Developmental Care of Premature Babies

17th of November is World Prematurity Day. ... Babies born before 37 weeks of gestation period are termed as Premature Babies. The journey towards full term pregnancy and having a healthy baby is a dream of every parent! But what happens when due to unavoidable circumstances the baby decides to arrive early? Anxiety now overtakes the feeling of joy. Read more here...

Hanging Man of Olomouc, Czech Republic

Initially I saw the silhouette and couldn’t believe my eyes; I strained to see if there was any kind of movement. As I got closer I realized it was just a statue, but what a weird one! Read more here...

Pitcher Plant Rice

I came upon this strange dish, Pitcher Plant Rice, which is popular with the locals of the Land Dayaks of Sarawak near the district of Bau and Serikin in Malaysia. It is a delicious Bidayuh food. The unique dish is “cooked hill rice (purple colored rice from Borneo) with peanuts in a cut opened pitcher”. Read more here

My Photographs Exhibited in Hungary

Recently (May 2012), an exhibition was held in Bakonysárkány, in Hungary. The exhibition was on the theme: "Photos of Wonderful India". I am so happy to mention here that two photographs by me were selected for display in this exhibition. Read more here. 

My Bee Hive

The edge is now bare and I miss their activity which I used to watch often. How disciplined the bees were! Neither did I disturb them nor did they harm me. Read more here...

Roads for Threshing Harvest

While I don’t have any objection to my vehicle being of some use to them, I am really concerned about safety. The vehicle can skid causing harm to both parties. The wastage factor is definitely very high in this process, with the grains getting mixed up with soil and dirt. And what about the cleanliness factor of the grains? Wish the concerned official reads this! Read more...

Pankaj Advani

Recently a small function was held to mark the funding of 2000th patient’s open heart surgery. Pankaj Advani made a generous contribution to this deed. Pankaj Advani is a World Champion in snooker and billiards from India. Read more...

Belum Caves, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

104kms from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh are the Belum Caves. The very mention of the word ‘caves’ creates images of mountains in mind; surprisingly there were none around and in fact none in the vast stretch of land around. For a moment I thought... read more...

Usha Uthup

And what a performance Ushaji gave… the crowds were dancing to the cool Bengali and Hindi songs she sang. Usha Uthup thoroughly entertains and knows to strike the right chord with her audiences wherever she is. And on Sunday night 17th Oct too, she quickly generated a dynamic rapport with the residents of Indiranagar, Bangalore. Read more....

Squirrel Watching

The latest visitor to my balcony garden is a little squirrel. It is the Indian Palm Squirrel breed more popularly known as the Three Stripped Palm Squirrel. Read more...

Verona, Italy

Driving from Venice to Verona took us slightly more than four hours. It shouldn't have taken that long, but getting accustomed to the left hand driving, sign boards, GPS instructions and distracting scenic sights(for which we stopped often), delayed us considerably. Read more...

Brihadeeswarar Temple

The unique factor about the chola temples is that the tower over the sanctums is taller than the towers over the gopuram(tower) at the entrance. The temple tower is 70m high ad is credited to be the highest of its kind in the world. We watched the sunset of 26th Dec 2009 there, the darkness setting in and the moon rising over the gopurams, then we revisited the temple the next morning again just to see how it reflected the early rays of sun. Read more...

Krishna Mandapam, Mahabalipuram

The way the sculptor had sculpted the various emotions is amazing. I stood admiring the image of the cow licking her calf as she was being milked by a villager. The curve of her tongue and her half closed eye depicted the tender motherly feelings so well. Read more...

Salted and Dried Fish, at Poompuhar

We continued our journey through coastal Tamil Nadu. I was sure I would sight fish being dried somewhere along the beaches. Not faraway from Karaikal, at Poompuhar, I saw the women folk of fishermen community at the job. The villagers were using centuries old method of salting the fish and leaving them out to dry in direct sunlight. Read more...

Fishermen at Karaikal, Tamil Nadu

Fishing is a major industry in the coastal areas of India. From livelihood perspective, trading in fish, both fresh and dry seems to be the most profitable one. The richer among them have good big boats, while the poorer ones usually set sail in smaller ones. This is one activity which requires a low or nil investment but assures rich returns. It offers good livelihood for the poor people of coastal areas. More here...

Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Thailand

Wat Phra Mahathat famous for the Buddha head of sandstone embraced by the roots of a huge tree. A religious wonder; nobody knows how the head got embedded there. One of the theories is that a broken image could have been abandoned there after the Burmese attacked Ayuthaya and ransacked the Wats. Actually there are a lot of interesting stories around all these... waiting to be told. If only the language wasn't a barrier. Read more here...

The Lady At The Temple

It was during one of the pradakshinas I was taking around the Devarajaswamy Temple, Kanchipuram I came across this sight of an old lady filling lamps with ghee(Indian clarified butter). She was pouring ghee in to the lamps with so much of concentration and devotion, Read more here...

The Tuk Tuks in Bangkok

Just like any other 'new arrival' in Bangkok I was eager to experience the rides in the famous Tuk Tuks of Bangkok. Tuk Tuks are similar to the autorikshaws of India, but are more spacious. The name originated from the sound of the motor of the vehicle and the sound really went tuk tuk tuk tuk... Read more...

Invoking Goddess Lakshmi

It is Diwali time and I want to share the picture of Goddess Lakshmi I took some time back. I was stunned to see it there and then. More...

Dragons

The story of the life cycle of dragons fascinates me even today. Old Chinese believed that Chinese dragons have several different life stages and can live at least 6000 years...More