Digitally Exploring the world

With Wimbledon starting tomorrow and with some music playing , reminded me of one of my all time favourites who had an impromtu session there a few years back, Enjoy

"Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy." - Richard Halloway

Afghanistan civilians: April 2013

Pileup from my sunday afternoon wandering @Blossom Bookhouse.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds  Boston Harbour  Rocky Mountains Andaman

Last month or so the Polo has had its run on the highway. With mom visiting , did two round trips to Chennai and back and also Coonoor and back . The car still impresses after 2years of driving ...Just a fun peppy car and german engineering.. I do see some surprised faces everytime I hit the high way as most people are surprised seeing either a single woman driver or two women on the highway :) Some pics from the recent trips   The Dream in its nascent stage....

Its been a long year since a long break came by .. yearning for one and wondering when and where ... looking for inspiration first and time next .........

Wandering around the himalayan ranges in Sept 2011 ..  More here

 I found this map recently and found it interesting how the highways go around the country. Even in these age of Navigation devices , I dont have one and always carry a printed map of areas I have not visited

It had been a month or so before I had taken the car out of the city and was itching to go out.   Things started falling into place, with a transfer accepted to a new team within the company and a cousin visiting Bangalore for interviews.   Decided to take a week off before the new beginning and head out. I have been wanting to visit the temples at Aihole since my previous road trips to Badami and Hampi , but that hadn’t left me enough time to visit those ancient temples from 4 th - 8 th Century AD. So an early Sunday morning, took out my sturdy VW POLO 1.6 and hit the tarmac.. Bangalore – Badami is about 550kms and with a couple of food breaks, was there by 4pm. Tried locating KSTDC Mayura and soon found it on Ramdurga road across the chaos from the traffic junction and main thorough fare. Once I reached the large peaceful surroundings and having been lucky enough to get a clean room, I just put my feet up and rested a bit. Incidentally it was the same hotel,...

Traveled to Coonoor last few months several times and took separate routes 1>Bangalore-Masanagudi-Oooty-Coonoor 2>Bangalore-Coimbatore-Satyamangalam-Mettupalyam-Aravenu-Kotagiri-Coonoor 3>Bangalore-Nice Road to Kanakpura-Malavalli-Chamrajnagar-Satyamangalam-Bhavani-Bannari-Arvanenu-Coonoor Route #1 and #3 were the most scenic (lovely green forest stretches, and lots of green farmland and ghat sections) but #3 was the best .. Trying to earn a living and planning a getway and a place to retire in Coonoor. Some more pics here

Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance.  Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery.  Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny.  Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy.  Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.  --Mark Batterson

Sis and Me at Jamalpur

Mom and yours truly a long long time ago :)

Weekend at green and serene Wellington

Back in the City after spending sometime with mom , surrounded by books and music and as I picked up todays paper I read that Richard Bach was critically injured in a plane crash that he was flying solo. Took me back to reading the his book during my school days and also Neil Diamond (one of my dad's favourite) .. 

Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to act - paul coelho