tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42878389080428171522024-03-14T09:02:59.085-07:00My Myriad Hues.....INKLINGS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, MY DESIGNS, MY EXPERIENCES...MY HEAVEN OF SPLENDID DISCOVERIES, MY WINDMILL OF EMOTIONS...a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-61271493943732589542011-03-20T18:27:00.000-07:002012-05-04T11:34:19.897-07:00Memento and Magnets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I often like to pick up things from places that we have visited and try to utilize them in making magnets. I have almost made magnets of all the places we visited so far . Like for example, this particular magnet signifies our recent visit to Key Biscayne in the winters of 2010.</div>
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We were taking a walk by the ocean and I found this beautifully shaped leaf. It was a dried leaf hence easy to work upon. Cleaned and spruced it up, sprayed some blue color on it to signify water, painted a sun to portray the fantastic sunny weather and cut up a palm leaf in bits and pasted it on one side. Finishing touch ... a dab of varnish on top to give the ultimate shine :)</div>
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Another magnet I 'd like to show you is one I made to remember our visit to the Ever-Glades National Park. It was a memorable one-day outing. While learning and getting to know the Anhinga birds and Crocodiles up close and personal, I found one lost feather from one of the birds. Picked it and packed the lone lost feather in my knapsack. Came home and made this........ </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: lime;">Keep-sake from our visit to the EVERGLADES.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: lime;">our companion for the day that was..the Skillful ANHINGA.</span></td></tr>
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</div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-46254657854497384632011-02-24T10:35:00.000-08:002012-05-04T11:56:31.583-07:00Toilet rolls and creativity ?!?!?!??!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Taking a break from my travel story, I have some other updates for now.</div>
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In due course of time, my successful road trip will get completely written ..just don't know when!</div>
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Meanwhile the focus shifted to making some new things again.More so experimenting with new things.</div>
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Every time, a toilet roll got over and it came to a point when I had to discard the cylindrical cardboard box in the waste bin, I used to stop and think , "what a waste". It can be utilized in making something, at that point I just didn't know what and how.</div>
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Then began my grueling brain storming. What, Where and How became indeed my favorite words for the next few days. And just like Aristotle, I had my little, miniature and definitely not comparable to Mr.Aristotle's 'Eureka' moment. :).</div>
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"Lo! Behold tiny grey cells of the brain for here I stand with an idea and need my friends at this hour". Off i went scrambling to my friends and asked them to save up the cylindrical rolls.What on earth...was their reaction. I said,"Dn't ask why, just save them for me". So, theirs along with ours got utilized and I made my idea into a being!</div>
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Played with patterns and somewhat on the lines of a 3 dimensional painting and came up with these two poster board sized creations!</div>
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Oh by the way , they are sitting proudly on the walls of our rooms. Your Views??<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Addition to this is... of course..S.A.M</span>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-29966384608602146602010-12-22T07:34:00.000-08:002010-12-23T20:55:49.097-08:00Road Trip: DAY THREE: destination reached, FLORIDA CITYDec 21st,2010:I know my other two posts are half done and believe me I have got lots to share with you on those two days. It is just that I haven't had the time between all the driving, sight seeing,yapping away with Sam, arguing with him,making up and finally snoring, to pen down all that I have to say. First I thought, I would do all of it in one go, then I realized if I were to do it that way, I would forget the small nitty-gritties of the day which actually spice up the story .Hence, it is better I write a few lines everyday,and add on to it when I have the time so that I can pick up from where I had left.<br />
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Now third day, we covered 1500 miles(read nearly 2500 kms)and reached Florida City at 9:30pm. Now Florida City is going to be our home for the next 5 days or so. More on it later.<br />
