THE JUNGLE REPORT

Apologies for not posting in the past few weeks.   We got real busy with the move back to USA from India.  We are still getting settled down.  House is full of boxes, mostly opened, with some still packed.    Hope to get back to normality very soon.
Will pick up the activity here on the blog […]

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Police in Bengal, India caught the thief red handed. Well sort of. Somebody saw him swallow the chain. They did the x-ray to confirm, and sure enough, the chain is in the stomach.
Well, they went to the books to see what has worked in the past. First they tried vomiting. […]

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Well folks, we are now back from our vacation in Northern India. This being our final tour in India before our return to Michigan. I will be trying to catch on the blog now. Also, I will be adding the photos in the gallery section.
Among the places visited were […]

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Lots of stories everyday now on the Bangalore link to the terror cells uncovered in UK and Australia. Highly qualified sons of doctor family are implicated in the terror attacks. More arrests are continuing.
Kafeel Ahmed, the older brother of Sabeel Ahmed, was the man driving the Jeep into Glasgow Airport. Their […]

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Sad to report that the investigations of the UK terror plot are starting to show a strong Bangalore connection. What’s worse is that it’s a cell of doctors as Michelle Malkin has reported. One held in Britain, and another being held in Australia. Dr. Mohammed Haneef, 27 years old, […]

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Welcome everyone. I have recently updated my blog with a fresh new look and feel.
Also I have added a tab for Photo Gallery on top. I am getting a lot of interest for my photos I have taken around the world, especially in India, so I have added a separate area […]

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This is turning into a daily barrage. The Indian media, especially Times of India, continue to do hit jobs on America and the military.
This time it’s a show piece on American military crimes that have already been well documented by the world media over the past 4 years. Sub title is “US […]

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Some politician organized a protest rally against the hanging of Saddam. Sure enough things got ugly fast, and it turned into a riot. Buses, auto-rickshaws, cars, and shops were set ablaze. Residences and other properties also damaged or destroyed by the unruly. City is now left wondering why this keeps […]

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The Futurist is a new great blog I have discovered recently. I have added it to my blog roll, in the right column.
It offers a look at “The Jungle” on a much higher intellectual plane. There is no information on the author of this blog, but he/she has certainly provided something […]

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Planet of the apes? India is the starting point.
As if Delhi did not have enough problems with its power cuts, water shortages and regular strikes, the Indian capital faces a crisis over its increasingly unruly monkeys.
Monkey population has now become such a problem, it has reached the high court.
“If you can’t control the monkeys, […]

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“Down with America” reads the graffiti on the sidewalk wall on Hosur road. Somehow, this did not shock me. India’s media is full of anti American rhetoric and the bias is so prevalent it amounts to brainwashing. How quickly the new generation has forgotten history and shelved the lessons of history.
During the […]

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Two years ago, Bangalore over took California’s silicon valley in number of engineers employed. But, is the tag of “silicon valley of India” really appropriate for Bangalore. With my first hand experience here in Bangalore, It is clear that Bangalore is much more than silicon valley. “Bangalore” brand is now globally recognized just as silicon […]

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Roads, traffic, and driving is a real experience in Bangalore, India. No rules, no regulations.
Roads are in horrible conditions. Some better than others, but in general, mostly broken up. No paved shoulders. Lanes on same road vary from 1 to 2 to 3 depending on the area. Many outside lanes have tree trunks blocking the […]

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No sooner than I write about the duality of India where unborn girls are aborted, that we get the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh speaking about it on India’s 59th Independence Day.

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We have lived in Bangalore, India for the past year. Some daily observations lead to this article. There are a few dualities that I have observed and tried to make some sense of for my own sanity.
One, the duality of politeness. It has even been debated in the media here. More so for Mumbai than […]

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