From my Oct Goa Trip...

Sunset at Calangute beach...



From my Canon Powershot... Anjuna Beach view...
Isn't it almost a professional shot - its now my screensaver...



A shot from Fort Aguada...

Bangalore Woes...

We all are aware and frustated of the traffic situation in Bangalore - peak hours or not. Roads remain choked with bumper to bumper traffic and we keep blaming the govt delayed flyovers, expressways and metro.
BUT, do we really care. I work in Bagmane Tech Park - and each morning and evening there is pandemonium for hours when 100+ shuttles, buses of all sizes run by IT companies go in and out. There are about 20 IT companies in this TechPark - each runs its own network of buses - most at less than 30% occupancy. If banks can join to share ATM networks, Telcom providers can share voice and data networks or even towers etc, marketing companies can leverage Post office network, why don't IT companies join hands to share their transportation resources - thereby reducing the load on the roads, creating shorter commute routes and lesser fuel wastage as well.

We need to stop expecting the govt to solve all over problems - and be smarter with our solutions.

Present and to come...

And here is where I live now…



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And future home…


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From a visit to Ellora Caves...

Ellora Caves.... April 2006

The main cave, the Kailash
temple from a distance....

Inside Kailashantha complex...




Much of the paintings on the side walls have got eroded over centuries, and the stone carvings have been damaged...yet you cant miss the magnificent glory of this heritage.



These massive cave structures carved out of a single rock/hill really amaze you... wish they had been better restored over the centuries... or rather better treated by invaders.



And to think of it, there is an amazing ventilation and cooling mechanism at work here... which makes you feel at home even though it was 42degrees outside in the sun...




This engraving on one of the pillars has become the emblem of one of universities in Maharashtra now...


These galleries on the side - cut out into the rock hills used to house 'monastaries' and 'schools of learning' at one time (the railings are a modern addition though - for safety of visitors)


My sister (left) and wife - inside the Kailasantha sanctum...



The foundation base of the main temple complex - shown supported by elephants on all sides.


Ganesha Idol...


A tandav mudra...


Finally...one for the album...taken in a hurry though...

For Suvarna Karnataka Day!!!

Roots...

Thanks to Wikimapia... I can still re-live my childhood for some ephemeral moments...

Here is, where my ancesters lived and where I was born...(and also my wife's ancesters lived closeby (see Ganju's)...)


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And Here is where I used to live... between 1982-1990...



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