hogenakkal falls

What Do The Five Vellas Do on a Free Weekend. .. When The Going gets Vella , The Vella Gets Going. This was my First Outing in Tamil Nadu with Friends .... Nearly Half a Dozen soldiers went on to see the Great Falls ....
Here is an introduction of all the friends who were partners in crime ..

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Raula Pai Gaya -- Daler Mehndi

The King is back , and is back with a bang. I happen to grab a copy of his latest album, and believe me ,its rocking ... From the song namo namo to title track .. all songs are too good. was thinking what the form he had when he was with magnasound is back.

Here is one my fav track lyrics ....

namo namo ... namo namo .... 2
namo vishwakerta , namo vighanharta,
namo shantakaram,namo devkaram
namo vishwakerta , namo vighanharta,
namo shantakaram,namo devkaram ,
yeh dharti yeh amber yeh dariya samander yeh dilkash nazare ,
sabhi hai tumhare ... namo namo ... namo namo ...

yeh chalti hawayein , mehekti dishayein,
yeh saanson ki hulchal , kehti hai pal pal ,
yeh chalti hawayein , mehekti dishayein,
yeh saanson ki hulchal , kehti hai pal pal ,
tu nityam , anupam sada satyadivyam , mano premrupam namo vishwaroopam,
namo namo ...

tu hi sabse afsal , tu sabse aala ,
tere hi dum se jahaan mein ujaala
zameen o falak , chand suraj sitare , her ek zare mein jalwe tumhare ...
namo namo namo ...

mahakaal kaale , digambar nirale ,
dig dig bhramta , anandi ananata ,
mahakaal kaale , digambar nirale ,
dig dig bhramta , anandi ananata ,
namo shrasti roopam , namo vhrasti roopam, namo jal swaroopam, namo vraksh roopam ,
namo namo ...


And believe me it took me 2 times over to hear and type it :)

Bike Lift

Today was something different in air. A freshness , something seemed in air ... and there was me .. on roads of Bangalore. The Climate as always cool , and music banging loudly in my ears , and Boomanhalli junction fully freee .. not a single jam ... and there i saw on junction , an infoscion standing alone. And i dont know what happened , offered her a lift. Obviously she didnt look into my face, and my I-Card was more than sufficient for her to sit on bike. And after that incident that happened last Friday, today i drove with utmost care, though zig-zag is now a way of life. The bike reached 100 and the girl pressed my shoulders, as i slowed down. Then we ended up in Infosys, she said thanks , and i welcome. She never saw my face , and i have a bleak memory of the same. But in many ways , it was lady luck in the morning , which will guide the rest of the day :)

Hey Babby - hell of a movie

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Last night i went to see Hey babby with my room mate, and Akshay Kumar , Booman irani and such a star cast, i thought this will be a good one. The movie started like jet rocket . Too Funny , too good... the baby came , they loved it , they hated it .. but then all of a sudden , it lost interest. Became too predictable. Jokes old ones, Comic timings missing. I would have thought of akshay with sunil shetty and rajpal yadav as ideal starcast. The movie is worth seeing on a rented VCD or borrowed from a friend ( if someone is really so fool to buy ), but then there were some real good hilarious scene.
Like one in which Fardeen is driving at tortoise pace, and one in starting when Angel comes ... thats it . All good scenes of movie were shown in promo / trailers and there is not an additional extra scene to be watched on the hall
Please dont ask me to write about vidya balan , the most pathetic overacting in the movie is done by her. Her looks resembles that of Rani Mukherjee, but changing clothes wont get u an attitude and acting like Rani .. I saw her , and saw Rani in her , and what an insult. Vidya who has acted so so well in so many movies, was like fardeen acting in "Prem Agan".
Booman and Akshay were totally wasted in the movie, real talent lost.
I will gladfully rate the movie as 2.5/5 , and Sajid should be happy. i considered 2/5 , but 0.25 for akshay and 0.25 for SRK extra ...
makes it 2.5/5

Wanna Show Colour To the Blind

Wanna show the colors to the blind ,
With the agony and misery in the world he may find,
The deep colors of blood so red he might say ,
The prosperity and growth lost in the industrial age ,
And flying golden fields so yellow he might say ,
When the people struggled and lived in peace,
With oceans so dangerous make the sky blue he might say,
For the noise so harsh all around the ears he drop,
Look like the black color of his life he might say
And I wanna show the color to the blind.

