Monsoon..Raindrops keep falling on my head!!

Enough of summer-2008.Been hot and humid and now am looking forward to the monsoon.I love the rain and the atmosphere that is created around it.The cool breeze. the little rain drops splashing ur face and the road side food from tea to pakodas..all of them make monsoon the best part of the year.

The MET department has predicted a normal monsoon and i pray and hope for once the met department's correct.Here in Hyd the monsoon strikes in mid june and as i cant bear this heat anymore am goin to escape to nainital for the next 2 weeks.SO by the time am back monsoon wil be here in full force and hopefully wil bring a smile on my face.

The song "Raindrops keep falling on my head" by BJ Thomas is best apt to describe my affection for the rain..here goes the lyrics..and yeah do listen to this song..it was also a part of the movie forest grump..and for ppl who still dont get it ..this track was played whenever we dialed for the customer care on the erstwhile HUTCH network...


Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

Dream Destinations!! - Nainital

Am off for a holiday next week to Nainital so found it fitting to blog about this place which til a few years back used to be my summer home.Til i was in 10th i made it a point to spend atleast 2 weeks of summer there with near and dear ones .Ive always had a ball there and each time ive never had enough of it..just want to spend more time there..its a place where ul never get bored and theres always something for everyone from food to sightseeing to shopping to education(sherwood college..wad a school man!!! i rate it the second best school in india after HPS)Here goes the story of nainital....

It is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas. Situated at an altitude of 1,938 metres (6,358 feet) above sea level,Nainital has temperate summers, maximum temperature 27 °C (81 °F); minimum temperature 10 °C (50 °F), during which its population increases more than fivefold with an annual influx of tourists predominantly from the plains of Northern India.

It is believed that Nainital figures in some ancient myths of India. In the Manas Khand of the Skand Puranas, Nainital Lake is called Tri-Rishi-Sarovar, hinting at the story of three sages (or rishis), Atri, Pulastya and Pulaha, who, upon finding no water in Nainital, dug a large hole at the location of the present day lake (sarovar = lake) and filled it with water from the holy lake Manasarovar in Tibet. According to lore, a dip in Naini Lake, "the lesser Manasarovar," earns merit equal to a dip in the great lake.

It is also believed that Naini Lake is one of the 64 Shakti Peeths, or religious sites where parts of the charred body of Sati (Parvati) fell on earth while being carried by Lord Shiva. The spot where Sati's eyes (or Nain) fell, came to be called Nain-tal or [lake of the eye.] The goddess Shakti is worshipped at the Naina Devi Temple on the north shore of the present day lake.

The places to visit are many.Some of the prominent places - The Naini Devi Temple,The Governers house, Jim Cobbert's house,hill Top,China Point,Naini Peak , Snow View...the list is endless..and there are a number of places like Jim Cobbert Park,Sattal around it where ppl must go spend some time.

These are the places not to miss when ur in Nainital.So try making it to my list of the best spots in nainital to eat and see!!
BEST SPOTS:-
1)The Boat House Club- amazing view,good food and do not miss eating the chili chicken and the aloo chat there..mouth watering
2)There is this old muslim cook who makes mouth watering fried chicken on the mall road again opposite the club..been a big fan of his food.
3)The movie theatre..it may not be a pvr but the feel of watchin a movie there is diff..
4)Boating obviously
5)China Point..take the cable car to it
6)hotel Ambassador on mall road
7)Shopping in the bhutanese market in the center of the town next to the lake
8) Momos..also known as dog meat momos :p a must to have there...delicious..btw they arent made of dog meat :p
9)The chat waalas all over
10) Boiled eggs near the lake when ti gets late in the night..the cool wind and boiled eggs deadly combo .
11)shop for some fresh fruits there in the local mandi..
12)Manu Maharani for the rich and famous
13)Balrampurhouse- a beauty
14)sherwood college..i neednt mention why

My list wil never ever end as nainitals one place which as i said earlier i can never have enough of.Ill post some new pics when am back but here are some pics below .Do visit it once in ur life or else u would have missed something truly.

Jaipur - What Next???

Its been happening over and over again...each time the government responds back by saying that they will increase vigil and security in the whole country and take up issues of terrorists camps with our neighbours!!!How long can this happen...every big city..mumbai to delhi to hyderabad and now jaipur has been rocked by the serial bomb attacks and as usual very conveniently the blames put on HUJI...

