Saturday, December 15, 2012

Incredible India !


Sunset at Jaisalmer !

Himalayas :  Done !
Sea           :  Done !
Desert       :  Done !

Cannot exactly remember which was my first trip [ with parents or with grand-father ] but certainly it has been the 'Traveling' which has brought me more closer to the Life, Nature, People, Culture, Food, India &.... & the list goes on.... The learning/experience in the journeys add a lot to one's persona, I believe !

The list of the places traveled till now goes as :-
  1. Varanasi 
  2. Mirzapur
  3. Allahabad
  4. Lucknow
  5. Kanpur
  6. Etawah
  7. Agra
  8. Fatehpur Sikri
  9. Ghaziabad
  10. Noida
  11. Dehradun
  12. Mussoorie
  13. Haridwar
  14. Rishikesh
  15. Saharanpur
  16. Tehri
  17. Kullu
  18. Manali
  19. Rohtang
  20. Chandigarh
  21. Gurgaon
  22. Delhi
  23. Ahmedabad
  24. Jaipur
  25. Jodhpur
  26. Jaisalmer
  27. Chittorgarh
  28. Udaipur
  29. Bhagalpur
  30. Patna
  31. Bokaro
  32. Jamshedpur
  33. New Jalpaiguri
  34. Darjeeling
  35. Kalimpong
  36. Miric
  37. Nepal Border 
  38. Kolkata
  39. Bhopal
  40. Nagpur
  41. Mumbai
  42. Pune
  43. Hyderabad
  44. Chennai
  45. Bangalore
  46. Mysore
  47. Ooty
  48. Goa
  49. Alappuzha
  50. Cochin
After traveling to so many places, I can very confidently say that India is beautiful, vibrant & lively, with lots & lots of potential in us. !
Still a lot to cover. Hope I cover all the 29 states before the age of 29 !   :) 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Weekend At Jodhpur




Jodhpur : [ The Blue City ]

Well in the past two years, it has been like an “All India Tour” sort of thing for me. Sitting in a hostel of a Management college in Jaipur, and listening to the songs in the BackGround of a B’Day party celebration, I find it best to write down about my two days experience in Rajasthan.[ espacially Jodhpur]
I may say it started with Siliguri in 2006 summers and it has been through Jamshedpur,Mumbai, ,Delhi,Bangalore-Mysore-Ooty-Goa,Kolkata,Kullu-Manali-Rohtang,Dehradun-Mussorrie-Tehri-Rishikesh,Allahabad,Darjeeling and now I am in Rajasthan.

The weekend knocked and I was in Jodhpur the next morning i.e. SaTuRdAy..Thanks to Dage [ Manish Daga / Dagya / Dage .. the names by which we call him....hehe ] for the invitation..The Day started with "mithaais" at Dagaz home.. a tradition of Jodhpur.. [ :):) ] ..yummy-yummy .... Next we were guided by Puneet [ Daga's brother ] to Ummed Palace and the Heritage.. the very view of the Ummed Heritage made us feel like being in the best part of this world..it was simply awesome.. [ :):) ].. Next was the MeharanGarh Fort.. built about 55o years back,counted among one of the safest forts.. It now stands testimony to the test of time..Still we can view the shots of the Cannon Balls on the walls of the fort..but this even was unable to breach the walls of this Magnificient Fort.... Amazing..!!..The view of Jodhpur from this Fort resulted in a great " Wow "..!!!! ..Simply Jodhpur can be referred as "The Blue City"..Then came the turn of the delicious sweets/namkeens of Jodhpur.. The taste of "Samose" and 'Mirchi Bada" is something that will remain for lifelong with me.. :):) ... Thanku Dage and Puneet..And one more thing .... U must have tasted differnet kinds of Gulaab-Jaamun but the Chuturbhuj Gulaab-Jaamun at Jodhpur is the especial of Jodhpur.. U won't get anywhere else..a. That was the best I had till now .... Though it is developed city but still I saw a lot many people in the Traditional costumes of Rajasthan..the women were having heavy ornaments and bright sarees borderd with golden tags..men wearing the traditional turban ..The roads at certain places gave the feel of Old Rajasthan.... :):) ..
Overall it was a memorable two-day tour which painetd a beautiful picture in my memory and a place where I would love to go again..... [ :):) ] .....

