Comments on: Musings on the way to Bangalore International Airport

by: Amit Pande

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:35:48 +0000

Hi Krishna

I agree - their ‘cell’ cab never turned up at my house and I had to take an auto early morning to get to the actual cab. I also had a terrible experience with Easy Cabs (which i need to blog about!) - my phone was left behind in the cab and despite their supposed GPS they’ve neither been able to trace the phone nor call me back about what the final status was. Primordial and pathetic user experience! These entrepreneurs give India a BAD name….

Amit

by: Krishna Mohan

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:38:56 +0000

Airlift, unfortunately, is a most unreliable service. You can thank your stars it worked for you. I booked a cab and was supposed to
be picked up at 3.14 a.m. for a 5.45 a.m. flight. Cab never came. I had
to find some other transport after waiting till 3.45 a.m. (in the company of a plethora of street dogs… made me very nervous indeed). They had told
me that the cab and driver details would be SMSed to me an hour before
the pickup time. The SMS came at 12.45 p.m.! I am still trying to
figure out how to get the money back. They have not even acknowledged
my email for refund after four days.

by: Sudhir

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:55:15 +0000

I agree with you on Bangalore - I believe it’s an enigma at best.But delightful nevertheless…what I relish most in this city is the food and its sheer variety.

Talking of ecosystems, do we have any better ones in India? I can vouch for Mumbai - despite being such a premier metro, it’s merely floating and surviving - nature’s fury, political havoc, pathetic inhabitants - all adding color to the piling garbage

somehow it tugs along - and the vested interests unabashedly advertise it as the “spirit of Mumbai”