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The third day journey was good. It was the brightest day to travel of all the three days. I took over the driving task first this time. Usually the other two days, Sam started driving and I took over the wheel after our lunch break while he snoozed away resting his filled tummy!! This time I thought of acting smart and I proposed I drive first!Little did I know that the plan would back fire and I would end up driving the most the entire journey!!!Not that I mind driving.It is too much fun if it weren't for the pesky, huge trucks on the narrow I-95 stretch.Everytime my honda coupe had to surpass its fellow brother, the mighty truck, on the narrow strech my heart would skip a beat!I just dn't know why!ANd to top it all, the Interstate-95 stretch from Daytona to about Miami, was getting repaired, so obviously the roads became narrower and my heart beats competed against each other!poor heart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to my teen years: rediscovering mushy love stories.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Georgia didnt take much time to cross from Savannah,GA where we had put up on the second night.We were out of Georgia in about an hour and half. As we moved towards south the sun only became more friendlier and decided to shine even brighter :) When Sam took over the driving part,I did two things,no..actually three things.One, I clicked pictures, two ,I caught up on my reading and three, brushed up my geography by scanning throught the pages of the hard copy of our map book.<br />
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Before we knew, we had entered Florida and were in Jacksonville. I had often heard about Jacksonville from Sam when he worked on a project here. Modern city with glass facades and steel structures catching up just like the other booming cities. Next stoppage was Daytona Beach, the beach where we had lots of fun just last year in 2009. Daytona fell right on the way to Florida City ,it was nearly lunch hour and we knew the place hence decided to stop by, refresh the grey cells and grab some bite. Saw the 'Human Slingshot' again. I decided to pass the opportunity to ride it again.BUT I am definitely going to sit on it with Sam before I die. Have attached a video of it from you tube below.<br />
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</tbody></table>After grabbing stomach -happy sea-food platter and a couple of drinks, we were on our way to Florida City and made it into the city at around 9:30 at the night. Didnot realize it, but we both had actually booked ourselves in this really nice quaint little place.Almost gives you the feel of a sea side village. Hmm..was very satisfied with our home away from home.The free contonental breakfast was one of the most appealing factors for Sam..I have to let that out to you ;Pa traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-45210378983399728612010-12-20T20:55:00.000-08:002010-12-23T20:55:07.418-08:00Road Trip : DAY TWO:..Georgia it is :)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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With a happy mood, gym-loving Sam dragged me along too to the hotel's gym. Though I hate to admit it, it was a good work out,post-it felt better like never before. <br />
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I just love this part of the year. There is a certain unknown yet strongly felt warmth in the air. Every soul around you is eternally happy. Magic might as well be the mantra of the season. The wonderful part is, any place you are, every nook and cranny, is so brightly and beautifully decorated that it automatically lifts your spirits high. I can might as well be lost in all the goodness..but alas I couldn't..I had to travel....<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So getting ready for the day's travel, Sam and I left our hotel and scouted around town for a good local breakfast, and we found THE WAFFLE HOUSE. Loved it from the moment I stepped my foot in the eatery. Realized that the more towards the south we moved, the more the likes of Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Friendly's or a I-Hop disappeared and these names were taken over by a Waffle house or a Aunt Sarah's Pancake House. The Waffle house didn't disappoint us at all. From a friendly server to the food and the spirit,everything was class A.(to be contd)Here some pictures...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table> Dec 19th,2010 :Finally we took off. Felt a little sad to leave our home all alone during the holidays especially when the neighbors houses would shine bright with all the holiday lights,our house would be lonely and dark but what the heck..I am going to be traveling. Will get back and make our house shine and make up for the lost time. :)<br />
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Weather was perfect, there was a chance of snow in the weather reports the previous night and I was just worried about that, because I am a terrible driver in the snow. But thankfully it didn't. Someone listened to my silent prayers up there. No snow, that meant I had to do my share of driving too. Now the first stop on our trip was in Sandston,Virgina.<br />
Except for the last exit in NJ,we didn't stop anywhere on the way as we had to reach Sandston on time. Sandston lies approximately 15 mins away from Richmond and came into being during World War 1 when enlisted officers and non-commisioned officers were given homes. Afterwards an investor,Mr.Sands bought the properties and to cut a long story short, the place was christened Sandston after his name.(to be continued)<br />
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<span style="color: #000099;">I had made this a couple of months back. I get these sudden urges to create something new...every now and then. Has it ever happened to you that an idea just erupts in the head and refuses to leave the company of your grey matter until and unless the idea has taken shape into the 'being'? Well..it does happen to me...too<br />
