Likes And Dislikes

What do I like? In no particular order

• Surfing the net. I used to read encyclopaedias in my summer holidays in school. But the web is just too vast to ever read it all up.
• Reading science fiction by Neal Stephenson, Terry Pratchett, Asimov and A.C.Clarke.
  Reading fiction by a whole bunch of people I will not name except P.G.Wodehouse.
  Reading technical details about new advances in technology on the net
• Travelling. I have seen a lot of the US ( as I was there 5 years ). Before you ask, I think NYC is the best place on earth. I am going to travel a lot through India as soon as I am established in some money making venture.
• Movies of course. I see all kinds and even different languages (with subtitles). Of course with the advent of the net, I can now see movies which I would never have heard about or gotten to see them if I had.

What do I dislike? Too numerous to mention but I will make an effort...

• Poor traffic sense of the people in Mumbai. All selfish and all in a bloody hurry. Especially the rickshaws.
• Poor civic sense of the people in India. Everything except their home is a place to spit and throw garbage.
  
• The cost of everything foreign. I am simply unable to understand why products made in Taiwan which is a lot closer to us are more expensive here in India than in the US. Why does the Indian government have to have so many duties and such a high excise? I feel it's the wrong way to tax the rich and subsidize the poor.
• People trying to be different than the rest. Be who you are.
• People blindly aping the west. In the same vein, people blindly following certain religious leaders or customs.
• Not getting pure/unadultrated stuff even if you are ready to pay premium.
• Absolutely disgusting the way corruption is accepted as part of our life.
• The way people live for today and now rather than thinking long term for the generations and the country.