Featured in “Woman in Web Design”

August 11th, 2010 Blog 3 comments (is that a lot?)

I have been featured in this article here on OneExtraPixel . Must read. Interesting females all over the world share their views.

This was compiled by Krishna solanki. Way to go , Girl!

 

Auto Fare Hike – Mumbai

Mumbai had a terrible auto strike on Tuesday which disrupted transportation for many people including yours truly. Specially in the month of rain, all this can create such havoc in many lives.

And its all for proposed hike in fare due to hike in CNG rates. In all fairness – CNG rates per KG is average RS 20. Usually an auto will give around 20 KMs average on mumbai roads. So to them its 1 Rs/KM is an average translation. Even more so ever, there are waiting gears added to the auto meters too. Mumbai autodrivers and cabbies earn a lot in just waiting in stuck up traffic which is a usual case on many roads in suburbs.

If we calculate auto’s maintance and Driver’s charges in addition to the cost of per KM , it should go about 4 Rs/KM. And we were already paying minimum of 5 Rs/KM till yesterday. I seriously don’t understand why they really needed that hike in fares. Anyway, the strike they did has made the government agree to them, and made changes in the base tariff. Now we pay 6.50 Rs/KM from now on.

So above image is the revised tariff for mumbai autos. Please use below links to download it in different printable format.

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Women and High Heels

January 15th, 2010 Blog 9 comments (is that a lot?)

Why choose womens designer shoes, I sometimes wonder. Those women wobble around, they take longer to get from here to there, they often trip on small sidewalk imperfections, and they regularly fall and get hurt.

I will confess: my gut reaction is that a woman’s IQ relates inversely to whether that woman tends to wear accident-inducing high heeled shoes. I think of women who flock to such shoes as women who aspire to become Barbies or Princesses. Before you write a comment to protest, I realize that my gut feeling is a gross over-simplification. I also have an analogous gut feeling with regard to men who aspire to higher forms of masculinity by rushing to engage in dangerous activities such as motocross or hang-gliding . . .

Contrary to conventional wisdom, I don’t think that women who wear high heels are “hotter” than those who don’t. To the contrary, I’m annoyed by high heels. Most woman who wear them look uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that they become objects of pity than sexiness. But many other men (and women) disagree with me. For proof, take a look at almost any advertising !!

Anyway, let me start with the facts – It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that wearing high heel shoes contribute to numerous serious injuries.

  • Corns and calluses. Thick, hardened layers of skin develop in areas of friction between your shoe and your foot.
  • Toenail problems. Constant pressure on your toes and nail beds from being forced against the front of your shoe by a high heel can lead to nail fungus and ingrown toenails.
  • Hammertoe. When your toes are forced against the front of your shoe, an unnatural bending of your toes results. This can lead to hammertoe .
  • Bunions. Tight fitting shoes may worsen bunions — bony bumps that form on the joint at the base of your big toe.
  • Tight heel cords. If you wear high heels all the time, you risk tightening and shortening your Achilles tendon.
  • Pump bump. Also known as Haglund’s deformity, this bony enlargement on the back of your heel can become aggravated by the rigid backs or straps of high heels.
  • Neuromas. A growth of nerve tissue. A neuroma causes sharp, burning pain in the ball of your foot accompanied by stinging or numbness in your toes.
  • Joint pain in the ball of the foot – This causes increased pressure, strain and pain in your forefoot. Shoes with tightfitting toe boxes can lead to similar discomfort.
  • Stress fractures. Tiny cracks in one of the bones of your foot.
  • High heels have also been linked to overworked or injured leg muscles, osteoarthritis of the knee and low back pain. You also risk ankle injuries if you lose your balance and fall off your high heels

Rupert Evans, an accident and emergency doctor at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff said injuries could lead to long-term problems. Women should stick to shoes with heels less than 4cm (1.5in) if they wanted to avoid a trip to hospital, he advised. Dr Evans said he has seen an increase in the number of women being admitted to hospital with injuries caused by the fashionable footwear. Injuries ranged from sprained ankles to broken bones and dislocations – and in some cases caused permanent damage.

What kind of permanent damage? chronic knee pain, sprained ankles and back problems.

So why do women wear high heels?

 

Happy Birthday, Newton

January 4th, 2010 Blog 5 comments (is that a lot?)

This blog is in the fond memory of late Isaac Newton, who would be celebrating his 367th birthday if he was alive. Nonetheless, he would stay living in our lives with the laws he presented to science.

But lets consider for a moment if Newton was even more interested in love, he would have come up with different versions of the laws… something like below may be…

Universal law:

“Love can neither be created nor be destroyed; only it can transfered from One girlfriend to another girlfriend with some loss of money ”

First law:

“a boy in love with a girl, continue to be in love with her and a girl in love with a boy, continue to be in love with him, until or unless any external agent(brother or father of the gal) comes into play and break the legs of the boy. ”

Second law:

“the rate of change of intensity of love of a girl towards a boy is directly proportional to the instantaneous bank balance of the boy and the direction of this love is same to as increment or decrement of the
bank balance. ”

Third law:

” the force applied while proposing a girl by a boy is equal and opposite to the force applied by the girl while slapping.

Hope Everyone enjoyed this one.. i know i did. LMAO

 

Auto Risk-Show

January 3rd, 2010 Blog 1 comment so far

If you are Living in Mumbai Suburbs, you cant agree more about how important Rickshaws aka Rick’s in our lives.. and i for one love the way the autowalas are so much better than taxiwallas. Taxiwallas cheat you like you’re from alibaug and recently come to mumbai and they are almost all like that. compare to that, autowallas are a nice bunch somehow. there are a few who would love to pull a trick or two, but by and large, they are honest and with no attitude.

anyway, here is the latest auto fare list for mumbai suburbsfor your help if you’re in mumbai. cheers.