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Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-8290079891848191842010-10-24T11:25:00.001+05:302010-10-24T11:26:59.269+05:30Oooh! I am a wildflower!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/TMPIv_kh7_I/AAAAAAAAGMg/D8MfPCfzbtA/s1600/IMG_6441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/TMPIv_kh7_I/AAAAAAAAGMg/D8MfPCfzbtA/s640/IMG_6441.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>To see a world in a grain of sand,</strong></span><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<strong></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>And eternity in an hour.</strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>William Blake - Auguries of Innocence</strong></span></em></div></div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Location: Mattanchary Palace, Kochi</span></em></strong></div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-66743172232164363652010-04-07T11:55:00.002+05:302010-04-07T12:01:13.326+05:30Nobody knows this little Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/S7txW9u0qKI/AAAAAAAAF6w/IZ9Ym2UrFo0/s1600/i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/S7txW9u0qKI/AAAAAAAAF6w/IZ9Ym2UrFo0/s640/i.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nobody knows this little Rose </div><div style="text-align: center;">It might a pilgrim be</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did I not take it from the ways</div><div style="text-align: center;">And lift it up to thee.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a Bee will miss it </div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a Butterfly,<br />
Hastening from far journey </div><div style="text-align: center;">On its breast to lie </div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a Bird will wonder </div><div style="text-align: center;">Only a Breeze will sigh </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah Little Rose -- how easy</div><div style="text-align: center;">For such as thee to die! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>--- Emily Dickinson</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'I died as a mineral and became a plant, </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I died as plant and rose to animal, </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I died as animal and I was Man,' </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~Rumi~</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/S3Ea8zbYWEI/AAAAAAAAF2k/DIC5NjsLWhQ/s1600-h/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/S3Ea8zbYWEI/AAAAAAAAF2k/DIC5NjsLWhQ/s640/5.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">How much I love,</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">looking through</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">these intricately carved meshes </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">in the balconies </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">of such old majestic forts.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">The black-woven veil </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">setting me adrift</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">to the sati queens </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">and the psychedelic kings</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">of such old majestic forts.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mehrangarh Fort stands a hundred feet in splendour on a perpendicular cliff, four hundred feet above the sky line of Jodhpur. Burnished red sand stone, imposing, invincible and yet with a strange haunting beauty that beckons . Much has been written about the Citadel of the Sun, for truly, it is one of the most impressive in all Rajasthan.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Since this post is rather delayed, I am gonna keep the descriptions rather short and crisp.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />These are shots taken at the <strong>Ana lake</strong>, an artificial lake named after Anaji Chauhan. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the beautiful marble pavilions alongside the lake, built by Shahjahan, that enhance the overall beauty of the place. The dusking sun's golden hue added to the serenity of the place.</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMi7PS-htsQXP1s5MqXXoCbyjdXNpIwoghKFv5mt3BSycKjpS6OD6hzGCdWQhdwaY3AsPwrlSmqkwF5e0jsupRYKPTNkyTgNTqPmXOWGhW8D9XsUPvWQRiWE8_5Hu9nq5TFkmiQ/s1600-h/IMG_4231.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299207893786488610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMi7PS-htsQXP1s5MqXXoCbyjdXNpIwoghKFv5mt3BSycKjpS6OD6hzGCdWQhdwaY3AsPwrlSmqkwF5e0jsupRYKPTNkyTgNTqPmXOWGhW8D9XsUPvWQRiWE8_5Hu9nq5TFkmiQ/s400/IMG_4231.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9T5dEcJuTL3LNG52FokPLHQ2dscXbCm224X9vZnp-R_g9QjQ9m1tdF7Le7o0uAsHq6lCgj2q1JagkiAsCsZLtCEyd2AC-lrkzkfxVEBcOw_hjINQaTccJKykaonpNY5ovStIxkA/s1600-h/IMG_4234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299207896733335618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9T5dEcJuTL3LNG52FokPLHQ2dscXbCm224X9vZnp-R_g9QjQ9m1tdF7Le7o0uAsHq6lCgj2q1JagkiAsCsZLtCEyd2AC-lrkzkfxVEBcOw_hjINQaTccJKykaonpNY5ovStIxkA/s400/IMG_4234.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUPKazbcVzlHmghxZ9lT1po2iTCZgAnvE70ki6YYax4cjwB6hbtpw_M1B9WfFZERrWsvO2_umUkCF5lVup-RB_cCqlGSefCxjQjWN864-_t1NPbuJKT67leI4-9PcfHkU9-yq2g/s1600-h/IMG_4239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299207895142409090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUPKazbcVzlHmghxZ9lT1po2iTCZgAnvE70ki6YYax4cjwB6hbtpw_M1B9WfFZERrWsvO2_umUkCF5lVup-RB_cCqlGSefCxjQjWN864-_t1NPbuJKT67leI4-9PcfHkU9-yq2g/s400/IMG_4239.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH5CQM06wgo0-Z9min5Abzi8xJdE8mJeKvsTl06zFOnlB2MKoqR6yssh4pNQHKBNKfxTk-RXPXlS31zuQTYZRt0mAKZ85WnUI1HPDQqJwvpMoJNVwD_KUHYl2j7ux9oE9QbRcVQ/s1600-h/IMG_4243.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299207898679669378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH5CQM06wgo0-Z9min5Abzi8xJdE8mJeKvsTl06zFOnlB2MKoqR6yssh4pNQHKBNKfxTk-RXPXlS31zuQTYZRt0mAKZ85WnUI1HPDQqJwvpMoJNVwD_KUHYl2j7ux9oE9QbRcVQ/s400/IMG_4243.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">The <strong>'Dargah Sharif''</strong> is one of the most sacred Muslim shrines in the country. It is the tomb of Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti, a Sufi saint who came from Persia and devoted his life to the service and upliftment of the poor and downtrodden. