This is me...

Meet Audi R8

2012-01-22T22:59:00.000+05:30

Auto Expo @ Mumbai

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Through his eyes...

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A little bit of Kenya in my life...

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Was playing around with nephew's toys...

Pic & post title inspired by Niket Bhusari. Check his superb clicks here:

Boys night out...

2011-12-25T10:39:00.001+05:30

Spent an awesome evening yesterday with my oldest buddies.

Cheers mates!

My own personal Safety Car

2011-11-24T20:12:00.002+05:30

Thank you Krish, for lending the SLS AMG :)

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Andaman Islands

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Andaman Islands, a photo by ihrishi on Flickr.

Fun in the sun...

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Pics taken at Havelock, Andaman.

Marshal Post 18

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This is the most experienced team in India with 5 interventions.

Fun in the sun...

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On duty...

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-sent from my mobile device.

Now you see what I see...

2011-10-27T07:55:00.001+05:30

View from my post. I am right before turn 13, which is the fast right right hander hairpin.

Superb view from my post, with cars visible from the back also.

-sent from my mobile device.

View from the back straight...

2011-10-25T17:40:00.001+05:30

Did the track walk today. Got allocated to a position called MP 18.0

Have a fantastic wide angle view from my position. Did the pit walk today. The equipment has already arrived.

And saw n touched the safety car today... Yippie kay yaaay!!!!

-sent from my mobile device.

Back from paradise...

2011-10-21T23:09:00.001+05:30

And here's a teaser...

-sent from my mobile device.

Meet tammy!

2011-10-12T21:52:00.000+05:30

My new lens just got delivered yesterday. It's a Tamron 17-50 f2.8 beauty.
It's super fast to focus, but noisy. And has gorgeous bokeh.

This lens finds beauty in the most mundane of all objects. I'm loving it!

SLS AMG

2011-10-10T19:47:00.001+05:30

If wishes were horses, this would have been 1:1 instead of 1:40
:)

-sent from my mobile device.

Mahabaleshwar...in the rains...

2011-10-03T22:28:00.000+05:30

Jet Airways...sucks

2011-09-27T22:49:00.001+05:30

I have planned a trip to Andaman in the coming holiday season. Since it's a big pain to get tickets to Port Blair at the last moment, I did all the bookings in July itself.

And because the total flight time from Mumbai to Chennai and onwards to Port Blair is 4hrs, I took the call to use the so called Full Fare airlines for comfort and reliability...and I was SO wrong.

One month after booking the tickets, I get a mail from Jet saying that they have cancelled the Chennai PortBlair flight due to "technical" reasons. Ok,shit happens, so I cancelled the Jet booking, and booked on Kingfisher Red. Thankfully, Jet gave me a full refund.

And the icing of the cake was today. I had just logged into the Jet Airways site, to choose the seats for our return journey. Since the website was not able to pull up my tickets, I called their call centre and got the biggest shock of my life. It seems that Jet has cancelled my return flight also, that too without intimating me. WTF?

And very intelligently they move the PortBlair to Chennai leg on 23rd Oct, but keep the Chennai to Bby leg on 22nd! How intelligent. And the twist to this story is that I have to be in Delhi on 23rd at any cost for the Formula 1 race, where I am volunteering as a Marshal.

I spent around 30-40 minutes on a call with their call centre agent and was given two options...

1. Move the booking to 21st or 23rd.
2. Take the PortBlair to Delhi to Mumbai flight on 22nd, which means I fly for 7 hrs, on a low cost carrier after having paid for a full fare airline.

Now I am stuck with cutting one day of my vacation short, losing money on the hotel booking.

I am quite pissed with Jet for two reasons The first and the inexcusable reason is how could they cancel the flight without telling me. Second, they are totally inflexible while offering me a ticket on some other airline on the same day, or for accommodation if I chose to extend my stay. Heck, they even refused to convert my Chennai to Bby ticket to a Chennai to Delhi ticket if I had chosen to go to Delhi directly. And this was at no extra cost to them.

I dont think I am ever going to fly Jet Airways again. Even when I have to of my very dear friends flying for that airline.

Sorry Jet Airways, but you SUCK big time...And hope and pray that these flights don't get cancelled or rescheduled!

A little bit of Goa in my life..

2011-08-28T22:31:00.000+05:30

So I don't forget the beach, the gently swaying palm trees and the soothing sound of the waves....
susegat!

