Entries blogged in August, 2006


Aug'06
27

Jantar Mantar

[tag]Jantar Mantar[/tag], located near [tag]Connaught place[/tag], the heart of [tag]Delhi[/tag]’s commercial area, is infact an ancient [tag]astronomy observatory[/tag]. Built during the period AD 1724-1730 by [tag]Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh[/tag] II of Jaipur, the various structures in the complex are instruments that were used to keep track to celestial bodies. The structures are not functional anymore, […]

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Aug'06
26

Garhwal Himalayas

Picturesque ranges of [tag]Garhwal [/tag]([tag]Uttaranchal[/tag], India).
Photo from my [tag]Har ki doon[/tag] trek (May 2005). First camp at [tag]Juda Talao[/tag], 8000 ft.

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Aug'06
19

Kerala trip: Travelogue and Photos

Back from a fantastic holiday in [tag]Kerala[/tag]. Places visited: Thiruvananthapuram ([tag]Trivandrum[/tag]), [tag]Kovalam[/tag], [tag]Kanyakumari [/tag](in Tamil Nadu), [tag]Thekkady[/tag], [tag]Periyar [/tag]and [tag]Munnar[/tag].
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Aug'06
08

Kerala… here I come

I’m damn excited about forthcoming short monsoon trip to Kerala, ‘God’s own country‘. I will be flying there with my best buds Debu and Advait on 11-Aug and return on 16-Aug.
Kerala gets drenched in the rains during this season and that is the prime motivator for us! We plan to visit Munnar and Periyar, maybe […]

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Aug'06
07

Omkara

[tag]Omkara [/tag]is not not commercial sugar-candy movie, nor is it conventional [tag]Hindi cinema[/tag]. The movie Omkara is a dare swim against the currents. It does not have glamour or predictable happy endings. This is some serious material; real people, real emotions and disturbing realities. The movie is laced with generous usage of swear words and […]

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Aug'06
05

And life goes on… - II

Happy 25th [tag]Birthday[/tag] to me!

25. I don’t like that number. Last year I didn’t like ‘24′ and a year before that I didn’t like ‘23′. Birthdays tell me my age. I dislike birthdays - they measure the time and keep telling me “ok dude, one more year gone“. As written in the previous post, this […]

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