Chetan Prasad's Blog (3)

From the archives of "The NewYork Times" From Suitcases on Wheels To Tear-Free Onion Slicers By COREY KILGANNON Published: August 6, 2000 THEY all laughed when Edison recorded sound, Ira Gershwin wrote in 1937. They also laughed at Bernard Sadow and the funny-looking suitcase on wheels he tugged into Macys one morning. Mr. Sadow and his prototype were ridiculed and rejected by a buyer for Macys, which carried the conventional luggage Mr. Sadows company, U.S. Luggage, made.… Continue

I always wonder why we face so many problems. No sooner is a problem solved, than the solution poses a new problem. Why don't we have long term solutions? A recent example is the Mysore road-Sirsi Circle flyover. A much needed, much awaited solution to a long term problem. But it is now swamped with maintenance problems. The expansion joints are exposed and the solution is in importing the required materials, which is a problem in the long run. A road is widened and ..... problems. An OFC cabl… Continue

BMTC has bought 2 Marcopolo buses made by TATA's in India, under collaboration with a Brazilian company. Priced at 55 lacs, these are cheaper than the 72 lac Volvo. And looks amazing. Tata's have been into car production for, maybe 10 years and they have the technology, guts and finances to independently develop a small car from scratch and then go into production. If this is true in every sense of the word, WHY then did they not make any improvements to their range of trucks, which they have… Continue