Golf!

2011-08-28T22:24:00.000+05:30

They say that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...
So I (we), @office don't want to take any chance...
:)
-sent from my mobile device.

Garlic twisties

2011-08-28T19:49:00.000+05:30

It was a dark stormy evening...and since there was no scope of having a civilized day out, tried my hand at some baking.
and this is what I ended up with...
-sent from my mobile device.

Nick

2011-06-20T13:29:00.003+05:30

Yeah, that's what I was looking for... Iron Maiden, fits perfectly...

:-D

NH4 @ 0300 hrs

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The end...

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So this is what i am left with at the end of the trip. A truck load of memories and some pics to keep them fresh...

Thanks buddies, you made this trip memorable.
And to those who dropped out...well... Ur loss. :-P

Cheers...

Super chillout

2011-05-07T12:48:00.001+05:30

Cuba, Palolem, Goa.

-sent from my mobile device.

Total chillax!

2011-05-07T12:25:00.001+05:30

The Man Eater of Malgudi

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And this is just before the ferocious lion pounced on the unsuspecting victim.

Go Goooooooa....

2011-05-03T22:28:00.001+05:30

Memories of last year, to be refreshed in a couple of days :)
Yippppie kay yaaaaaay.....

Pic taken somewhere on NH4, just before Belgaum.

Before the Adventure begins

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The only time they got some rest, was before the Raid.
Comp #159. Hero's of the Raid. Vishal Oberai & Manish Narang.

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Probably, this is how 'peace' looks like...

Pic taken at Manali, during the Raid De Himalaya, 2010.

Queen of the hills

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Meet Shimla, where there are more concrete structures than trees.
Queen of the concrete, is more apt...

Sunset or Sunrise?

2011-05-03T21:41:00.001+05:30

There comes a time in life, when you are not sure, whether its the end of an era, or the beginning of the end...

;-)

Aston Martin

2011-05-03T21:31:00.000+05:30

One more pic, taken inside the workshop...

My name is Martin...Aston Martin

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Pune trip...

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Umm... mangoes?

The beauties and the beast...

Pardah hai pardah...

SRK branded bricks! (Which probably act better than him)

Kabhi khatta, kabhi meetha.. but immensely likeable...

Do doolally!

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-sent from my mobile device.

Shot at

2011-04-17T21:41:00.000+05:30

My life is getting stranger. I am moving from a very 'normal' life to something of a anomaly. Last year it was the fire during Diwali. I mean, what are the chances of experiencing your home on fire?

And yesterday, an even rarer thing occured. Someone shot at our window. Its not a bullet which pierced, but its a BB gun, with enough speed to cleanly pierce the window. Thankfully, we have installed window film on the glass, otherwise it would have been very very messy.

The worrisome part is that dad was sitting next to the window...barely a couple of feet from the place of impact. Even when I was looking at the damage, there was this small thought in my head imagining it to be in someone's cross hairs.

Hopefully this was an one off case...but the memory remains...

Im so lucky...its scary!

2011-04-16T12:37:00.001+05:30

How many times do you get a chance to be a part of history?
To be a part of something you love...
To hear and feel the sound of screaming F1 engines up close and personal...
To be on the other side of the fence...
To be right next to the track, even closer than the most expensive tickets available...

I got an invite to be an F1 track marshal in India's first ever Formula 1 race. But cannot take this up since the mandatory training is to be held in Delhi, over the next few months...and its not practically possible to be in Delhi so frequently.

:-(

But, i am happy to atleast get invited....cheers to that!

-sent from my mobile device.

The Harley life...

2011-04-10T16:43:00.001+05:30

Biking is not main stream just yet... But judging from the full page ad which appeared in today's newspaper, its getting there...

But me on a Harley...no not yet... Gimme a screamer any day!

-sent from my mobile device.

Just do it...

2011-04-02T18:48:00.000+05:30

Did something which I have been thinking of doing for a long time.
Here's a new mantra for me now onwards.

Do it. Do it NOW.

There's a heart in the tough shell...

2011-03-26T09:30:00.001+05:30

Harihareshwar - a photolog

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View from Harihareshwar MTDC Resort.
(Please give it a miss. Its not worth it)

Great Indian...uhhh... rooster.... :)

Bird lovers, pls identify these...

