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10 Things to do in Shilparamam-Hyderabad

Oct 192012

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…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Travel TIPS Tagged with: Crafts bazaar, Shilparamam, shopping, Street foods of India, walking 16 Responses »

A Night At Taramati Baradari Resort Hyderabad

Sep 072012

A Night spent at Taramati Baradari Resort Hyderabad with our kids Once your kids start going to school you have to plan your holidays as per their school calendar. For some time our elder one has been going to school even on Saturdays thus we were not able to take any jaunts with kids that we typically do now and then. So a few weeks ago I decided to go for a short vacation but just did not have time or energy to go on a long drive, so we decided to stay for a night at the Taramati [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Forts and Palaces, Night Photography, Resorts & Hotels Review, Travel TIPS Tagged with: birds, Kittens, Nikon D7000, Taramati Baradari, Travel Story, Twin Cities 1 Response »

Kondapur Botanical Garden With GHAC Nature

Sep 032012

A Morning Visit to Kondapur Botanical Garden with GHAC Nature I had participated in the first bird watching trip organized by GHAC long back, it was in Kondapur botanical garden, Hyderabad, at that point the botanical garden was not in very good shape due to extreme summer. Sunbird Enjoying Nectar I was pleasantly surprised when we visited again with GHAC nature in the morning. Monsoons have changed the complexion of the gardens. It was lush green every where sprinkled with colorful flowers, and the little pond in the corner was full of water with common Coots and little [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Botanical Garden, Chameleon, Flowers, gerbera, GHAC, kondapur, Millipede, Sunbird 3 Responses »

View From Our Balcony II

Aug 112012

I have been travelling for some time both for business and for clicking pictures. All this while I have been so busy that did not have time to look out of balcony of our apartment. Is is not surprising that one travels to far off places to click pictures but totally ignores beauty around us? Today morning was a especially beautiful day and I decided to stand in balcony for some time with my camera. Hyderabad has been blessed with really good monsoon this year and the surroundings to our apartment has changed totally. The Sufi Shrine The Blooms In Garden [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Uncategorized Tagged with: birds, Chameleon, PBEL, Peerancheru 4 Responses »

Essence Of Old Hyderabad-III

Aug 052012

A Visit To Charminar in the Old City of Hyderabad during Ramzan Saif Poses in Front of Charminar Today we visited Charminar Once again to soak in the festivities for the holy month of Ramazan. Every single inch around Charminar was decorated and the few inches that were not decorated were occupied for walking. While I will write in details I am posting this picture of Saif Ali who wanted me to post it asap so that he can watch it on this blog. When I reached my office next day I met an NRI who hails from [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Tagged with: Bangles, Charminar, Old Hyderabad, Pearls 11 Responses »

Beautiful Sky

Jul 212012

This Sky and clouds were captured from my cellphone on the Airport highway in Hyderabad. This is the beautiful sky I captured on my mobile few days back in Hyderabad…. I have never seen such beautiful sky and had to stop my car to capture it. Please click on picture to see a bigger version of the picture. Like they say the best camera is the one in your hand, for some reason I am finding the pictures I like the most are the ones that I am clicking from my cell phone. I have not retouched this picture [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Tagged with: picture, Sky, Skywatch Friday 12 Responses »

Colors Of Bonalu-A Unique Festival of Telangana India

Jul 092012

Bonalu A Unique Festival Of Telangana Colors mesmerize me, be it the rainbows formed due to interfaith hugging of green and vermilion gulal with purple water sprouting out of pichkaris on holi or the rainbow formed in the puddles in monsoon. Little Girl With Bonalu Hyderabad is one of the most colorful cities in the country perhaps rivaled only by Jaipur, which obviously has a bias towards pink. But Hyderabad has no such bias it loves all its colors the black burqas of Khatoons from the old city to the Ochre dupattas and multicolored mangal sutras of Marwari ladies shopping in begum [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Holy Towns and Temples, Incredible India Tagged with: Bonalu, Festivals of India, pothuraju dancers, Telangana, Ujjaini Mahakali Temple 15 Responses »

Celebrating A Birthday

Jul 012012

Birthday Celebration Of TCPC Well this was little different birthday celebration, some time back Desi Traveler joined an online meetup group called TCPC or Twin Cities Photography Club. The club aims to promote photography in the twin cities of Secundrabad and Hyderabad. I have been joining some of the photo walks for last some months, my first one being to the Botanical Garden in Kondapur, then to Golconda Fort and also to Old City Of Hyderabad. Each of the Walk has been very memorable and a good learning experience for me. This walk today was to celebrate the first [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Tagged with: Birthday, TCPC, Twin Cities 2 Responses »

Birds Around PBEL City – The Lake Front

Jun 162012

Typical human tendency is to go to exotic locations and totally ignore things that are around us. If I have to quote a hindi saying then….. ” Ghar Kee Murgee Daal Barabar” . This has been the case with me I have been going to various bird watching tours in city and to various national parks and mostly ignoring the Peerancheru lake right next to our home in PBEL City. A Flock of Geese Take Off On Spotting Me Stork In Flight Greater Coucal So some time back when I had some time to kill and the sun was [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: Bird watching, birds, PBEL City, Peerancheru lake, Skywatch Friday 11 Responses »

A Musical Evening With Ghatam Karthick

Jun 032012

Ghatam Dr. S. Karthick When every single day you hear about the competition between Sheila Kee Jawani and Munni Kee Badnamee, only to be toppled by Chammak Challo kind of songs, you just wish that songs simply do not have vocals but only the beats. It was pleasant surprise when I received an Invitation from PBEL City to attend an evening with Hydourite, where Ghatam maestro Dr. Karthickwas performing. Hydourite has been coined from “My Hyderabad My favourite” and will be used as a platform to orgnaize various events in Hyderabad to showcase and celebrate the spirit, heritage, tehzeeb and future of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Incredible India Tagged with: Carnatic Music, Ghatam, PBEL 2 Responses »

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