Entries blogged in May, 2007


May'07
31

Hometown from a distance

September 2006, from the [tag]Gavdevi[/tag] Temple at Bhopar Village on the outskirts of my hometown, [tag]Dombivli[/tag]
Dombivli or [tag]Dombivali[/tag] is a suburb of Mumbai on the Central line. It has a population of about 1,193,000 (2001 census, provisional results). It is the first fully literate town in Maharashtra and the second in India. Dombivli is a […]

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May'07
30

Niagara’s Man Made Wonder - Welland Canal

On the way to Niagara Falls from Toronto is the [tag]Welland Canal[/tag]. It is a man made construction that connects [tag]Lake Ontario[/tag] and [tag]Lake Erie[/tag]. Lake Erie is about 100 meters above lake Ontario and guess what this canal does…. it lifts the ships up! awesome, isn’t it? Canadian Encyclopedia describes it as follows:
The Welland […]

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May'07
26

I miss snow

Pictures from my little trip to [tag]Waterloo[/tag]. This place is right outside the University of Waterloo.
Temperatures here have been hovering around 25-30 degree C for past few days. It’s quite hot and sticky. Plus the UV index here is higher than that in Mumbai. So I get a sunburn instantly. The cold winter was brutal, […]

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May'07
22

Niagara Falls - Evening

Picture from my weekend visit to [tag]Niagara Falls[/tag].

It was taken at 20:10, sometime after sunset.

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May'07
17

Artwork at Accolade

Artwork in Accolade East building which houses the faculty of Fine Arts, [tag]York University[/tag], Toronto.

Another picture here

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May'07
16

I am India

Found this amazing [tag]video[/tag] few days back:

Its a [tag]BharatBala[/tag] Production, the creators of some of the finest advertisements, films and special interest videos. The theme is taken from the [tag]Bhagawad Gita[/tag]:
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥२.४७
The video says: A man’s [tag]karma[/tag] is to forever turn the wheel of life towards a better […]

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