And this one too.. though I suspect its a common stork or something...

Life!!! Rocks and thorns.. with a little bit of sea :)

The Resort...

Go, find your own... I did!

The Kid, imitating me holding the cam...

Dolphins...right from the resort restaurant...

Fly....soar....achieve...

Harihareshwar...

2011-03-18T17:46:00.002+05:30

Incidentally am put up in the same room as last time...
And Ryan, PS, AJ and Nav...took me @4.5 hrs this time round...

:-)

3-2-1 And we have lift-off

2011-03-03T14:10:00.000+05:30

Do you know what happens when an SX4 jumps 4-5 feet in the air?
I do!

DS11 - A photolog

2011-03-01T20:43:00.001+05:30

Somewhere there is Indo-Pak border...

Sunrise @ White Rann camp, near Bhuj

The light at the end of the road, is usually that of an oncoming truck ;-)

Lallgarh Palace, Bikaner.

The original windows..

And the Gates who owns the windows...

Winners of the Ndure and Extreme categories. Vishal/Manish and Manoj/Paritosh

The Flag-in ceremony...

Aaah. Sure hits the spot. I always wanted to do this since I was a kid...

Won the Team Cup. 3 out of top 4 positions went to Team Leo

DS11 - The ride

2011-03-01T10:03:00.001+05:30

This was our ride for the storm. Nicknamed "The silent killer..."

There's a story behind that :-)

-sent from my mobile device.

DS11 - Bhuj White Rann campsite

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Desert Storm 2011 - My Ride

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This is what I will be riding in for the Desert Storm. :-)

Desert Storm 2011 - Best places to view the action

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Following are the best locations to view all the action, up close and personal.

February 21st:
Hotel Cambay Grand, Ahmedabad
Time: 0800~1800
This is venue for scrutiny and documentation checks. You can be there to watch all the rally cars in their colourful livery.

February 22nd:
Hotel Cambay Grand, Ahmedabad
Time: 1000~1300
Watch the ceremonial flag off and cheer the stormers.

Lakhervelara (Indraprastha), Bhuj
Time: 1800~2000
Watch the start of first special stage. It is a night run.

February 23rd:
Tropic of Cancer, Khavda Road, Bhuj
Time: 1000~1400
Watch the stage mid way as the rally crosses this road from west to east. You can park near by and walk in to the stage in either direction to catch more action. Also watch service park action after the stage is over.

Bus Stop, Lorai, Khavda Road, Bhuj
Time: 1030~1300
The rally crosses the road from east to west here. They enter the firing range with absolute flat out White Rann towards the west.

Dhrodo Camp, Bhuj:
Time 0900~1800
Watch the rally start, service camp and the end. Enjoy vistas of White Rann.

February 24th:
Dhrodo Camp, Bhuj:
Time: 0600~9000
Watch the rally start, service camp and the end. Enjoy vistas of White Rann.

Lakhervelara (Indraprastha), Bhuj
Time: 0700~1100
Watch the flying finish as the rally ends the Rann stages and moves to the Thar Desert.

Fatehpur on Barmer-Jaisalmer NH15:
Time: 1800~2100
Watch the start of section.
You can also go to Dungri in between the stage from Vanjorai to watch the fast paced action and make some excellent shots. This is a night stage.

February 25th:
Devikot-Rasla
Time: 0700~1000
Watch the stage start and then first DZ-FZ action. Devikot is 40kms from Jaisalmer towards Barmer. Side road from here goes to Rasla-Sankra-Pokharan

Pokharan:
Time: 0800~1300
There are three points near Pokharan where you can catch the rally as it crosses the small country roads.
The first is at Naniyayi on the Pokharan-Sankra road. Easy to walk in to the section with wide open spaces. Excellent day time shooting possibility.
The second is Meghlaon-Ki_Basti on the Pokharan-Phalsund road
The third is at Jhaleria dry lake bed. Really fast paced shots if you are willing to walk a bit in to the lake bed after parking your car in tarmac road.

Kana Ji-Ki-Sird, NH15 Bap:
Watch the second stage of the day running next to the railway line. If you are lucky you may get a shot of rally racing a train! K'Sird is about 15kms from Bap, between Jaisalmer-Bikaner.

Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner:
Time:1800~2300
Capture the evening and night shots of the rally as it winds up for the day against the magnificent backdrop of this heritage property.

