Musafir Hoon Yaroon

Travelling all alone is now become a part of my life. Initially it sounded and felt a bit weird, but now it no longer matters, rather I Njoi it. From the past 8 yrs that i have been travelling, occasionally along with friends and rest all alone.

Every time i travel alone, i someone imagine Young Jeetendra (ME) in Parichay humming....

Musafir Hoon Yaaron Na Ghar Hai Na Tikhana
Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai Bas Chalte Jaana
Ek Raah Rukh Gayi Tho Aur Judh Gayi
Main Mura Tho Saath Saath Raha Murgayi
Hawaon Ke Paron Par Mera Ashiana
Musafir Hoon Yaaron Na Ghar Hai Na Tikhana
Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai Bas Chalte Jaana.....

Someone great once said "Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone" .

The Mysore Palace

"We shape our buildings: thereafter they shape us"

Point of Location: Mysore, Karnataka
Owners: Wodeyar Dynasty
Time taken for completion: 15 yrs
Architecture: Indo-Saracenic-a combination of Hindu, Muslim, Rajput, and Gothic styles
Famous for: The Mysore Dassara festival
Total cost: 40 lakhs
Todays Value: PRICELESS

Galibore Fishing Camp

Organizing: The stay is organized by Karnataka Jungle Lodges and resort. Point of contact is Bangalore Office and payment can be done through the internet.

How to get there: Chennai – Bangalore (or Mysore) – Kanakpura (60kms, 2.5 hrs) – Sangama (30kms, 1.5hrs) - Galibore (9kms trek, 1.5hrs)

If you are not rich and Njoi trekking than you will surely travel by bus the way I did. For convenience and No pain, cars and 4 wheel drives are recommended.

Cost: Rs. 1650/- per person

Activities: The activities start in the evening@ 4 pm and end next day @ 9 am
Coral boating
Joy fishing
Campfire
Trek up the hill

Food: 3 meals are provide in buffet format
Lunch - Chicken / Panner/ Rice / Chapathi’s / and the rest
Dinner- Kababs / Pakodas / Egg / and the rest
Breakfast- Omelet / Bread-Jam / Juice / and the rest
Drinks ( Not included in the package)- Beer@100- / Hard drinks of ur own / Cold drink -20/-

Recommended:
Go in a group and stay atleast for 2 dayz
Advantage Couples on Weekdays and Not weekends
Take Hard drinks / Angling equipments of your own

Why Go there?
Peace of mind and Soul
High Return of Investment
Great service
Good exercise

Pune Meri Jaan

Pune is the city where i spend the best 3 years of my life. The city is abuzz with eduacational institutes and is one of the fastest developing city in Asia (Courtesy rediff). Pune, also known as Oxford of the East has developed over the years from a serene and Intellectual city to a Hap and rockinz one. The reason being the large influx of students form all over the country. Higher eduacation brought me to this city and inturn gave me much more.

I miss Pune for ample reasons and many of you will do the same, once you Bid adieu to this wonderful place.

• I miss FC road and the pain and the strain induced in my neck/eyes due to beautiful babes walking past
• Miss the Tapri's where you get excellent Chai, coffee, Cigs
• I miss Joshi's Vadabhav , Jogeshwari's Misal Pav, Chitre Bandu's Bhakarvaddi and Goodlucks Maska Pav and Omlette
• Miss the NDA road where you can njoi peace and also do many naughty things
• I miss the German bakery and its Coffee @ Koregaon Park
• Miss the crowded lanes of Laxmi Peth especially during Ganapti Visarjan
• I miss my alma Maters, the people and the aboslute fantastic weather
  

You may leave Pune, but some part of You will alwyz be out there..........

Lonesome Soul

Your life is complete with people
who care, treasure and love you
But
still somehow at the end of the day
you find yourself all alone
and
Incomplete

Its Time to Disco

Pub and Disq culture is so much in, that your considered a complete 'No' if your not a part of it. Pune is one place that provides ample opportunities to be 'IN' , in this regard.

