I always wondered how people belonging to different location think and act differently. I am speaking in a generic manner.
The geographic distance might not be 1000 miles or different continents, but we can find differences in two different cities as close as 100km or so. I wonder weather its really have to do with geographical conditions prevailing in that location or has to
to with like minded people getting settled at one place.
We can say cultural/caste differences make people think in similar manner. But there are people who follow same culture, belong to same caste, speak same language, but live in different locations and their thinking differs( people of Davangere, Shimoga or Dharwad think differently ). So can we say geography plays a major role in grooming people in a good or bad way.
Still thinking.......
Monday, June 16, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Second Trek to Tadiandamol/Tadiyandamol April 2008
"Please Ignore the Date on the photos"
Except first photo, all others were taken by Nidhi...
First trek was a one day or i should say one night adventure.
We left king's cottage at somewhere around 6PM, reached there by 8:30PM - 9PM and stayed their for abt 40-45 min and came down by 11PM. It was pretty cold and windy. We had a guide with us.
I am not a good writer of travelogue... all i can say is we went, ate, slept, came back......
Date:- 26-27 April 2008
Team: - Apart from me, poonach, sandeep, seeni, basanna, we had gouda, satish, nidhi joining us this time.
Reason: - Gouda was here from singapore and we were planning for a get together and a nice place for boozing ;), i was the only non-boozer in the team
Items carried :- 2 4-man tents( each weighing 4kgs), 10 2lts(approx 2kgs each) drinking water, Johhny walker BL, Alize Bleu, chapathis, one sickle medical kit, etc etc...
We all met at king's cottage on 26th before noon. Weather was cool as it rained slightly after noon. After lunch and small nap we started our trek at exactly 5PM. At 5.30, after covering a distance of 1-2km satish backed off citing tireness, so 7 of us continued.
We had encounters with leeches on the way as it had rained that week.
The good part of the trek is the 10min passthrough in shola forest. Its pretty dark and scary in this part.
We reached the peak at 8PM, not bad considering we were carrying heavy luggages. By 8.45 the tents were ready, thanks to nidhi for his prior experience.
Surprisingly there was calm at the top of mountain and it wasnt much cold either. We expected it to be pretty chilled and windy but luckily the weather was calm for as long as we were there. one jacket was more than enough to keep us warm.
For sandeep one shorts and Johnny walker was enough to keep him warm.
Our effor to put camp fire went in vain as the ground was wet and we couldnt find dry wood. Even johnny walker couldnt help us to lit the fire. So we had a candle lit booze/dinner inside tent. We slept at around 12AM after having a good time in the breeze. The mountain was fully covered with clouds and visibility was less.
Me and nidhi got up at 5AM and were eager to see the sunrise. I should say it was awesome weather with breeze and clouds around. Visibility was good because of moonlight.
But our eagerness to see sunrise was dampened by coulds and we could see a distant pink hue only by 6.30. The morning view of clouds was spectacular and will stay in our minds for ever.
Nidhi and pooni managed to lit morning camp fire thanks to johnny walker and paper plates.
We packed everthing and unwillingly left the place at 7AM. Only while getting down we realised how steep the climb is. We were back in cottage by 8.45AM.
Thank God for the safe trip and calm weather.
Except first photo, all others were taken by Nidhi...
First trek was a one day or i should say one night adventure.
We left king's cottage at somewhere around 6PM, reached there by 8:30PM - 9PM and stayed their for abt 40-45 min and came down by 11PM. It was pretty cold and windy. We had a guide with us.
I am not a good writer of travelogue... all i can say is we went, ate, slept, came back......
Date:- 26-27 April 2008
Team: - Apart from me, poonach, sandeep, seeni, basanna, we had gouda, satish, nidhi joining us this time.
Reason: - Gouda was here from singapore and we were planning for a get together and a nice place for boozing ;), i was the only non-boozer in the team
Items carried :- 2 4-man tents( each weighing 4kgs), 10 2lts(approx 2kgs each) drinking water, Johhny walker BL, Alize Bleu, chapathis, one sickle medical kit, etc etc...
We all met at king's cottage on 26th before noon. Weather was cool as it rained slightly after noon. After lunch and small nap we started our trek at exactly 5PM. At 5.30, after covering a distance of 1-2km satish backed off citing tireness, so 7 of us continued.
We had encounters with leeches on the way as it had rained that week.
The good part of the trek is the 10min passthrough in shola forest. Its pretty dark and scary in this part.
We reached the peak at 8PM, not bad considering we were carrying heavy luggages. By 8.45 the tents were ready, thanks to nidhi for his prior experience.
Surprisingly there was calm at the top of mountain and it wasnt much cold either. We expected it to be pretty chilled and windy but luckily the weather was calm for as long as we were there. one jacket was more than enough to keep us warm.
For sandeep one shorts and Johnny walker was enough to keep him warm.
Our effor to put camp fire went in vain as the ground was wet and we couldnt find dry wood. Even johnny walker couldnt help us to lit the fire. So we had a candle lit booze/dinner inside tent. We slept at around 12AM after having a good time in the breeze. The mountain was fully covered with clouds and visibility was less.
Me and nidhi got up at 5AM and were eager to see the sunrise. I should say it was awesome weather with breeze and clouds around. Visibility was good because of moonlight.
But our eagerness to see sunrise was dampened by coulds and we could see a distant pink hue only by 6.30. The morning view of clouds was spectacular and will stay in our minds for ever.
Nidhi and pooni managed to lit morning camp fire thanks to johnny walker and paper plates.
We packed everthing and unwillingly left the place at 7AM. Only while getting down we realised how steep the climb is. We were back in cottage by 8.45AM.
Thank God for the safe trip and calm weather.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Courier Delivery when nobody at home...
All have experienced this... Expecting a courier... it comes at a time when you aren't at home... 'House locked, courier not delivered'... sometimes the courier company indicates and sometimes not...
Can we have a system where 1) we can upfront tell the courier company we are expecting something and provide them all the necessary identity proof OR 2) we can send SMS to them as 'identification proof' OR 3) Is there any system already implemented? OR 4) Anybody has better ideas?
Can we have a system where 1) we can upfront tell the courier company we are expecting something and provide them all the necessary identity proof OR 2) we can send SMS to them as 'identification proof' OR 3) Is there any system already implemented? OR 4) Anybody has better ideas?
How to have two party system in India
BJP and Congress should tie with each other in the coming election, win the election, and bring a mandate to have 2 Party system in India( like Party A or Party B, no more BJP, congress etc etc). Unless this happens, in the current scenario, no single party will come to majority and there will alliance party(NDA/UPA... blah blah) running this country.
These alliances have become 'katputaliya' in the hands of small parties. Small parties think about their own instead of thinking big and are bane to country's growth...
These alliances have become 'katputaliya' in the hands of small parties. Small parties think about their own instead of thinking big and are bane to country's growth...
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