Comments on: Back http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/ ankur banerjee's weblog. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Irony » Needlessly Messianic http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4203 Irony » Needlessly Messianic Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:43:20 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4203 [...] Wilde would postively love this. A photo taken on my recent trip. Talk about bad product placement and this picture leaps out like an cute gargoyle. I missed out [...] [...] Wilde would postively love this. A photo taken on my recent trip. Talk about bad product placement and this picture leaps out like an cute gargoyle. I missed out [...]

]]> By: Espèra http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4201 Espèra Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:16:03 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4201 Ankur: Nope. Used to. And not mail them either way. When it was all declared unusable, and you had a whole pile of them, you just gave them to whoever was going to Kol. Ankur: Nope. Used to. And not mail them either way. When it was all declared unusable, and you had a whole pile of them, you just gave them to whoever was going to Kol.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4200 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:06:43 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4200 I think 10p coins are still used on Kolkata trams, aren't they? Leaving that aside for a moment, "We send away the stray 25 and 50 paise coins to Kol..."?! So you package all the ones you come across, and then mail it Kolkata at the cost of Rs 10+ on postage? LOL! I think 10p coins are still used on Kolkata trams, aren’t they?

Leaving that aside for a moment, “We send away the stray 25 and 50 paise coins to Kol…”?! So you package all the ones you come across, and then mail it Kolkata at the cost of Rs 10+ on postage? LOL!

]]> By: Espèra http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4199 Espèra Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:33:23 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4199 10 paise coins? You're kidding me, right? We send away the stray 25 and 50 paise coins to Kol, but 10? Yeah, you get the whole range of 25 to 200 paise/rupee ones in those sets. My Dad has one of them. Don't remember who it is commemorating, though. 10 paise coins?
You’re kidding me, right? We send away the stray 25 and 50 paise coins to Kol, but 10?
Yeah, you get the whole range of 25 to 200 paise/rupee ones in those sets. My Dad has one of them. Don’t remember who it is commemorating, though.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4196 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:21:49 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4196 Added a PS to the post a moment ago. Added a PS to the post a moment ago.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4195 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:14:17 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4195 Far from it, there are many things I hold in high esteem. I might sound like I'm disparaging something here, but that's not my intention. I enjoyed my trip, thank you very much, but there were certain anecdotes which I felt were worth talking about. It turns out that those anecdotes may sound 'offensive' to some. I'm not here to write an 'official report' of my trip down to last mundane detail. I believe you'd think I should've given a 'balanced' view of things there, right? Well, guess what? People aren't interested in reading "I brushed my teeth with such delightfully cold water in front of a white basin" or "The view near the river front was amazing" (it wasn't). I fully appreciated both sides of the place there but I'm not writing a BBC news report that you "demand a broader view". Far from it, there are many things I hold in high esteem. I might sound like I’m disparaging something here, but that’s not my intention. I enjoyed my trip, thank you very much, but there were certain anecdotes which I felt were worth talking about. It turns out that those anecdotes may sound ‘offensive’ to some. I’m not here to write an ‘official report’ of my trip down to last mundane detail. I believe you’d think I should’ve given a ‘balanced’ view of things there, right? Well, guess what? People aren’t interested in reading “I brushed my teeth with such delightfully cold water in front of a white basin” or “The view near the river front was amazing” (it wasn’t). I fully appreciated both sides of the place there but I’m not writing a BBC news report that you “demand a broader view”.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4194 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:05:16 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4194 There was a similar funny incident when I had gone to Kolkata for my CBQC shoot. The teams were staying at <a href="http://www.astorkolkata.com" rel="nofollow">Astor</a>. My dad had gone along too and was staying at a relative's place because the hotel was completely booked for CBQC teams. The shoot was at <a href="http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?lat=22.5722370&lon=88.4024630&z=4&addr=Swabhumi,%20Kolkata" rel="nofollow">Swabhumi</a>. Transport from the teams was arranged by Derek o'Brien & Associates, but my dad obviously had to reach on his own. On the day of the shoot he woke up pretty late and then scrambled to reach there. He found an auto and told the guy he wanted to go to Swabhumi (I think it was a distance of 20 km or so). The auto driver said that it was going to cost an "<em>enormous</em> ['bibhotsho'] amount of money" to convince him to take just one passenger. (Autos run on a sharing basis in Kolkata.) Dad agreed to pay whatever he wanted, and the driver named his price - "Rs 25". The chap was shocked when dad agreed! The driver was so excited / happy / both that he drove at breakneck speed. (Dad reached the shoot location before the team bus did.) There was a similar funny incident when I had gone to Kolkata for my CBQC shoot. The teams were staying at Astor. My dad had gone along too and was staying at a relative’s place because the hotel was completely booked for CBQC teams. The shoot was at Swabhumi. Transport from the teams was arranged by Derek o’Brien & Associates, but my dad obviously had to reach on his own. On the day of the shoot he woke up pretty late and then scrambled to reach there. He found an auto and told the guy he wanted to go to Swabhumi (I think it was a distance of 20 km or so). The auto driver said that it was going to cost an “enormous ['bibhotsho'] amount of money” to convince him to take just one passenger. (Autos run on a sharing basis in Kolkata.) Dad agreed to pay whatever he wanted, and the driver named his price – “Rs 25″. The chap was shocked when dad agreed! The driver was so excited / happy / both that he drove at breakneck speed. (Dad reached the shoot location before the team bus did.)

