Apologies this is gonna be short 'n' sweet .. I have arrived in Shimla for my 2 months IT training ... and am straight in at the deep-end. The work's started hard and fast and I'm wedging in some sleep here and there.


Took a few snaps which I've shoved on flickr

Shimla seems a nice place, loads cooler than anywhere in India so far.. its very busy with tourists escaping Delhi and other hot spots. Not had time to explore too much yet but will report sometime soon.

:) d

Hello Indian Blog Fans!!

.. erm just in case the lovely 'Times of India' Intelligent Pune readers have sailed their way here .. a big hello from me and welcome! I love being in India, and Pune is a smashing place.

A short while ago I received a mail asking if my earlier blog entry 'its a crappy business' could be featured in their 'aint bloggin brilliant' (or some such name), of course I agreed but was more than a little stunned to have proof that anyone was actually reading this nonsense, apart from my dad (and John at work.. hi John!)

So, fame at last.

mind the gap!

My friend Samson mailed me these pictures taken in Mumbai, of a rail passenger who had a lucky escape..

In India there are no doors on trains.

It is usual for passengers to start boarding or exiting well before the train has stopped. It really has to be seen to be believed but the fight for a place really can be an aggressive free-for-all.














This chap slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform at Kandivli station; and eight bogies went over him.

The man obviously has a guardian angel and supportive bystanders who told him exactly what he shouldn't do — move.

And so, the man lay absolutely still as eight bogies of the train passed over him — centimetres from his head.













Within seconds the 12-coach train passed and the man clambered out, unaided, unhurt, but too shocked to speak to us after his near-death experience.