Android.... Android....

A mobile theft at the notorious kurla station prompted me to buy a new phone. I am now a proud android owner. This stuff is awessome... I mean it rocks truely. The infinite number of apps along with the power of google makes it feel like a marvel. It looks like the powers of android have totally taken over the manufacturer brand.

Thanks google for this wonder......

Silly Computer Graphics

Whats so great about computer graphics in a movie??? I've always wondered, why people like to see the artificial world of computerized animations and fake scenes created only for soothing your eyes. I understand if it is a cartoon movie. But in a normal movie with a dedicated hero and a heroine, what role do these graphics play?? Many people keep saying: 'the movie was good, it had a lot of computer graphics'... Yeeeeks.. This statement sucks hard. Hardly anyone talks about acting!! You need to be skilled enough to show that you are a BEGGAR, when in reality, you are a MILLIONAIRE. By praising unreal fiction, are we not moving towards an artificial world?? Something that makes us dwell in the (un)realities of an imaginary belief...!! In fact, the recent trend of movies is -- getting closer to reality. Also think of the many many television pro grammes that show the whole world what goes on in REAL LIFE. In spite of all this, I wonder what people like in a movie that's full of graphics.. If this continues, our definitions of entertainment will be far away from reality and practicality. In my opinion, entertainment should be close to our own life. A little deviation for the sake of adding spice is still justified. But then, when things go beyond reality and we as humans start praising virtual reality, certainly, something is wrong.... This might just be the reason, why TV soaps are far from reality. They try to grab your attention by showing what you are something that only fits in our imagination. May be a situation that you are always afraid of, or something that you only feel is possible, but have never encountered. Now that's what I call unreal... No logic.. Plain emotions. Same is the reason, why TV news channels rely so much on useless and crap news being aired 10,000 times a day. This is one big reason, why I like plays and stage performances. Lets hope things get more REAL than far-fetched.....

Who stops me??

Sleep is sometimes a really funny experience. You know you are sleeping, yet you are in a fairy tale world- enjoying your dreams. At times, I wonder, what differentiates our behavior in the dream world and the real world ?? In the dream world, (say for example), I see an irritating "mosquito" flying around me, I immediately raise my hand to slap that jerk...Yess......!! This is the point, where I realize the immense force that I encounter. My hand bluntly refuses to get raised. I feel as if I am lifting a 100 kg dumbbell along with my hand... I try hard to lift it, but in vain. The mosquito is still there and I try shooing him with my gestures- quick body movements, head shaking etc etc... That's when I come across realization number 2- I can't even move my body parts... They too feel like being under a tremendously heavy weight rings. .. This is where, I slowly start contemplating- am I dreaming??? Oh yess, I was dreaming...and that's exactly why I was not able to move anything. ... I wake up.. And even before I completely open my eyes, my memory of this dream are vanished.. Probably, my dreams are recorded in some different part of my brain and hence not accessible in day time. .. There's memory compartmentalization even in my brain.. Huh.. In another such dream, I came across a wild thought- some funny idea. The first reaction was to expose it on Facebook/twitter. (That also proved- I am a social media addict..!). Now since my brain is compartmentalized, I can't recollect that funny idea. But surely wanted to tweet something in my dreams and believe me, it must have been interesting. Lets see, if I can recollect it, when I again visit similar dream destinations. The point here is: the only difference in dream and real life behavior is that, I can't generally move myself in dreams... In real life, I can... otherwise, both are almost the same.. The only question that remains:- who stops me from moving, while I am asleep(and dreaming)??

(I may sound like an idiot, but that's what I thought of scribbling)

Sent by emoze push mailSleep is sometimes a really funny experience. You know you are sleeping, yet you are in a fairy tale world- enjoying your dreams. At times, I wonder, what differentiates our behavior in the dream world and the real world ?? In the dream world, (say for example), I see an irritating "mosquito" flying ...

How to add labels, while posting to Blogger via Email

How to add labels, while posting to Blogger via Email:

Blogger provides a functionality to blog, using your email address. But then, there’s a glitch- you cant add any tag /labels/ catagories for your posts which you emailed to blogger. You have to visit the blogger dashboard to do this. For those wondering, why in the first place one needs tags/labels with a blog post, the reason is that Google or any other search engine, saves information about your blog and its posts, only if you have good tags. If you haven’t used any tags, chances of your site showing up in Google search is very slim.