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">The pilgrims make rich offerings called 'nazrana' at the sacred spot where the saint has been entombed that include rose and jasmine flowers, sandalwood paste, perfumes and incense that put in to the fragrance that floats in the air inside the shrine. Outside the holy place of the Dargah, professional singers called 'qawwals' sit in groups and sing hymns in the praises of the saint. Qawwalis at the shrine and fragrance of the incense sticks together create a divine effect. </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Information source: <a href="http://www.rajasthan-tourism.org/prime-attractions/dargah-sharif.html">http://www.rajasthan-tourism.org/prime-attractions/dargah-sharif.html</a></span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfRa8mvoPnnUiisNjlAh4gucFStFmnGUrfqZwLQ65T0I3dFrDxJxAMH6u3noJwQj7s4fn9C_1bxY6N7bllPwimpAyBPaTtyZ7jZ8YbWN173-oe7FJQwgmJXOfF8e9j5JiAwPTvg/s1600-h/IMG_4268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299207901933872418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfRa8mvoPnnUiisNjlAh4gucFStFmnGUrfqZwLQ65T0I3dFrDxJxAMH6u3noJwQj7s4fn9C_1bxY6N7bllPwimpAyBPaTtyZ7jZ8YbWN173-oe7FJQwgmJXOfF8e9j5JiAwPTvg/s400/IMG_4268.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> The lane to the dargha is thronged with shops selling rose and jasmine flowers, sandalwood, incense and the chaadars that devotees offer as their <strong>nazrana</strong> inside the tomb.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tepaWkA4KbYAHK2Y5JF7G_7inKiC4uwHndgqxBzITcS3jtDh0Jx0hdNjfv1UzpyOdi6zzzg0qwsOUOCbY-o58UbX39F1zLSmNAKWlJU-Ap0ghmhLZFtn3EvGm1PGy0i3xFHCyQ/s1600-h/IMG_4264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299208812644399442" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4FZ125isvIygqK-6zZHO6nTZf-EeIFtY7oGxAM44g5qWOZKvqnCX4OqTdTZbJ-UrcgH5O2A4jQeEpFUC7RiNxQJcHuaZeeNnMZ75But9UkptmDz7Nh1hqLtFTkYVnBf_KMCD6Q/s400/IMG_4344.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p> <span style="font-size:85%;">Insides of the <strong>Nasiyan Jain</strong> <strong>Temple</strong>.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIkB-hdFlzRXUsYyCzXHG5qpwz2BTGyrN2JMVwVt9XjNyNBOD9dpBaIR0Vf5jQKq-qXdmlk_b9zKdNQ0b4aoi_kIecymyzpQUIi7OIx8ukharm7PFsdIPNcq-bGPj9qJmnFZJqw/s1600-h/IMG_4288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299208815506825442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIkB-hdFlzRXUsYyCzXHG5qpwz2BTGyrN2JMVwVt9XjNyNBOD9dpBaIR0Vf5jQKq-qXdmlk_b9zKdNQ0b4aoi_kIecymyzpQUIi7OIx8ukharm7PFsdIPNcq-bGPj9qJmnFZJqw/s400/IMG_4288.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja796uyhmFXGmRpsHF7ZUJeuIWvjpMM_vHxf4msbNpywaoLl5vWVVVmz_xpZQXfCAFhR-CE16WFaGJjoeMGhi3U3kphcpiIB-_CgwmKUoc_4uiY2wYaW9sxDCU7mWKzKzNatv15w/s1600-h/IMG_4298.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299209482135330098" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMIlKordZg5ToCjn7WO7FCbTMLQEx02cssWX80E1YGrRbzvob9p9q8RF49CgxHKBSZMAf7S5ndDTmTZHyazFJ5m85cHUgv1jmcAHVmVlZtBgGYxlZPircrw-q5R583ALYYQEunw/s400/IMG_4373.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgom0UabhSkOq54EbspbMtDyAJPspxBi6pe3rX1DUNwh5B9jkRXeRhFo3UfWhumcCN02oCXiVJ7I7_HTD6Ola4DRXhHgjEgY6zSMGg6t6oHJaxlLmyBoboY0wuqsFtwjjhaJsFb2g/s1600-h/_MG_4381.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299210151689663202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgom0UabhSkOq54EbspbMtDyAJPspxBi6pe3rX1DUNwh5B9jkRXeRhFo3UfWhumcCN02oCXiVJ7I7_HTD6Ola4DRXhHgjEgY6zSMGg6t6oHJaxlLmyBoboY0wuqsFtwjjhaJsFb2g/s400/_MG_4381.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbk6EXgMkiiWEe1dunESbAr5743Um6Q512hWU-lcldRNSD8qDJ_zTaPBGdBGhKva3Ja1vFLiRlZWR_4sfeeLjLoC5DsTgSOL3N3b-xE98rKhJW4nqZ4RdBx2Pl86PViGT5e2uuA/s1600-h/_MG_4383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299210151228533986" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY1lazAFZgYUlxv6O6oQnlaDhO2KvZP8M_XklvuqejDbghQs0PSHOz04mxr2QESMaaH1EQ6Iu_q3snewrJNk-w_0voBYOqszGBvL253Dx0h3w-2825rUzaQnN_9j6hhvWQgWA1w/s400/_MG_4398.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54HKZKN8Yj5OwVtm1xP8WWL0XFs_JgPBXvuz5pEMPgxJBWQ5RKkbyNmIh9-kifGbuGlaISo6tMrZv1VYh-GcZ16G9Vg-T6lbOLBPXPkMcxM6dC3WzlmBBHaiDnblIGunSryp15g/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299210278265002002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54HKZKN8Yj5OwVtm1xP8WWL0XFs_JgPBXvuz5pEMPgxJBWQ5RKkbyNmIh9-kifGbuGlaISo6tMrZv1VYh-GcZ16G9Vg-T6lbOLBPXPkMcxM6dC3WzlmBBHaiDnblIGunSryp15g/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEd9RMlF4q-Y9HFLSL0o3rbCoRj78NNcNazVx-orRYdmHZLGMN-V3UhayGMoR6XMvo_UrG5sKCP3D0fi-mnXDS2LMPymh7EGxzvN-SRqhbqHaJ-OJV7HgqjxpREknoUx15HzSFg/s1600-h/_MG_4400.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299210157472596498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEd9RMlF4q-Y9HFLSL0o3rbCoRj78NNcNazVx-orRYdmHZLGMN-V3UhayGMoR6XMvo_UrG5sKCP3D0fi-mnXDS2LMPymh7EGxzvN-SRqhbqHaJ-OJV7HgqjxpREknoUx15HzSFg/s400/_MG_4400.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-41864501437086284952008-11-10T15:30:00.010+05:302010-02-26T12:29:39.219+05:30Diwali at SShrishti TrustJoined the Diwali celebrations at <a href="http://www.sshrishti.org/">SShrishti Trust</a> this year. I had spent some time with a bunch of lovely kids two years ago teaching them practically nothing in the real sense but learning a lot in return:-).<br />
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Here, are a few captures of the night.<br />
