Mr. Adil Hussain Ali

On few of the occasions, I have the priviledges of not using any of my so called photographic skills. This turned out to be one of those where the subject drove the activity.

Mr. Adil Ali Hussain, in case u decide to leave your current Banking profession, U know where you would likely be wanted......

"The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer"

Harihareshwar - Temple Shore

The temple shore is situated at a kilometer from the beach and is famous for Shiva temple constructed in the 16th century. The temple has idols of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahadev and Parvati.

After a short visit to temple and we proceeded towards the shore and what we witnessed here was just amazing. Mother Nature had created some great state of Art work through, what in scientific way is called sedimentation. Sitting on the rocks with Adil, reminded me of all the nostalgic moments at IMDR and at hostel that we shared together. These indeed turned out to be one of the few peaceful moments in my recent chaotic and frantic life.

Konkan Surfing : Harihareshwar-1

Nothing is as beautiful as watching a sunrise right on a beautiful beach and with your dream girl just besides you. I was not so lucky, but nevertheless I was at the beach at 5.30 am in the morning waiting for the sunrise and accompanying me were a bunch of crazy /wacky IMDRites, ever ready for yet another journey.

Harihareshwar is about 5 hours drive from Pune via the Mulshi ghat. The drive turned out to be great with most of the time, Udi being safely behind the wheels and the taxi driver sound asleep. The beach proved out to be amazing just as detailed out earlier by the gang. The best part being that there were few travelers ready to pleasure the beautiful sunrise. The sun did rise a bit too late, giving Adil and I, anxious moments and great amount of pain to adjust the light settings of our camera. The journey at the beach ended with a sumptuous breakfast and a great boat ride @ Rs 300.

Konkan Surfing

Its always wonderful to travel around and its even better, when you can do it with your friends. When it comes to trekking and travelling i need not look for people and persuade them them to travel along with me. What i need to just do is sent across a mail to the IMDR group and friends despite their tough schedules somehow always flock in to join you on the journey

Date: 26th/27th Jan 2008
Starting Point: Aundh, Pune
Departure time:12.30 am
Participants: Fellow IMDR'ites
Participants came from: Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Hydrebad and Bangalore
The Journey: Pune - Harihareshwar- Diveagar- Murud Janjira- Pune

Indian Stock Market

Though the sky is dark all over, we still remain optimistics enough to see only the Light

Bedse Caves

I have returned to Pune after a gap of 17 months and realized that you have lost much more than then u ever imagined in this short frame of time. But as some intellectuals say “Never regret the past and just enjoy the present and plan the future”. And what better to start than to trek around Pune.

My first outing in Pune was Bedse Caves. The reason being that we all had lost out our touch (physically) with hardcore trekking and Bedse caves just seem a right destination for a light trek and a good start.

Route from Pune: Pune- Old Bombay Pune Highway-Kamshet –Bedse Village
Famous for: Two Caves and fewer crowds
Difficulty level: Easy- A 25 minutes walk from Bedse village.
Food: Not available in the village. One can arrange for their own or travel back to the HighwayTravel By: Bike and car
Other Places to visit: Phagana dam (Abt 6-8 kms from the caves)

The outing did not turn out to be anything extraordinary but was indeed a good start

Taxi No 4239

I just adored the movie Taxi No 9211. John was damn good. Probably the only role that suited his looks and personality. Nana was fantastic as ever and obviously Sameera was Hot.

Clicked the photograph on the old Pune-Mumbai highway. I thought it was wise to click, with the New Cool cabs replacing our very own Fiats and Ambassador. You never know when these beautiful and long serving species may turn out to be extinct.

"Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still"

Harry Porter

“A child becomes an adult when he realizes that has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong”

Sharabh ko behne do

"Here's to a long life and a merry one

A quick death and an easy one

A pretty girl and an honest one

A Peg of Scotch and another one"

This Post dedicated to my roomies ( Jov, Murs, Baba and Abhi)

Lets keep walking Johny Walker Way.....

