Tittle-Tattle

Today's Hindu features a house panel report on the shoddy workmanship exhibited by the builders of the Bangalore International Airport . There are two news articles in the print edition today and I tried looking at the elaborations of shoddy workmanship in those articles, but I couldn't find any. Its a 124 page report it seems, but all that the news media has picked up is following - 1. Profit making by one of the promoters by trading BIAL shares 2. The facade of the exterior of the airport not showing the culture of Karnataka or India for that matter 3. Hold Narayanamurthy, Rajiv Chandrashekhar et al responsible for such lapses I have looked at the google news results for BIAL also, but seriously I don't find anything else in the news reports, and I am especially interested in looking at the elaborations of the poor workmanship. I would also like to the see if the house committee looked at the delay in building the approach road(s) to the airport (Why am I asking ...

I see many "Go Green" campaigns running around me these days, be it the ads on TV and Radio or initiatives at work. I have consciously done a few things to abide by the advices given in these campaigns -  Cut down on the number of print outs While I was on a small time assignment in the US, I did not configure printer at all. This led me to request a friend of mine to take the printout of my return tickets for me! Recently, at work, they change the print server configuration and I have survived so far without configuring it.  Switch off the car at signals My inner self reminds me to switch off the car at the signals but I fail to do so many times when it is hot outside and the car AC is on and all the other vehicles which are not switched off, puff out smoke clouds into my car.  Take public transport for commuting  Recently the municipal body started monsoon preparations in my locality and they have blocked and dug one side of a very busy road near our house to complete a dra...