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<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRgHTqSM6jI/AAAAAAAAD3M/ShnO3IacoHA/s1600-h/IMG_3618.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266967798559337010" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRgHTqSM6jI/AAAAAAAAD3M/ShnO3IacoHA/s400/IMG_3618.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRgHTfV14JI/AAAAAAAAD3E/AGoSoTIO7Do/s1600-h/IMG_3613.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266967795621814418" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRgHTfV14JI/AAAAAAAAD3E/AGoSoTIO7Do/s400/IMG_3613.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-32578954554660630062008-11-05T20:34:00.005+05:302008-11-05T20:55:27.548+05:30Jodhpur - A short weekend break!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2sWzy44I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/OESf4A6H860/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190312526144386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2sWzy44I/AAAAAAAAD0Y/OESf4A6H860/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190320472239426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2s0aSrUI/AAAAAAAAD0w/R5kZ8S13cA8/s400/a.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265194405862498034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG6anrO3vI/AAAAAAAAD2I/CQnWE8FYNS4/s400/IMG_2984.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265192420786034994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG4nEsH2TI/AAAAAAAAD1Y/hvp9JOg6K4Y/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2sFROSJI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/xnr9IsEbfUk/s1600-h/IMG_2996.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190307817736338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2sFROSJI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/xnr9IsEbfUk/s400/IMG_2996.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265192435093781458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG4n5_Wu9I/AAAAAAAAD14/qqbJB1CQ780/s400/IMG_2997.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190320824477138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG2s1uRZdI/AAAAAAAAD0o/Ki7DxlLNLPs/s400/2.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190762600762306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG3Gjd8i8I/AAAAAAAAD1Q/__1fG_jf_-s/s400/IMG_3028.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265190759357567922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG3GXYtU7I/AAAAAAAAD1I/xAWFCaWROys/s400/IMG_3027.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265192425272208770" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG5ufi08VI/AAAAAAAAD2A/RsWpZtT9V3M/s400/IMG_3048.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265192434087077954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG4n2PVqEI/AAAAAAAAD1w/Ef-53UYziGo/s400/IMG_2943.jpg" border="0" /> </div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-60800389129114871522008-06-18T12:37:00.003+05:302008-11-05T17:10:49.826+05:30Golden Temple, Amritsar<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAJzoQzdO1IvKJJEfrHge4tZ4Llq5Dgoomue8d-_osQYmN3HtL15aoA_nomlnAIH2JaDeBtKHTNPEJsER4oW09q6W2Odr27myVbXDcFaKJ680YNRnEGxHdS24XpBFG_g77d7uTQ/s1600-h/2768030479_5071955983_b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265136504511406978" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X9tVHWF9dvDWuLTAZIt7BxcD918FKZZet8dclIRaHazrqCKOOLtevjIPiRhoTWQo4U2WvhThywRDSKygIsP9sJuPIadB6VFswlzseKN0qunaFZymGO9KsB_OeE863BB7tsvAcA/s400/IMG_2300.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213115139153298290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mUpxg3I/AAAAAAAADWw/TxMI6TbThEc/s400/2559877401_a47d41046e.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mU8gwNI/AAAAAAAADW4/0pHE35sS3zM/s1600-h/2560752806_2000cbaf40.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213115139231891666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mU8gwNI/AAAAAAAADW4/0pHE35sS3zM/s400/2560752806_2000cbaf40.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mUpxg3I/AAAAAAAADWw/TxMI6TbThEc/s1600-h/2559877401_a47d41046e.jpg"></a><br />"<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mUpxg3I/AAAAAAAADWw/TxMI6TbThEc/s1600-h/2559877401_a47d41046e.jpg"><em>Realisation of Truth is higher than all else. Higher still is truthful living."</em></a></div><div><em> - Guru Granth Sahib Adi Granth</em><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFi0mU8gwNI/AAAAAAAADW4/0pHE35sS3zM/s1600-h/2560752806_2000cbaf40.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-51283824450074589082008-06-18T12:35:00.001+05:302008-11-05T20:33:45.480+05:30At the Wagah Border, Amritsar<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG1t18xwuI/AAAAAAAAD0I/VlXcvAzynDU/s1600-h/2560693754_5d32b83d82_b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265189238553559778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG1t18xwuI/AAAAAAAAD0I/VlXcvAzynDU/s400/2560693754_5d32b83d82_b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG1s5b02aI/AAAAAAAAD0A/FLyi92cIWvs/s1600-h/2560672800_4285f7d949_b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265189222309222818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SRG1s5b02aI/AAAAAAAAD0A/FLyi92cIWvs/s400/2560672800_4285f7d949_b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8RyliEI/AAAAAAAADWY/lgfvDd9WoB0/s1600-h/2560673698_8c16931d72.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213114416830449730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8RyliEI/AAAAAAAADWY/lgfvDd9WoB0/s400/2560673698_8c16931d72.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8YGL2HI/AAAAAAAADWg/9Q949niWGGM/s1600-h/2559853617_b82a433865.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213114418523265138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8YGL2HI/AAAAAAAADWg/9Q949niWGGM/s400/2559853617_b82a433865.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8U4aHlI/AAAAAAAADWo/O3Sh4CQ-mhU/s1600-h/2559860623_753fddfffa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213114417660173906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SFiz8U4aHlI/AAAAAAAADWo/O3Sh4CQ-mhU/s400/2559860623_753fddfffa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-47520239745625561442008-06-06T12:52:00.004+05:302010-02-26T12:47:50.293+05:30A moment at Jama Masjid, Delhi<div align="center"><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SEjl400LTaI/AAAAAAAAC8c/04BEZ_PSXbc/s1600-h/2358674662_d506c6d5e1_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="427" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208665733466901922" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SEjl400LTaI/AAAAAAAAC8c/04BEZ_PSXbc/s640/2358674662_d506c6d5e1_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SEjl5OFMmpI/AAAAAAAAC8k/NY7TeV3BcJk/s1600-h/2358674672_1ef0cb35e1_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="427" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208665740249176722" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/SEjl5OFMmpI/AAAAAAAAC8k/NY7TeV3BcJk/s640/2358674672_1ef0cb35e1_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This is love: </span></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: large;">to fly toward a secret sky, </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: large;">to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: large;">First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: large;">- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi</span></strong></em></div>Shelly Jainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581058756204448823noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-35639630132450689242007-12-07T14:56:00.035+05:302010-02-26T12:51:10.444+05:30Kerala - God's own country<span style="font-size: 85%;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">If God love</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>s coconut trees, then he/she must be residing in Kerala.</strong> </span><br />
