Comments on: O Calcutta! http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Sameer http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2375 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2375 Was wondering why blogging has been light on Anarcaplib in the last couple of days. Now, I know! :) Just a couple of hours ago, my lunch-group had an interesting discussion going on about time zones and whether India needs two of them or not. It's a coincidence to see you refer to that topic here. Was wondering why blogging has been light on Anarcaplib in the last couple of days. Now, I know! :)

Just a couple of hours ago, my lunch-group had an interesting discussion going on about time zones and whether India needs two of them or not. It’s a coincidence to see you refer to that topic here.

]]> by: Kingsley http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2376 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2376 Hey, my brother (Dani Raymond) is in SRFTI. Look him up if you're there still. Hey, my brother (Dani Raymond) is in SRFTI. Look him up if you’re there still.

]]> by: MadMan http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2377 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2377 Sameer, you can read my 1200-word article on fried rice instead. Click my name. Go on, do it <i>now</i>! Sameer, you can read my 1200-word article on fried rice instead. Click my name. Go on, do it now!

]]> by: Gaurav http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2378 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2378 <i>(Feel free to call it Kolkata, but don't insist that I should too). </i> This coming from a guy who used to interrupt me saying "Call it Bombay!! Call it VT!!" every time I said Mumbai or CST. :) Balasaheb, isko leke jao re. (Feel free to call it Kolkata, but don’t insist that I should too).

This coming from a guy who used to interrupt me saying “Call it Bombay!! Call it VT!!” every time I said Mumbai or CST. :)

Balasaheb, isko leke jao re.

]]> by: Kingsley http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2379 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2379 India did have 2 timezones. Someone told me that it was consolidated to make railway time-tables simple. India did have 2 timezones. Someone told me that it was consolidated to make railway time-tables simple.

]]> by: Nitin http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2380 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2380 Yazad, On the time-zones thingy...does any reader or member of the cabal (for cartel is the wrong word)think there are any good economic arguments in favour of two-time zones? (China, with a larger east-west spread, has only one time zone) Yazad,

On the time-zones thingy…does any reader or member of the cabal (for cartel is the wrong word)think there are any good economic arguments in favour of two-time zones?

(China, with a larger east-west spread, has only one time zone)

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2381 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2381 Nitin, I'm perplexed. China runs across five time zones, but all of the country is forced into one time zone by the government (GMT +8 if I'm not wrong). I assume the main economic argument for multiple time zones in India would be the same as for daylight saving time in the US / Europe. As far as possible business hours should be in daylight so that there is as little cost expended on artificial light. (Of course there are also psychological reasons behind a preference for daylight). Nitin,

I’m perplexed. China runs across five time zones, but all of the country is forced into one time zone by the government (GMT +8 if I’m not wrong).

I assume the main economic argument for multiple time zones in India would be the same as for daylight saving time in the US / Europe. As far as possible business hours should be in daylight so that there is as little cost expended on artificial light. (Of course there are also psychological reasons behind a preference for daylight).

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2382 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2382 Kings, I did meet you bro briefly on my last day there. The poor boy was woken up and was still nursing a hangover ;-) Yes, India did have two time zones earlier. Gaurav, you are so lucky I don't believe in libel ;-) Kings, I did meet you bro briefly on my last day there. The poor boy was woken up and was still nursing a hangover ;-)

Yes, India did have two time zones earlier.

Gaurav, you are so lucky I don’t believe in libel ;-)

]]> by: Nitin http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2383 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/11/05/o-calcutta/#comment-2383 By implication then, since very little business in India gets done East of the 82 deg meridian anyway, the question of two zones does not arise By implication then, since very little business in India gets done East of the 82 deg meridian anyway, the question of two zones does not arise

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