We are not a developed nation yet, we have limited land area..and a bulging population. I am not saying this project should be stopped, i am just saying people should take adequate measures to realise that we will have a problem on our hands.

And we cannot under any circumstances make public transport free here.

One of the greatest guitarists to have walked this planet.. Rory Gallagher with his amazing song Bad Penny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSsPOiUUTTw

One of the greatest covers of any song done..ever.. RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYRzH10L2M

Just one of the most monsterous songs ever… welcome to the jungle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1XVaIFmrbU

Thank you… for the amazing Mr. George “Buddy” Guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKo0FK6-O-E

Mr. Albert King..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKY8KIt9kqc

Yes saw this in the news when i got up. Very sad… but i don’t think he will be able to rest in peace with China trying to build a bloody roadway into Everest.

As great an achievment for Tata this is, i am completely against this project.

There is no infrastructure what so ever to handle a sudden rise in vehicles on the road. Delhi alone has around 12 million vehicles and with this price tag we can say good morning to massive traffic jams.

Just yesterday it took me 2 hours to cover about 17 km from work till home… when everyone starts getting this we can say goodbye to driving all together. I know i will.

VT was Viceroys Terriroty till the late 1960s as far as i remember. After that DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) got the lable ‘viceroys terriry’ removed through a referandum in the Indian parliament but still kept the VT as the code.

I personally don’t see any need for DGCA to ask for the change of VT to something like BM (Bharat Mata) or something. Although the British rule is something Indians would like to forget.. the truth is it moulded a major part of Indian history and just by changing names you cannot “modernise”, which these things are aimed at.

Looks like someone at the DGCA was just simply bored. :rolleyes:

well news coming in… Bucknor sent back… Harbhajan Singh’s ban lifted while appeal against ban is pending.

I think this was the worst test match i have seen in a bloody long time.

And i am absolutely furious with the kind of umpiring that was delivered during the test. In a total of 10 bad decisions, 8 of them which unfortunately went against India. The Andrew Symonds edge off pacer Sharma and the absolutely horrid decision of LBW against Dravid.

There was also another blunder while not asking the third umpire when the Ganguly catch was taken.

Coming to the “race row”… Australia is to blame for completely blowijng it out of proportion. Andrew Symonds was mocked and called names when Australia toured India last time for an ODI series. Yes, that was pathetic of the Indian crowd and everyone including the Indian team and BCCI condemned the actions of the Indian crowds. However Symonds had vowed to take revenge for that mocking when India tour Australia..and here we are.

Personally i think when a person such as Sachin Tendulkar, putting his intigrity in line is saying that no racist words were exchanged this should have been taken into consdieration when the unnecessery and shocking ban was imposed on Harbhajan Singh.

I think the Australian team’s “win at all costs” attitude will take them down as one of the worst behaved teams in recent cricket history. Ricky Ponting only wanted that 16th straight test win (as impressive as that is) under his belt, at ANY cost.

After the Symonds spat, Anil Kumble alledge during the war of words Australian spinner Brad Hogg called him a “b*****d”. No action what so ever was taken on this.

During the hearing with match referee Mick Procter along with Matty hayden, players like Michael Clarke also testified. How did Michael Clarke hear anything as he was fielding in the cover area. Even the umpires who were much closer to the action did not hear any fowl words personally but bat eared Clarke seemed to have picked up the signals. The only people that should have been taken into account were Matty Hayden who heard the spat and Sachin Tendulkar who was right there. Tendulkar still insists Harbhajan did not racially abuse Symonds but his views were not taken into consideration by Procter. Also there was no hard, concrete and objective evidence..no audio was picked up from the stump mics.

Coming back to the umpiring i think Steve Bucknor should either be sacked or kept away from Indian matches. The man has served the game of cricket very well but i think he has lost his bloody mind.

If Harbhajan’s ban stays India should return back and cancel this tour. Seeing that 70% of all world cricket finances come from the sub-continent ICC now has alot of re-building to do.

Ponting could have controlled all of this.. but one of the greatest players of our times has done a shamefull job of this test match.

Although BCCI will keep in mind before cancelling the tour that alot of ad revenue will be lost. Star TV alone may loose upto Rs. 90 crores (around $22.5 million) and alot of other sponsors will loose alot of money.

But lets see what happens now… a decision will be taken today.

You won’t have alot of options from Thiruvanthapuram.

Deccan will definately fly into Thiru from New Delhi and you can also find some good fares on Indian Airlines and Kingfisher.

As for Agra… best way is to drive down. Its only a 3.5 – 4 hr drive. But if you want to fly Indian flies there.