Konkan Surfing: Murud Janjira

Early next day, we left for Murud Janjira. This is a fort situated in the Raighad district of Maharashtra and about 2.5hrs drive from Diveagar. It is famous for being the only fort along India's western coast that remained undefeated despite Maratha, Dutch and English East India Company attacks.

The entire journey right from the boat ride and through the fort is all that a photographer can ask for. The fort allows you to capture the fine architecture details along with the scenic view of the sea. The only constraint being the time factor which is short for appreciating such a beautiful designed fort.

Suggest you to visit: http://www.murudjanjira.com/ for further details

With this as our last stop, we returned back to Pune so that Mr. Adil could catch his train, Mr. Lala could have a last drink and Mr. Udi could catch up with his old pal.

Hoping for more trip Surfing with the same group ...Adios....

Konkan Surfing: Diveagar

Diveagar is a beautiful beach situated on the west coast and about 150km from Pune. As planned, we left Harihareshwar shores at about 3 pm and headed towards Diveagar. The journey took us about two hours with a break at Ganesh temple. One can conclude that the place is predominantly Muslim dominated with the no. of Mosque visible through the journey. At Diveagar we had expected a serene beach, few tourist and plenty of fish. However all the cherished thoughts turned out to be a sheer disaster. We had lotsa trouble finding a suitable place to stay and the price demanded for the same were at sky rocket range. It seems that the entire Maharashtra had planned to celebrate the Republic day at Diveagar. Being a FishOholic, the food turned out to be a major disappointment with limited fish options.

However we did make out for the disappointment by having a fabulous drink party (in company of Lala) at the beach, sumptuous breakfast and a nice morning walk at the beach.

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.”