tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30026690914423883612011-04-21T12:11:43.581-07:00Scratch your head, you are in Bangalore.Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506371136332079076noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002669091442388361.post-30829148249199832772007-05-10T07:57:00.000-07:002008-12-08T12:54:36.198-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cSL2-tEeBO8/RkM-UF8uN6I/AAAAAAAAABA/u9Rplw9gBFs/s1600-h/Rickshawmeter2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cSL2-tEeBO8/RkM-UF8uN6I/AAAAAAAAABA/u9Rplw9gBFs/s400/Rickshawmeter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062958921009739682" border="0" /></a><br /><o:p>The Indian Lootometer has achieved a significance and a subsequent definition on its own in various Indian cities over the years. Here is a rundown.<br /><br /></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chennai<br /></span>A decorative item which usually appears on the left side railing of the vehicle and is generally used for Rajnikanth stickers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Delhi<br /></span>A device which virtually shows a figure that is inversely proportional to the level of expertise in the only Indian <a href="http://www.nyayabhoomi.org/autos/home.htm">artform</a> that will never be short of proponents - bargaining.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mumbai<br /></span>An electronic device that is immune to water and electricity shortage, floods, bomb blasts and <span style="font-style: italic;">Thackeray fatwas </span>threats despite its reportedly dubious <a href="http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=202466">conversion rates</a> based on the type of fuel used. As some big <a href="http://www.blogger.com/wokeupjustnow.com/wwwroot/personal/BolBangalore/BrangelinaRickshaw.jpg">Hollywood stars</a> will reckon.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kolkata</span><br /><a href="http://smdeep.blogspot.com/2006/04/waiting-for-their-turn.html">Antique</a> device used to enhance the vintage value 17th century vehicles that runs in 3 wheels.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bangalore</span><br />A custom designed device which shows a figure that increases <a href="http://theeverydayblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Autos%20in%20B%27lore">exponentially</a> based on the strategic positioning of a ‘<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1212474930.cms">software patch</a>’.<br /><br />And all of you who doesn’t have an ‘I got fleeced by a rickshaw driver’ story ready to be published yet, just keep an eye on the lootometer next time you take a rickshaw to get home – and never underestimate the risk of having to sell your home by the time you reach there.<br /><br />And don’t get lured into a fight. The inventor of the meter was reportedly <a href="http://www.knowledgeoflondon.com/taxis.html">thrown in to River Thames</a> by angry cab drivers because they didn’t like the idea of a machine declaring the fare charge. So what chance have you got?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Bol: I have given up trying to complain about the worsening situation in Bangalore to the authorities. You might want to give it a <a href="http://prabhukrish.net/2005/12/21/bangalore-auto-complaint-cell">try</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Original Photo courtesy: <a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=409968237&size=o">Namalzir</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3002669091442388361-3082914824919983277?l=bolbangalore.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506371136332079076noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002669091442388361.post-31700809577831103692007-05-07T05:10:00.000-07:002007-05-07T21:31:00.332-07:00I am <a href="http://www.wokeupjustnow.com/personal/Wokipedia.jpg">right</a> and you are <a href="http://www.wokeupjustnow.com/personal/youarewrong.jpg">wrong</a>.<br /><br />Priests talk about Nine Inch Nails, doctors lecture on graphic design and 10-year old kids pass off as historians - all in a clicks work to Wikipedia. You would have thought the word ‘quick’ doesn’t make much sense to <span style="font-style: italic;">some lazy islanders</span>, but apparently the translation for the word in a Hawaiian language is 'wiki' which has somehow become synonymous with the virtues of painstaking research and dedication being made obsolete by 'makeshift Wiki experts'.<br /><br />Maybe people can't be bothered anymore to go the battlefield shouting stupid war slogans (save <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6383747.stm">Prince Harry</a>). Fundamentalists, liberals, communists, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, criminals, narcissists, atheists and the multi-faceted Anons are in in no mood to wait for the <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldThirdWorldWater/dcpmd/Post.htm">water to dry up</a>. They are already busy fighting the Next World War - with hyperlinks.<br /><br />There won’t be any bloodshed though. Just bandwidth.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3002669091442388361-3170080957783110369?l=bolbangalore.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06506371136332079076noreply@blogger.com0