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<div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;">That was my very first thought after we moved out of the Kochi airport after being glued to the window for some 15 minutes the very moment the plane started to descend. The vast stretch of coconut trees, small streams flowing and the red thatched roofs – all made for a very picturesque site. </span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;">My friend had invited me over and I wasn’t very sure of how this ten day break in Kerala would turn out to be. Of course, now I am overwhelmed with the warm reception I received, the comfortable accommodation and the taxi arranged for me. Thanks V! I owe much to you:-) and it was really an amazing experience.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxy6RRD4h6rvsMXbhPR2wzmYoopilHlBgf48S0QZWZc-xsxw7UDfvv8oAVi4MxVSNeumUWLVxOtZfzvaYDeUUavaTe3dpLvoO4hEvXCbX_cxMs8cRjmcSUMBYJ2RwdBNawkFyRg/s1600-h/IMG_0340.JPG"></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;">As we drove to kochi, I could not help getting amused by the huge bunches of bananas hanging practically in every shop, the many men in their lungis (wrap arounds) half-folded up to their knees sitting outside their shops doing nothing really, the churches, long queues of women clad in colourful sarees waiting at bus stops and huge hoardings advertising in Malayalam for gold jewellery. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc;">We reached the guesthouse near Marine Drive where we got to relax for a few hours. The sunset we saw on the way was simply mind-blowing. In the evening, we took a jetty to visit Fort Kochi. The ride was nice. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;">Next day, we headed for Varkala. Varkala, is a quiet seaside destination and is known for its cliffs adjacent to the Arabian Sea. The secluded beach, the small shops and the eating joints are full of foreigners who seem to be having a grand time either surfing in the sea, relaxing in the sun or learning more about yoga or enjoying the exotic Kerala massages. We took a quite lunch at one of the small restaurants there and then finally, we headed for the sea. My mum busied herself collecting shells whereas I was totally enjoying the sae to the full. Later, we headed to the cliff again.</span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;">*****************************************************************************************************</span></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"></span></strong></span></div></div></div></div><div><div><strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;">We reached Trivandrum in the night. The next day, we visited the Padmanaswamy temple, which permits only the Hindus to worship the Gods in the temple. Thankfully, my mom was carrying a cotton saree that I could wear to the temple else I would not be permitted inside. I cannot describe how much enchanted I was with the beauty of sculptures, the huge idol of Vishnu – parts of which can be seen only through the three small doors, the courtyard with hundreds of sculptures of apsaras offering flowers to the Gods, the devotees singing prayers that sounded divine and the many many other idols . It’s was surreal and for a moment I really did feel transcended to another era altogether. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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Munnar has everything that one can imagine! It has the unending expanse of tea plantations, green rolling hills, flowing waters in the streams, vast stretch of Eucalyptus trees, exotic species of flora and fauna in its dense forests and more...<br />
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You just have to go there and experience it!</span><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/R8UkFIP9yTI/AAAAAAAACG0/XLuQ1rcDShc/s1600-h/IMG_0343.JPG"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171579417637275954" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/R8UkFIP9yTI/AAAAAAAACG0/XLuQ1rcDShc/s200/IMG_0343.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPEHq4ELUqfR7ff4eIdbiHs9ZDTqh2scRgun5fJZX3iX78k-7yeq4TNWCjMDPjQsKrMfpk23HRKn72SizpLEByMwXFHd9rtxz_9RXkBfUUjXHHG5s7aRGOWpKd15WKYxU77Y-YQ/s1600-h/IMG_0264.JPG"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171174294565299730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPEHq4ELUqfR7ff4eIdbiHs9ZDTqh2scRgun5fJZX3iX78k-7yeq4TNWCjMDPjQsKrMfpk23HRKn72SizpLEByMwXFHd9rtxz_9RXkBfUUjXHHG5s7aRGOWpKd15WKYxU77Y-YQ/s200/IMG_0264.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuCvmyS-RjmLr5GO1iU-n4fEmd4enUfMvEHG7en58bASSQm-qaiKjaBh-rstYLQANDTt9_pXT_Cpt8sxt3cMtQA61z8Xy3Fzh1Dtjg70cw7xgoP4BbLJ86iiw2Erg2bQhgVvWng/s1600-h/IMG_0270.JPG"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171174307450201650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuCvmyS-RjmLr5GO1iU-n4fEmd4enUfMvEHG7en58bASSQm-qaiKjaBh-rstYLQANDTt9_pXT_Cpt8sxt3cMtQA61z8Xy3Fzh1Dtjg70cw7xgoP4BbLJ86iiw2Erg2bQhgVvWng/s200/IMG_0270.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span><br />
