Prasad Np

Running the Rat race, scheming to swim with the sharks. Wondering what is left in rat race after conquering the corner office. Writes India Travel Blog desi Traveler, with stories and pictures from India.

Some Random Pictures From Pondicherry

Jan 102013
 
Some Random Pictures From Pondicherry

Pondicherry is one of the most beautiful beach, and historical cities in India. With Bay of Bengal on one side and surrounded by Tamil Nadu on all others it used to be a French Colony in a predominantly British India. Last week I was in Pondicherry for this trip after almost 2 years and had dual purpose of revisiting Pondicherry as well as to attend a marriage. In this post I am just posting some random pictures from Pondicherry and detailed posts will follow soon. In this post let me talk about the marriage. The groom who is younger [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Fishing In Peerancheru Lake near PBEL City Hyderabad

Jan 042013
 
Fishing In Peerancheru Lake near PBEL City Hyderabad

=================================================================================== =================================================================================== This year Hyderabad was blessed with some very good rains though it is a bit late in the year to write about the rains more so as I have already written about the same earlier. All the lakes like Hussain Sagar, Gandipet, Osman sagar, ICRISAT, Pocharam Dam etc in and around city are full of water. Even a small lake like the Peerancheru, next to PBEL city and APPA Junction is full of water. This brings me the topic of this post. We were visiting Peerancheru lake near PBEL City, and I saw these 2 guys fishing [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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9 Simple Tips For Photographing Kids

Jan 032013
 
9 Simple Tips For Photographing Kids

Here I give you 9 simple tips for photographing kids in home. I remember as a kid going to a photo studio with my sister on my 5th birthday to get a picture clicked. More than the photo it was the fuss created by two of us to get our picture immediately that I still l remember. Those were the pre digital era days and instant gratification from the pictures clicked was many years away. My first SLR was way back in 97 during the film days, I have spent 2 months salary to get one. I still have the same resting on [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Evil Eye In India – Nazar Battu as seen in Bazaar

Jan 012013
 
Evil Eye In India - Nazar Battu as seen in Bazaar

Buri Nazar Wale Tera Muh Kala-Evil Eye Guy Your Face Black Evil Eye Guy Your Face Black or Buri Nazar Wale Tera Muh Kala is an old saying in this country. Racist to the core as it marks that evil guys are black, or perhaps our desi obsession with all things fair and lovely. Whatever be the reason I am nobody to go into the merits /demerits of the saying all I can say is that it is a ubiquitous in India from the back of the trucks and buses to day to day conversations and folklore.Though present in [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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2012-The Year That Was

Dec 312012
 
2012-The Year That Was

All said and done 2012 was like any other year. On a personal front I will remember it as a year when I became a bit more serious about blogging and photography. Also missing my goals of loosing weight, exercising more and eating less ( what else is new 🙂 ) I have started using my Nikon more often and won a prize from Nikon in a small street photography competition for the photo given below. I was more active with my photography club and 3 of my  photographs were exhibited in Hyderabad. One of them being judged the photograph of the trip. It gives a very strange feeling [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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7 New Year Escapes from Hyderabad

Dec 192012
 
7 New Year Escapes from Hyderabad

7 New Year Escapes from Hyderabad With the New Year around the corner, I have compiled a list of beautiful places where you can reach overnight to celebrate your new year. I have not included Goa in this list as it features on every single list. I have compiled places where I have gone personally except for Tadoba, and Horsley Hill where I have taken inputs from my friends who have visited it some time back, but both are on my to visit list in near future. So here is my list of 7 new year escapes from Hyderabad. All [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Hyderabad Rocks-Rockathon with GHAC

Dec 172012
 
Hyderabad Rocks-Rockathon with GHAC

  The Beautiful Rocks of Hyderabad Every city in the world has man made monuments as its heritage, but Hyderabad, the only city in the world where billions of year old Rocks have been given heritage status, due to tireless efforts by Society to Save rocks. Now when one hears a rock one may wonder what is so great about rock it is not a living thing so what is the fuss all about.Let me try to use my limited knowledge to build a case for saving the rocks of Hyderabad. First of all, a rock has been there before we came and [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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The Hedgehog of Forest Rest House in Tal Chapar Rajasthan

Dec 152012
 
The Hedgehog of Forest Rest House in Tal Chapar Rajasthan

The mysterious little Hedgehog of Forest Rest House Tal Chapar Rajasthan   Let me be honest the moment the word Forest Rest house comes to my mind, a rickety old bungalow with no power and plumbing comes to mind, with an old Chowkidar with a lantern who does not cast a shadow completing the picture. So when Shreeram MV of Darter informed me that we will be staying in Forest Rest House in Tal Chapar Rajasthan, I was mentally prepared to rough it out in the middle of the jungle. Surrounded by beautiful Indian acacia trees with fragrant yellow flowers, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Thali for lunch in Rural Rajasthan in Tal Chapar

Dec 122012
 
Thali for lunch in Rural Rajasthan in Tal Chapar

Lunch in Rural Rajasthan- A Thali to be cherished   On our second day during the Tal Chapar visit, Mr. Poonia was kind enough to take us to a section that technically is outside of the sanctuary, but has a lot of rare birds coming.  The challenge is this section is near mines where limestone and other minerals are being constantly taken out, leading to loss of vegetation and habitat for the birds. Fortunately no new mines are being allowed in the area and hopefully, the current ones will also be stopped soon. Just look at the picture of the Butterflies and [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Journey as A Rang De Volunteer

Nov 282012
 
A Journey as A Rang De Volunteer

Traveling As a Rang De Volunteer A wise man once said, “The Journey is the destination”. Why I quote this? Because not all journeys should have a destination, some of them should and are taken for the purpose of the journey and not for seeing a particular place or site. One such journey I took some time back as a volunteer with Rang De. For those who are not familiar with Rang De but want to do something for this world, I strongly recommend you visit the website of Rang De.  Still, I would like to give a small primer about Rang De over here, it was founded by Ram [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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