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Entries from September 2007

National Highway III

September 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was […]

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Hindustan ka dil dekho

September 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

O&M’s ad for Madhya Pradesh Tourism - Hindustan ka dil dekho. Makes you feel you want to visit the place and that was perhaps the purpose of the ad. Nice one!

Til dekho
Taad dekho
Aankhen phad phad dekho
Sher ki dahad dekho
Marble ka pahad dekho
Chanderi ki saadi dekho
Bandhavgarh ki jhaadi dekho
Mandu ka mahal dekho
Jungle ki hulchul dekho
Cheetal dekho, gaur […]

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Indi YO!

September 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Gautam Gambhir
Robin Uthappa
Yuvraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Rohit Sharma
Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan
Joginder Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
S Sreesanth
RP Singh 
In the end, the swagger of youth seemed to matter as much as simple serendipity. Near the end of the close and tension-filled game, India beat Pakistan by five runs. Minutes later, apparently in a moment of abandon, Mr. Dhoni took off his […]

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RAM III

September 19th, 2007 · 7 Comments

RAM I 1992: Post Babri Masjid demolition, 1150 dead in the first three days. Bombay riots and Bombay blasts to follow in weeks. 2000 dead, in the name of Ram. Bhartiya Janata Party sweeps to power across the Hindi heartland and Maharashtra by mid-90s. Becomes single largest party at centre, forms government.
RAM II 2002: Post […]

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Onam week photos from tvm

September 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments

 few snaps from Trivandrum city - Onam week, 2007

Outside Kanakakunnu palace - Nishagandhi was full

Legislature - dim lights, Photography banned

Museum road, Merry Columbus

Secretariat - North Block

Secretariat - Outsider’s view

Usha Uthup at Chandrashekaran Nair Stadium - same old stuff

Trivandrum Corporation

Kanakakunnu

Lights of the city
Check Out : Full stream of photos

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