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

wow.... a wonderful beginning of the monsoons.... !!


wow..... its for the fourth consecutive year that I am having a wonderful beginning of the Monssons at BHU..... Love u BHU ..... :):) ..The first day it rained in Varanasi, I along with the gang [ rumit,rohit,cheekoo ] were at the grounds of BHU to witness the beginning of the monsoon in its totality.... :):) ..got the feeeeeeel of the monsoons .. this was followed by " chaay-kachaudi.... ice-creams..shakes and bread-makkhan"....hehe.... Simply to say that what a beginning of the monsoons has been this for me from the past 4 years.... BHU rocks..Will be missing this mast of BHU..... :):)....

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Loving the Untidiness Of My Room .... !!!!!

Trying to arrange my room in a hurry eventually draws my mind towards the Untidiness Of My Room.... 97,Visvesvarayya.....wow..!!!!!.....this is "Simply Awesome".....just look at the scattered clothes..papers..daily-use stuff..files..notes..xerox..bags..books......:P:P....haah..!!!!...."amazing"..and even after all these, we happily survive, fit in our rooms,find place to sleep, find the required things at the proper time......hehe.... :):)....

Saturday, November 14, 2009

One of the best Birthdays..... :):)....

Wow....!!!!!..... It was 12th Nov.... :):).....one more year passed and I landed into an another one.....:):).....But this was one of the most memorable ones.....really had full masti,fun and mauj....!!!!....got blessings/aashirwaad/duaaein/pyaar from many.....blessings from Maa-Papa....Sangeeta Mam....duaaein n pyaar from so many friends/brother/relatives....:)....

The clock struck 12:00 in the night inviting the junta for a grand GPL....haah..amazing..thanks to the 5 layer protection that I had..!!..to tell the truth, it was aching the next day even.. :(:( ...." kutton ki tarah maara....mujhe nahi Rahul ko".. :P .. bechara kismat ka maara....and saath mein mera TPR partner( Amit a.k.a. "Chhotu") bhi nahi bachaa.....bahut bach raha tha abhi tak....!!!!!....sahi kiya doston.... :)..

Received the calls from Maa-Papa..Sangeeta Mam..got their wishes n blessings..got the wishes from PKM Sir..Babu-Mamta-Bholu..Anupam Bhaiya..Somya Di..the lovely friends....seniors/juniors..realatives.. :):)....

We had a visit to the temple.....[ just imagine.. Rahul went to a temple after 10-11 years..!!!!.. ]....the clicks in the V.T. gali were pure fun....accidently Lodhi discovered the "chhupa" hua Fotographer in him.. :P ..hehe....Fulwari wasn't that good an experience....!!..
Then the evening-night time was really pure fun..bole to bindaas entertainment....the gang gathered at L.C. ..wahan pe poori chhichhorgiri. [ "Pal-latt" !!...might be Rao gets this better.. :P:P ]...ek "wish" ki thi kuchh der pehle and wo poori ho gayi....hehe.... :):)..wow..!!...kaash dosri wish bhi kar li hoti yaar.... :D:D....then the Ice-Cream at Lanka..Gol-Gappe at Sankat-mochan chat shop....muuuaaaahhhh....gifts were also an important part of the day....the frame from "chhotu"..lovely yaar....then the gift from "Rohit-Rao-Avi"....simply awesome.... :):)....Thanks a lot .... :):)....haah....this wasn't all..!!..something more blasting was awaiting at the hostels....surprises tend to effect u and cast an impact than anything else..:):)....a small but cute celebration in the room ....a very sweet n tasty cake..the clicks..the songs and the different poses [Rumit also made his presence felt in the scene :P:P]..!!..the pure BC which we had in the room for that moment....fir se the "bakara" was Rahul..just ask the spectators..!!..Then comes the special kinda party that we had in the night at the Roof of Visvesvarayya.... :):)....Gupta/Raj ne to mauj de di....hehe....fultoo mastiiiiiiiiii.....it was fun....had some pure chhichhorgiri in the room at around 3:30 AM..... :):)....so came the end of the day....!!....all went to sleep and so the day paased....leaving so many b'ful memories....one of its special kinda.....One of the best B'Days.....
Thanks to Rahul....Lodhi....Raj....Gupta.....Amit.....
Heartiest thanks to Rohit..Avi..Rao..Rumit.... :):)..
and last but not the least to HIM .... THANKS .... :):)......

