Trip to Tamhini Ghat

One thing is sure guys, Tamhini ghat is the place to be on earth. Located on Pune-Mahad road it’s one of the few places void of all social animals.

Located roughly about 65 to 70 kilometers from Pune, it offers us the best view of the Western Ghats. Our family made a trip to this place on 28^th June, 2009. The road to Tamhini ghat is okay one and on the way one can enjoy the view of Mulshi dam. I took a few photos from my Sony cyber shot digital camera and I am pleased to share it with you.

The first photo shows us the flat plains of Konkan region clearly visible from Tamhini ghat.

The second photo shows us the close up view of another insect. Frankly speaking I don’t know the name of insect.

The third photo is one of the best I ever took. This photo shows how soil erosion has took place on a mountain eroding it and giving rise to dense foliage. This dense foliage runs down till bottom of valley and such type of foliage is not found elsewhere on the route.

The fourth photo shows us that a part of mountain had caved in this part was somewhat receiving less amount of water. Now if you observe that caved in part carefully and if we zoom that part we find some white growth in that part. Is the white part some kind of wild mushrooms or like my friend guessed it as some bird, still it is unclear. This photo was taken from an eight megapixel digital camera and full 4x optical zoom as that place was very high from the place we were standing.

The last photo is the catchment area of Mulshi dam. Due to lack of rains in the month of June the catchment area was not full of water. (This collaborates that the news we hear about lack of rains this monsoon is true) We went down to the reservoir along a muddy path and we had a nice time strolling near the reservoir with the gushing wind gracing our faces like a hard slap.

Tamhini ghat is perfect place to spend your weekend in the laps of nature.

India on the path of conquering commercial aspect of cricket

Surfing channels, I came across Star sports airing some old cricket match from its rich archives. The match going on was India vs. England (1995-1996). The English audiences neatly dressed in suit- tie were enjoying watching English bowlers getting hammered by a debutant Sourav Ganguly.

Let’s get to main thing that pushed me to write this post. All the advertisements were looking unfamiliar to me. Even the spaces that separate the stands which hoist advertisements were unfurling the English brands. I don’t recall those names but those all sounded unfamiliar.

2009- ICC 20-20 world cup going on. The main sponsors- Reliance Mobile, LG, Hero-Honda and Pepsi. All the four are having significant presence but out of them, two are located and based only in India. Every space on the ground capable of displaying advertisements is occupied by these brands.

Do the Australians, Pakistanis, New Zealanders know these brands unless they search the net. Nahhh!! They might be going nuts thinking about these brands.

Look at the current position about the power of India. She has literally captured all the commercial aspect of cricket. That made me proud of India the most in spite of ongoing things going in India like corruption, nepotism etc. India has captured a huge chunk of the commercial market.

Beware world, India is marching on and all the other people need to look out at India as a major superpower in the world.

My memorable past..

Every time I think about my past moments in my life, I cannot stop thinking about it. Thinking about the past nostalgias makes me smile a lot. I would like to share my few past memories that are deeply inscribed on my brain. Even a ‘Ghajni’ like incident can’t wipe them out from my grey matter of my brain. Here are some of them...

Have you ever experienced the agonizing pain in fracturing a bone in your body? I have experienced not once but twice. The first one when I was really small to understand the pain and second one the unforgettable one. While playing in 2^nd standard near our building’s society premises, running wildly through a dense bush, I tripped over a stone marking the boundary of the bush and a path. I rolled two to three times on my back before coming to a halt. At that moment I realized an excruciating pain in my right elbow and started crying loudly. Such was the pain that I wasn’t able to move my elbow as if it had got stuck somewhere. My nerves of hand were giving high levels adrenaline to my brain which made me cry aloud for at least an hour. Somehow I reached home to find my mother telling me that I have suffered a fracture. She somehow managed to put a temporary support to my hand and gave me pain killers. The next day I went to an orthopedic who plastered my hand with one kilo white cement. For 21 days I had the heavy plaster on my hand right from my fingers to shoulders. During this period my friends completed all my class-work and homework assignments and I am really indebted to them.

Next memory that I would like to share is how my 2^nd standard picnic got spoilt due to my one of my friend. We were going to a resort in Ambernath. He was sitting near the window seat while I was sitting near the aisle seat regretting my decision not to a catch a window seat by running when the bus arrived and catching the much coveted window seat. As the bus was midway to our destination, the friend sitting next to me vomited on my left side. Yuck!!! I said loudly. He in spite of sitting near the window seat vomited that white liquid on me. Our body has such complex reflex actions is the one thing that I learnt that day. On that day I had tough time as I smelt the whole day. My class teacher Miss Leena cleaned the whole stuff as soon as we reached the resort. Still the smell was stinking the whole day. I didn’t enjoy the picnic the whole day. Just like cigarette packs carry a statutory warning on them –‘Smoking is injurious to life’, people who tend to vomit in bus should also carry a statutory warning on their shirt-‘Give me a window seat or suffer the consequences’. Still you can suffer like me.

One of my worst days in life turned out to be when I was in 3^rd standard. After playing one evening cricket on the big playground in front of my home, I forgot to take my bat. Somebody took the bat lying idly and we all went to my home to have water part to quench our thirst. As we all gulped down three to four bottles of water, in hurry I forgot to lock the door of my house. The house was left open and one of our good neighbors noticed it and kept a good vigil the whole evening till my mom arrived. When I reached home I got a good scolding the whole evening for the double losses I had suffered.

The next thing that recalls me is that of monitors patrolling our class. Whenever there used to be sometime between one teacher to come between the lectures the monitor used to take control of the class. He used to write the word ‘NAMES’ on the blackboard and he used to write those who used to talk or play some mischief. Though there used to be some regular names on the blackboard some of them used to beg the monitor to cancel the name from blackboard. If the teacher used to be strict, they would give remarks in diary or some would simply neglect. There used to be n type of monitors to do all work and they acted as if they are the immortal souls of the school. Also the teachers showed partiality towards these immortal souls of school.

There are many more memories that I will never forget with some of them capable of acquiring Oscars like those mentioned above. Don’t know but I have a unique ability to recall many things about my past. I hope my future will also give me such type of incidents in my life..