The World will Change my friend so soon so stern,
For love showered on us will be Red so deep living is fun,
No more hunger deaths will bring back yellow as face of sun ,
And live in harmony like never before blue will be color of peace,
Noise turns into music as care will be showered and black is no longer black,
For One Day I will Show the Color to the Blind ,
And will I Show it the Way I like my Friends to see it …

Please Comment if u liked it or not :) ...

makedattu trip ..revisited in photo mode

Infosys Bangalore

Every day i step out of my house to Infosys, i am greeted with loads of traffic and death defying Hosur Road, where the traffic eats the hell out of you. But then as i enter my Infosys Campus, i feel like being in warmth care of life. There is a sense of freedom, of responsibility, and above all , of security. The friends here dont change like climate, which is better than the best most of the times. The climate in bangalore is better off than in mysore and much better than in delhi. The cloud cover for 23 hours a day, a mild drizzle daily , and heavy downpour every other day may make the driving a living hell, but the climate wins over you. You are pleased in more than one easy ways to let you believe, this is best place to be in. Till now i have advocated Mysore as the best place to be, but here in bangalore .. the climate is just awsome. Here is a place which can be day and night at same time. The people having mentality of like "I love walking in rain as none sees me crying", for them also , this is the best place. Below is a set of two identiacal pics, one with Fateh ( bindass banda) and one without. Both these pics were taken within difference of seconds, and the visibilty in the latter dropped down. The picture at top is one of my favourites , the sun and clouds playing with ease and like small kids ... i win u win ...

Shelton Grand Hotel, Church Street Bangalore

on August 26,2007 , i happen to have an dinner with Mr. Pankaj Jindal ( VP, Aditi Staffing) , and some of his friends. The venue for the party was The Bar Code, one of the four resturants offered by the Shelton Grand. Once i reached the place, the ambience was typical mystic. Low Lights, nicely placed tables ,well groomed waiters and real bet for a five star ( it is 4 star was known later to me ). It was at first floor where the host of the party sat. So i joined three other cool cool guys. Pankaj , Harneet , Mr Verma. And they really spoke the hearts out. It was yesterday, when i realised the people at the top of ladder are same as we are today , only they have some extra bucks. They also pull each other's leg , give idiotic fundas and the incidents they share were most intersting part. The places they have been to , the way they enjoyed and the idea of life these people project. The waiters would come now and then and ask for order. Verma sir would now and then call the waiter ,"idhar aa" (come here) , though it was more of us smiling over the stint. Overall , the service was very good, and definitely not too costly. The only thing that was pathetic was possibly the wash room, which was in a very bad state. Overall , there was a lot of masti and it was a great way to start the week ahead. i will rate this one as 3.5/5 .

Location: From amoeba to brigade road ,on the other side of amoeba.

Chak De !! The Movie

So much Hype about the movie ... and worth it . SRK doesnt look to lose charisma. He comes to screen , loses a win and still goes ahead with it. There were so many ifs and buts in the movie ...
but one thing that took me was -- "ek galti ka bojh kitna zyada hota hai , aur tum dono usse utha nahi paogi".
there are so many times this has happened , a small mistake and friendship teared apart like a revolting house under fierce of Katrina ( hurricane). One still hurts me is my friendship with Vaishnavi. She was one of the friends i thought i will be friends forever. she was very intelligent, very good looking and above all , she would tirelessly listen to me for so long and give a solution. But then a blunder and all changed. We are to a position where strangers are better treated. Well how it hurts to lose a friend is more painful than to lose a love. I was able to associate Chak De with so many instances , but one thing that was missing in the movie was frienship. The way players were a team is good , but shud have small incidences of being friends and team forever.

Second incidence when SRK is rubbing his silver medal .. " ghiss ghiss ke is chandi ke tambe ko sona ka banane ki koshish ker raha hoon , ki kal kahin agar bechna pad jaaye to daam to ache mile" ( am rubbing this silver medal to try to convert to gold , in case i am in such rags that i need to sell it , i should get a good price for it ) . So many times it happens to us that we are just there , just there and miss it. Then we repent it for ages. and a consolation price is just a constant spear to injuries , to remind not that u were second , but u lost , and u were second to someone . Someone was better than what u r and what u were , and to live with it ....
very difficult ....

but the movie was very very good.

The Beauty of Infosys

In case one wonders if infosys has most magnificient and sculptous , state of art designed well placed buildings , and nothing more than Eco Friendly , Zero Tolerance plastic free zone. Here is a video of the fountain area , just outside my building. The video was shot by my Nokia N73 , at a lucky evening when lights were out and fountain flaying to the tunes of the climate.


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prashanth Bday -1

Below is a video of birthday party of Prashanth in ECC. The person tried to escape from all he cud , and he did not even opened up the doors of the room for a long time , and then we decided to call it to end , and tell house-keeping staff , that our friend is stressed out and has sucidal tendencies and we wanna chk if he is alright. Professional way to commit crime. And there are many more videos , all coming up shortly. This clip does not include the birthday bash which will come up shortly.


