Vision Translated

A snap from the top of Alwar Fort A palace made in 1815 A.D. and in Early 19th Century A.D. Rani Moosi's 'Sati Rite Funeral' is our next journey into another story of Indian history ....

A Road Again A road connects both way. We decide if the trip is for coming or going to the place we want. There are times when we also don't know while walking, if it is a one way trip. When wanting to come or going back where we want is just a wishful thought. But, we keep walking into that cycle with or without even knowing the destination of life!  Life goes on !

A simple while flower on my way this afternoon

Friendship day As a single child I grew up in a old city of Eastern part India, with a lot of my cousins of different age groups. But, that hardly used to matter anyways. The team also used to include cousins' cousins and their friends as an extended part of the joint family. All were friends, to do a lot of planned activity, to get scolded later from elders. Also, there was a lot of fight, shouting and yelling while playing, which also used to end only after some scolding from any of the elders. After few years, the group size only increased, as few school friends were also added and very soon became a part in the group of friends.  As I can see that 'Friendship day' started in 1935, when US congress dedicated the day to honor friends. But, that was not the age of Internet, it was transistor radio, which was the source of important news only, so in India this was not known almost. Time changed, as we all grew up and then came to some serious life, work t...

A small weekend trip to Rishikesh My first trip to Rishikesh was about 6 years back. I drove upto a place called Devprayag. 30 km uphill drive was a nice and thrilling experience. Indeed the place very well could be a place for God. Peace everywhere and lash green woods and the roads are only made by human. Ganges flows down below, which makes the only soothing noise to the ear and ofcourse cars and trucks.   In these years things have changed. More people on the road, more cars. Rafting has become a major interest and grown a booming business. I saw people only coming for rafting in 1000s. Camping also picked greatly and numbers are only growing of different type and price. Often roads are jam packed and cars are in more than one row, which used to be free and a nice drive, even few years back.  Depending on the age group for rafting of 26km stretch, from Rishikesh to Hardwar, distances are set, as who can cover upto what distance. Nights...

The story of Sheikh Salim Chisti Darga and Mughal Emperor Akbar’s links with it ! Near Agra and Keoladeo National park, there is a World Heritage Site, which is the palace of Mughal Emperor Akbar and adjacent the tomb of Seikh Salim Chishti, which surprisingly shares the same wall, but it is still now is a personal property. The ancestors of Sheikh Salim Chisti still stay in the compound. Each time I visited the pace for a weekend long drive, came to know little bit from each guide and then read more to know some more. Each part of it was more interesting more the interesting story. Salim Chisti, leading his Shaikzada Division, fought in the Battle of Haldighati for Akbar, against Maharana Pratap, that’s another story. Salim Chishti was a greatly worshiped Sufi Mystic who, it was thought by many, could perform wonders, which very truly in 2012 is also showing the wonders in all means. The Mughal Emperor the great visionary ‘Akbar-e-Azam’ (Inhsah Allah) went to...

A path in the crowd or a crowded path A most common sight in any parking area. Lots of speed machines together, yet to calculate the horse power and the human power for all of them.