To each their own

A still from one of my favorite places in India... Old Delhi

Every saturday Hindus offer Mustard oil, and earthen lamps with mustard oil to Shani Dev in India. Shani is one of the "Navgrah", 9 planets and is the elder brother of Yamraj, God of death! Shani is probably one of the most feared ones however if placed favorably in a horoscope does wonders!

Very Very Tasty Tasty

Tasted the chilly fog in the morning!

Fell in love with Delhi Winters all over again!!!!

Ah! time for some tea in the warm morning winter sun!

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Take two things away from Delhi Roads and this city would never be the same again!!!

The Horn!

and

The Horny!!

बेटी बचाओ देश बचाओ

I am wondering about the thought which went into the small ad that is displayed at the back of this Maruti Omni!

Now the ad is about losing weight! with a money back guarantee! and there is a small "Public Message" which says "बेटी बचाओ देश बचाओ " meaning "Save the daughter, Save the Country!".

I am struggling to find a connection between the two! Something about this is not right, but I am not able to point out what is wrong!

And another Omni, this time full of people like luggage in it!

Dilli se kuch aawaazein !

Richa wrote a nice post about Delhi and it triggered a looooooong comment on her post from me...

I kind of like that comment so much myself that decided to post it here... enjoy..

and Richa, I have added a few more lines to it :)


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Hello ji :) kaise hain?

aur canedda wala chachaji bhi theek thaa?

haanji meri ludhiyane wali mausi ka bangalore wala betta bhi theek hai ji...

oye aage aage bado... gate par bheed mat lagao...

gol chakkar, 6 7 9 10 11 12 22 ...noida noida noida

abe tu ja na...

bhaiyya thodi khatti chatni to daalo

yaar kya mast item hai...

2 tickets for the 730 show please




i'd like to have a super veggie pizza... ice tea for me and coke for the lady please

oye chotu, 4 chai de 3 number pe

abe kutte kahan mar gaya kab se horn baja raha hooon

pencho aa to gaya kyo ma chu** raha hai

ab bakwaas mat kar, waise hi pencho late ho gaye hain

sirji cosmopolitan 10 ki 4... le lo please

abe nahin chahiye

Ladis seat khali karo oye

ustad ji rok-ke

tere baap ka maal hai kya

achcha kitte dogi, aap hi bolo, bohni ka time hai

mataji, taaje hain ekdum.. abhi mandi se laaya hoon

pencho aaj to chu*iya kat gaya free mein...

saale meri gaadi ke neeche hi aake marega kya?

chutte nahin hain.. aage bado

tum to thehre pardessssiiiiiiiiii... saaaath kya nibhaogeeeee

yaar ye garmi maar daalegi aaj to

darling aa raha hoon.. traffic mein phasa hoon kya karoon

lets go to elevate tonight... heard there is some firang DJ playing there...


Gawd, I need some bisleri... my Gawd its too hot... oh gawd !

t-shirt paintees(35) nikaar paintees(35) ye bhi paintees wo bhi paintees

bhaiyya jantar mantar chaloge?

aage bada le isse

oh teri thulle...

main hoon aapka ulta pulta nitin

hum aakashwani ke dilli kendra se bol rahe hain...

aage ek red light padegi wahan se left le lena, phir ulta haath ki taraf dekhte hue chalna, ek neela makaan hai uske baad wala right le lena...

ye saale rikshey wale auto wale chor kahin ke...

Old Delhi? oh no. I have never been to Old Delhi.. its so crowded and messy... oh Gawd.. its so hot.. oh Gawd

abe music world se kyon le raha hai, Palika se le aa... sasti milegi

bhai kya crowd thaa party mein.. maja aa gaya... videsh ho rakha hai dilli to

tring tring... babuji zara dheere chalo.. pehli nazar mein pehla sasural genda phool pyaar ho gaya... tring tring...

yaar thulle ne pakad liya thaa.. bekar ke 50 rupe kharch ho gaye !

staff hai!

chutte nahin hai?

50 mein chalna hai to chalo... achcha 70 de dena.. na ! 60 bas... uske upar kuch nahin... sigh.. achcha baitho...

yaar bahut try kar raha hoon par pencho pat nahin rahi... kitne chakkar kaatun ab uske college ke... petrol pump mere baap ka hai kya

chotu chaaron tyre full kar de

sir aaj card wali machine kharab hai

ek navy cut dena

burp !!!

gadhe ke poot yahan mat moot !

gola gareeeeee

to aayiye diness se poochte hain unhone kya plan kiya hai apni girlfriend ke liye... to bataiye diness...

i want to dedlicate this song to all the viewers, my sister, my mother, my father, my brother, my brother's friend's sister, my friend's sister's brother and my girlfriend.. love you all

pencho gane bhi suna do... ad hi chalate rahoge kya

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I could have gone on and on and on... but I guess lets bring this post to a pause right now..

will get back to it sometime later :)

Tandem Random Tags ! (for the Old Love for Old Delhi)

Bindu tagged me sometime back and here are the rules :

1.pick the 6th picture from your 6th photo folder (I chose to pick it from the 6th Set on Flickr. Here are the rest of the sets)
2.tell the story around it. (sure... below)
3.pass it onto 6 other people. (umm... I would let the people chose if they want to do this)

so here is the photograph :



And here is the story:

The flower market in Fatehpuri, near Chandni Chawk, Old Delhi is a daily market where loose flowers are sold... The market starts around 0400 hrs and does brisk business by 0730 hrs... post that there are less buyers and the flower prices also start coming down... and, some of the flowers get spoilt as well after being there for a while... mostly these vendors have to sell everything the same day, because of the lack of storage, and the life of the flowers.. What you see in the picture, is one of the vendors throwing away the not so good ones so that his bunch still looks fresh and he can sell it at a decent price !

