i enjoyed

Recently, I watched some movies in a short span of time..

This friday, first day - Seen " Sarkar Raj", a brilliant performance by Amitabh family. We could see the Ramgopal verma's touch and style in the movie. The photo graphy and the camera angles are fantastic... wishing the movie - more than 100 days.... and a fantastic success...

I watched the earlier Indiana jones.. this one also very thrilling, and brilliant. The movie makes one to sit in the end, from the begining to the end.. never had a dull moment... worth watching...enjoy...

Also seen a telugu movie, in Hyderabad... the movie named Parugu... already a super hit in Andhra. The movie is romatic, emotional and enjoyable..

The casting and the photography is rich, the story also very good. Alli arun done a great show. some scenes, in the mist and hill side surrounding is pleasing to the eyes.

The are just some comments about the movies, I watched recently and not to take as a critic.

welcome...

Eagerly awaiting for the monsoon rains.... To the delight yesterday night, there was cloud cover and lightning in parts of Vadodara...

Infact there was showers in Ahmedabad, Anand and even Mumbai... so awaiting for SKY TO OPEN....

The Great Indian Monsoon already hit kerala coast on May 31st this year, and it covered parts of Southern peninsula and hovering around north Karnataka... so it is matter of time, for sweeping maharastra.. and then to Gujarat...

Indian Monsoon is magical and one needs to enjoy the transformation... from the Scorching Sun and heat to cloud and rain... even during peak monsoon rains, there would be hide and seek and it would be humid and hot... but the saving grace would be the entire atmosphere gives a rich, green and fertile look owing to rain fall, which is a pleasant sensation to eye and mind... awaiting and welcoming the great indian monsoon, the life-line of India...

from the sky

The recent cyclone with originated in the bay of Bengal, which initially threaten Chennai, Andhra Coast and which ultimately moved to Myanmar caused widespread devastation... On browsing I happen to stumbled upon this NASA ariel pictures, one showing the picture taken last year and the other one showing after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis.... We could see missing land mass, and we could infer the devastation and submergance of land mass... Let us pray for speedier recovery and relief for the suffering humans there.

hi kooo

it is cloudy here,,, from the window overlooking green flowery garden, in consenance with todays weather... springs this hi-kooo!!!! u may have to visualise to enjoy the spirit....

0n the green avenue,

full of fallen leaves,

soiled and purtified smell,

....reminisce of overnight showers.....

amazing isnt

Creativity at its best.... art work by using only vegetables... see it carefully, you could find this art was made only using various kind of vegetables, amazing isnt...

insightful

தாத்தாவின் மூக்குக் கண்ணாடிகை தவறி விழும் முன் சொன்னேன்rttr 'Sorry ' தாத்தா என்று …!

தூங்கும் போது கழுத்து வரைபோர்த்தி விடும் கருணை - தூக்கத்திலும் சொல்வேன்'Thanks ' ம்மா என்று …!

நாளை நண்பனின் பிறந்த நாள் - இன்றேவாழ்த்து அட்டையில் எழுதினேன்'Happy Birthday da' என்று …!

காலையில் நாளிதழ் படிக்கும் பொழுது எதிர் வீட்டுக்காரர்அவர் சொல்லும் முன் முந்திக் கொள்வேன்'Good Morning Uncle' என்று …!

கோயிலில் பத்தாம் வகுப்பு சிநேகிதி கணவனுடன்அவள் பேசும் முன் முடித்துக் கொள்வேன்'Hai' என்று …!

மாலையில் கடற்கரையில் என்னவள் - மணலில்அவள் விரல் பிடித்தே எழுதுவேன்'I Love You' என்று …!

இரவில் …வீட்டிற்கு செல்லும் வழியில் - காலைகுத்தியது முள் …'அம்மா' என்று
அலறினேன்குத்தியது முள்ளில்லை - என்னைகுத்திக் காட்டியது - என் தமிழ்

நன்றி....

WOW what a wonderful tamil poem, i dont know, who the author is, anyhow my appreciation to the author of this beautiful and meaningful poem...