And I get all restless unless and until I see it materialize. The above is a result of one such time.I used Handmade paper, Terracotta Clay, some colored Hay, Pulses from the kitchen, and colored Paper, Fall leaves which I had collected on our Hike on Monadnock mountain,New Hampshire to make this Wall hanging..<br />
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<a ?="" button="" create="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" pin="" pinterest.com="">http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/</a>" class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" />a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-79150225742153800412010-12-17T09:49:00.000-08:002010-12-17T10:03:51.632-08:00Our name plate..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL74jHGlGDMcPNrvLl4iG63nOpPJemwm0sH9H6hDeekeLZrvm7RzLNZeWZWNAcWKYoWxlf6CpLuiP1MlDn2AV7vSgJWyov9Gj4wC5tS9L8Rg_2ohGM82LX_8bDZizdK55LhfpPfYu1Two/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL74jHGlGDMcPNrvLl4iG63nOpPJemwm0sH9H6hDeekeLZrvm7RzLNZeWZWNAcWKYoWxlf6CpLuiP1MlDn2AV7vSgJWyov9Gj4wC5tS9L8Rg_2ohGM82LX_8bDZizdK55LhfpPfYu1Two/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551709987110287570" border="0" /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Found a wooden piece in the local craft store, our permanent marker came handy, wrote the alphabets down and put some buttons..It has been 2 years..still hanging on our wall.. :)<br /></span></span></a>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-31835622407986960982010-12-17T09:36:00.000-08:002012-05-04T12:03:06.116-07:00When I had time,I adorned my walls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOvRt2cEbGumMGripWJgmwn2_UNIuL0EpgzFTYTlZuDdhI5VugwB_8zAgqmCcm2X_bvifZCThbr9y9d0Ptuh8CQS11ofxHcITd5FpQcotJQwUWS04kdPEPP5ceIOBXxkt604cuz-NWUQ/s1600/IMG_5001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551708231229868578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOvRt2cEbGumMGripWJgmwn2_UNIuL0EpgzFTYTlZuDdhI5VugwB_8zAgqmCcm2X_bvifZCThbr9y9d0Ptuh8CQS11ofxHcITd5FpQcotJQwUWS04kdPEPP5ceIOBXxkt604cuz-NWUQ/s400/IMG_5001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
I had plenty of free time...like totally 'unemployed' to the D of the word...Scanning my eyes around in idleness..my eyes fell on the vacant portion of the wall of my living room..so I decided to make the 'rotunds'(was thinking of using its common name but thought would sound gross...hence rotunds!! ha ha) float against the wall with the help of some Beads and Aluminum wires :)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb1qKA1rNngYPHknpfJOZ7-c1_LwGhOe72XRZavtxwfGU6T8E8zJv4sQSzZ4n__dlIbVoOTmvTaY1re1Ie2eCUe33yGnLQda1SJ0j1NvsH52ZfQxtaJzPKkg2IThIa1SpmBauNFmJgfU/s1600/IMG_6930.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551705311038722162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb1qKA1rNngYPHknpfJOZ7-c1_LwGhOe72XRZavtxwfGU6T8E8zJv4sQSzZ4n__dlIbVoOTmvTaY1re1Ie2eCUe33yGnLQda1SJ0j1NvsH52ZfQxtaJzPKkg2IThIa1SpmBauNFmJgfU/s400/IMG_6930.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 225px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #ff6600;">My friend is expecting a beautiful girl just like her..We celebrated her 'Panchami Puja ' recently. Well for those of you who don't know what it is..It is a Hindu version of the Baby Shower, aka 'Goad Bharai'. This is a sketch I drew really fast hence the rendering isn't to my liking...</span><br />
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Ode to you my friend..You are my rescuer.. :)<br />
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A hand made card for a friend on her birthday.<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The fun that is so prevalent simply watching someone else's road trip..their misery, blunders, fun etc are a sense of entertainment to the viewer' but is it equally fun to the people who are actually experiencing it? Well.. I do not know..because I have never been to one..or haven't even heard any of our friends going to one. Travel by a flight makes people reach their destinations in a jiffy ..and lo..you are in your destination and soaking up as much sun as you want! So the general feel is that why bother the struggle on the road..plus in these holiday- crunching days of the modern world, who actually gets the time to go on such a long vacation?Quite true that one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"> But, come to think of it..won't a road trip be adventurous considering the fact that you do not have a 9-5 tourist sight seeing schedule? On top of that ..the events that take place will be unplanned and the traveler will get to experience it first hand :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"> Been pondering about road trips for a while now.How will it be?What will happen?Will we see undiscovered destinations, will we follow an adventure or an adventure will follow us?In order to put all these conflicting and inquisitive questions to rest, Sam and I decided to quench it all this Christmas Holidays!!Holiday- crunched time it is..no doubt..but poor Sam hadn't really taken one this entire 2010..so crunched up holidays resulted in fat- holidays this year end..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"> So putting on our adventure cap and inquisitive cloaks on...we are set on a journey on the 19th to the very tip of USA mainland..the Florida Keys from the East coast. One way travel to our first destination , Florida City measures up to approximately 1400 miles one way.From there on to Florida Keys another 120 miles or so. All in all, some 1520 miles one way!!!! Will we survive it?Will we have the extreme fun quotient we are hoping to derive from this venture???Well...I don't know..but surely can say, it is worth the shot. 2 weeks, 2 people, 1 destination...coming up soon.</span><br />
