Imagining Dubai

Trees are being cut in Bengaluru (also Bangalore) as if it nobody’s business. Decades old trees are vanishing overnight. The roads could be made around it if they want but then policy makers have been touring abroad and bringing alien model of development here. They need to know that Dubai is constructed on a desert. Also if you go to My Photos (www.photodepalan.blogspot.com) all these beautiful trees are to go within a week. Offcourse the priority need to be on MRTS but some innovation like BRT in Delhi is welcomed (this blogger sincerely hopes that the CM and her cabinet take decision on further extending BRT to other parts of Delhi. These are the reasons why common people favor Sheila Dixit).

“Imaging India” is a book that is being discussed in the Net a lot. It is written by Nandan Nilekeni (one of the guy who runs the successful IT Company Infosys). It seems to be about ideas that shape India, interesting premise but a very costly book. This blogger would wait for the pirated version on the pavement, so has postponed the buy for atleast 5-6 months.