February 26th:
Sheruna, NH11, Near Bikaner:
Time:1100~1900
The rally action is all around this sleepy village about 50kms from Bikaner towards Jaipur. The two stage starts are within 10~15kms from here. As are three DZ-FZ zones.
If you are willing to walk 3 odd kms in to the stage starting from Napasar you can catch spectacular flying cars as they come down a steep dune.
Though the best video to capture would at Pundrasar on a side road about 20kms away. Watch the cars as they struggle to climb a dune.

February 27th:
Ringus, NH11, Near Chomu/Jaipur.
Time:0200~0400
The last stage of the rally is a night stage that ends here. You can watch night action as the cars come to stop at end of stage through river bed.

Neem-Ka-Thana:
Time: 0500~0900
The final rally regroup befor the transport to Delhi.

The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Time: 1400~1800
Watch the podium finish and champagne showers as finishers take the podium. Pomp and show.

Courtesy Sudev

Start order for DS11

2011-02-16T13:48:00.000+05:30

The start order for the Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm 2011 got published yesterday. We are #1 in the start order, with competition number 151.

I hope that this is not the only leg where we start first :-)

Preview of Desert Storm 2011

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Day 1

Ceremonial flag off by VIP's at Ahmedabad followed by a longish transport. A single stage is all that you will face today.

For Xplore the competition is continuous. From the word "GO" they are having speed zones and distances flashing by. Navigator has to be busy guiding and doing all important calculations. Drivers have an easy time today as all they have to do is follow the instructions barked at them from the left seat. An all tarmac day.

So where is the challenge? A longish day and speed zones will test your patience and will to win. The day ends at White Rann Camp.

Day 2

The second day is likely to see maximum action and attrition! A single stage touching 300 kilometers is the highlight of the day. This is longest stage ever run in a rally in India.

We are not waking you up early so that you get to enjoy the camp site at White Rann. Looking west you will see almost unlimited expanse of whiteness. Something to be remembered. We only hope it is not as cold as last year when every one was early as they could barely get to sleep through "chilled" night. Carry your sleeping bags.

Now for the rally. Be prepared for all sorts of challenges. It is a day which will demand utmost from the driver and test skills. The Navigator would be ready to throw in the towel when confronted with the thickest road book. The car would be subject to longest off the road action ever in a TSD format. Some planned stoppage will also allow you to see Xtreme action upfront. Have your cameras and camcorders ready. You never know when you may catch some "never to be forgotten" action.

If it is a clear day you will be in treat for a glorious sun set. We guess that is clue enough to where you will be headed. However do not spend too much time in viewing this as you still have to reach the camp and get enough rest and sleep for the next day's longest run.

Day 3

The longest day for the competitors in terms of sheer distance to be traveled. Switching between a section in the Rann to another in the Thar outback.

Out from the Camp in the White Rann and straight on to tricky drive on a winding, sometimes hard sometimes sandy surface. The Navigators will be challenged to max but if they keep their cool this is rather easy exit. Drivers will have to watch out for the sandy surfaces and plan their speed accordingly. Combination of fine dust, raised by other competitors, and sun over the horizon adds to the difficulty impeding vision drastically. A stern warning - do not wander off the path as there could be unexploded shells from firing practice done by border forces. Ask our recce team how interesting it was to watch live action.

This will be followed by a long connect on excellent expressway / national highway #15 the rally will connect the Great Rann of Kutch and The Great Indian Thar Desert. Lest you feel left out of action with all the highway driving - not really a TSD challenge - we use many of the back roads to reach Barmer. Here on of the Time Controls is located right next to "Bada Dhora" - a big sand dune - that is site of annual desert Festival. We promise that you will have a bit of time here to click a picture or two and may be even climb the dune if you hurry. Then onwards to Jaisalmer after this pleasant break.

Day 4

The second longest section of the Desert Storm 2011 will be run today getting out of Jaisalmer. And then a totally new section specially laid out on your way to Bikaner.

An early morning start with ramparts of Jaiselrmer Fort as back drop. And almost immediately you'd be hitting off road surface. We start testing you on your desert driving techniques today. Some sand drifts across the track are sure test of how well you can adapt. Keeping momentum helps as does side to side rocking. Never brake hard, rather do not brake but roll to stop. Also remember that spade and rubber mats that are part of mandatory equipment? You may well get to use them.

