Travel from Bengaluru to Kozhikode during 2nd Wave Lockdown 9th June 2021

Tags : Inter-state Travel, Kozhikode to Bengaluru, Kerala to Bengaluru, Calicut to Bengaluru, Kozhikode to Bangalore, Kerala to Bangalore, Calicut to Bangalore, 2nd Wave, Lockdown, June 2021, Covid Travel, Covid Jagratha

We traveled from Kozhikode to Bengaluru on 9th June 2021.

Documents Required (Soft-Copy in mobile phone is enough)
Covid Negative Report
Office/Work ID Card

The documents only required to be shown at Karnataka Border. The documents will be checked at the border (Muthanga). They asked specifically for a work ID card so that they can justify that you are traveling for work. Even though we did not have any in person and not did we have a photo, they let us through once I explained the reason we traveled. Aadhaar/Driving License will not do.
In Kerala if they stop anywhere, we just mention that we were going to Karnataka and they let us continue.

The police are friendly and understanding. And unless you have some weird reason, they will just let you go as soon as you show the documents.

In Wayanad, the Police checkposts are there at every town as well as at the top of Thamasserry Churam, and they were mostly just asking the the where from and where to.
In Kozhikode, they were police and barriers, but they were just letting vehicles through.

In Karnataka, we were only stopped at few points, all in the Mysore-Mysore Highway (Mandya, Chanapatna and Ramanagara). We just showed the RTPCR Test report and said that we were going to Bengaluru and they let us pass.

PS there is no time to be saved by taking the Mysore Ring Road/Bypass. Just go through Mysore, there is no traffic.

Travel from Bengaluru to Kozhikode during 2nd Wave Lockdown 5th June 2021

Tags : Inter-state Travel, Bengaluru to Kozhikode, Bengaluru to Kerala, Bengaluru to Calicut, Bangalore to Kozhikode, Bangalore to Kerala, Bangalore to Calicut, Karnataka to Kerala, 2nd wave, lockdown, June 2021, Covid Travel, Covid Jagratha

We traveled from Bengaluru to Kozhikode on 5th June 2021.

Documents Required (Soft-Copy in mobile phone is enough)
Covid Negative Report
Covid Jagratha Entry Pass
https://covid19jagratha.kerala.nic.in/

The documents only required to be shown in Kerala. The documents will be checked at the border (Muthanga). At other police check-posts (in this case in Wayanad and Kozhikode), they will mostly just ask and let you continue.

In Karnataka if they stop anywhere, we just mentioned that we were going to Kerala and they let us continue.

The police are friendly and understanding. And unless you have some weird reason, they will just let you go as soon as you show the documents.

In Karnataka, we were only stopped at some point after Mandya, where we mentioned that we were going to Kerala and they let us pass.
In Wayanad, the Police check posts are there at every town as well as at the top of Thamasserry Churam, and they were mostly just asking the the where from and where to.
In Kozhikode, they were police and barriers, but they were just letting vehicles through.

PS there is no time to be saved by taking the Mysore Ring Road/Bypass. Just go through Mysore, there is no traffic.

Common Wealth Games

The question is ,
Even if the CWG preparations were perfect and the facilities were truly world-class, would any one of us in this cricket obsessed country of ours go to attend the event????

If the Delhi Games is not a success, it would not be because of all the controversy but because we did not even try to make it a success. Some celebrity even suggested that we should boycott the games. That would not be necessary. Since there is no cricket, no one would go to watch in the first place!

We Indians are the type of people who want to be the best but are to lazy to even lift a finger for the betterment of this country. It is no wonder we would rather hero worship the existing sport stars (meaning cricketers) than pushing ourselves or our children towards a career in sports.

Of Food

It doesn't matter whether you are studying in one of the top colleges in the country, if you cannot you cannot eat from a mess just because it doesn't serve the food from your region, you are just another narrow-minded and conservative person just like any other person in India.

Its no surprise that the country has not reached even 10% of its actual potential. When Indians cannot take risks with the food they eat even for one day, how are we supposed to take the big decisions that will take the country forward?

In IISc. you can see the entire story unfolding. People complain about the mess but still wont change to another one even though you can change back if you didn't like it. And the students from each regions have their own dishes which they cannot live without. If it is rice and sambhar for Keralites, then it is the Hilsa fish for the Bengalis and so on.

I used to think that only malayalees were so rigid when it comes to food, not trying anything different. But now I have realized that every Indian is as bad. The ones from the big cities are a little better. But they come with their own set of problems

Of Hostels

While going through the hostel admission process at IISc, I overheard one of the officials saying that the girls are always taken care of and its only the boys who have to put up with all the issues such as no water, cleanliness, etc. Someone else told me that this was the situation in all colleges. The girls hostel is always better kept than the boys hostel.

But why? Girls have always been known to be more orderly and tidy than boys. Why do they need any extra attention? If anything its the boys who require more attention. With personal experience about the cleanliness of a boys hostel, I would have to say that its a wonder boys don't catch an diseases because of their appalling standards of hygiene. I have seen rooms covered with enough layers of dirt for it to have an archaeological survey done.

That the boys start acting mature and start cleaning up after themselves is not going to happen any time soon. So I urge all the hostel authorities in every hostel take up the issues of boys' hostels before it goes from bad to worse. The future of mankind is at stake here!!

Political 'Career'

The recent hiking of the salaries of our MPs has brought with it a storm of criticism from the media and the like. With inflation going unabated why are our leaders eager to to take home fat paychecks than solving the nation's problems? Why is it that they are ready to look like selfish babus just for a rise in income?

But why not? Surely inflation also affect the rich too!!! And service starts right from our home and family! But apart from that, Indian legislators are among the lesser paid than their counterparts elsewhere in the world. But that is not an excuse since the 'nation building work' they seem to do may not be worth much.

But isn't politics another career a person may choose? It is also much more riskier and gratifying at the same time than any other profession. In this money driven world where jobs which come with high salaries together with an opportunity to change the world for the better are rare. In this world it may be the best career option too. Of course to succeed in politics takes a lot of hard work as does any other profession bud the rewards are much better. Above all you get the love and respect of the people. Does any other job offer that?!

Indian politics needs fresh faces and not somebody's son/ daughter/ nephew , etc. Maybe this hike in salaries will inspire more people to take politics as a career.

The City of Joy

With names like Esplanade, Park Street and Cornwallis Avenues, one would think they are in London, but a closer look shows that they are in a more beautiful place called Kolkata.

Though the city is one big traffic jam, it is quite a sight. The narrow roads are filled with Ambassador cars, I too went around in one. I was surprised by the size of the car, its huge! Three can sit comfortably in the back without touching each other.

The people are very helpful too. And unlike New Delhi or Mumbai, the youth here are not much of the Pg3 HiFi types.

Got to dip my feet in the Ganga (Hooghly) near the Dakshineshwar temple and hopefully they are free of sin.

The place is more of a girls delight with the large number of saree shops selling the traditional bengali handloom sarees.

Young Adults

Am I an adult yet?
Is being 21 years old enough to be an adult?
I guess not.
We live in a country where talking about sex is taboo. For some, the act itself is a necessary evil.
So I'd say we are all still children. So lets throw all responsibilities out the window and just enjoy!!