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It was quite an experience carrying the RAHI Banners and placards as we ran and mostly walked the entire 7 km stretch, gaining quite a bit of attention from curious onlookers who wanted to know more about the organisation.<br /><br />RAHI deals with Child Sexual Abuse. It works with adult women survivors of incest and childhood sexual abuse and offers services that are uniquely important to their recovery process.<br /><br />Anuja Gupta and Ashwini Aliawadi are the founders of this organisation and have become very dear friends of mine. They are among the lovliest people I am ever going to get to know. And I really do want to thank them for giving me an opportunity to be assocaited with their work. </div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/R95N0ENmRrI/AAAAAAAACJ8/q-HfOx3QEao/s1600-h/PA020810.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178662178401961650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_f5XJLamH3fY/R95N0ENmRrI/AAAAAAAACJ8/q-HfOx3QEao/s400/PA020810.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJKBVUxHPmIHJZQ4DePLWQn_7uNgfJPfV8UlPQD1VUb9A9poxHGpQciGfsTif7dFR_A_QLcP8cAqdOR_0PssXHCThHMhzZrYyahnmcVntVQPIQGj6FobuiHtdaJ_x_H7kFlIkfg/s1600-h/PA020844.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127033006946376882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJKBVUxHPmIHJZQ4DePLWQn_7uNgfJPfV8UlPQD1VUb9A9poxHGpQciGfsTif7dFR_A_QLcP8cAqdOR_0PssXHCThHMhzZrYyahnmcVntVQPIQGj6FobuiHtdaJ_x_H7kFlIkfg/s400/PA020844.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC7-RobB_fAd3k0ylENfa_jNfKssAW_r1AWsp8KwCQjxWC4wCm_YVJDDrvf2OxT6VvD6ve7IQHBtKOnUWZN5D7Jp2k8zQiSMlFH2iqh_0BIO5PfPBhqLC9QgsNNOcFvKiZ8UZUg/s1600-h/marathon+pix+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127035339113618642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC7-RobB_fAd3k0ylENfa_jNfKssAW_r1AWsp8KwCQjxWC4wCm_YVJDDrvf2OxT6VvD6ve7IQHBtKOnUWZN5D7Jp2k8zQiSMlFH2iqh_0BIO5PfPBhqLC9QgsNNOcFvKiZ8UZUg/s400/marathon+pix+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeo1xDwTx4eiFJGju420c09ij1eKwSw49Um_YvAOFsH8kVT94sBfKqFFk8Ehjk-cZ9jR2mD_WotpjqkWlewQiMcvkcnAwJuh0MGT8VMjJkT6MgqX7biW1A7KugAhsKnHAqcQX7w/s1600-h/marathon%20pix%20022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127033582471994562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeo1xDwTx4eiFJGju420c09ij1eKwSw49Um_YvAOFsH8kVT94sBfKqFFk8Ehjk-cZ9jR2mD_WotpjqkWlewQiMcvkcnAwJuh0MGT8VMjJkT6MgqX7biW1A7KugAhsKnHAqcQX7w/s400/marathon%2520pix%2520022.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6N7anR5jO4_TN9L-jg0ow7aFc1-KSG1hiPnyNelJuaP9LbmgaHZOB4Z1gEXV_MUx-Sc7jxXK5QS-hNcSC4zJdJgQrE-FE8jQYdm3QOZaWcRjGuSCGlgV_6b5O_eh7kCVJECnfSA/s1600-h/marathon%20pix%20048.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127036150862437602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6N7anR5jO4_TN9L-jg0ow7aFc1-KSG1hiPnyNelJuaP9LbmgaHZOB4Z1gEXV_MUx-Sc7jxXK5QS-hNcSC4zJdJgQrE-FE8jQYdm3QOZaWcRjGuSCGlgV_6b5O_eh7kCVJECnfSA/s400/marathon%2520pix%2520048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>The group includes: Deepika, Abha, Shubhra, Mukul, Anuja, Ashwini and Me.<br />RAHI – Recovering and Healing from Incest</div><div><a href="http://www.rahifoundation.org/">www.rahifoundation.org/</a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-45174624870603979302007-03-27T16:30:00.001+05:302007-03-27T16:39:50.871+05:30Painting your canvas…<strong><em>(*Removed this one from Nirvana and got it onto Psychedelic Flights! This one belongs here:-)<br /></em></strong><br />Written on 7th March '07<br /><br />Holi was colourful and nice this year :-) It was a sweet family affair. We used these really nice dry colours to wish a very Happy Holi to everyone around. I loved the blue, red, green and yellow smeared on our faces and hair. We looked kinda cute:-)<br /><br />I was always very scared of this festival and never participated in it. I remember hiding in the darkest and the innermost room in my ancestral house to save myself from being colored all black and blue when I was a child, just like my mother. I would cry when someone would colour us. My younger brothers would start preparing for Holi days in advance by buying pichkaaris, balloons and some crazy metallic colours. I still have visions of my own brother filling up balloons with colored water and then smearing black paint or something of the crazy sort on his hands and then running out in the streets. My grandfather would take us to the market to buy us the fanciest of pichkaaris. When I was in the hostel, I thought Holi was crazy, and I dreaded it all the more. I hated being chased by my friends so that they could smear me with keechad, eggs, polish and paint and me running around away from them screaming endlessly. I detested all of it.<br /><br />Today, I love colours! They can be so beautiful and give one so much joy:-) They work as a brilliant analogy for me wherein I believe God has given us numerous colours for us to go and paint our life with it! And whoa! What a beautiful painting we can make…<br />The choice is ours :-)<br /><br />The next thing that comes to my mind is Vitamins. I never thought of fruits, green vegetables, sprouts, protein rich foods and stuff like that. I mean they were a bit too boring and a bit too fresh for my taste. I never touched curd, salad, cheese and I almost hated the sight of fruits. Off late, I have been eating ice like it were some candy and have shamelessly been picking up on one cube after the other from almost all my drinks, much to the embarrassment of my friends. But ummmmmmm…..I just love the way it crackles in my mouth every time I bite on it. It’s heaven! Trust me, worth a try!<br /><br />On Saturday, I learnt I am suffering from acute vitamin deficiency after I met a doctor, finally. I was feeling so weak in the past few days that I’d to skip work twice and had to decline every single invite that came my way. I am sure half my friends already think I’m being arrogant, but heck NO! I have been sick :( really really sick :-)<br /><br />One of my best friends is moving to Delhi soon. I am SOOOO looking forward to it. And I am desperately waiting for the 8th to arrive; this mercury going retrograde is being such a pain: DDDD.<br /><br />I was reading this book (don’t remember the name), it talked about comparing our entire life span with that of the universe. We appear like these blips and vanish into nothingness forever. We are completely insignificant in the entire evolution of the cosmic world. Yet, we spend our entire life worrying about trivial matters, acquiring the priciest of things, building complex webs, indulging in unnecessary battles of love, hatred and... the list is endless. I saw Tuesday’s with Morrie, and I was quite touched when Morrie says that if we all were to realise that someday we are going to die, we may want to live our life differently. We may want to adjust our values, ambitions, dreams, love, hate, people in our life, daily schedules etc etc. So true!!!! Isn't it????