DST: Delhi Standard Time

Found this in the newspaper and found it amusingly accurate so I just had to share it !

It gives examples of complex and variable definitions of time Delhiites live by. I’ll simply quote them from the article.

2 Minutes : This can mean anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours depending on the situation. If you’re at the office and the supplier says “I’m just reaching in 2 minutes”, you have enough time to 1) Have lunch 2) Have a smoke and 3) Finish all your mails.
10 secs : This could be anything from 10 days to 100 years. When someone who owes you money says “drop by any day, I’ll write you a check in 10 seconds’, well best of luck.
5 mins : This means 10 kilometers. For some reason people in Delhi on the road are very shy of telling you how far something is. If you ask “how far?”, they will point and say “5 mins”. Of course what they actually mean is 5 mins by plane and that too a Mach 5 !
1 hour : Now this means 5 minutes. When on the rare occasion you are late and the supplier idiot is waiting for you, he will say “I’ve been waiting here for an hour !”. Hah !
I’m just downstairs : Can mean anywhere. When you call someone who is late and they say “I’m just downstairs”, you think they mean they're in the parking or the driveway but they actually could be anywhere !
2 days : 10 minutes or 10 days depends on who is saying it. If a car mechanic says “this car’s gonna take 2 days to repair”, he actually has 10 minutes of work but he wants to charge you for more. And if a carpenter promises you a bookshelf in 2 days, add 8 more days.
24 hours : Never. Try calling the MTNL guys and when they say they’d come in 24 hours, that’s when you can assume this meaning.

I have to admit I was a bit embarrassed after reading this (for obvious reasons).