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The Health Ministry has imposed higher taxes to deter cigarette smoking, it has recommended a ban on the sale of loose cigarettes. It is asking for three-quarters of every cigarette pack to be covered with health warnings. All these things look good while reading out in a press meet and looks like the ministry is taking some bold steps. But, I would say it's a misplaced priority and problem lies elsewhere. Health Ministry in UPA era   We need to control tobacco consumption. Lets make a  blanket rule that all public spaces should have dedicated smoking zone. Result : Police can catch you at any moment for smoking in public space and there are no smoking zone created in most of public spaces Health Ministry in NDA/Modi Era We need to control tobacco sales Lets ensure that loose cigarette are not sold Future Result : Display new board along with existing ones or put a new one stating Loose cigarette are not sold. Now, without getting into political drama and comments,

We want to make our culture proud and introduce to the world. But, we tend to miss out some simple things which would make it possible. Search for term "Bengaluru street food" or "Bangalore street food" in Youtube and its hard to find video's which depict actual Bengaluru food scene. Similarly, search for "Mysore street food" Shashank Soghal Mysuru Paaka shows up in 6th or 7th in the list. Thanks for English sub titles, one can get a glimpse of the street food scene. Now, compare this with the video on street food in Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai. There are lots of chefs, travel shows based on that. How were they able to get that? It was the research team of these programs which would have suggested the programming heads to include these cities in their program. Research team would pick up data based on trends seen in the social media and buzzing news around. If Mysuru can make it to the top 10 destinations to visit in year 2014, then travel and l

hutti dare kannada nadu nalli hutta beku.. .. .. .. hutti dare kannada nadu nalli hutta beku... .. .. hutti dare kannada nadu nalli hutta beku... .. It took some time for me to realize that song was playing continuously and it was not coming from the radio in the bus. Then after sometime, I woke up from the small power nap in the bus since the sound was playing continuously. The bus crossed the dirty lanes of City Market and reached Corporation. The driver pulled up his phone and started speaking while we were waiting in the signal. At first, he couldn't recognize the voice coming from the other end. Next, he couldn't hear correctly.. After some time, he was speaking so loud that atleast 3-4 rows behind him could listen to him. It was a call from a stranger. He didnt know who he was and driver was trying to find out if it was a wrong number or not. After sometime, he realized that it was a stranger calling from the hospital. My ears became little alert. The conductor who was