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Day 2 - Kodaikanal lake

Now when we had visited Devil's Kitchen , The Pillar Rock , The Pine forests , and 14 other places to complete the kodaikanal trip , the end of day was yet another surprise. Boating ... and in this cool cool place . The Sun had shone through out the day as if welcoming us with open arms ...Come to Paradise .. to heavens ... to Kodaikanal ... seems i am falling in love with this place over and over again ... The sun and clouds played through out the day, not to be victorious over one other , but like two kids playing selflessly, when winning is not the most important factor , but playing is.



And This was last lost way , when i was standing in middle .. is it over .. no it is not ... The Rose Garden and temple are still to be visited. But they will come later after this pleasurable boat ride.

I am trying to come to the end of day but so many things and so many scenic and natural beauties that my mind keeps on deviating. One more thing i wanna show is this path. Such a magestic royal feeeling i got while i was wondering how good would it be to be lost. to be friends with so many trees , so many of them , like guarding an empire , and dare not enter any enemy , but for friends ,so full of fun and joy.

So finally we are in Boat house , and here is our hunk back to business. smiling and giggling and getting photographed ( apart from being paddling the boat). The ambience was very good , and we were there for 30 min. though i would still rate it lower than Pookote lake in wayand "http://deepakg83.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-year-3-pookote-lake.html". In case u wanna see the beauty of that lake. The real beauty because it had weeds , lillies and natural. This one was too clean.

And This is lake is no doubt the man made lake , and a very well maintained, though one might not prefer to move in normal boats but in Swan Boats , which costs extra 10 bucks, and seem to be pretty attracive. The boat made a lot of sound , seemed like moving spades in dry land. Except for the hell of noise the boat made , and the wear tear sound , and the extra effort we had to put in after titing day , those 30 min were very fine , though i cud have done without that also. But the breeze was too good.
Whaatever it was , added to the kodaikanal hospitality and we all loved it and cherish it :)

Yo China !!!!

This Sunday just sitting after a few hiccups , one of my friends Fateh called over for dinner. The venue decided was Yo India [ I mean Yo china , and this is because Sameer said it to be Yo India and Fateh Called back asking where Yo India was , though it was Yo China (thanks to Natasha for pointing this out )], and it was to be my 3rd Chinese Resturant i will be to. Located in Kormangala 8th block , bangalore. The easy way to go there is take the road from Reliance Fresh, and this road leads to Yo china , on right hand side.
Now the party people , Fateh , Tarveen , Natasha , Sameer ... The time 930 PM. We were at the place on time ,but had to wait 5 min to get a seat. This place has a two storey serving space. Fateh decided to go up and have the food , but when we reached there , we were told that the service will be slow and we should take the ground floor only. So we sat there. The food was ordered , Dimsums , colas , combos and masti. The service was toooo slow , but the food was fantastic , tasty yummy and delicious. Dont know whether it was so good , but one thing is for sure , the friends are what make the food so tasty. In last Choc brownie ... yummy ...
frankly i have been to Shanghai ( Mysore) Rest. , and that seems to me still half a point better.
As for me , i will rate it to be 4/5 in my personal opinion.

Independence Day ..2 years ago

15th August , Indian Independence Day is celebrated with great spirits of enhusiasm , and is no less than festival. For a little over 2 years ago, Aug15 to me was a synonym for kite flying , one of thousands reasons to celebrate and with the family. Had I known two years ago that the "Kite Flying Ceremony "would be probably my last for atleast next 2 years , I would have flown them for over 2 months. Here was my last Kite Flying and family regrouping ceremony , when all my brothers and sisters were together for masti time on the roof.
Apna PatangBaaz number Ek - Please Find below Mr Sachin , with red cap , and in angry mood. probably srikant had done something to irritate him ( and i really still wonder Sri did it delibratley or just to pull sachin's leg). As far as kite flying passion was concerned , sachin never compromised on anything , even if that meant for him to go to neighbour's top , or to that dangerous unfenced half root boundry over the room to do so, and i was a partner in crime , most of the time :) .

The Coolest brothers and possibly the only one Sachin ever feared. Nishant bhaiya (in green) and Prashant ( the other guy). This was the time when the air was too feeble and in wrong direction, but nish bhaiya knows how to get it going. And there was never an ego problem between the two , and they flew to kill ,and most important, with them , kite flying was most pleasurable thing around. Always full of fun , jokes and cracks ( and work for shushant :) or srikant) ..

Below is our masti gang ,(from left to right) Srikant, Neha , Bhavna and Shushant. These were the flavours . Srikant was assciated with most number of torn kites ( also the scolding) , and shushant ,ever ready to help u out when kite was mid way or down :). Neha used to bring us all food , cold drinks , and papdi chaat , though Bhavna used to be queen.


