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.

The Queen Of Pench National Park

May 272012

The Collarwali Tigress of Pench Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh is considered to be the heart of India and is home to many national parks like Kanha, Pench, Bandhavgarh, Panna and Satpura etc. While each one has its own specialty I personally love going to Pench National Park there are 2 reasons for me to choose Pench over Kanha and Bandhavgarh · First is ease of reach from Nagpur which is well connected to Hyderabad the city I live in, as Pench takes only 2-3 hours compared to more than 5 hours to Kanha. · The other reason I like Pench [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Madhya Pradesh, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: #SaveOurTigers, Bison, Elephant, Pench, tiger 5 Responses »

Rediscovering Goa !- My Blog Post About Top 5 things to do in Goa

May 242012

What To Do In Goa: Family Friendly Itinerary While surfing on a bright sunny day I met Kyra the Sunshine girl from Lakme`, I immediately took fancy for her urbane charm and intelligence. She was looking ideas to spend the summers in Goa, and I was looking for a good reason to go to Goa, so this was a match made in heavens or Ram Milaee Jodee as they say(take your pick of your favorite saying). St Xavier’s Church In Old Goa 6666 After exchanging our numbers we decided to meet on the sunny beaches of South Goa. Needless to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Beaches, Goa, Travel TIPS Tagged with: Beach, Church, shopping, Travel Story 12 Responses »

Sanjay Gandhi National Park- Borivali

May 232012

When you are looking to click wildlife there are days when lady luck is smiling at you and then there are days when the she is laughing at you! Last weekend Desi Traveler was in Mumbai for some personal work. We have lived in Mumbai for more than a year, and did most of the touristy things in that one year- Juhu Beach, Elephanta Caves, Gateway of India etc. One of the regrets I always had was not been able to visit Borivali National park or Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali, a green oasis in the middle of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Trekking and Exploring, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Borivali national park, Hiking, Mumbai No Responses »

Gudimalkapur Flower Market Hyderabad

May 122012

Gudimalkapur Flower Market- Morning Ragas with Colors Photography ka keeda is slowly spreading in my mind-body and soul and I visited Gudimalkapur flower market early morning to see some action with flowers. A little history first-I had thought that I had overcome it after I mothballed my film Nikon and after that every single point and shoot camera that we had been monopolized by our daughter. But then I read about Nikon D7000 and got hooked again. Not that I am very good at photography I just point and shoot and then pray that the subject would have understood [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Incredible India Tagged with: Bazaars of India, colors of India, Flowers, Gudimalkapur, street market, Streets of India 10 Responses »

Save Peerancheru Lake – An initiative by PBEL City Residents

May 052012

How Residents of PBEL City Got Together to Clean The Peerancheru Lake While your lazy bones Desi Traveler was struggling to get out of bed on Saturday morning, some of the environmentally conscious residents of PBEL City decided to get up early on a weekend and clean the Peerancheru lake to bring back its pristine glory. The lake that has a good population of water birds like Ducks, Egrets, Pond Heron, Painted Stork, Kingfishers etc. But unfortunately due to pollution and dumping of waste it has become dirty. Well not any more today morning more than 10 of our residents and some staff [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Tagged with: citizen action, PBEL, Peerancheru 5 Responses »

A Money Savvy Model

May 042012

We city dwellers always think that we are the smartest bunch around, only to be humbled by simple folks around us time and again. Some time back I visited the Nallamala forest near the Srisailam temple. It is a very sparsely populated area and most of the folks living are farmers and some tribals. Education levels are very poor, and for a city bred guy like me it is difficult to understand the folksy wisdom passed down from one generation to another in our villages. While coming back we stopped in a village haat to buy some locally grown fruits, whose taste is [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Incredible India, Trekking and Exploring Tagged with: Mangoes, Model, money, Nallamala, Srisailam 1 Response »

A Dark Corner

May 022012

We are so caught up in our day to day things that some time we forget very beautiful things around. It is very common for us to miss a beautiful bird sitting on the tree right in front of our home or even the blossoms on the tree. But every once in a while you get to see some thing that you just stop and want to click a picture and wish you had contributed in the creation of the same. Recently while visiting a resort on a vacation with my kids I came across this flower, shying away from eyes [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Bird, Flower, gardening 2 Responses »

Birdwatching at Mrugavani National Park Hyderabad Telangana

May 012012

A Visit To Mruguvani National Park for Birdwatching Recently I went again to Mrugavani National Park in the morning, I got up without an alarm at 7 am on Sunday and thinking this is some divine sign decided to hit the road. It is only about 5 km from our home and is one of the last surviving green lungs for the city of Nizams. It is approachable both from Mehdipattnam via Lunger House and Hitech City via Outer ring road on the way to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad. You take exit 18 on the airport highway on the Vikarabad [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: birding, birds, Bulbul, Chameleon, Chilkur, Jungle, Monitor Lizard, Mrugavani, Sunbird 24 Responses »

Purple Sunbird is not Hummingbird

Apr 282012

Hummingbird vs Sunbird in India As mentioned in the earlier post I was able to capture the hummingbird or more accurately the purple sunbird in the camera. Why I say Sunbird is that Hummingbirds are only naturally found in the Americas, what we have in India are Sunbirds. They seem to have developed independently and as their habitat and feeding habits are similar they look and behave very similar to each other. But scientifically there are no Hummingbirds found in India or Asia for that matter. I am totally amazed at the way nature works. Two continents separated by thousands [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: birding, PBEL, Sunbird 2 Responses »

Sunbird pictures

Apr 252012

Today was my lucky day, while walking in the compound I noticed a bush outside the boundry that had fragnant, though non descript flowers. I decided to investigate and to my amazement a female humming bird was doing acrobatics on the flowers. I took out my phone to take some pics but she was too fast to be captured by a phone camera. I was in too mind to continue my walk or get the camera. The Nikonian defeated the walker by a wide margin and I went back to get the camera. But by the time I returned [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Photography, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: birding, PBEL, Sunbird 2 Responses »

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