those flags? Ah yes, there was a similar thing in TN some time back I remember. Fortunately, some rationality won out and we have some English here and there.

Oh yeah, what are those flags?

]]> By: Arun http://blog.arjie.com/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191851 Arun Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:08:08 +0000 http://www.arjie.com/blog/2007/11/23/getting-back-home-the-auto-driver/#comment-191851 The people in Karnataka have a crazy idea that if everything is in Kannada they can somehow retain their identity. They quite feel that people from other states should not overwhelm them in their own state. That's why they make it a bit difficult for outsiders. Apart from that they are a very nice bunch of people. Um, did you see flags- half yellow, half red- flying at every pole less that 100 meters apart? The people in Karnataka have a crazy idea that if everything is in Kannada they can somehow retain their identity. They quite feel that people from other states should not overwhelm them in their own state. That’s why they make it a bit difficult for outsiders. Apart from that they are a very nice bunch of people. Um, did you see flags- half yellow, half red- flying at every pole less that 100 meters apart?

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