<br /><br />So there, maybe we should all go refresh our dreams and paint it pretty :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-69953368356383194232007-03-20T16:09:00.000+05:302007-03-20T17:15:59.870+05:30What makes up my DNA!Thank you <a href="http://diemos.blogspot.com/">M! </a>Loved getting this visual report for me:-)<br /><br /><embed allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJavaScript="false" src="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/swf/widget.swf" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" width="500" height="350" name="widget" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="bgcolor=#000000&i1=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-5A36BB17.jpeg&c1=Theres something so beautiful about creating with your hands..&i2=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-244E413D.jpeg&c2=I love the concerts, the wild energy, the rawness and the real!&i3=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-6781E621.jpeg&c3=Ah! A massage is all I need!&i4=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_23F0F190.jpeg&c4=Jumping off the cliff... and then growing those wings!&i5=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-640F526E.jpeg&c5=eeeewww... I dislike dirty feet!&i6=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-1AF7A965.jpeg&c6=Its all about holding hands!&i7=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-795C1F3D.jpeg&c7=Ah shoes! My weakness.&i8=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-6DA4C4D5.jpeg&c8=Colorful, bright, vibrant... thats how I like it!&i9=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-6E34BAB8.jpeg&c9=Om shanti Om!&i10=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-45A19707.jpeg&c10=Travel - Isnt that why we were born!&i11=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-180A018F.jpeg&c11=Monuments, love, tranquility, ...&i12=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-5DD0E519.jpeg&c12=A perfect cocktail!&i13=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-2A5CA732.jpeg&c13=&moodlabel=SOFISTICAT&lovelabel=TOUCHY FEELY&funlabel=ESCAPE ARTIST&habitslabel=HIGH TIME ROLLER&uid=129646-818b&srv=iwebcl6" ></embed> <div style="text-align:center; width:500px;height:25px;margin-top:0px; background-color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:5px 0 0 0; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;"><a href="http://networking.imagini.blueorange.co.uk/vdna.php?uid=129646-818b&srv=iwebcl6" style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">Read my VisualDNA</a><span style="font-size:10px;color:#cccccc">™</span> <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" style="color:rgb(255,255,255) ">Get your own VisualDNA™</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-90163844383290345392007-03-09T12:57:00.000+05:302007-03-09T13:19:46.940+05:30Caged!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsQNWc_TmznaORg8MaLOd91T0Uj6limI1BHQ2bzr5XkmmVjHje_YN3Hq1Ae-kiWJhqG0jfmc8ORxAL6aEzkApjPxHRiee41oaNRMNUM3FEUlSntTyer7GmUGoS2ate1tNtJr9iA/s1600-h/351395206_05ea047e9d.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong><em>(Took these pics in Dec 2006 at the National Zoo, Delhi)</em></strong></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjKt8zh9SjRi1Q0xK9G74UToRHCD4rXnMLSgdR3Pr_g-4L5ud9ORrSBtNcPWWY060xUXhIUSoYeaO13eWyzEFb9I8RauVkT1V9zTu0lRSLYGomaKL2r8XuMTIMKC2ytWyowYclg/s1600-h/351395206_05ea047e9d.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><strong><em> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039826920410475730" 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Both were extremely entertaining and the latter one deserved nothing short of a standing ovation for the women who shared their stories of rape, incest, female genital mutilation, child molestation, sex and so on; for the women who collected these stories and presented it in the form of a play; and for the women who performed it in front of a huge audience describing and enacting some interesting facts that shocked us, amused us and finally touched our hearts. Jayanti Bhatia deserves a special mention. She was surprisingly outstanding with her bits of performance. Maybe you ought to go and find out for yourself why? :ppp</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Oh yeah, its Valentine's! Wish you all good luck in finding your soulmates:-) </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I keep telling you, they exist:-)))))</span></em></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-38485635042907906632007-02-07T14:58:00.000+05:302007-04-09T13:52:32.608+05:30Jaipur - the colorful land of Maharajas, their grand palaces, literature feast and more...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">I was really keen on visiting Jaipur for a long time now and finally I put in my plans together to explore this Pink city. Needless to say, I was quite captivated by the grandeur of the huge palaces, the vastness of the ancient forts, the widespread boundary walls that encircled the city on its periphery, the colourful bazaars, the spicy food, the rich culture and the warmth of the people. It was indeed a memorable experience that was not only satisfying but left me in complete awe of our heritage, art and culture.<br /><br />I left from delhi early morning with Ramchander bhaiya and a friend. We stopped at the Neemrana Fort-Palace and were completely taken in by the beauty and the magnificence of its structure. Carved into a hill, the stepped palace offers splendid views of the village around. The ruins around the fort almost tempted me to stay there for a few days and unearth the stories that lay buried.<br /><br />As we reached Jaipur, we could see the boundary walls of the forts spread on the hilltops surrounding the city, dozens of multi-colored embroidered umbrellas spread out on the roads and puppets hanging in every shop of the market-place. As we entered further into the city, everything was red, the building structures confined to the old architecture – Yes, we had reached the Pinkcity.