He mentioned they have some tie up with 7 different credit cards issuing banks. He said its some special deal for me, but whenever I asked him about the deal, he would say first I need your card details and start with what bank issued, visa or master and then the colour . At this point , I didn't want to hear any more questions and hung up.

that eliminates ITC and Taj dining programs...

European rain is cold and wet (like jet.com) but each spell tends to last a short time.
Indian rain is (mercifully) in warm weather, but it goes on for bloody ever.

Whatever. It's still rain. And it's still nasty. Make it stop !

I thought I read somewhere that the rain content in India also had higher acidity and concentration of sulfur, but I don't remember for sure.

I would not be surprised, considering the amount of air pollution here.. and specifically in the major cities and industrial belts..

nah, the amount of rain is far higher, so the higher SOx/NOx pollution levels Indian cities may have more is washed out asap and far more dilute than in Europe, where it killed entire forests in the late 70s/early 80s. Even that was mainly because of industry (coal power plants) than cars. With Euro (sorry 'Bharat') I/II/III/IV adoption it is probably not an issue in the future. The diesel soot is a far greater problem, that stuff is baaad... my mothers place is 400m away from a major junction and even with flyovers de-congesting the junction she needs to wipe the floors twice a day or close all windows to gain some control over the sooty dust.

Unfortunately , this is there in most cities regardless of how far you are from the road.. if u will not get carbon, you will get the dust so the floor needs to be cleaned twice anyway's IF the windows are kept open.. :mad:

Even if the windows are closed at all times, the dust will find its way in.

I wonder how bad it gets in smaller cities and towns, which have many more dusty roadsides and open spaces?

anyone in the amsterdam/brussels area these days????what's the weather like????

I'm in Bombay, but plan to be in Brussels in a few days. When I spoke to folks yesterday, they said it was nice, warm, clear and dry.

The opposite of bloody Bombay. Ugh. :)

sounds nice....will be there later this month....

Well, doors and windows in India are not really airtight and since the dust is partly precipitated smoke even closing the winodws won't help. In Munich I live near a major road and we have dust too, inspite of a hitech cleaning truck going past every three days :p

Are you going to be staying long ? I plan to be there for three days the week of the 17th, although with me you never know, This is the third time Brussels has been planned, hopefully it will work out. Especially since I've finally managed to get a redemption on Jet, including First one way !

as of now i'm supposed to be there from the 23rd-26th & then again from the 30th-3rd....

Wow... Hopefully you have work. Because Brussels is possibly the second most boring capital city in Europe (after Vienna) !