Sponsored Video- Air travel shrunk the world

Sep 212013
 

How The World Was Shrunk By Air Travel For a long time the world out there was a big bad world, full of dangers lurking in every corner. Air travel shrunk the world many times over as no longer one had to travel from dangerous deserts, endure rain forest or conquer the waves  taking weeks if not months to go from one place to another. Air travel changed everything, once the first Jet planes took off going anywhere in the world became a matter of hours. Indeed today you can travel to any two airports in less than 48 [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Winners of Blogging Contest for Change in support of Rang De

Sep 192013
 
Winners of Blogging Contest for Change in support of Rang De

  And the winners for Contest for Change in Support of Rang De are.. It’s time to announce the winners of Contest for Change in support of Rang De. But first a bit of history. I have been a supporter and volunteer for Rang De for some time now; as I have always believed investing using micro finance is better way of bringing change and prosperity than one time charity. Remember the old saying “Feed a man fish and feed him for a day, teach men to fish and feed him for life” When I requested Smita Ram the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Comic Con Express Hyderabad India

Sep 172013
 
Comic Con Express Hyderabad India

  Comic Con Express Hyderabad- The Super Heroes are coming Confession Time: I grew on a healthy staple diet of stories of superheroes in all shapes and forms. Phantom the Ghost who walks, Mandrake the Magician and Chacha Chowdhry, the man whose brain works faster than Super computer were my constant companions during my secret mission when I would save a damsel or two in distress. In those days of no Facebook and SMS and WhatsApp we gang of pre-teens had our own sophisticated network of communication and book keeping to exchange comics, decide who will buy which one [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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53 Reasons to Save Botanical Garden Kondapur

Sep 122013
 
53 Reasons to Save Botanical Garden Kondapur

  Save Botanical Garden Kondapur- Here are more than 53 reasons to sign a petition to save it I visit Kondapur Botanical Garden very often both with my family as with our nature club GHAC Nature. I have written posts about visit to botanical garden earlier on this blog Visit to Botanical Garden Kondapur After that also we regularly visit Botanical Garden for its beautiful flowers, fresh air and above all the hundreds of birds that are found there. Unfortunately for some time there are some plans by the government to convert a part of the botanical garden into [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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desi IN Wow Hyderabad Magazine

Sep 122013
 
desi IN Wow Hyderabad Magazine

desi in Wow Hyderabad Magazine September is a special month, this marks the anniversary of desi Traveler moving on its own domain with the post on  A Rare Ganapati that I found in interiors of MP. Another first has happened this September. While desi Traveler has  featured as a blog a few times in different online and print media, including one of my pictures appearing in Deccan Chronicle and two of my pictures from Tal Chapar winning prizes from Lonely Planet in a photography competition, I have never written a post for a print magazine or newspaper. Recently I was approached [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Trip down the memory lane with Chitrahaar

Sep 092013
 

Traveling with Movies- A trip down memory lane with Chitrahaar from Bollywood I am part of the Doordarshan generation, yes the good old DD, and that too the Black and White one. We had one TV in our extended family, taking the pride of place in the bedroom of one of my uncles.  This was the hallowed room for us, allowed entry only once in a week on Wednesday when the weekly Bollywood dose of Chitrahaar was aired. For the ipod and Youtube generation it will not be out of place to inform what Chitrahaar was. You see in [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Ganesha The Traveler

Sep 092013
 
Ganesha The Traveler

  Ganesha The Original desi Traveler __/|\__   Ganesha has more names than a mere mortal can remember some of the popular ones are Ganesha, Ganpati, Vinayak, Ekdant, Vighneshwar, Lambodar and many more. He is found not only in India but in other countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, China, Malaysia etc. As per one of the stories from Indian Mythology there was competition between Ganesha and his brother Kartikay, as to who can travel around the world first. So Kartikay started on his Peacock that he uses as his ride and goes on a world tour.  Now Ganesha who [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Pictures of Osmania University Hyderabad

Sep 022013
 
Pictures of Osmania University Hyderabad

    Osmania University: A Nizam Era Landmark of Hyderabad   Recently my friend and photographer Ganesan P visited Osmania University on a special request from me.   I requested Ganesan to visit the same and click some pictures.  So here are some pictures of Osmania University, how it looks today. This post is a very special one for emotional reasons, as the pictures were taken by Ganesan on my request to be sent to an old student of University who can not visit the same due to old age and visa issues.   I am sure many things have [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Vision of Angels- A Book Review

Aug 312013
 
A Vision of Angels- A Book Review

  A Book Review of A Vision Of Angels- Timothy Jay Smith Lets go to Jerusalem, one of the few cities that is as old as history itself.  Considered holy to the three Abrahamic religions, where angels, messengers and emperors have walked. Where faithful come from all parts of the world, where once Jesus and Prophet Mohammad have walked. Where emperors from both East and West have laid siege and destroyed the city so many times that every corner has a story to tell, each more painful than the last. We will visit Jerusalem with Timothy Jay Smith, the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Using Tiger Camera Traps for Tiger Census

Aug 262013
 
Using Tiger Camera Traps for Tiger Census

How Many Tigers Are There in India ?  If you ask this question to 2316 people you will get 2316 different answers. The NGOs will try to give the smallest possible number and the forest officials will try to give the largest possible number as both have their own reasons directly related to funding, promotion, media miles etc. But the reasons are not difficult to find as to why we do not have the exact number. See a tiger in a jungle has no interest to be counted. Given a choice it will not come to face the cameras [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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