Indian Railways getting Artistic!

The Chennai - Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express!

Why I go to work...!

When Jack and Jill went shopping! :P

Fressshh after the shower!

Oh! My mystical country road.. take me to where i belong...

Glistening in Solitude..

The new F A S H I O N in town!!!

Remember the good old rice bag?! This is what fashion technology has done to it!
Came across this wierd new "Fashion" at Pondicherry last weekend.

Each piece costs 495INR! :O (Recycling and reusing are not always cheap! :P)


There is a wide range to choose from as well! hehehee :D

My new Dodge Challenger!

Rays of Hope!

This beautiful spectacle brightened up my day today!
Look beyond the clouds of sadness and despair... there are always bright rays of hope...

Once sweet home to someone...

Do all colourful times fade away just like this...? I wonder....

Wedding week!

Its been a week of weddings! I have been attending reception after reception. 

After joining work, a lot of things have changed... I am being treated as an individual atlast! People even give me wedding invitations! hahahaa :D

This is the first time i am attending social functions like these alone. First time without mom and dad.  Interesting it is! but its also reminding me that i'm getting older! :D

Caught this sunrise while leaving to a place called Dharmaburi for a reception!!!

Drive Safe.. Please...

Driving on the roads is not an act of fun... We are responsible for so many lives on the road.. This video has affected me so much today and it will my driving for sure..

P L E A S E DRIVE SAFE...

BhK and me!

A life long dream came true the moment i was handed over the keys of my Pulsar. This was the day i was waiting for all my life... Infact this was what i even went to school and studied for when i was a kid! :D



Every single moment with him, err her now has been a moment of fun and complete freedom! I call her my Black Hawk (BhK in short :P). I am still not out of what may be called "the new bike mania"! hmmm.. you can even call it "the new girl friend mania" :P

Taking aimless rides... Starring at her from all possible angles... Getting my camera tired from shooting wheels and headlamps.... i've still not stopped any of them after 2000kms of mile munching! hehehee :D

People here keep asking me where i go every evening... they give me a wierd look when i say "just for an aimless ride!" Even the gate keeper at my hostel thinks i'm crazy!

But my BhK is more than just a bike to me. I simply love her :)

Thank you God for making this happen! :)

Born with Spears!

Purple Sweeties :)

Silky Boghenvilla!

On a Campaigning Spree!

Note the Current Program name in the menu at the bottom of the screen!!! :D
People at Tata Sky have a good sense of humour! :P

Inspired by the sun's rays?!

The Chosen One...

Antennae for signalling?!

Torn apart...

Ripped apart... yet managing to look beautiful...

Caught on the Road!

Mickey enjoying an open top ride! :D

Thats a utensils seller on his job! Can u see the man riding tat bike???!
Wonder how he managed to hook all thoses vessels up there!


Thats one lover of the Tamil language!
"A/C - No Hand signal" written in Tamil on this car!!!

Hi! biscus!!!

Small is Beautiful...

Tiny flowers along my hostel walkway...

The glorious evening sky!

When the sun chose a lonely cloud to gift a Silver Lining...



Fiery Orange evening sky gracefully encompassing the urban Madurai

Wow! I enjoyed it!!! :)

I had been to Chennai this weekend to meet my friends. Had the best of times in recent past there… Spent two lovely fast days with them after so long. But the fun didn’t end when I was to board my bus back to Hosur! The reason??? The bus waiting for me was a brand new Multi-axle Volvo 9400!!! It’s the latest and the first multi-axle bus in the country. Volvo just introduced it a few months back.

I was absolutely thrilled to see it and almost even forgot friends who had come to send me off! :P I went around clicking a few quick pics as it was time for departure. But it was 2300hrs in the night and I couldn’t manage a better shot with my mobile cam :)






The ride was typical Volvo isolating the cabin completely from the road. The twin rear axles only made it better! The way it picked up pace was terrific. It was an awesome experience…

And finally I was woken up somewhere in the middle of a good sleep to be told I had to get down! Yes! It was Hosur in just four and a half hours!!, a distance that usually takes 6 hours…. 9400 has thundered down the roads!

Man… what a feat of engineering it is!
I envy the driver of that 9400! He’s got my dream job! :D

When God picked his paint brush...

Beautiful fishes! Are'nt they?
These are no ordinary fishes. They are Crown Fighters! My friend grows them here at our hostel and watching them swim around the tiny tank is something i can do for hours together!

These fighters spread out and show off all their wonderful colours only when they are about to fight (show of strength!)... But we cant let that happen because the irony is that for a fight to end, one of them must die...

So the three lovely beauties remain in their seperate tanks with most of their beauty hidden for life....

INDICA Memories…

It has been really long since I read any auto magazine, something I had never missed to do for so many years. Can’t blame it on work too… For I have not much of it! So I made it a point to go to the library and read one after dinner today. It was this month’s Overdrive and there was an awesome article on 10 years of TATA Indica. It made me quite nostalgic and I got all sweet memories of our old Indica. So here I am typing a post in the next 10 minutes!

