India

Everytime when I return to India after a satisfying project stint abroad, I find myself filled with many good thoughts related to “going back home” 🙂 .. I feel somewhat patriotic, somewhat nostalgic, somewhat filled with memories and images about my childhood.

I also feel the urge to invite my friends whom I have worked with abroad to visit us at India if they havent till now – I am sure it will be a lifetime experience and eye opener in many ways.

Above video showcases, some of the places you can goto, if you come to India – from majestic Himalayas and Jammu Kashmir in North India, to Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh, to lovely Kerala Backwaters and sceneric Tamilnadu in south india … and lots of other sceneric beauties. Email me, if and when you plan a visit, I will be delighted to help you out with a plan and places to see and things to do – and if I have time (most probably I will not) I may accompany you as a guide on this exploration.

The song being played in the background of above video is Vande Mataram which is our national song, not to confused with our national anthem Jana Gana Mana.
Since we are hearing it from , it evokes all patriotic thoughts and emotions and fills heart of every Indian like me with love and sense of duty towards the country. (I think it will also evoke a sense of curiosity as well as respect to the heart of people who has never been to India.)

Bon Voyage!!

Publishing news while it is still in making

I just noticed that ibnlive.com is mentioning about New York’s New Year celebrations in “past tense” … as if already happened.

It is still 2:30 pm EST here which means it is still a good 10 hours to new years.

So, perhaps ibnlive guyz are feeling too lazy to post this news as an upcoming event for now and then update later in the night actually describing the event.

At New York’s Times Square, the New Year’s Eve Ball celebrated its centennial with more than a million revelers witnessing the lowering of the ball, which went ‘green’ this time. The motif this year was ‘Let there be light’ and featured a stylised, radiating sunburst on each of the 672 crystal triangles on the ball, creating a kaleidoscope of hues.

what the heck …. this just made me realise that somebody out there prepares headlines while the news is still in making.

It just felt a bit spooky, something like the villain in James Bond Movie “Tomorrow Never Dies” used to do (remember the quote “There’s no news like bad news.”)