Courtesy to Chandru for forwarding this peom.

a welcome relief

fully covered and rain at anytime
western side - cloud built-up
hurry my camera is not working due to fine dusts
squally winds throwing dust and sand, visibility becomes zero
thick dark clouds
other size, cloud cover expanding
gradual development of clouds
overcast on the other side

Development of thunderclouds

on 4th April 2008, there was unseasonal thunder showers, with squall in the parts of Vadodara.. overall many north western region also received rain fall. This is quite an unseasonal showers in this period, anyhow it cooled the atmosphere, and brings lot of relief to the people, who were perishing under scorting heat.. as summer is picking up here and temperature are soaring to 39deg censius.
The clouds starts developing by evening 4.30 pm, the sky becoming darker.. the darkening of sky started from the western side and it slowly begun to develop and cover the whole sky... in the process of spreading of clouds, there was a squall of winds... as high of 45 km per hour.. and the entire atmosphere becomes chill, moreover since the area was dry for the past 5 months, the wind looks like sand storm as the dust, sand and mud begun to fly and it become misty and hazzy, throws litter and dust every where... anyhow at the end it rained heavily and look like white washing of entire area.. much relief from the heat and a pleasant weekend ensured.

friends of the colony

can we call him browny!!!
Stray dog... one leg broken when he was puppy.... but now recovered

Vigilant neighbour hood - not soo friendly..

There are dozens of stray dogs in our colony... People are friendly with them... but for strangers, they are nightmares...

Our colony is patrolled by these dogs in the night.. They wont allow anything strange.. occational intruders like monkeys.. These dogs doing a wonderful job in the night... always barking and being alert.. ofcourse during day time most of the dogs are lethargic and sleepy and not bothered by human intervention... but the disadvantageous are they jump the fences, and make the place shabby after searching for foods in the dustbins, and drop the polythene covers here and there after searching for something to eat... also some times behave as nuisance!!! anyhow their services are worth appreciative to be considered as nuisance... so they can be called friends of society....

for all of us to remember

There was one time a very young boy, who used to spendtime playing by a tree. One day he got bored and he said to the tree, "I'm bored, I've played with these toys too many times!"The tree replied, "OK, you can climb up on me and play on mybranches." The boy got really happy with this suggestion and hehad a lot of fun playing and sitting high up, on the branches ofthe tree.

When he started school, he spent more time away from the tree,but one day he came back to it, and the tree was overjoyed to seeits young companion, and it encouraged him to climb on, but herefused. "My clothes are going to get dirty if I climb up onyou." So the tree thought for a while, and said, "OK, bring arope and tie it to me, and you can use my branches as a swing."The boy liked that idea, so he did that too, and would come backevery other day to sit for a while on that swing. Whenever he used to get hot, the tree told him to rest in its shade.

As he got older, and moved on to college, times became harder onhim and he ran short of food, so he went back to the tree which he had stopped visiting for a long time. The tree recognised himimmediately and welcomed him, but he was hungry and complained tothe tree, "I dont have any food to eat, my stomach is cringing with hunger." So the tree said, "Pull down my branches and takeoff the fruit, and fill yourself up." The young guy didnt evenhesitate, but jumped up and tore off one of the smaller branchesand ate to his fill. Over the weeks, he tore off all the branches and ate all the fruit.After the fruits had all gone, he went away and didnt come back to the tree.

When he reached his middle ages, he came back to thetree and said to it, "I have been very successful in life. I haveearned a lot of money, I have a huge house and I have found a great wife. Now I want to travel and see the world." The tree was now very old, but to help its long time companion, it didnt wait,and said, "Bring a saw, cut off my trunk and make a boat. Then you will see the wonders of the world." So again, without hesitation the man cut down the tree.

The same tree which he had played on, ate its fruit, laid in its shade; he cut it down and made a boat. As soon as it was finished, he sailed away and wasnt seen by his people again.

One day, an old man, walked past the tree. It hadnt recovered from the time he had cut it down. He went up to the tree, but didnt say anything.

He felt the tears coming down from his eyes. This time the tree spoke in a faint voice, "I'm sorry. I donthave a trunk for you to climb, nor fruit for you to eat, nor branches of shade for you to lie in. All I have now are my deep roots." The old man whispered, "That's fine. Tree roots are the best place to lie down, snuggle up and sleep after a long life."

