Showing posts with label Some Pictures Tell it All. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Some Pictures Tell it All. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2009

10 Days in the UAE ..




Us with the Abu Dhabi Corniche as the backdrop..










At the Madinat Jumeirah with the Burj Al Arab behind









On the way to the Jebel Hafeet summit













Tired after the shopping at Ibn Battuta










Neha at the Dubai Marina ..










At the Hult College Campus








In the Church during the Christmas Day mass




Cake cutting before that... .










This is a nice yet one of the pretty low key songs rendered by Jagjit Singh

मैं भूल जाऊं तुम्हे - Jagjit सिंह

मैं भूल जाऊं तुम्हे, अब यही मुनासिब है,
मगर भुलाना भी चाहूं तो किस तरह भूलूं?
मगर मगर भुलाना भी चाहूं तो किस तरह भूलूं ,
के तुम तो फिर भी हकीकत हो कोई ख्वाब नहीं.
यहाँ तो दिल का यह आलम है क्या कहूं ,

(कमबख्त)... भुला सका न यह वो सिलसिला जो था ही नहीं।

भुला सका न यह वो सिलसिला जो था ही नहीं,

वो एक ख़याल जो आवाज़ तक गया ही नहीं।

वो एक बात जो मैं कह कहीं सका तुमसे,

वो एक रब्त जो हम्मे कभी रहा ही नहीं।

मुझे है याद वो सब जो कभी हुआ ही नहीं...

अगर यह हाल है दिल का , तो कोई समझाए

अगर यह हाल है दिल का , तो कोई समझाए,

तुम्हे भुलाना भी चाहूं तो किस तरह भूलूं?

के तुम तो फिर हकीकत हो कोई ख्वाब नहीं..


के तुम तो फिर हकीकत हो कोई ख्वाब नहीं॥

के तुम तो फिर हकीकत हो कोई ख्वाब नहीं॥

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Coorg During the Rains...

Dates - 26th to 28th June, 2008..
Venue : Coorg and Mysore..

These are the photos only from my DigiC.. Ashish bhaiiya's camera contains much more..








Tuskers passing through a tribal village in Nagarhole.. ( we found some chained ones further ahead as well)..










Bisecting the predator and its prey (View this image in its full resolution.. and you'll understand why).. .

A couple of deer just shot across the road we were travelling on and disappeared through the bushes.. When we stopped at the location.. (His Majesty) was crouching just at the clearance ( roughly 20 meters .. waiting for us to leave.. so that he could carry on his pursuit.. Pretty surreal 5 minutes..







A herd of deer some distance away from the Tiger spotting location..

We saw a tribal village with a very old lady ( alteast an octogenarian) walking barely 1/2 a km from the tiger's location.. Its amazing how humans and the wild co-exist in the sanctuary..










Freshly plucked coffee.. ( we captured the whole machine line for coffee production.. ) .. will upload the photo when I find it..











Streams on the way to Irpu falls..

( Ankur , Shipra and Ashish )















Mornings at the Chinmayee Home Stay ( close to Madikeri)














Neha and Archan :: Abbey Falls is the backdrop.














At Abbey Falls : the whole Bachha gang except Aditi..


From left to right: Ashish Bhaiyya, Aanchal Bhabhi, Myself, Shipra, Neha and Ankur











Close-up of a recoiling snail, while on the trek back from Abbey...

















Ankur against the panoramic setting of Coorg valley

















Aditi presents a poignant picture alongside the falling mist at Talacauvery, as others join her after the trip to the temple.














Beside one of the gargoyles at Talacauvery, the water body believed to be the source of the Cauvery river..

Wonder why we had the umbrella up?















Feeding the Rabbits at Nisargadhama















The Hanging Bridge walk at NisargaDhama... with Ankur and Shipra having their share of fun...













The Namdroling Monastery at Bylakuppe..
Huge 50 Feet Golden Statues of 3 Budhhas of various eons.















Shipra and me underneath the photos of the current Lamas and Rinpoches..



















Papa outside home stay.. in front of our journey vehicle..

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

A few glimpses of Switzerland






One of the long distance trains at Oerlikon Station..









Chess Boards at the Community Area.. It was fun to be able to see 8-10 games being played together.. Most of the people though were regulars .. but you could occasionally catch a father teaching his 6 year old a move or two..








The less said the better... the Adult theater just opposite my hotel..
And it always had a FULL HOUSE board in the evenings when I walked back from office..










Just Outside the Lucerne Art Festival... I couldnt get the tickets for the last show before my train back to Zurich










One of the performance areas at the Zurich Steet Parade.. Its supposedly the biggest walking parade in the world. Pretty nice experience, though I didn't want to venture out much after sunset...










Looming mountains, the bluest skies, cascading clouds, towering trees, tiled rooftops, lush carpet meadows, gurgling brooks, shiny pebbles.. this has it all












On the way to Mt. Titlis , Switzerland. My
excursion on the only weekend I had..













Still a long way to reach the top... There were three different ropeways to reach the destination and the most suprising thing was that.. they had traveller's instructions written in Hindi !!

Not bad.. not to mention that the Indian National Anthem could be played alongside others at the summit.









Office Desk.... Just after office hours... so dont mind the dim lighting..











The bull outside our Office... - The building's aptly named "Toro"













An inspection done before Mallya clinched the deal... The Spyker'07











Another view of the beautiful landscape..

Monday, February 11, 2008

Snapshots of the wedding!!




The Venue - Surajmal Vihar
Date - 11th February 2008











~7:30 pm. We arrive.












Neha under the Canopy of Flowers










After the Garlanding


















Us during the Marriage - Havan


















With Ankur - during meeting everyone after the wedding













The 4 Deg Celcius Photo shoot at 11:30 pm!!


















Sunday, November 11, 2007

Engagement Day

The Venue: Phoolwari, Pragati Maidan, N Delhi




The Occasion



The Moment:


Here we are :-)

Monday, July 10, 2006

Azzuri , Fed Ex and some good ol' friends





My side of the stadium ...
















The kick that sealed it all.. Barthez wrong footed by Grosso..














And the kick that wasnt to be.. David Trezeguet's bar hitter.. ..








Cannavaro's cup of joy !
















And Federer's !! a 6-0 , 7-6 , 6-7 , 6-3 victory..












The Azzuri celebrating with their cup !









And We with ours...