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Good Morning Ahmedabad.....


Good morning Ahmedabad....!!!!..got up..had b’fast..watched “ 10 Things I hate about you”....now what next..??......so up with my lappy to share something about Ahmadabad....hehe..:)..

From past 15 days it seems as if I am on an All India Tour....started from Varanasi(U.P.), then Chandigarh, Kullu-Manali-Rohtang( Himachal), now Ahmedabad (Gujarat).....wow..!!!!.....loads of new experiences and wonderful memories..... J....

Ahmedabad.....hmmmm....though I am not in main Ahmedabad rite now, but still got the “feel” of the city..the dishes..the people..the culture.....A place known for business and Entrepreneurship..

I missed the Garba of Navratra by one day..L..will certainly try it out some other time.. (rite now Deepawali is approaching and its the most awaited festival of Guajrat)....A beautiful city with wide & neat roads, people with Gujarati accent..got to hear “Ben and Bhai”..hehe...when people speak in Gujarati tab unko sune mein bademaze aate hain..hihi..interacted with locals of this place..it was a wonderful experience getting to know about Gujarat and Ahmadabad from them....saw the IIT,NIFT,NID,DBA-IICT..people certainly have a craze for getting into these....sitting in the CCD and Uncle Sam’s Pizza made me realize why people are crazy for NIFT..especially the boys..:P:P..check it out yourself guys....hehe...mast hai re..!!..went to some of the crowded places..somewhat got the feel of Benaras..hehe....

Heard a lot about Akshar-Dham but won’t be able to go this time..left it for next time....:)..

On overall, a nice place to visit....

Thursday, August 6, 2009

wait a minute....i'm dreaming.....!!!!!


haah...must be thinking ki what is this....!!!!...well-2 batane do itminaan se.....hehe..actually hua yun ki aaj subeh-2 main nashta karke aa raha tha when I entered Reddy's room....it was round about 8 am..i entered the room and when he was some sort of half-asleep....half awaken....hihi.....i had some chit-chats with him while he was still sleeping....he responded to it and i certainly thought ki now to he is awaken.....main kuchh pyaare-2 shabd bhi use kiye uske liye...:P:P..after 2 minutes he said...." wait a minute....i'm dreaming yaar"......hehe.....what an expression he had on his face....:):)....seemed as if really he was in his dream world with a wonderful picture of dream being pasted in dreamland.....:):).....wow.....!!!!!....just to say "life is b'ful and is worth living".....:):)....just we need to make the maximum of the moment....:):)..

Friday, July 3, 2009

अम्मा लस्सी ......पापा लस्सी......!!!!!!

अम्मा लस्सी ||||| पापा लस्सी....!!!!
well-well u must be thinking ki what is this........hai na.....I was also amused when i saw this.....janaab ye hai ek lassi ki shop ka naam....hehe....gazzzab...!!!!!
I literally burst into laughter when I saw this....whenever you happen to go down towards Gowdolia from assi side,do check out this shop....its somewhat in the mid-way on the right hand side.....really yaar Banaras waakai mein gazzab ki jagah hai.......hehehe.....har din kuchh na kuchh aisa dikh jayega ya sun-ne ko milega ki kya kehne.....i love you meri jaan.... :):) ....

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Chhapaak......छपाक.....!!!!!


सावन आयो रे
hoh.....so finally arrives the much awaited "monsoon" in Banaras......wow....it sounds good..... :):)
......it was getting almost impossible to bear the torture of this screwing summers.....but now as it has come,though little late, it is providing a relief like anything.....hehe......
Yesterday i was in Reddy's room; suddenly we heard some noise and Reddy shouted in a joyful voice " hey look its raining"......wow...!!!!!.....amazing....!!!!!....the much awaited monsoon had arrived.....without waiting for a second, the very next moment i was in the ground of our hostel experiencing the first showers of the monsoon in its totality...it has always been ,at least for me, a wonderful beginning of the monsoon at the college from the last 3 years......hehe.......
Just few words :
सावन आयो रे......
बारिश की बूँदें आईं,लायीं संग पुरानी यादें..
आई एक नई ताज़गी , एक नया एहसास....
सावन आयो रे......