<br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028745192949664050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf93SoXpYArBNBrWpGWvHLEYBIwMr89RT8dh29YxiRWuAHz360ReAbIkr3UH0zVEdqMQLL16V3kqS09kkqG_dhNYyhMNKqR7vX9UFsk8tFw4qR9YG-QIvcqXFN8bfArox21wXsLg/s400/DSC01132-1a.jpg" border="0" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">I checked into my hotel and rested for a while. In the evening, went to the Diggi Palace where a major part of the Literature Festival was being held. I met a few of the Caferati members and sat through a poetry session and listened to the three readers - Jeet Thayil, Jane Bhandari and Keki daruwalla. I loved Jeet’s poem, Ghazal, which you can read below: </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff6600;"><em><strong>Ghazal: Jeet Thayil</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff6600;"><em>Listen! Someone's saying a prayer in Malayalam. </em></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff6600;"><em>He says there's no word for 'despair' in Malayalam.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"><em>Sometimes at daybreak you sing a Gujarati garba.At night you open your hair in Malayalam.......</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"><em>Visitors are welcome in The School of Lost Tongues.Someone's endowed a high chair in Malayalam.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"><em>I greet you my ancestors, O scholars and linguists.My father who recites Baudelaire in Malayalam.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#ff6600;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeet, such drama with the scraps that you know.Write a couplet, if you dare, in Malayalam.</span> </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6600;"><em><strong>:-)</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">After this I headed for Chawkidhani. I liked the hospitality of the people who served us the typical Rajasthani food on <em>patals</em>, serving us loads of sangar, lasan ka achaar, baajre ki khichdi, maal poha and god knows what all.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">The next day I was headed to visit the forts and the palaces that defined the city and its culture. The first one was called HawaMahal – Palace of winds. The Mahal has numerous <em>Jharokhas</em> that form an interesting façade for the palace, overlooking the busy bazaar. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028746730547956034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcilYGK0KwoBT5MqvEi3JqmODoIvwyidMdy5KaX_4Ni4p2o2_D7VTDgC-p57hzR04LiBY8uWLFYB8Ae9y6f0nzMeQdhbuR0UOrwUr8CeLr7RWYWJpibGri8tMpX51SfhgRcJo1-g/s400/DSC01129.JPG" border="0" /></span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028726445417416642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgswu9MEzmGAKMhmPYpZ1yiLq_dZop7svchdR3jkOf-shL5ZM0t0xw_F6_I8vtJdgPciJuAH00k5emEYlVkUW-QYl8NuQNRYseHyV2QSTRA-Ln1snstS0ryjMg8T2OHgU870ngRw/s400/DSC01141-1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028738608764799154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAKKG-tXFd8aWgy2qICAsLgTDZFiXVVwo9YNN1azhJ-sTndHmUA_lIgpJwZXtSOs6byLKPjwdaidrkuoPoW3qI3hbADoK7XRFVYDbCGnOBunQr48SmjS3LFG23W1h9_uedYWecOw/s400/DSC01135-1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">Next on my schedule was the prime attraction – the three forts, Amber, Jaigarh and Nahargarh. The short drive uphill was lovely and I could not stop raving about the splendid view we got of the city.</span> We reached the Amber Fort and let me tell you, it was a breathtaking sight. We hired the services of a guide and then went about exploring the entire fort and the Amber city built by Raja Man Singh. </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028738608764799170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV62tjbt2oHqzK8YgwlvxVBkpjmw6lCOUFh-jk296yDCfGGpe1bCCD5QL-7PKMI04tCP_FBBkdYiKTjKP3JeVXbqi9UIdB8TlENThWwPblPDq-t4aSHVxFPfWJMcAmTAMAx7kScQ/s400/DSC01150.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028726449712383970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienDuTMHXwV32tnMfFtYM_LcpZUBSqDMmo7NBrGCP-opf34qYDuFKvBGFf5w221JAw8wehtir0Z9yYSTFjJVlLhdh8xVlCIZVCHwSCX2HUBIdwupxOqVPpgzup6nP1gZ0OvD-irg/s400/100_1034-1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028727218511530002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ez2lQWYkoY3zC6W0Co3Ypbt_BzocO4XZmB3lcHrJMYmVuL1MvDX_jfAbjb8yn9zaCb-voOSlJ5oS5NzPcOJutoPX64rxayI6bYe-L8JVQiJ9K8ZhkaP9BhGAkAntozI6Kffwww/s400/100_1052-1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028726454007351298" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTiyUS_fCT9PzzXzIvo1l6Go0LeXm1L-3F9Wnz_4SOgr96WU6lmYpzA5tZFqDpBbsd3KfVlLujGylGmzhyphenhyphenNHGMICiaUuJrfuG7079DPYh8DikXgw7QOUOE7kJLGo_EyKygMTIXA/s400/DSC01236.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028724658711021378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzp9Hc-s960JQUhKXOlxCskLyN_-Hye8dEj9BGYarRE1FVMg84fRR_K_pS6BD9ZOhfO8ssxp6oc07VYoIgkY2j-TGsnxQMIF2fc7yav-E3-vaXsYMAYfT2GM-ycmSawXbKuVhGZQ/s400/DSC01223.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p>You can view the rest of the pics of the Caferati evening here</p><p><a href="http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=802623&confid=1199">http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=802623&confid=1199</a></p><p>To be continued...<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-52471368948131215832007-02-02T15:15:00.000+05:302007-02-12T02:41:50.592+05:30Neemrana Fort-Palace<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#666666;">Neemrana Fort-Palace is Rajasthan's closest palace from New Delhi. I stopped here on my way to Jaipur for a while and I simply fell in love with the grandeur of this majestic palace. The fort has been turned into a hotel and does provide the luxuries that it must, including a swimming pool on the terrace, lavishly done up rooms, open-air -theatre etc.<br /><br />But what I simply loved about the palace were the wide <em>aangans</em> in the middle of each block, the <em>barsaatis</em> overlooking the fields, and the old-fashioned <em>dahleejs</em> that stood at each entrance. It reminded me of my ancestral house where we lived before moving to Delhi. I particularly enjoyed the <em>jeenaas</em> that led from one part of the fort to another and would have been just perfect to play hide n seek. Also, I loved the rustic feel given by the use of <em>kachhi-mitti</em> at a few places and the <em>laltens </em>that hung around to light up the palace in the night.<br /><br />I really wanted to spend a day there, perhaps with my family, to relax those stressed nerves of mine that deal with the everyday chaos. But alas! I had to leave, and Neemrana lingered on in my thoughts.