I.S.T

I.S.T also known as Indian Standard Time. Well this is defined as UTC + 5.30 (UTC a.k.a Coordinated Universal Time, a.k.a GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)).

A brief description of time is

IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+5:30. India does not observe daylight saving time, (DST) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971.^[1] In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star").^[2] Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5° E longitude, which is just west of the town of Mirzapur, near Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The longitude difference between Mirzapur and the United Kingdom's Royal Observatory at Greenwich translates to an exact time difference of 5 hours 30 minutes. Local time is calculated from a clock tower at the Allahabad Observatory (25.15° N 82.5° E) though the official time-keeping devices are entrusted to the National Physical Laboratory, in New Delhi.

The above is an extract from wikipedia.

Now coming back to my blog... Over the world, IST is not understood as above, but as (GMT+5.30) + increments to it as per own convenience.

Imagine, you have something important to be done say @10:30 a.m. and this task is dependent on some other person, who though he/she might be competent, has a tendency to miss timings.
So what happens is that you end up missing the deadline. period.
I can go on about different scenarios which folks miss the timings, but this wont change the situation overnight.
I do not know what is it that makes folks insensitive about the value of the time of another person.
Is it because of the चलता है attitude inculcated in us since time immemorial?

I DO NOT KNOW!! BUT IT SURE DOES SUCK!!!