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  1. No Formula 2 please

    Posted by A. Saye Sekhar
    / October 30, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By A Saye Sekhar   When the whole country is busy gearing up to watch the final lap of Formula 1 race at Buddh Circuit, newspapers in Hyderabad are paying glorious tributes to an idea that did not move even an inch forward — the creation of a Formula 1...

  2. New Models, Old Roads

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    / October 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By G Mohan   In time for the festive season in India, many car companies have announced the launch of new car models. Honda has launched Brio, Mahindra has launched an SUV, XUV 500 and Hyundai will soon launch its mini-hatchback Eon. I am sure many more launches are in...
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  3. The hope and the horror on the highways

    Posted by Tinniam V Ganesh
    / September 16, 2011 / Leave a comment
    With the development of the golden quadrilateral, India definitely has arrived on the big stage. The golden quadrilateral besides connecting the four corners of the country also has several well-developed multi lane highways criss-crossing the country and connecting important nerve centers. It is good to see that Central Government has...

  4. The trail of the MMTS

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    / September 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
     By Philip Joshua   Awaiting at James street railway stationGleaming tracks lie in full attentionHere comes the 9.21 localThe blue bodied queen at the focal Halts for a minute, lets out a baritone soundSmiling faces get in, some hang aroundWith the sound of gnashing metalThe local surges light as a...

  5. Autocracy in Hyderabad. Or is it Auto-crazy?

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    / August 31, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Philip Joshua   Hiring an auto requires a flexible body because you need to wave your hands and twist your body like a Kung Fu master to attract the attention of the auto driver. I now wave my hands to a speeding auto, which takes a rash u-turn as...

  6. No Spice in SpiceJet

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    / August 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Vijay Marur   I am not the frequent flyer I used to be. But I have flown almost all the airlines at some point of time. The impression I had of SpiceJet was that it was a fairly ‘up there’ kind of airline. So when the client booked me...

  7. Hyderabad ki yeh rail

    Posted by Vijay Krishnamurthy
    / August 8, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Vijay Krishnamurthy   MMTS would step into its 9th year of operation on Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011. It was a first- of-its-kind joint venture project between the Railways and the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Remember, Railways had stopped taking up the suburban system quite long ago. A 50:50 joint...

  8. No helmet to Hell-met

    Posted by Kinnera Murthy
    / July 23, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Kinnera Murthy   Four days back, returning home on the Begumpet-Banjara Hills flyover, I had to slow down because an accident had taken place just a couple of minutes ago. A boy in his twenties was lying on the road, bleeding with a smashed up nose and mouth, perhaps...

  9. Bharat ki yeh Rail

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    / July 12, 2011 / Leave a comment
    On April 16, 1853, India’s first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thane covering a distance of 34 km. Today Indian Railways is the world’s fourth largest railway network after the United States, Russia and China. The railways carry over 30 million passengers and 2.8 million tons of...

  10. No more railway stations

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    / June 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    It looks like a Bal Bhavan toy train. Vintage steam locomotive model No. MTR-2 greets visitors at the gate of the National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It was built in 1910 by Dick, Kerr & Co. for the Karachi Port Trust. The 11-acre-large outdoor museum has about 100 original...

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