Agra Eye Anyone?

Not me. Quoting from the Telegraph-

More than 2.5 million tourists visited the Taj Mahal last year, but officials hope to increase the figure, and the amount of tourist income, by linking the Taj to neighbouring historic buildings and adding the Agra Eye - a sophisticated Ferris wheel modelled on the London Eye.

For the record I never went up the London Eye too in my three visits to London.

This is Not Cricket!

Gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka Cricket Team bus in Pakistan says BBC.

At least five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have been injured in a shooting incident in the Pakistani city of Lahore, a Sri Lankan minister says.The incident happened when unidentified gunmen fired on a convoy carrying Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricketers.

Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers were recovered from the scene.

I wonder how long it would be before any team dares to tour Pakistan. I also think they have plans of hosting 'World Cup' Cricket matches in Pakistan? Wonder what will happen to that.

Off Topic- Who is Their Audience?

I was reading Mint online and clicked on 'travel.' Under it was something called style. Now I wonder if travel and style really mix apart from at some obscenely priced places that you will find regularly mentioned in such publications. I think many of us consider travel a time to live in jeans and shirts and not even be bothered about 'do I look presentable enough'?

Well, sometimes I end up reading such pieces. Well, whatever place they mentioned prices start at Rs. 5000. That reminds me of an incident where my two nephews went into a Nike shop, looked at a football shirt and a few accessories and came back and told me, "That costs Rs. 5000, that is more like our yearly budget, rather than to be spent in a day." Even young teens are that sensible. Some dress costs Rs 12,000 plus, I wonder who are they targeting it at? Is that how they define their audience?

A Little Too Much!

Where is the rule of law? I mean 7 blasts in Bangalore and 12 in Ahmadabad! Words fail me.

Bomings in Jaipur

7 bombs are said to have gone off in Jaipur. So many dead, the Indian news channels going their usual way, all cacophony, here is the discussion on Indiamike.

I have spent quite some time near Jaipur and Jauhari Bazar (Jeweler's Market) is quite a familiar place for me where I used to shop. Certain things make no sense.

Icredible India Videos on Youtube

Saw this both at Daily India and CNN-IBN. The tourism ministry has launched some of its videos on Youtube. I wish the papers had given the URL of the page or a video too. Here is what the Daily India story says-

The Ministry, known worldwide for its "Incredible India" campaign, have made promotional videos available to the YouTube, the eighth most trafficked website.

From the Himalayas to the sun kissed beaches of Goa, or the boat ride in the backwaters of Kerala are now just a click away.