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouUIXTHO2R0Bt00cljR4SN_7dTqaWFn_CJMTiUHaHC6NAqy0dfxCAdwg0rNbhHYb2Bjh95YvqUoDr5137rPZwe6qKUVVv7iAr5LtFN3TWH3xKqkx0aLvsIrDD8gHB9Oukq-RlRQ/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026871758279919202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouUIXTHO2R0Bt00cljR4SN_7dTqaWFn_CJMTiUHaHC6NAqy0dfxCAdwg0rNbhHYb2Bjh95YvqUoDr5137rPZwe6qKUVVv7iAr5LtFN3TWH3xKqkx0aLvsIrDD8gHB9Oukq-RlRQ/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5y5ozkN3YO7kzis5drNNjS_RcbGlSZxGEBpKBTpzHpNCHmMvIKjwmnBnJIVAlHTLb8L3yTdcZEGEE2kZiGBcUjcY5QLTQKh3CpiX4DM1I7Y2N4ydXWQuIK4o_VALtnXXHavE_w/s1600-h/1a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026871762574886514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5y5ozkN3YO7kzis5drNNjS_RcbGlSZxGEBpKBTpzHpNCHmMvIKjwmnBnJIVAlHTLb8L3yTdcZEGEE2kZiGBcUjcY5QLTQKh3CpiX4DM1I7Y2N4ydXWQuIK4o_VALtnXXHavE_w/s400/1a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8UUKP6ZHeVzPqBtDs3f_AW7pJoHB8cZpyNmWFWXWL0WA-XKz9yyMk4E5Nh8J1tNcl9vWbRuTkmJh5PRIdUN8P7Tki0mIMYn7mihC9klJOk1BrSVfJaj-ijjQMx2B5e6dOMfWZA/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026871762574886530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8UUKP6ZHeVzPqBtDs3f_AW7pJoHB8cZpyNmWFWXWL0WA-XKz9yyMk4E5Nh8J1tNcl9vWbRuTkmJh5PRIdUN8P7Tki0mIMYn7mihC9klJOk1BrSVfJaj-ijjQMx2B5e6dOMfWZA/s400/9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SwAm7EtngPmuRVE55s2_pwX5LXDL9mEoT-fIE8wK-NcUXGjtBSUvYMPjzVymAJck7VtsEjYKe6Ok9eSYRgrypitViObccsT7SmxPKcY_z9Bdx7-i1BY5va4h4JXK_aOwgM1CIQ/s1600-h/11.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgekhP34M0O4GWLU3_Ht7_v2eTCceKJ7tPOcNRFnf0Vz76AzDhSRaT_wYZ5S7R2YkK_tUQGzwawssI4_wdoqeMqDVQpZur1w4usLG_yjQd644TtwrfTlzun1UENIP6kcZjdNN8A/s1600-h/30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026871766869853858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgekhP34M0O4GWLU3_Ht7_v2eTCceKJ7tPOcNRFnf0Vz76AzDhSRaT_wYZ5S7R2YkK_tUQGzwawssI4_wdoqeMqDVQpZur1w4usLG_yjQd644TtwrfTlzun1UENIP6kcZjdNN8A/s400/30.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026872041747760818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpN56In9QIbcGbf3DA17XXoA4-QAaYHZHiWBj6tmSJNRKmQubbsu2ERk8pw8qVf5ppWWZnOk-xOHhNQ11D1U2taAzF_W_amfRh06zGENF7TRnTdrmChRO1NDhAk3085eo64CxiA/s400/21.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026872591503574722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqg8SSnSQJT5J8bUpSoeGsuZCYEG3Hii9TR203AZAeYFWILKgSz4KAItWgayLnsF3otz8u622CheN2wWD7gPwwER6cV31IrGjGT9lL0nNlSRLuJBIcHVO_eFqLzl_2BRaYUilMvQ/s400/17.jpg" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36534358.post-7644056785680410642007-01-30T13:24:00.000+05:302007-02-09T15:48:46.994+05:30Republic Day Euphoria!I was invited to <a href="http://www.sshrishti.org/"><strong>Sshristhi</strong></a> for the Republic Day celebrations. I reached there just-in-time <em>(*Yes, the kids called me up as a reminder*)</em> else the lazy me would have missed most of it. I was simply overwhelmed by the wonderful show these kids had put up. These lil things (age varying from 4-14 yrs) managed to stage a play on girl education, numerous colourful dances, group songs and solo performances. I was quite amazed at the energy I felt around me and the excitement was infectious.<br /><br />I clicked a few pictures that are displayed below, in my effort to capture the euphoric moment!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729611975505170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TG2ubrGfFJ0UDtynOlBKVqYjDsEbPezyRLTUr43AH64GPrCIOLrijaWR_oc5pqi6omKVRR7-snVeSK_iX-t8WcLWc52F9aZNq5jB_tDvnBPmCDQQjv5gFn-ztjrapjn0IKqOKA/s400/DSC01387.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAr7_VBp2bjQhf_ZOOm_dt2v5KsOkydSDQyiurdCiGWsayIV7yDm9hcYZZJHI9pYPkHTTc5fl5PXyO_HyotwiJoa-UEJ81Vijf149X3khL7dUZEkbKuBCUUYfGqjmNekfevmNVQ/s1600-h/DSC01391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026141984670496082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSAr7_VBp2bjQhf_ZOOm_dt2v5KsOkydSDQyiurdCiGWsayIV7yDm9hcYZZJHI9pYPkHTTc5fl5PXyO_HyotwiJoa-UEJ81Vijf149X3khL7dUZEkbKuBCUUYfGqjmNekfevmNVQ/s400/DSC01391.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB98U8hnyTyvMKIAUjeME-QixTKqgKb7YWWIsSaxvIZZToj-FK0fIzc9N3Q9Ndh1NYNkZDu6m_DF20LFUBuuExsAWbqfRtlETDkCtZRzK1Kd8rksB56vrVEBcFqCV9Q6CjWQFKA/s1600-h/DSC01392.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729607680537842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKB98U8hnyTyvMKIAUjeME-QixTKqgKb7YWWIsSaxvIZZToj-FK0fIzc9N3Q9Ndh1NYNkZDu6m_DF20LFUBuuExsAWbqfRtlETDkCtZRzK1Kd8rksB56vrVEBcFqCV9Q6CjWQFKA/s400/DSC01392.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8IcFk2MoDCHm9OAar1GaBrUbV_woN-BGNXmP6dxc2yKyJBR55fJGdC7Rqj9ZnC4mpjQIKhNTglTTig4TbEJ_vW32dQyjioCu5GLwQghaJ7PE9NkA4dkZ1F9JXcDMiJdD2oeMyw/s1600-h/DSC01390a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729611975505154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8IcFk2MoDCHm9OAar1GaBrUbV_woN-BGNXmP6dxc2yKyJBR55fJGdC7Rqj9ZnC4mpjQIKhNTglTTig4TbEJ_vW32dQyjioCu5GLwQghaJ7PE9NkA4dkZ1F9JXcDMiJdD2oeMyw/s400/DSC01390a.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729616270472498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkEswlJTzFAZgvT0CIctGgZt7qE2tTh3GYVl3TcKdY-OqbGNgXBbR08HvsThmv0cFgico1qmVYWRNj60pW9tomMiXOmGppr3hfx3SotA-WkXVE3ukT3MEpP32zt_KX0q5S2z95g/s400/DSC01373.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRcVI9CmdYFOyI6aqvvatFvHIc3lHh5RC0vboLg2J4pjwGH11cnT1tK2f3htyqd-oJifma-jdd7fUT3sHnN6uysyIBbfHcrW2UacA8rCNaKhLzAuxDAOJCIVopHxUuGHjbSucMA/s1600-h/DSC01375.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729616270472482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRcVI9CmdYFOyI6aqvvatFvHIc3lHh5RC0vboLg2J4pjwGH11cnT1tK2f3htyqd-oJifma-jdd7fUT3sHnN6uysyIBbfHcrW2UacA8rCNaKhLzAuxDAOJCIVopHxUuGHjbSucMA/s400/DSC01375.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026141967490626882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichARJisdHBVk6QxFvq4o7ehY0CZspZS3ucrHr5k32V7oO3eddwnkkrnkOMvMgWtEvRgZXiYOSSGOZIwyCxb5HiRtNnb2knI7fTAaPzciQogiaZLPPQGr2xKTZReSo6ZiI1V234w/s400/DSC01386.JPG" border="0" /> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhburPyQH5WU0pa_nQ0F3JiVD_MpdcRaL4h_VRlxQfrKO4OdLoVr66l8hxSeDHRg8zIOxIPl-bUNqVoV_itJ5gaQ424kCOvMVzWY-MzSeZuMRv13FkcvFFysqJBBh_szsD48hyJRA/s1600-h/DSC01411.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025729092284462306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhburPyQH5WU0pa_nQ0F3JiVD_MpdcRaL4h_VRlxQfrKO4OdLoVr66l8hxSeDHRg8zIOxIPl-bUNqVoV_itJ5gaQ424kCOvMVzWY-MzSeZuMRv13FkcvFFysqJBBh_szsD48hyJRA/s400/DSC01411.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3