We will try and give enough free zones to give you time to catch up with some food and water before we push you in to another long dusty trail along the railway track. Just pray that you do not get stuck again. Spade - where art thou!!??

Watch out from some tricky TC placements.

Penultimate day

A liesurely start can lull you in to false sense of security. The day will be full of activity and will not end at a night halt but will merge on to the last day!

The day will really test your sand driving skills. Be prepared to get stuck and dig your self out of the sandy track.
A mixture of sand, grit and tarmac roads will take you around Bikaner. This day's drive will test both the driver and navigator. A wrong call by latter can get you lost and a wrong move by the former can get you stuck! Watch out for extremely rough track specially served up to test your grit and determination around a temple of modern India - The Lignite Thermal Plant. And then around temple of different kind - the ever exciting Deshnook rat temple.
So is it okay if you have survived so far? Hardly. Now you will be tested for extreme sand driving. We are warning you.

Last Day

An extremely full of action day that will end with a grand prize distribution and a rally ball in Delhi. Would you survive till the end?

A short halt for breakfast on fringes of NCR. Of course this after an all night drive from Bikaner. It is not going to be a drive on National Highway. Be prepared to be sent up small state roads and even up no roads!
The darkness precludes any help from way side pedestrians or rural folks. So navigation has to be top notch but then by this time the survivors would have learnt all this. So we will work very hard to make this day difficult.
We would love to promise you that we will not include route around Khandela where more than 50% of the competitors lost their bearing. They kept on ringing CRO well past the dawn and saying "Maam, there was a railway line and there was a round about just like the road book says. But then we got lost and do not know where we are! What do we do?"
Be better prepared is all that we can say if you wish to finish on the podium and attend the glittering rally ball.

Valentine special...

2011-02-13T10:32:00.000+05:30

Spent the sunday morning helping The Kid make his first.valentine day greeting cards...

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Desert Storm 2011 - What to expect!

2011-02-05T20:56:00.000+05:30

This is what the Recce team found on their trip. I hope this location is not on our roadbook. Anyways, I am chalking this up as another reason to navigate accurately ;-)

Photo courtesy Musa

Blast from the past...

2011-01-31T22:04:00.001+05:30

Came across a bunch of super old pictures from aeons back....
Seems like a million years ago.. :-)

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Good food guide - Italian

2011-01-31T19:28:00.001+05:30

For some great pizzas and risotto's head to Casamia in RCity, Ghatkopar.
Remember to try the superb Tiramisu to finish the Italian experience.

Its an offer you cant refuse...
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Fishin'

2011-01-30T19:29:00.001+05:30

Tried my hand at fishing...and caught this tiny rockfish. Told it to go back and get it's parents, but these youngsters, I tell you, never listen...

:-)

Goa

2011-01-22T10:30:00.001+05:30

Some more memories...

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Goa...

2011-01-21T21:29:00.000+05:30

You can go out of Goa, but,
cannot take Goa out of you...

:-)

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Hit and run...

2011-01-19T12:29:00.000+05:30

And the city is going to the dogs...

I was recently the victim of an intentional hit and run incident. I was driving to Hyderabad with family, and hence took an early start of 05.30AM, to give the traffic a miss. We had just reached Turbhe, when overtaking an Audi Q7, from the left, he abruptly cut me off, even when there was a lot of space for both. Brushed my right mirror at that time. I thought that it was unintentional, and he might not have seen me. Gave him the benefit of doubt...after all, technically, it was his right of way, and I was on the left side.After that, he took off, and I was following his wake, since he was clearing the track for me...

Reached Nerul, where he got stuck in traffic, and I overtook him by default – this was not a close brush. There was a truck between me and him.. and he was at standstill, while I was moving at @30kmph. After the jam cleared, I was watching the mirrors, waiting for him to just blast past me and disappear in the horizon, since there was no traffic ahead.

I was in the first lane, and saw his headlights grow larger in the mirror...and saw him come alongside. What he did next was something I could not have imagined. He just swung this huge thing into my car, made contact, and took off... jeez, that was one shitty feeling of not being able to do anything about it. I could have caught up with him, but then what? For someone who plays road-rash with an Audi Q7, would not stop at anything, and I was with family. I really wish I could have done something... anything.