Pune, is one of the hottest places where youth from all over the country not only come for eduacation but let their hairs down and party on weekends. This picture was clicked at "Souls- ABC farms", for our pre-convo party where all of us got Sloshed, danced and partied hard.

The pic clearly depicts the funda of restricting the use of the flash light to a minimum and only using it where/when no other means exist. To me, the beauty of the Picture is best observed in the natural light.

Poised...

Clicked this foto on my Convocation when our model, Mr Adil Hussein Ali had just arrived from Amristar. Since then have been completely in love with this picture.

Adil had just arrived and was about 15 meters away among the crowd, when the lens zoomed in and the shutter clicked.

To me this picture depicts Innocence, Boyishness and Gracefulness.

P.S: The model actually appears much more Handsome than he is.

Quit Cigarettes...Quit Smoking

Ask any non-smoker and he/she quicky replies" Cigarette Smoking is Injurious to health".

True , I agree but then is having a favoured Hookah healthy. May be it is bcoz its in fad. And if you dont then you are not in.

To me all who have a hookah are smokers and only restricting themselve for a reason best known to them.

Fad or late realisation?

Recently on a trip, I noticed the statue of Mahatma. His statue's are always erected in such huge no's and every other street named as MG road, that we fail to notice the " Mahatma" and his work...

But this time however I observed , appreciated and clicked the shutter........

Is it a Fad?........or..... a late realisation?

Missing Goa..Missing home

Missing the beautiful serene beaches, the thin narrow roads, the small town people, the lean tall cocunet trees, the delicious fish curry........

8 yrs away from home....but still missing it so much......

The Goatee

When all were returning home one evening, he looked quite perplexed searching for direction.............

Crossing the right bridge

“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”

The simple machine

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”- Albert Einstein

Routine life...

Life to many is just a routine journey.......

But what actually matters is that you move on towards the goal, before time succumbs you.

The silent town

Long weekend ahead made me plan out a trip where the shutter could be on a move. But the lazy me came across the idea of hiking a bit too late and the hot destinations like B R hill and Coorg seems already the target places for tourist visits. So I finally pinned down on Mahabalipuram and we 3, that’s me, my bike and the camera got moving towards the destination.

Mahabalipuram (also known as Mamallapuram) is a town in Kancheepuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a 7th century port city of the south Indian dynasty of the Pallavas around 60 km south from the city of Chennai inTamil Nadu. It is believed to have been named after thePallave king Mamalla.

The pictures here are not shot in optimal light condition and the crowd didn’t help me either, so spare me in that regard. Mahabalipuram is much quieter place compared to its counterpart, Pondicherry and that to me is was the best part of the journey. The place has quite a few things to visit like the Shore temple, Arjuna Penance and the Varaha cave temples.

Overall a lovely trip away from the hustle bustle of the city….

I want to break free..

Few lines of the hit song by Queens, that really draw me....

But life still goes on I can't get used to, living without, living without,
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone,
hey God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see God knows, gods know,
gods know I've want to break free.....

Hmmm, I hope the words were really so simple......

Incredible India

The present generation largely associates itself with western dance and this can be observed on weekends with the city pubs all filled with young chappies tapping their feat to western music. And I am no different.

But, an opportunity to experience classical dance of Bharatanatyam just enthralled me to its beauty (in terms of dance and looks of the dancers) that I stood there for more then 2 hours.

The word “Bharatanatyam” is a derived from Bharat Muni, an Indian sage who wrote the Natya shastra (Dance) of the Indian classical dance. Clicked above are pics of some glamorous dancers and I hope I do justice to their beauty. The show was titled "Incredible india" and the audience were tourist from far away countries appreciating the dance that we hardly notice.

Late then Never....

If one says that he is passionate about photography and if he still does not spend his weekend clicking some decent pics, then surely he need to question his passion?

Yup, there is no doubt that I am passionate about photography but occasionally my laziness just takes over me and I fall prey to it.

But, enough is enough and I better be late then never. So from henceforth me and my Panasonic Lumix FZ7 are going to give each other some great company.

The shutter is just going to be on the move………