It sounds more of an excuse for something they dont have an answer.The security agencies have become lack and the intelligence wing needs an overhaul.These attacks are happenin at more regular intervals and each time the scale of attacks is larger and the bombs used become more sophisticated...from cellphones to alarm clocks have been use.They probably did away with the cellphone systems to tick off the bombs because usually the networks go down and they cant detonate further bombs..These guys r intelligent and was just seeing how the bomb was ..it doesnt look like a lay mans work..sophisticated is the word!! small bombs with capabilities to damage big time!!Another alarming thing is the use of cycles..from madegaon to uttar pradesh to hyderabad..everywhere we had bombs detonated on cycles.I think registrations for cycles and number plates should be made necessary as they will atleast help in identifying the source and give us a better link to the whole thing!!

Another angle to it is that some of these attacks have been supported by locals too..from execution to funding.This has to be seriously looked into because we dont want home grown terrorists to join the party of destruction.Reasons and answers have to be given y our very own might be goin against us?? Is it the policies of the government ?? Is it poverty?? WHY????

How long can the government not do about it??Its election year from elections in 4 states and then the national elections comin up within a year!! The government has to give answers !! They have to take some drastic measures!!Enough of being nice!! its time for some action..they know if they dont..they'll get a fitting reply by the citizens of the country and wont be brought back to power on this one very issue...

India its time we changed!! Food for thought!!!

10,000 dead!!! And donno how many more.....Is India Prepared???

Really sad whats happened in china..but is India prepared for a calamity??Does the Indian government have the infrastructure to handle stuff like this??Are our buildings strong enough to take earthquakes of such scale??

The answers sadly to the above questions is NO!!!Its time our government gets ready with an emergency handling team not only on paper but also in actual physical existence.The Earths playing games with volcanoes erupting in Chile to earthquakes in China to cyclones in Myanmar!! We r not far away from one such one hitting our country.Its time we actively take part in Disaster Management..Times runnin out!!Lets make the move before its too late..Hopefully we'll be ready in the NICK OF TIME!!

Below are some of the pics and details abt the Earthquake that struck China.









The death toll in China's worst earthquake in three decades hit at least 10,000 people Tuesday, but was expected to soar amid reports of staggering numbers of students trapped in collapsed schools.

Rescuers also were scrambling to reach the cut-off epicenter of the Monday's earthquake, which struck central Sichuan province but killed people in at least eight other areas of China.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported that nearly 10,000 people died in Sichuan alone and 300 others in other provinces and the mega-city of Chongqing.

It said 1,000 students and teachers were killed or missing after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake crushed a high school in Beichuan county, just east of the quake's epicenter. The deaths were separate from another collapsed school where 900 students are feared dead.

said up to 5,000 people were killed and 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan, in a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu. The government has poured more than 16,000 troops into the area with tens of thousands more on the way.

Rain was complicating the rescue effort, which Premier Wen Jiabao said was forecast for the next several days. Wen, who flew to Sichuan to oversee rescue efforts, said a push was on to clear roads and restore electricity as soon as possible.

The quake's epicenter was in Wenchuan, 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Chengdu, but landslides, boulders and downed trees blocked roads into the area.

Xinhua reported that efforts to reach Wenchuan and surrounding areas by land, water and air has failed so far. Rains had not made it possible to land helicopters, and police have even been sent by boat in a local reservoir

Indian manchuria???

Its CYBERWAR!!!!

Indian government sources,according to various media reports, accuse China of virtual cyber warfare saying that hacking and other intrusive methods adopted by the country, pose a real threat to India's security. According to them also China has mounted almost daily attacks on Indian websites - both private and government.

Sadly our Indian Government under the influence of the Left Allies are just tip toing the China line and not doing anything concrete about it..damn not even raising this issue up with the chinese..wads wrong with the government..first the US and now the chinese...this government likes "buttering" the wrong people/countries.The chinese on the other hand r taking it full advantage of it ...from the Torch Relay to the PM visiting Anurachal to the border issue...those losahs get away by doin anything under the sun...

Wont be soon before we become an item in their menu...Indian Manchuria?? wad say!!!!