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What Is Wrong With This Picture?

When I was a kid, I loved to play a game that came in some comics and mag­a­zines: What’s wrong with the pic­ture? You had to spot illog­i­cal, unreal, mis­matched and other such odd­i­ties hid­den in small details in the pic­ture. The game encour­aged atten­tion to details, keen obser­va­tion, and appli­ca­tion of con­cepts like har­mony,

Pune Blog Camp 2: Reflections

Many folks asked me for an update on Pune’s Blog Camp, after the pre­vi­ous photo-post. How was the expe­ri­ence? Was it worth it? Who was there?
Not being diplo­matic, I can say that the expe­ri­ence was an inter­est­ing one for me, with pos­i­tives and neg­a­tives. I had never been to any blog camp, bar camp, or Tweetup

Blog Camp Pune 2: Photo Post

Here are some pho­tographs I man­aged to click at Blog Camp Pune 2 when I could dis­en­gage myself from the talks. Snaps are hosted on Flickr, please click to get higher res­o­lu­tions. My thanks to all the ‘un’-organizers of the event for mak­ing this such a flaw­lessly smooth event!
 
 
 
 
 

Apartment Building Gate Sign in Pune, India

 

Bach­e­lors & For­eign­ers As Ten­ants Not Allowed”

Traffic Road Sign in Pune, India

Adding My Restaurant in Google Maps

For fun, I decided to add my restau­rant in Google Maps. I found out there were two things I could do – add it as a Local Busi­ness via Google Maps, or use Google Map­maker.
Adding Local Busi­ness to Google Maps
After log­ging in to my Google Account, Google Maps let me add a busi­ness list­ing from

Runaway Train

Pro­logue
I decided to add this pro­logue after the first few com­ments to this post. This post uses an inci­dent in India, but is actu­ally uni­ver­sal in nature and focuses on the moral, philo­soph­i­cal, and eth­i­cal decision-making involved in an emer­gency.
Main Post
Imag­ine you’re trav­el­ing from Mum­bai to Pune by train, which is full to capac­ity, as