Those were the days when Maruti 800, Omni and rarely a few Zens were the only cars one can see in my home town Neyveli. Our family also owned a white Maruti Omni, something that rattled and squeaked from day one! My dad was not very happy with it and finally decided to swap it for a proper car!

It was the time when a slew of new small cars from around the world had come into India! There were a lot of options like Santro, Matiz, Zen, Palio and Indica to consider! This was enough to leave us confused after weeks of “research” and “studies”. My vote was for the Palio. My mom wanted a Zen and my dad wanted an Indica! After lots of discussion we decided to take lots to decide the car. YES! Lots! Hahaa! And there u go I had to pick a chit to select our car out of the three…! I was really thrilled and guess what dad had won! It was Tata’s debut small car, the Indica.!

I was happy for I knew it was designed by the same design house that designed the Palio (still my dream car). Then I had almost forgotten it and left the rest to dad. One fine day our lovely white Omni was gone. I was so sad to see someone else drive her away…. I still remember peeping into the garage to see the empty space the whity had left…

But it was only for a week..! It was one lovely evening when I was cycling my way to home after school. I was in eighth standard then… From the distance I could see what I just could not believe! It was a gleaming new, Emerald green Tata Indica waiting for me outside our house!!!! I pedalled as fast as I could and just hugged her tightly…! That day I went round and round around the car.

I just loved everything about our Indi. I loved the low seating (after the Omni), the huge cabin, the remote boot release (even our current car Ikon doesn have one!), the speedo lighting… everything!!!!

She was a diesel and so would’nt have enough grunt out on the highways and with the air conditioner on, she just would be breathless, forget overtaking! But I would never let her down… For me she was a Ferrari! I would sit beside my daddy and would pester him to drive faster and faster.! I remember I used to fight with my dad if some other small car overtakes our Indi! Especially Santro for I hated it so badly! (I don’t know why, may be because it was smoother and powerful than our Indi! :P). And my dad used to mostly listen to me and at times even floor her! Ha! Thanks dad! I remember dad taking her to almost 140 to overtake a Santro that just went past! Hehee :D

We just loved our Indica and adorned her with every possible accessory that was available. Ours was the first Indi in town with alloy wheels! And also the first to have rear spoilers! She had lovely roof rails too! (silver ones! :D)

A lot of people today speak bad of the Indica. They complain of poor durability, poor refinement, low power and what not… But our Indi never let us down…Never did she breakdown.. Never did she make rattle or make a squeal. Never did she refuse to strain herself to overtake a Santro…!

Those 4 years with our Indica can never be forgotten. Finally a day came when my dad wanted a bigger boot in the car… and it was time for Indi to leave. Seeing her being driven away was the saddest moment of my life. I loved her so much… I then one day heard her new owner has crashed her….a serious rollover accident. But my Indi took it all and left the occupants with not even a single scratch… I heard she was badly damaged and a wheel just got shattered….i felt really sad for her. She was then worked on and has got back on the roads now. I recently got a chance to see her parked at a distance. Didn’t have a strong heart to go and touch her…

Love u Indi… Miss you dearly…

Christmas Tree... err leaves!

Encounter with Frozen dew!!!

Got to see this wonderful spectacle at ooty last week. It was almost 8 in the morning when i got up. This is what that was waiting for me outside the door! I was simply taken away by its breathtaking beauty and clicked till i ran out of memory on my camera!

There was a white layer of frozen dew everywhere. See the trails our car left...

Tata Nano Driven!!!

UK based magazine, "CAR" became the first to drive India's car for the world, Tata Nano! Yes, the cute Nano is worth this hype! The magazine is totally convinced about this car and that reflects in the Four Star rating they have awarded the Nano. Its not only the pricing that they are impressed about but also what they call the "Feel good factor" and its drivability in urban conditions. Yes! you read it right, Drivability! "On a short run close to 60mph the Nano didn’t feel strained or unstable, so it should cope with extra-urban duties if required" is what the test drive report says.

Here is the verdict in their words,

"CAR's first ride in the Tata Nano felt far more significant and exciting than a first drive in a Ferrari or Lamborghini, because this car’s importance is immeasurably greater. It won’t compete on dynamics or quality with European or Japanese city cars, but it doesn’t have to. 

What Tata has achieved at an unprecedented price is astonishing, although we’d guess it will cost Indian consumers closer to £1700 when it finally goes on sale, six months late, in March 2009. 

But after experiencing it in action, we’re more convinced than ever of the transformational effect the Tata Nano could have on this industry. And in times like these, we find that strangely comforting.”

The complete report can be found in this link : Tata nano test drive

I cannot help getting excited about this review and the incredible success that awaits this revolutionary INDIAN car!