and itne achhe mausam mein "chaay" na ho.....are kya jaanab...aisa kaise....!!!!!
so we were out at the Assi Ghat to have the "Lemon tea"....i had two cups of it....( do check it out at assi..its awesome.....).....though we did not have pakaudi at that time but still abhi to poora monsoon pada hua hai pakaudiyaan khane k liye.....hehe.....right now the song in the back ground on my lappy is " ab ke saawan aise barse.... ".." baarsihein peene do mujhko,mann haraa ho jaaye"...hehe.....
the entire atmosphere looked so charming and fresh that the experience just can't be described in words,it can be just be felt and enjoyed.....today in the morning, we were going for the classes and it had rained heavily early in the morning....the streets were shining....!!!!...hehe....it is 1st of July and the new sessions of the schools began from today in Varanasi....i looked at a passing by scooter and there were 4 people on it...there were 2 "bread pakodaas" emergering like anything from the scooter....on carefully noticing it , i found that there were two school children on the scooter along with their parents..definitely they might have gone late for the school,so instead of eating those pakodas at their home, they were wonderfully enjoying the pakodaas in this monsoon....bindaas re......hehe.....yummy-yummy.....
this just reminded me of our school days; the day it rained, i used to pray ki "bhagwaan aaj rainy-day ho jaaye".....till the last moment before entering the school gate,many people used to think that ki even if it rains very heavily now, then also there is a possibility of rainy day......hehehe....what a child we were....!!!!!!.......returning from the school, almost everyday in the rainy season, we celebrated the "happy bad-day" of our beloved "bihaari uncle" ( the person who owned the tempo )....and the result was a "samosaa" for everyone at "Bengaal Sweet house"....he is such a good person at heart that what to say....hardly he refused for the samosaaas....and hardly we forgot to sing "happy bad-day to you".....hihihi.......the entire gang in the tempo ( me,babu,shreya,priyesha,golu,pooja di,tanaya di,abhishek,sudarshan,priyanka di,abhay bhaiya and many more..) was charged with enthu and energy to land up a wonderful treat by "bihaari uncle".....hehe......that was really amazing.....now only the sweet memory remains, making someone like me write about those days......!!!!!......really the "dimensions have changed".......
but anyways, now as the monsoon has arrived , we have "chhapaak".....छपाक......!!!!!


Saturday, June 6, 2009

An Amazing Experience......!!!!!....


Few experiences are such which leave an everlasting impression on you.Somewhat similar happened with us.Its about an amazing and wonderful experience which we had few days back.It was a pleasant morning and I was walking in our lobby when i happened to meet a person.Rohit introduced that guy to me.One thing to say before i proceed : IIT-JEE results were out just few days back.aaan...hmmm...so now proceeding...any guesses..!!!!....
He was a person who had qualified IIT-JEE 2009 and was a fresher. The story is fine till now but the amazing part is that he was a guy coming right down from Chennai. !!!!..Ji haan Chennai..!!!!....Before coming to IT-BHU, he had made visits to other IITs and his next destination was IIT-KGP.Actually he got a rank somewhat around 3900 and was in a state of confusion as to take admission in which particular college.So he was not able to take a decision on the college.As suggested by his parents,he planned out and started his tour to the IITs, which eventually made him to land at IT-BHU where he happened to meet us.
I was just shocked to listen that a person has come right the way from Chennai in order to get the face to face experience of talking and interacting with students of IITs and taking their suggestions and views....Amazing..!!!!!.....By nature he was a nice person and not that "bholaa-bhaalaa" which we had considered him to be....hehehe......well..we( Me and Rahul) had a nice talk with him and he too felt nice after that(hope so....hihihi).... We had some chit-chats and i hope he might have got some idea about what he was looking for.( He was almost zero at understanding and speaking Hindi)
I was just amazed by the commitment which he had; he had been traveling for the past 2 weeks and was still full of enthusiasm .Just to say " what a wonderful experience".....!!!! Amazing yaar !!!!.....