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  1. Landing at Tirupati? God bless you

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    / February 2, 2012 / 1 Comment
    God helps those who help themselves. You won’t find a better example of that than what happened at Tirupati airport on January 9. `The Times of India’ reports that since the two Air Traffic controllers who were rostered for duty had not turned up, the airport authorities asked a fireman...

  2. Senti about Padmini

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    / January 30, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Right from my childhood, I had a fascination to travel in cars. My granduncle had a Vanguard, a sturdy vehicle of the 50s. I loved travelling in it from Madras to Kodaikanal hills, sitting in front and enjoying the view. Later when I was in college, I used to envy...

  3. A happy Railwayman looks back

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    / January 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It is now four years since I retired from Railways after over 40 years of service – 3 years jn private sector and about 38 years with Railways. Joining service and retirement are like birth and death. When you are born, you cry and the people around you are happy....

  4. Celebrating Republic Day onboard FinnAir

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    / January 27, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The crew of Finnair on a flight to New Delhi on 26 January made it a special Republic Day with this well-rehearsed performance. Take a look.
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    Tagged celebration, finnair, republic day,

  5. Kochi instead of Kozhikode !

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    / January 17, 2012 / 4 Comments
    It was a Thiruvanthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agathi Alliance Air flight that had taken off from Thiruvananthapuram on Monday morning. 32 passengers were on board. After a while, the crew announced that the flight had laned in Kozhikode but the passengers were stumped when they realised they had landed in Kochi instead. `The Times...

  6. Yahoo in the driver’s seat

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    / January 16, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Yahoo may be at the receiving end in court, thanks to the government’s offensive against select websites but as Sonika Bakshi found, at least autorickshaw drivers in Hyderabad, like to say good morning in Yahoo style. 

  7. Vijay Mallya ko gussa kyon aata hai

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    / January 7, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Vijay Mallya is an angry man. And angry with the media in particular, over the “negative coverage” to the Kingfisher Airlines story. To stress that his airline is safe, he overstressed the point when he tweeted : “Kingfisher is one thousand percent SAFE to fly. Safety is our absolute priority....

  8. Vayudoot’s final landing

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    / December 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By S V L Narayan This morning, the papers carried the news that Vayudoot was to be officially closed down. It is not a day too early. This was an enterprise that no one had a clear idea about its purpose and also its business plan. Generally it was used to...

  9. Longing for a Lambretta

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    / December 10, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Parthasarathy My first memory of a vehicle is a ‘nadai vandi’. This is a Tamil word which literally means ‘walking cart’. It was a three-wheeled wooden contraption in which a child used to learn to walk. I presume that the one I had was 8 years old as my...

  10. The most personal service I ever got on a flight

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    / October 31, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Vijay Marur   It was a few years ago. There used to be an airline called Vayudoot. It was essentially a feeder airline and used Dorniers (twin engined planes) for their services. They used a hop, step and jump approach to travel. Which meant my Hyderabad-Vizag flight was actually...

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