It all started when I received an unexpected mail from my friend about “Bangalore Photography Festival”. I rushed like a cyclone to the ADLABS printed out 10 photographs, headed to Crossover Sports and handed over the same to Prem. A mail from Yolande Berlie made me glad and surprised, all 10 of them had been [...]

Its raining bands in bangalore and this time its one of the greatest rock & roll bands of all times, Aerosmith. Yes its true, though earlier there was news that Aerosmith would be performing in Mumbai. It appears now that they will be performing in namma bengaluru at palace grounds on June 2, 2007. Still, [...]

NOTE: Please excuse the bad quality of photos and videos, coz it was taken on a phone-cam, my intension is to let you listen to the music at least [Image above: Tala Vadya, Percussion Band] The Fireflies Festival of Sacred Music was held on Saturday (April 14, 2007) at the Fireflies Ashram, off Kanakapura road [...]

A Different World called Iron Maiden. “Tell me what you can hear, And then tell me what you see, Everybody has a different way to view the world. I would like you to know, When you see the simple things, To appreciate this life, it’s not too late to learn.” These are the exact words [...]

It came up surreptitiously under the headlines of Bajaj releasing the 220, but the Pulsar 200 is now here – and available at a Bajaj ProBiking outlet* near you. So after getting a brief test ride from Khivraj’s Indirangar outlet in Bangalore, here are my first impressions. It is a big step up from the [...]

Recently, I had attented this training and found it very useful. I feel everyone should undergo this training, coz god only knows when & where it could be useful ? Thousands of precious lives are lost every year due to cardiac arrests that occur at home, workplaces, schools and on roads unexpectedly. It is found [...]

[Image above: Tandiyandimol, the highest peak (5,724 ft) of kodagu district, Karnataka] As usual we took the Rajahamsa bus of KSRTC to Virajpet (a town in kodagu district). We started from bangalore at 10:30 pm and reached Virajpet at 4:30 am. We checked into a local hotel to freshen and take a small nap. However, [...]

[Image above: Gang at Dayara Bugyal, Uttarakhand] The journey started from New Delhi, after waiting for 3 hrs at the bus terminal in the dead of the night. We parked ourselves in the front seats of the bus to Haridwar and had the scariest bus journeys of our lives. After a bit of clear roads, [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we welcome you on board Air Dhakkan, er, Air Deccan. Air Dhakkan Deccan is India’s 2nd largest carrier – and we follow a thousand ways in which to cut corners costs so that you get to fly cheap. We mean really really cheap. We’ve cut costs so much that our fare for [...]

[Image above: The gang resting on chembra peak with other peaks visible in the background] We took the bangalore trekker’s official transport the (KSRTC) Rajahamsa to Kozhikode, Kerala and got down at Kalpetta, Wayanad District, Kerala. There, we checked into the PPS Tourist Home for freshening up, where we also met our guide for the [...]