Last time I visited India, I highlighted an advertisement for a machine-learning match-making system. This time, while eating a last aloo paratha for breakfast in Kolkata, I noticed ads for Hindu temples on the back of my Air India boarding passes which are actually run by the State of Gujarat rather than the temples themselves. (Gujarat is India’s westernmost state.)
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only in India… [jatp]
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags advertising, Air India, boarding pass, flight, Gujarat, hindu temple, India, religions on January 21, 2018 by xi'anflying over Afghanistan [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel, University life with tags Afghanistan, Air India, flight, jatp, mountains, New Delhi, plane picture, winter light on January 8, 2018 by xi'an
the terminal
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel with tags Air India, airport food, Charles de Gaulle, Delhi, India, Kolkata, Roissy, The Terminal, Tom Hanks on January 7, 2017 by xi'an
The Terminal is this (terrible) movie featuring Tom Hanks getting stuck in an airport international zone for an indefinite time (and based on a real story that saw Karimi Nasseri remain in Terminal 1 of Roissy, for 18 years, when being there for a few hours is already unbearable!). In a similar spirit, we got quarantined to the international zone in Delhi airport for 24 hours, thanks to a missed connection. And to an Air India representative who could not be bothered in finding another route, letting us out to visit the city, or even providing us access to our bags. So we ended up waiting in the airport short stay hotel, around the clock, with a bed, food and wifi. Not the end of the World, obviously! And with a rather unique view on the registration desks below.
Himalayas [jatp]
Posted in Statistics with tags Air India, Bagdogra, Himalayas, India, jatp on December 19, 2016 by xi'an
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