Pursuit of Happiness

I travel in dark and loneliness
All alone in the vast Ocean

Weathering all the pain and sorrow
Not for the right job or the right girl

But just for that one moment...
That "moment of Happiness”

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Iss rath ki subah Nahi.....

“Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody”

Virgin shots….

Banyan trees@ FC playground
On the way to Hanuman TekadiFergusson hostel

The photographs depicted above were my first brush with photography. A year and a half back, I borrowed a compact Kodak camera from a junior of mine and set straight towards Hanuman tekdi, which is behind Fergusson College.

I was very much amateur at that time with photography but very much passionate and focused. The shots were taken in the simple mode and were later edited using the ACDSee photo software.

What the evening lead was a great start to budding passion….

“Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.”

Nothing

The picture above depicts two thumbs and Nthing else. M not supposed to give gyan on all the photographs. Blogggers and viewers do derive ur own meaning to the Picture or Chill Maddi...

“I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.”

United colours of ??...

Errr...United colours of Life?...Hmmm.....Colour Plus?...Gosh....

Can anyone suggest me a good title?

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

IMDR:

She has been standing tall for last 35 years now, facing the brunts of her children. The older ones complaining that she has changed with time and newer one cribbing that she is left far back in time.
“Don’t ask what the institute can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for the institute”

She has clearly stated the reason for her existence and penned it down on her, but still we keep coming back asking for more. What pains me the most is that we always asked and never given back what she rightly deserved.

“On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.”

Vanished with Time

One day you get up and suddenly realise that people who mattered to you the most have completely Vanished off. And some how you didnt even realise of their absence.

Did they ever matter to you or was it circumstances that made you be togather...... Probably time will tell.

Seasons in the Sun

Relationships..So simple and beautiful Yet so complex.....Here goes a Song dedicated to all my close ones....

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.

We've known each other since we're nine or ten.

Together we climbed hills or trees.

Learned of love and ABC's,

skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,

when all the birds are singing in the sky

,Now that the spring is in the air.

Pretty girls are everywhere.

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Goodbye, Papa, it's hard to die

when all the birds are singing in the sky,

Now that the spring is in the air.

Little children everywhere.

When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.

But the wine and the song,

like the seasons, all have gone.

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Goodbye, Michelle, my little one

You gave me love and helped me find the sun.

And every time that I was down

you would always come around

and get my feet back on the ground.

Fuck...Its a Long Journey Ahead

Long Journey ahead....And all we look, is for a smooth path to reach our destination....Wish things fall right in place without much Pain and lots to Gain.....

Pain + destiny decide your fate...Intense pain occasionally drives you nuts...And then you suddenly realise... What the FUCk am i working For....... There are better things in life to cherish abt.....

But...2 dayz later....You return back to work.....And Realise that Life is indeed a Viscious cycle.....And its a Long Jouney ahead.

Flying High with The Surya Kirans

On 15th April 07, Marina Beach in Chennai witnessed a spectacular show By Indian Air Force. Yours truly decided to witness the show few Minutes Prior to the start. With the Crowd heavily pouring in and the Police estimating the crowd strength at close to four lakh made me loose some valuable time in reaching marina beach.

The Stars of the show were the Surya Kiran's.The team has a total of 13 pilots of whom only 9 are flying at any given time. The pilots are selected from the fighter stream of the IAF. Presently there are pilots with experience on the Mirage 2000, Jaguar, MiG-23 and MiG-27. All are experienced QFIs with about 1000 hrs of experience on the Kiran itself.The team performed their deft manoeuvres in batches of three, five and nine.

Next, the stage was set for the majestic helicopters that formed `Saarang', which was adjudged as one of the best ten teams in the world at the recently held air show in United Arab Emirates.

The choppers moved on and in came the `Akash Ganga' sky diving team. Formed in 1987, the current team consisting of 10 paratroopers performed the spectacular jumps from a height of 30,000 ft.

Had a great time and here it reminded me that I need to upgrade to a better Cam or have a lens attached. So need to start saving Money for it now.

Gosh...It never Ends....