OUR CAR TRIP SERIES - GUJARAT - OCT- TO NOV 2001

We had been to Delhi by direct route earlier , so when we had to go visiting Dadoo in October - November 2001 we decided to follow totally different routes .
Distance and time was not of the essence . What was of essence was to see as many world Heritage Sights and as much of our vast and diversely beautiful country as possible so we decided to go to Delhi via state of Gujarat . We did this trip from 22 October to 08 November 2001.
At that time itself we also that the return to Nagpur would be via the state of Rajasthan :-)
It so happens that by over sight or whatever one may choose to call it we put up the return trip from 18 Jan to 27 Jan 2002 was posted earlier . We will try to find how the sequencing of the posts can be changed . As and when we learn that we will put all our car trip series in sequence !!!

Considering the enormous data involved in the trip , this map is also in two parts .

PART ONE NAGPUR - TO - SOMNATH TEMPLE
22 OCT TO 01 NOV 01


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PART TWO SOMNATH TEMPLE - TO - DELHI
01 NOV TO 08 NOV 01.



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Our Car Trip - Series . Rajasthan, 2002.

This was return from Delhi back to Nagpur.
We did Rajasthan portion of the trip from 18 Jan to 27Jan 2002 Chittorgarh being the last place to be visited on 27th .Total distance covered for this part of the trip was 2380 Kms . Reached Ujjain on 28Jan02 , at Dada place for couple of days . Indore on 30 Jan 02, Same night received a call from Pradip that Kaka was serious so left for Mumbai on 31 Jan morning .
Considering the enormous data involved in the trip , this map is also in two parts .

Part one - Delhi- Mumbai.

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Part Two Mumbai- Nagpur.

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Kashmir Trip :19 May 2010 To 27 May 2010.

I had been to Srinagar during Forward Area Tour - Northern Sector while doing Staff Collage . However Priti had never been to J & k area . We decided to rectify the situation so did the trip . View and review :-)

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Our Car Trips -Series.

During the last stages of oue re-employment , We were posted to Hq. Training Command, Bangalore . We decided to travel by our newly purchased maruti 800 car . On retirement from there we returned via the west coast and had a really long sight seeing trip . Here are the maps and info about that trip which lasted from 02 Jan 2000 to 28 Jan 2000. It is in two parts .

PART ONE - BANGALORE TO VELANESHWAR
02-Jan00 to 14-Jan00

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PART TWO - VELANESHWAR TO 11 JAL VIHAR,NAGPUR.
14 Jan 00 to 28 Jan 00

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Letter to Editor.

There was a news item in Hitavada of 18-07-10.. A person who received a promotional SMS told the service provider that he has received SMS from so and so ( sender of the promotional SMS) that they would explode bombs in PUNE . This put in motion all the police machinery and the couple sending the promotional SMS had to really go through hellish experience . I felt that they got much more then what they deserved .Sent off a letter to the Editor to express my views .


Sir ,
It was with interest that I read the news report under this caption .
Tremendous explosion in the use of mobile phones for communication and very large subscriber base was seen as a boon by people seeking cheap medium for advertisement. So , any and every one started using mobile phone to advertise and promote their product through promotional SMA and calls .So much so that unsuspecting and hapless mobile subscriber was being flooded with such calls and SMS . Senders had no regards to the number of times the message was sent nor any regard as to the time of the day at which such messages were sent . It was not only a nuisance but gross invasion of privacy . People had to approach the courts and industry was forced to adopt some measures to save the subscribers from such gross violation of privacy and nuisance . However , the promoters do find ways and means to circumvent the DND ( Do Not Disturb) system and one has to approach the service provider to stop this nuisance and block the new offenders .
I therefore have no sympathies with any one who sends such promotional SMS or calls ,

PM Velankar

HURREY - WAS PRINTED

The letter was printed in next day's paper . Wonder of wonders . No cut-pit at all . I think I am now getting the idea of what is the requirement of the Editors:-)

Edited and the printed version up-loaded today, on 04 Ausust 2010 . Nothing particular about the date except that this idea came to me today :-)

New Trend ??

14 July 2010 .
Went to attend wedding of Surabhi , Third and the youngest daughter of Kavita and Wg Cdr K B Purohit(retd) at Naivedyam Hall.

The hall has some fond memories for us as Anuj and Puja had also got married at the same hall.

The hall has been renovated since and looked good . All the arrangements by "Anna"( that is waht I call KBP) were good and bore the stamp of "service planning" :-). Lot of things were same / similar to those being done/seen in present day weddings, Flower decorated "b" grade car , Flower and lighting decorations . All the , well almost all , boys in ehtnic , sherwaniwith lot of embroidery & pajama and with long chunni like scarfs . The girls in heavily worked lehanga kurta etc . However there was one thing not generally seen in other weddings. There was a protrait of wedding couple . It was a fine portrait and very well executed , did have very good likelihood & resemblance to the couple . Here it is reproduced. :-


Well if it was like any normal protrait made from "rangoli" or coloured powder may be I would not have mentioned it in the blog . I considered it worth putting up on the blog because it was not made from "rangoli" or coloured powder. It was made from food grains like rice , wheat etc and naturally differing coloured pulses like urad , masoor , tuar etc and spices and condiments . An innovative idea what :-) It was quite popular and drew fair bit of crowd .

May be This will set a new trend and we will see more and more of protraits made from ......