Rickshaws on demand

Hiring a rickshaw is a challenge in Mangalore. The Rickshaw drivers will refuse to go where you want to go. And you usually have to ask a few drivers before you will get one ready to go your way. It is high time Mangalore thought about hiring rickshaws by phone. In emergencies this dilly dallying of rickshaw drivers is going to be a problem.

Polluting the skies

Up on the 11 th floor and there is always dust. All the unwanted gases and dust gets send way up in to the sky. Especially generator exhumes. I wonder what the logic is of the pollution board in doing this. The dust will settle back on leaves of trees and roof tops on its return to earth. I am kind of worried about the lovely trees of Mangalore.

Housekeeping services - fixing rates

Houskeeping services in India needs to have fixed rates. I am not saying that we pay exorbitant money. But like the Rickshaw drivers and day laborers these people need to have some kind of fixed rate. So that they do not have to degrade themselves all the time asking for a raise.

Cultural Mangalore

Mangalore is always celebrating. I see song and dance every day from my window. It is a city that is always partying culturally. God bless Mangalore.

Delhi Traffic Police

The Delhi Traffic police do a great job. No other city's traffic police compares to the Delhi traffic police. The great wide roads of Delhi - a city that seems to be infinite is a pleasure to traverse. Delhi traffic control provides hope for the country. The excuse that this is India and it is like that here fails and Delhi is sound proof of this fact. There is no need to risk lives and limbs of loved ones. Mangalore, please take lessons from Delhi.

My bus trips

The bus conductors are in a great hurry to get passengers off the bus in Mangalore. Some times they ride off before the passengers have disembarked completely. There are many cases where people have fallen off buses and died. Traffic safety has a long way to go in Mangalore. I wonder who cares!!!

Dangerous Crossings

Every time I have to cross a road in Mangalore, I am scared to
death. There are no signals, Zebra crossings, or traffic police on
most roads. Literally, you are playing with your life every time you
cross a road. My heart swells with pride when I see the new wide roads
build all across the city. It is a commendable job indeed but the city
seem to have completely missed the point that pedestrians use the
roads too. I seriously would like to see more facilities for
pedestrians on Mangalore roads.

People of Mangalore and other cities of India have taken the road
crossing hazards as part and parcel of daily life. It sounds to many
that my living overseas has made me particularly sensitive to the
dangers of crossing roads in Mangalore. But I remember, as a child
growing up in Mumbai, traffic was more regulated. We always crossed
roads at designated corners. It was considered bad manners if we did
otherwise. But Zebra crossings have reduced considerably in Mumbai. In
Mangalore, I doubt there ever was good regulated road crossings.

Traffic has grown many times over, but traffic control has not caught
up with the times. Mangalore is a budding city with big dreams. It is
still small enough to repair some faults. So, let us begin work on
making Mangalore roads safe for pedestrians.