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4193 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:59:55 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4193 The kid in the photo wearing a 'monkey cap'? I dunno, I just took it from Flickr. I use this <a href="http://www.ankurb.info/2008/06/04/photodropper-wordpress-plugin-getting-it-right/" rel="nofollow">plugin called Photodropper</a> which allows me to look up Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr for content related to my blog posts. The photo and the guy who took it are automatically linked to under the image. About the Rs 100 coin, no I haven't seen one in person, but I'm quite aware of the fact that the Nashik mint produces a few of these limited edition collectors' coins. Rs 100, and a few other denominations. But a Rs 100 coin is a limited edition item! A Rs 500 note <em>isn't</em>. Although given the fact that in Kolkata they still use 10 paise coins, this is not <em>that</em> surprising. The kid in the photo wearing a ‘monkey cap’? I dunno, I just took it from Flickr. I use this plugin called Photodropper which allows me to look up Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr for content related to my blog posts. The photo and the guy who took it are automatically linked to under the image.
About the Rs 100 coin, no I haven’t seen one in person, but I’m quite aware of the fact that the Nashik mint produces a few of these limited edition collectors’ coins. Rs 100, and a few other denominations. But a Rs 100 coin is a limited edition item! A Rs 500 note isn’t. Although given the fact that in Kolkata they still use 10 paise coins, this is not that surprising.

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4192 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:44:05 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4192 It refers to both. I assume there must be something like 'HALF vacant seats' under which you're only allowed to keep 50% of your butt on seat. (No, you aren't allowed to switch to the other cheek if one goes numb.) It refers to both. I assume there must be something like ‘HALF vacant seats’ under which you’re only allowed to keep 50% of your butt on seat. (No, you aren’t allowed to switch to the other cheek if one goes numb.)

]]> By: Ankur http://www.ankurb.info/2009/02/02/back/#comment-4191 Ankur Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:42:54 +0000 http://www.ankurb.info/?p=1558#comment-4191 I have already commented on the post you put up on your blog. Oh, and welcome to Twitter! The incident(s) which made me laugh on the way back were numerous; not limited to, but including, the Rs 500 note incident. Moreover, because I was laughing, everyone else started laughing, and because they were laughing that made <em>me</em> continue laughing...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_feedback" rel="nofollow">and so on</a>. At one point even the driver started laughing and our car *almost* swerved off a bridge. I have already commented on the post you put up on your blog. Oh, and welcome to Twitter! The incident(s) which made me laugh on the way back were numerous; not limited to, but including, the Rs 500 note incident. Moreover, because I was laughing, everyone else started laughing, and because they were laughing that made me continue laughing…and so on. At one point even the driver started laughing and our car *almost* swerved off a bridge.

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