The tree symbolizes our parents, and the boy symbolizes us.

The moral of the story is that we make use of our parents like tissue, and use them all up, and dont even give thanks, but they stay with us till the very end.

worthy trip

A fertile field.. something burning

Mahanandhi statue front view

On the way to Ahobilam, already getting dark.. dusk

On the way to Srisailam, impending rain

Ghat road to Mahanandhi from Srisailam..

The think forests and hills... dark and feary look

halt at Nandiyal.. near a check dam

Bathing at Mahanandhi temple - Tank.. outside one

Last month ie March 2008, planned a trip to Srisailam, Mahanandhi, Ahobilam in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Eventhough we visited Srisailam and Mahanandhi last Feb 08, we visited yet another trip with in-laws.. The highlight of the trips are 1. The fantastic cloudy and rainy weather, which made the trip memorable. The forest ghat roads after the rains was a treat to eyes.. Nature at it best.. some snaps from my Sony Cybershot -Digital camera...

hw is this!!!

Creative statues are plenty across the world... they give the freedom to express their taughts, when there is freedom, the art blosooms, and gives new appeal, some of the above statues are make us to think beyond the ordinary....

enjoy.. the creative art!!!!

delicate and graceful

Amazing creativity and great art work... drawings on a delicate feather.. wow, enjoy...

Courtesy and thanks to email of Prof. Chandrasekar for fwding this images.

Gods way of protection

During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction.

Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realised that once the enemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.

As he waited, he prayed, Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you.

After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to draw close. He thought, well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one.

Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over the front of his cave.

As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while, the spider layered strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.

Hah, he thought. What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humour.

As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideout and could see them searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand.

To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realised that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while.

Lord, forgive me, prayed the young man. I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall.

We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.

Remember: Whatever is happening in your life, with God, a mere spiders web can become a brick wall of protection.

Borrowed wisdom from email forwarded by Prof. Chandrasekar.

story with a twist...

On walking into the factory, the MD noticed a young guy leaning against
the wall, doing nothing.
He approached the young man and calmly said to him, How much do you
earn?"
The young man was quite amazed that he was asked such a personal
question, he replied, none the less, "I earn $ 2000.00 a month, Sir.
Why?"

Without answering, the MD took out his wallet and removed $ 6000.00 cash
And gave it to the young man and said, "Around here I pay people for
working, not for standing around looking pretty! Here is 3 months
'salary, now GET OUT and don't come back".

The young man turned around and was quickly out of sight. Noticing a Few
onlookers, the MD said in a very upset manner, "And that applies for
everybody in this company". He approached one of the onlookers and asked
him, "Who's the young man that I just fired?"

To which an amazing reply came , "He was the pizza delivery man,
Sir...!!!"

Moral:- Know your staff well, and in simple, dont act in haste and repent in waste!!!!

nice story

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, 'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'

The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'

'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.

'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.

'If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.'


In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

This message is too short......but carries a lot of inner meaning...

nice short story isnt.... (borrowed wisdom...from a email message!)

crossed triple century- Smile

As of this post, crossed 300 blog entries... All smiles.

Could you identify from the above photo- NATURE SMILES!!!

See attentively, the birds... U could see smiling shape!!!

wow, wonderful snap isn't... i received this photo today by email... i dont know the veracity of the photo... i hope this picture is not fake or morphed... Enjoy.... NATURE SMILES.....

good moral story on love...

There was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving song birds. She took them home and put them in a small gilded cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a marvelous song. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing to last forever.

One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl watched anxiously as he circled high above her. She was so frightened that he would fly away and she would never see him again that as he flew close, she grasped at him wildly. She caught him in her fist. She clutched him tightly within her hand. Her heart gladdened at her success in capturing him.

Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate clutching love had killed him.

She noticed the other bird teetering on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. His need to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times. The girl watched delighted at the bird's enjoyment. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss.She wanted the bird to be happy.

Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody, she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it -- WINGS!

Great lesson of Love, We are of opinion that possessiveness love may increase, but the truth is that Love cannot be gained by control or possessiveness.. Seems to be a paradox, but it seems it is the reality...