TIME PASS: Nothing special, as in 'how was the movie?' reply 'time pass'.
In Label Anushree
9 hours ago
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Rameshwaram Temple
The Long Pathway inside the Rameshwaram Temple.
Painted ceiling is story of Lord Rama and Hanuman on the Way to build the Bridge to Sri lanka and Rescue Sita
English of India - What's The Funda?
WHAT'S THE FUNDA: What’s the main idea? Commonly used in colleges.
Biryani Rice
Biryani is a traditional dish, and is cooked with the meat or vegetables.
What makes these dishes unique is that they are prepared with fragrant basmati rice lightly spiced.
MIRCHI~CHOLLAY KULCHAY
In the middle a bowl is full of Channay ( Grams ) with super spices adding a sting in it and its surronded by baked and later roasted bread called as Kulchay.
Beauties of Kumaon
is in the Himalayan foothills of India. Nepal lies to the east and Tibet to the north.
On the other Hand : Congress Door
Painted walls tells stories of political loyalty. India is rich with political symbols some more obvious than others. Congress' symbol -- THE HAND
Bahauddin Makbara, Junagadh
Built right next to the Mahabat Makbara. This makbara has(had, actually) really good marble tracery work on the windows. Most of the marble jalis are missing. Only one or two jalis remain.
tips to toes
BRO is the Border Roads Organisation, which does a splendid job of building and maintaing roads and bridges in this area. Someone in their signs department has a lot of fun coming up with slogans, like this one and safety messages like "Be soft on my curves".
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs
Mumbai Dabbawala or Tiffin Wallahs: 200,000 Tiffin Boxes Delivered Per Day, originally uploaded by babasteve.
Tiffin Wallah translates as one who carries the box. Tiffin is an old English word for a light lunch, and also the name of the multi-compartment metal lunch box that carries it. The Tiffin Wallah originated over a century ago when the many Indians working for British companies disliked the food served at work. Tiffin service was created to bring home cooking to the workplace. Today the city's 5,000 tiffin-wallahs deliver 200,000 tiffin-boxes filled with home-cooked food each day. According to a recent survey, there is only one mistake in every 16,000,000 deliveries and the system has registered a performance rating of 99.999999. Prince Charles is a fan and patron of the Tiffin Wallahs and countless businesses and corporations study the system to learn of its success and efficiency.
Jaipur foot - A grassroot innovation
Some rights reserved,feel free to use this picture for non Commercial use to spread the awareness.
-Jaipur is the famous city of Rajasthan, INDIA.
Apart from tourism, this city is also famous for its grassroot innovation called JAIPUR FOOT. This is an example of the innovation required to help the poor people not only in INDIA but all over the world. Particularly in war torn countries, where legs are most often causality . This is not only efficient and robust, but also very cheap. With philanthropic efforts it's cost has been reduced further.
The cost is only 28$ and till now more than 960,000 people got the life of dignity utilising fruit of this innovation.
link to organisation website-
www.jaipurfoot.org/07_donations_help.asp
Misty Pines....
Somewhere in between Gwaldam and Almora near Kausani in Uttranchal, India. The 90-km drive from Gwaldam to Almora carries you along one of the most beautiful pines filled landscape. Pre- Monsoon mist was filling up the valleys as we passed through…..
Himalayas
Neelkantheshwar Temple, Udaypur
Built in the 11th cent from red sandstone by the Parmara King Udayaditya, the temple is a real treat to the eyes. The proportions are perfect. The carving is awesome. The Hutheesingh Temple(built in the 19th cent) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, about 650km from this place has similar architecture.
Mahabat Makbara, Junagadh, Gujarat
A fine example of Islamic, Hindu and European architecture blended together, the Mahabat Makbara was built towards the end of the 19th cent. Sadly this place is not well maintained.
Tool Trader
Taken from Ellis Bridge looking over a tool trader's spot at the Ravivar Bazaar (Sunday Market) in Ahmedabad. The display of tools at this particular stall is about 4 times that which you can see here and is all set up for only one day a week. The market location is alongside the slum at the edge of the Sabramati River.
You have been warned
After driving uphill for about 20kms reading "Keep Left", "Drive Slow" and "Horn Please", this was a pleasant change.
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