Trying to work it out ?

I have been trying to make sense of how things work here. It is not as easy as it may seem. There are the beneficial things such as maids and drivers etc. (actually our maid just left us ( On the big corporate front such as mobile operators and airlines things are actually quite good. You can book tickets and hotels online. You can get yourself a mobile with very little hassle. Restaurants are getting better and better, the service is good on the whole. BUT when it comes to getting something like a tube light fixed in the house it seems to be alot more of a problem. The bloke will come once and say he has fixed it. The next day it won't work.... he will come again and then he will say it is fixed but again it will not work. It is not coz he is trying to rip me off.....I think that he is trying to do the job really quickly so that he can get to the next job and therefore makes mistakes. In England electricians and plumbers usually have a few jobs on the go but they seem to get the job done and get rewarded quite handsomely for it. In India they have to have a few jobs on the go because they get paid so little. I would like to say I will pay more for a better job .... but I am not convinced that I will get a better job done. It is little things such as this that will and maybe is starting to hamper real progression through all the classes living in India. I think it is a lack of pride in doing the job. But hey like I said I am still trying to work it out.

Anyway here is a photo


The above was taken at the National Rail Museum in New Delhi. Highly recommended if you are looking for a day out with the kids. There is not much of this sort of thing in Delhi so I reckon we may have to visit this place a few times. They both enjoyed it and that is what counts.