Another Chapter from my Travel Days

Cambridge brings in a unique feel. Be it the Classical architecture, the market area or the Starbucks by the road. The Trinitians, the Kings and Queens all within a stone throw away , but each having a legend of their own. Trinity was one college I really knew about , thanks to one of my favorites Srinivas Ramanujam and of course his proffesor Hardy. The Kings and The Queens , they had Subash Chandra Bose and Indira Gandhi there if I am not wrong.



Try the punt over the River Cam , believe me its worth it and lot of fun provided you a get a good punter just like we guys did. The stories of the pet bear, mathematical bridge, the clock tower which never held the clock , a modern building which was designed to potray a tree like figure (.. phew I could never imagine even after I heard that), the story of the missing block and many more , all comes one after the other.

Identity.........

What if every choice we made had already been made for us ? What if there really were no coincidences in life and our destinies were already predetermined.



I wish I could take the time back and forth.

NewYear 2008

The ending of the last year , 2007, was indeed different, the year which gave me a lot of good things and just a few bad moments. I would cherish that year for the many lessons it taught me and indeed for the new paths it opened up and unfolded for me.



2008 started in a greater way. It was after a lot of deliberation and talks that we guys finally decided to go all the way to London and watch the fireworks, the biggest in the planet,Well thats the claim , a 15 minute display which began with the chimes of the Big Ben standing tall on the other side of the Thames. It takes a complete year of preparation and no wonder its absolutely fantastic. The spirits of the entire crowd are elevated to the maximum limits,some of them absolutely delighted, some astonished and some just witnessing the moment they would cherish the entire life

Experience it once .. just once !!

Night-Walk

Capturing the effects of light is a technique of its own. At times my canon does capture it well . This aint too bad..



Reach for new harbours and enjoy your journey ..!!

Some Time Back

Been sometime since the shutters have been shut, or rather should I say opened.



From the old set, here is another one.

The inevitable

Well nothing much to say .. but I am back in Hyderabad..
This time it happens to be for two weeks. I guess it would not extend more than that ..Globe trotting for 2007 starts.. !!!

A moment to cherish, from my trips.

Just like a few guys belong to a different league, Kudajadri, a mountain peak in the Western Ghats is breath taking.The peak is visible from the Mookambika Temple at Kollur,Karnataka. With the thick mist looming once in while,even your companion goes out of sight, an astounding feel which thrills you down the spine.

The journey to Kudajadri is an experience of its own, jeeps ( with custom built shock absorbers and axles) take you somewhere close to the top of the one of the hills in the Ghats.From this point you are own your own, climb and traverse across the hills to another, to arrive at the highest accessible point.

There you find Sankarapeedam,a small shrine with Sankaracharya as deity. Oh yes, you guys did get it right, this is the very same place from where Sankaracharya did his meditation and was blessed with the appearance of goddess Saraswathi for his devotion, thereupon she agreed to come down to Kerala at his request, but sadly the mission wasn't successful and she thus happens to be worshipped at Mookambika, however she finally gave her consent to be at Kerala at the early hours of the day, finally obliging Sankaracharya's pleading.Chottanikara being the place in Kerala, where she is worshipped today as Goddess Saraswathy, costumed in white. Thats how I have been hearing all these years from my grand mom.

Coming back, the best part is going to the other side of the hill to reach Chitramoola,the exact location believed to be where the goddess appeared for Sankaracharya. A place which only a few dare to go, that side is even steeper,slippery and treacherous.

The surprise is however the sight of a lady and a very old sage who happen to live there. This lady is from Balussery (a place near Calicut, Kerala) who happens to be there for more than 15 years now, and she happens to cross the rain forests once in month to get her monthly supplies of food.No,I didn't take her path on my return, the very sight jungle dissuaded me from taking that deadly step.

Well,there is even a tale that I came across about this lady, once on her return trip from Calicut to Kudajadri, she happened to reach the platform and saw that her train had already started to move, she cried very loud and then train happened to stop. Believe it or Not thats all I can say .. !!



Kudajadriyil... kudikollum,.... Maheshwari, Gunadayini ...