Chandni Chawk and the lanes and bylanes and the whole place has something that attracts me to it... I can't really put my finger on one reason, but it can be anything between the food that I get to eat there, or the old Delhi Character I see, or the warmth of the people that I meet while walking around on the streets, or the integrity of the place even though there is so much varied which happens all around... Not to forget the fact, that he has one of the largest Spices market, Trophies Market, Dry Fruits Market, Cotton Market, Wedding Cards and Paper market, Hardware and Sanitary Market all in the viscinity !!! In addition to this flower market offcourse !!!

And here are a few more photographs from the same place...

I have another tag to finish... Chandan has tagged me to write some random things about myself and I have a few more friends on facebook who would like me write 25 random things about myself !!!! So that is coming up sometime soon !!!

Oh, and this valentines, why don't you go out with your loved one and do something for the not so loved ones !!! I am sure spreading some love can have a completly new meaning if you can afford to spend your time and money for people who really need some love !!! I have nothing against the roses, and cards, and other natak's that happen on this day ( ok, I have something against them :P) but mostly I feel that this one day can be utilized much much better in many many more ways... unless Romance with each other is on the top of your list :)

Congress gets power, I get an IP Softphone

Congress is getting back to power in Delhi... while some people would not like it, I am not surprised by this situation and am rather happy to see Sheila Dikshit continue ! This time around some 60% of the janta voted and I feel most would be glad to see the result !

In the last 4-5 years, I have seen a lot of things changing in Delhi and more for good than bad and I am hopeful that they were continue. The way Delhi has worked on its infrastructure is commendable and while that should continue, I am sure the other things which need attention would get their due in the next few years !

So way to go team !

And I got a IP softphone today...


now I am ready for a true home office and would be available on my office extension irrespective of where I am sitting in the world ! how cewl is that ! The world of Outlook Web Access, VPNs, Xtra-nets, and Soft Phones !

We are Counting !!!

Breaking news...

5 Blasts in Delhi... and counting...

18 dead and counting...

100 injured and counting...

How many politicians have condemned this? Are we counting?

How many channels have this as the breaking news? Are we counting?

How many hours of effortless masala story we are going to see on TV now? Are we counting?

More than 5 cities in the last one year AND Counting !!!

Looks like we are inviting someone for their capability demonstration in blasting bombs in the least complicated way !!!

Come to a city, plant the bombs, blast them... kill a few people too.. and leave some live so that they can be pulled out before the entire system is questioned... and move to a new city !!! Simple !!!

We are counting !!! We will keep counting !!!

The saddest part is that its some people from us only who felicitate this, and its people from us only who suffer...

Is it Saturday or Sunday !!! I think Sunday !!!

Its a fact that dealing with someone else's issues can be a burden for us individuals more often than not... Over a period of time, we gather more issues that we can ourselves handle, our work, our individual lives, our own social circle (however big or small that is) and ityadi ityadi... and to add to those if someone comes and starts talking about his/her own issues when you are least interested, it only irritates you more !!! Its advisable to be practical and deal with your own issues instead of expecting someone to listen, understand or for that matter even care about it!!!

Having said that, let me digress from the topic for my own selfish reasons...

It was kinda interesting driving for no reason yesterday night... I was under speed limits, driving in proper lanes, listening to my favorite (well for the benefit of not having the real favorites, lets call the current ones favorites) songs, and just being !!!

Finally reached Arobindo's place and stayed put there... Helped !!!

The second fridge at Aro's place, now being used as a repository for Music and Video.. The perfect energy savers !!!

Woke up on time, slept again... went out for another drive :) and this time on the new 6 gear, two wheel Hercules Bike we had recently bought for him !!! and Aro here won a contest of sorts !!! of having more gears with him !!!

Pretty hot outside, but the spirits were as high as the temperature to ride the bike...

My car has just 5 :( and his cycle has 6 !!! Darn !!! I lost !!! But never mind, for some reason he has decided to treat me to Dessert Course in a 5 Star next Saturday. Wonder what got into his mind, but I don't really mind till I get to eat !!! Suggestions please !!!

Later I added all my car + Bike + scooter Gears and tried to win the contest back, but I still lost as he said that we were now talking about maximum gears in one vehicle !!! Darn again ! Never mind !!!

Critical Balance...

I also have a dim-dimata hua thought around cycling which would take me from Delhi to Vrindavan or maybe beyond on Cycles some day !!! It needs to turn into reality soon.... It sure will...

This cycle was there at the shop where we got the tyre pressure fixed...

I left post afternoon as he was having his team lunch at his place, and I was in no mood to speak much !!! On my way back, I again was driving around randomly... enjoying the Delhi roads at my own pace... My car is running out of fuel and I should have taken a specific route to reach the pump, but I don't know why I went into the other direction and forgot all about the fuel !!! Cha !!! never mind... I took a pit stop at India Gate to make a few new friends... Let me introduce them to you before I finito the post !!!

A vendor at the India Gate...

I kinda liked that tree on the bike :) This is when Pankaj decided to jump in and added life to my picture :) very naughty guy !!!

With friends around, its difficult to make a portrait :)

But we can still manage something :)

And the whole gang here ... Pankaj, Kuldeep, Subhash and a few more :)... They sell variety of stuff at the India Gate... do say a hi when you see one of them sometime :)

Every wanted to be in the picture :) and Pankaj as usual at his naughty best !!!

And sincere thanks to Indian Ocean, Sukhvinder Singh, KK, and a few more to be with me throughout !!! :P


Oh... I am getting out of Delhi tonight !!! any suggestions? So far I have just thought of reaching the ISBT and taking a bus towards somewhere !!!