Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple Vikarabad and Nagasamudram Lake in Ananthagiri Hills

Nov 092012
 
Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple Vikarabad and Nagasamudram Lake in Ananthagiri Hills

Visit To Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple Vikarabad & Nagasamudram Lake Hyderabad is one of the prominent cities on the Deccan Plateau one of the good things about Hyderabad is that its surroundings are still more or less rustic and just 20 Kilometers outside of the city and Mother Nature welcomes you with open arms. The city is close to small hills that though fighting with the sand and stone mafia still are beautiful in their own rights. But in this post, we will visit Ananthagiri hills in Vikarabad, specifically the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple  Vikarabad and Nagasamudram Lake. Only about [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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The Bankster-Book Review by Desi Traveler

Nov 072012
 
The Bankster-Book Review by Desi Traveler

This post is not a travelogue but a book review of The Bankster by Ravi Subramainan who has made his name by writing gripping tales around underbelly of Global banking. He knows both banking and the craft of writing very well and when two of his top skills converge you get books like If God Was A Banker Devil In Pinstripes The Incredible Banker I bought the Monk’s Ferrari I promise you this book will take you on a journey that will be remembered for a long time. Ravi has created a web complex enough to take you to an international jaunt [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Flight To Remember

Nov 052012
 

  This is one flight I will remember for a long time. The post is a bit long hope you will read it till end. I have always believed travelling is not about reaching the destination, but the Journey is the Destination. I am not sure who first came up with this quote, but I am neither ashamed to copy this nor I am scared as I am pretty sure it is not copywrited.  So recently while returning from Tal Chappar in Rajasthan I took a flight from Delhi to Hyderabad and for a change I decided to keep [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Next Olympic Champion from India-On a street corner near you

Nov 022012
 
Next Olympic Champion from India-On a street corner near you

Banjara Kids: Can they become gymnastic champions given a chance ? Can you spot the next Olympic champion from India? Well she could be closer than you like to believe.The next Olympic champion  actually could be in the shanty next to your home or doing acrobatics on a rope on the next street corner. The only challenge is you will look at her with pity throw some coins her way and move on without thinking ever again about her. That is the tragedy of our sports and traditional sports and skills.  Till Sachin Tendulkar started making big bucks thanks to cricket, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Birds Around Us in Hyderabad

Oct 312012
 
Birds Around Us in Hyderabad

 How to get Birds around us in Hyderabad back Some time back I wrote about the project I was working to photograph birds around us in Hyderabad in our apartment complex and the lake near it called Peerancheru lake. This year monsoon has been good and the lake is overflowing with water, to the extent that I spotted some fishermen trying to catch fish in a makeshift raft in waters where they earlier use to just walk in the shallow waters. Monsoons bring an extra supply for insects which form a major diet source for birds especially when they have [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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10 Things to do in Shilparamam-Hyderabad

Oct 192012
 
10 Things to do in Shilparamam-Hyderabad

   What to do & what to shop in Shilparamam: Indian Crafts Bazaar in Hyderabad Take An Elephant Home I have written earlier about Shilparamam in Madhapur, Hyderabad very close to the IT hub of the city. So you will find a lot of westerners coming there to do shopping. But some of my friends wanted to know what else they can do besides shopping so here we are. Some of the good things about Shilparamam are that it is a gated complex so once you are in there are no beggars to trouble you, no honking of cars and [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Road Trip From Hyderabad to Srisailam Temple

Oct 172012
 
Road Trip From Hyderabad to Srisailam Temple

Drive to Srisailam Temple and nearby tourist attractions Located just about 250 Km from Hyderabad is the small hill town of Srisailam, famous for the Srisailam or Mallikaarjun swami (Siva) temple. It is one of the 12 Jyortilingams and one of the few where shaktipeeth (mother goddess) is also present at same place. We decided to take a road trip in car to Srisailam. Once you reach close to the new Airport of Hyderabad you will start seeing board to Srisailam and just continue to follow them.  Lord Shiva as Dakshinamurthy We left very early in the morning hoping to avoid [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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7 Things Blogging Changed In My Life

Oct 152012
 
7 Things Blogging Changed In My Life

These indiblogger guys keep on pushing me to get out of my slumber and write more frequently. This time the topic is how blogging has changed my life; I was like ok let me ponder this, as contest or no contest I have been thinking about it recently. I think blogging has changed my life in 7 major ways and let me list each one of them: 1.       Life is more than Deadlines: I think once I started blogging and reading blogs of others one question that has been hounding me is why my life revolves around the deadlines [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Bhandara for Breakfast-On way to Kanha National Park

Oct 142012
 
Bhandara for Breakfast-On way to Kanha National Park

Great Breakfast on the Way to Kanha National Park One of the little joys of traveling is discovering little joints that serve excellent food in hygienic conditions. Frequent road travelers in India will agree that it is not an easy task. You get a lot of places with food that will make your salivary glands work overtime but normally the hygiene is something you just have to ignore. Let me talk about one such little place we discovered on our trip to Kanha National park in Madhya Pradesh. This was a trip with GHAC and my friend Sunanda Mandavi was leading the group, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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