Just for the record, it was an white Audi Q7, with MH 02 number plate. I did not get the chance to get the entire number since I did not close in, post the incident. If you come across an Audi Q7 with a red smear on its right hand side, please pick up a stone and smash the windscreen for me. I am totally stirred, and have developed a new loathing for SUV's. Specially the expensive sort.

Palolem

2011-01-19T09:06:00.000+05:30

Until I return...

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Goooooo Goa!!

2011-01-17T15:34:00.001+05:30

Finally reached Goa...the vacation begins..
:-)

IIT TechFest

2011-01-08T19:20:00.000+05:30

Took The Kid to see the Techfest at IIT today.
Was a superb experience for him. Saw model planes, bmx stunt riders, DRDO missile display and a robotics show...

Will be making this a permanent fixture in our calender...

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The office party..

2010-12-18T10:27:00.001+05:30

Couple of pics frm the year end party yesterday night.
I missed the SLR badly yesterday.. There were many good photo ops that got lost..

-sent from my mobile device.

National Park...

2010-12-05T20:43:00.000+05:30

Some of the beauties we saw at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park today...

The Big Cats...

2010-12-05T18:45:00.001+05:30

Took The Kid to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park today. Was totally worth it. Managed to see a couple of tigers and a lion from quite close quarters...
Took a few pics too...

Naish....

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Don't look...im changing...

2010-12-04T19:26:00.001+05:30

I have always strongly believed that change is the only constant in life...

Keeping in line with that, I am thinking of changing the blog name to "This is Me"...

What do you think of that?

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Sinful lunch...

2010-12-03T21:05:00.000+05:30

Had been to The Beatle for lunch today...and this is what i had..

And some more.. :-)

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tandoori lunch

2010-11-14T13:37:00.000+05:30

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Misc pics

2010-11-13T21:11:00.000+05:30

Its fast, its Red, its the Enzo!

2010-11-13T20:54:00.000+05:30

This is the latest addition to Krish's growing garage. A scaled replica of the Ferrari Enzo.
(Official Ferrari merchandise)

Firefighting

2010-11-06T20:10:00.001+05:30

We had a memorable Diwali this year. Memorable for all the wrong reasons..

Yesterday, we had a freak fire at home. All of us were out of the house, since there was some get together planned in our apartment. Most of the people were downstairs in the lobby, with the kids and others lighting crackers. One of the kids noticed flames coming out of the 14th floor apartment, and raised an alarm. With a sinking feeling, I realized that its my bedroom window which was on fire.

Flashback: There was a similar incident last year, on the 11th floor, and I had to call Topsline to help. These guys responded in 7 mins flat. So, this year, everyone was on their toes, and quite alert. Also, thank God I had the sense to close the windows just before leaving. Infact, I had locked the door, before going back in and closing all the windows. This simple act saved a lot of trouble, and prevented a very serious incident from occuring. Lets just say had a little help.

Me and a few people rushed to the lift, and someone had the smartness to grab the building's fire extinguisher on the way. The ride to the 14th floor has never been so long. Thankfully, we could go nonstop to the 14th floor. Rushed in, and saw the entire window on fire. And since the windows were closed, there was no fire inside the room..yet. All the clothes on the drying line were burnt, and so were the plastic hangers. Two of the windows cracked, and there was some broken glass on the bed. The fire extinguisher failed to work, and had to resort to water to put the fire out. There was no panic, and the three of us were able to put it out within a few minutes. Phew!

It was a very very close call. If the windows were not closed, then the situation would have been very very messy...

Damages: All the clothes on the clothesline, and a couple of big windows. Will have to replace the sliding window channels which has warped due to the heat. But, all in all, im very happy to get away so cheap.

:-)

Look Ma, im on TV!

2010-10-30T19:11:00.000+05:30

Watch me get my 15 seconds of fame on NewsX, @11.30 AM, on 31-10-2010.

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Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T23:24:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010 - The Trophy

2010-10-28T22:39:00.000+05:30

And finally...

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:38:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:37:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:36:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:35:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:33:00.001+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:33:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:32:00.000+05:30

Raid de Himalaya 2010

2010-10-28T22:23:00.000+05:30

Assorted airline pics...

2010-10-28T22:06:00.001+05:30

PS: Spot the Cat... ;-)

Raid 2010 - Teaser

2010-10-28T21:35:00.001+05:30