The below image shows through the dwindelling lights , the spirits still remain high , with national songs on a volume full , we flew till the kite was lost in the surrounding darkness. The sky i remember was so full of kites , that it was no longer blue, but alas , in Bangalore , the sky still is blue. Here i dont find children running after kites , climbing trees and poles to get the kite which had lost the battle. I remember those days when driving to the destination in car would entangle at least of couple of kites in the car.

And at the last moment , comes another hero. Someone other , as daring as we were was still waging a war against all others , and this time , we found a match. It was a clash of true warriors , a section of people who refused to lay , and kites went deep and deep in sky till the thread was potentially going to be over , but the battle continued. for sometime later , we understood the slack , and that the opponent had retired a long time ago , and when we rewinded the whole thread back , our heroic kite had another one to its bow.

And then came the kodak moment , nish bhaiya with his new latest samsung mobile phone with flash (a big thing at that time ) .

Last but not the least , apna sachin in action , and dare anyone come in between . That was the independence day i remember and cherish , and hope to celebrate many many more independence day in the same way.
And then there were some people whom named i missed , but were those who made this even special.
My naniji( mom's mom). She is one who always showered me with blessings , and each time i left , had my pockets heavy, At the onset of my memory which dates back to Sarojini Nagar , i used to get a Re 10/- note , with time became 50 ,and then 100. Last time it was 500 Re note. I love my naniji as all other people in the house. She is most favourite of us all ...
Then My mamaji's. all kites were ready beforehand. We were able to fly consistently and throughout the day cauz of them , and mamijis who would fuel the engines with finger licking yum yum food.
Then my mother and mausiji , who will always confirm ( and make us confess ) if we are tired , and ask sri , shushant more than what she asked me and sachin ti fly kites.
Next is pearl of us all , Swati didi. She is always there with fun , joy , masti and with her around , no boys play. she knows how to tackle us , tackle us all at one time. Think she was the one who will make us all quiet in one swift shout.
Have left out the best from the rest till the end.
she is anjali , one you have met already in my blogs ( see jan post for her marriage). She is one calm gal, use brains , not affected by anything other than her brother shushant , and she also is an expert in teaching lessons. A sweet sister , and papdi chat she makes ... and she is here in second last blur pic. She says to me that i shud come back to delhi , but i know God has better plans.... and all know it :)
Independence day has been more of a Day for me , in my life, a little more than memory. Independence day it seems was a season , which lasted 12 hours and each hour was a new life. A time when we played our hearts out , shouted like beasts , celebrated victories , conquered forts, lost battles , unison sobbing ... a feast , a drama , a family get together ... Something to truely celebrate the spirit of Freedom ...
and as said .. will look for it to be repeated , even as we all have had take our paths ,and life taken its toll , but there has been a single binder to bring us all together ... for now and forever .. and am pretty sure , its not very far when i wil repost this post with so many new characters while maintaining the old ones in more spirited forms ...

Added :

Anjali is missing from this entire stuff is a shame on writer. One of the not so enthusiasts but to live by the rule book , the cool headed and always agree to most of the things. My one of the most cherished sister, and sorry to have missed the name out earlier, glad you pointed it ....

Waiting for the day ,when this day in history will be repeated once more, again and then again.

Day 2 - Kodai

Here what happened was most unexpected . It was a sucide point , and i was fearing whether mamaji would allow to go till the end, and he lead. If i was most impressed by anyone in the journey , it had to be him. His aggression , urge to visit all places, with safety as utmost concern. He was the one who got this tour bus planned , and was leading everywhere. With an enthu not to miss anything, we explored Kodai like nomads. The path to this place was not at all easy ,with algae all around , slippery stones and no predefined path. And top of it ,no fencing at all ..

Above you can see all, it was easy to stand at place, but difficult to get down. but once at the place,it was indeed an eye candy for the natural beauty of the place stuck again.


After that spot we went to see the Devil's rock ,and the Devil's kitchen and i was sure to find some of friends there,but alas the govt has fenced the place and we cud not really go inside. There was a good scary story guide told us about the place, which i will tell in my next post , devoted to devil's kitchen

From one side of forest to other, and so many trees , and not a single snake or wild animal , i thought this jungle ride was not at all exciting. only passing through the trees and trees , and the route so clear ,as if laid down for visitors only.

where does this path lead us , here is Sri doing some soul searching in deep jungles , and one thing he regretted wearing sandals ,as the path became slippery on more than one occasions , but the raised foot seldom stopped , and this time it was we leading. A lot of crack jokes in jungle , and sri trying to find a new way .. man Stop for guide as the path split in two , and we had to wait. one more thing , sri would take big big steps , and sit en route or wait ....

See, this was diversion part i was talking about . the lady in yellow is going the correct path and one cud believe there must be some other sigh seeing down this part as this path also seemed to be very well travelled , as one may see.