Posterous has been kind enough to let you post via email with a special syntax for appending the tags( labels or tags, whatever you want to call).

·         To do this, you need to have a posterous account. So register yourself on http://posterous.com as the first step.

·         Now the next step is to connect your posterous account to autopost to blogger. Connecting blogger or any other(facebook, twitter etc etc) account to posterous is very easy This URL should help in case you don’t know.

The set up is almost done.

Lalbaug & Around, Ganapati 2011

On the day of Ananta Chaturdashi ( 10/11th day of Ganapati Bappa's stay ), I happened to be at Lalbag. I tried capturing a few pictures, of the immersion processions and the overall festive Pomp. I have tried naming the pictures as I remember. however, if you have any correction, kindly let me know.

Lalbaug on this day, actually turns "red" because of the "gulaal". Streets wear a red carpet and everywhere around, you get to see a zealous celebration. All around this area, there are flower garlands/fancy caps/saffron ribbons, all arrived to bid farewell to our dear Ganapati Bappa, who had stayed here for 10/11 days.

Chenna Creek, Thane

On 15th August, I visited one of the least known places in Thane – Chenna Creek. Many of us have heard about it or even seen it while going to Borivali, but the good part is that, it is not crowded like any other monsoon spot. I with my friend Hrishi just drove to this place and went along the bank of this river towards the uphill direction. There is also a small hamlet which one has to cross.

CAUTION: THE WATER LEVEL AT CHENNA CREEK GROWS SUDDENLY AND CAN COULD BE DANGEROUS. RECENTLY ( MONSOON 2011 ), 4 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND SAFE. THE RIVER CONTAINS MANY SMALL AND BIG DITCHES WHICH COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. Ref: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-31/mumbai/29835196_1_navi-mumbai-waterfall-rains

Picnic @ Waterfall, Khandala, 2011 Atos origin

Purely Picnic. Yess thats it .. Although we went to one of those places, which is rather well known for a difficult trek, we also fully enjoyed it- purely as a picnic. We did not go too far on the route, but enjoyed the gusty waters and a small pond.

After a successful venture of Dukes Nose, my colleagues have gained enough confidence in me and are now convinced that I am not going to kill them out of hardships and extreme efforts.
As usual, we started our day by filling up our already inflated "IT belly", adding some fuel at Kamat, Khandala. In about 30 mins we were near an old church which further takes you to the stream. We reached a private property belonging to a church and also had our share of 'scoldings' by a senior there. He asked us to proceed, just that our vehicles would not be staying parked inside. After a while, we reached a cliff which was opposite to the tunnel on the express highway.

Right in front of us was a towering waterfall pouring down in the valley. This fall reaches the bottom of the ravine and flows around the massif above which we looked like tiny dots. The platue extends itself in all directions- wherever your sight could go.

Around Saswad

These are some old pictures of temples and palaces around Satara Region. Of them all, my favourite is Bhuleshwar. Aah .. what a marvel..  We mostly visited temples full of carvings and also covered a fort: Malhaargad.

The adjoining picture is that of Shinde Chattri.

A day is insufficient to cover these places and one needs to keep driving all around to catch up with the destinations.

Sion Fort

On one of my free days, I spent my time at the nearest but the most overlooked fort in mumbai. Sion Fort. I had been there long back, but not after I started visiting hills regularly. Its close to the station and right on the Eastern Express highway. Exactly at the place where you find the maximum traffic in sion: near the Multiplex Cinema.

I will try and update some historical information if I could find any. Till then, you may want to have a look at the pics.

Devbagh-Vengurla-Malwan

Last weekend was spent merrily with my pals- a guys only trip to the serene beaches of Malwan- Vengurla and most importantly: Devbagh.

Devbagh is a marvel... It holds the confluence of the slow moving Karli river and the rough sea. The actual confluence is mysterious with the strengths of both the waterbodies mixing with each other.

Obviously, Sea-Food was our taste for 2 complete days.