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this is a little token i made for cheel :)<br />
p.s its a cd cover!a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-67597379338133819212008-11-14T11:59:00.000-08:002008-11-15T11:25:26.027-08:00as assam burns...we merely spectate...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_ufZG3jdjf5HD-TD7e-B-uYL11xpsXLjr1bJ8gN4BFiaSv2GsI9wZZbVS4gMNsCJa2OlIeirVrs97dMBFQ5UTR7tOASNOCLu2OD7_v75n_t5phJVl6aZ8M7vMNqwSmagMf2KfcBoVV4/s1600-h/_45156832_blastssextingishafp466.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268619886667990034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 188px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_ufZG3jdjf5HD-TD7e-B-uYL11xpsXLjr1bJ8gN4BFiaSv2GsI9wZZbVS4gMNsCJa2OlIeirVrs97dMBFQ5UTR7tOASNOCLu2OD7_v75n_t5phJVl6aZ8M7vMNqwSmagMf2KfcBoVV4/s400/_45156832_blastssextingishafp466.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BJagDuC_AFtmWwIoABgiIudlRRWxpF0UQ2PbC8wQyRmK5jIDOgxPAK9leSwBBDYmKIxEZD1SxgC1_uTczDhw9zTlD1NH2dTQpTpBCWJ7gjhFavJKDdWRnn4kz44xXRUakg5O2rDnnK0/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268619881229813154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 167px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BJagDuC_AFtmWwIoABgiIudlRRWxpF0UQ2PbC8wQyRmK5jIDOgxPAK9leSwBBDYmKIxEZD1SxgC1_uTczDhw9zTlD1NH2dTQpTpBCWJ7gjhFavJKDdWRnn4kz44xXRUakg5O2rDnnK0/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>darkness has befallen</strong>.<span style="color:#009900;"> the</span><span style="color:#33cc00;"> </span><span style="color:#009900;">city is literally dead.once a hub-nub with an <span style="color:#009900;">assortment of automobile horns</span> honking adding to the cacophony, today it lies deserted and gray.</span></span><span style="color:#009900;">fear has engulfed the city and it leaves me sad and incapable.i feel worthless.being educated and able i am h</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3CZXi0p-14rpwAVTqSLrC3eK-msYHUCAcVa8lhV-3PEUzds6gGT4xYK2qMOQbmlIdrOjlZxW5bBkKcla_lEwNvqjKsLuf4yMrDiepwG1p2WyA0sE3MzGZtWgdyfZzSalSdBjz_0HTuw/s1600-h/_45156800_blaststsguwaafp466.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268619874165439842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 342px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3CZXi0p-14rpwAVTqSLrC3eK-msYHUCAcVa8lhV-3PEUzds6gGT4xYK2qMOQbmlIdrOjlZxW5bBkKcla_lEwNvqjKsLuf4yMrDiepwG1p2WyA0sE3MzGZtWgdyfZzSalSdBjz_0HTuw/s400/_45156800_blaststsguwaafp466.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#009900;">elpless.my city is torn, my people are wary, homes have been broken, families distorted,children orphaned..</span><br /><br /><strong>we know it all, yet we can do nothing.</strong><span style="color:#009900;">peace marches and banner with slogans come to our rescue . but is anyone listening?are we actually fighting an already lost fight?does it really matter to the people we are trying to put across a point?i guess not.</span><br /><br /><strong>let alone as a city..we as a country are at a very sensitive stage now.</strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#009900;">well i am no professional being to decipher the internal issues we are facing.and i would not really like to comment on the politics of it all without actually knowing the facts from level zero to what it is becoming now.but a point to note is that we as civilians are the sufferers come what may.no one knows what guwahati is going through right now except for the inhabitants of guwahati itself.<br /></span><br /><strong>8th of October 2008 marked the saddest day for the civilians a.k.a the residents of guwahati when they were caught offgaurd</strong>. <span style="color:#009900;">without a clue or a premonition to save them, all were dead. within minutes we had bodies stewn all over the place, with nothing called as 'identity' left behind.the term "human beings are nothing but mere mortals" just came to life.after the tragic happening i have heard such heart wrenching tales that my heart bleeds.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>my people back home are bleeding but there is no one to provide a moment of solace or an iota of peace to their homes!</strong><span style="color:#009900;">we are attacking our own homes with only a motive of putting a point across to others who are willing to listen but all in vain. at the end of the day 'innocence' is the victim. to be powerful, shrewd and god-hating seems to be in vogue. attention to the catastrophe is generated for a heated couple of days, after that things get back on track people still begin to prod the same path where the bomb blasts took place, going about their work for we, can't do nothing.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#009900;"><strong>it's a call for one and all.it's a call that we stick together.it's time we evaded the farce face we seem to wear by talking about secularism in india and loving all religions. it's time we practiced what we preach to others!IT'S THE TIME OF THE DAY THAT WE PUT MORE ATTENTION TO OUR ACTIONS THAN JUST MERELY EXERCISING OUR VOCABULARY!!!!!</strong></span>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-80778006826015844752008-11-04T12:16:00.000-08:002008-11-23T12:02:39.233-08:00behind each smile....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3AxRUvY5PdtCnCfc2MD9DHhGmRBOj06DW26ieenfWKc9vCzQHtodPyhKEwue5zTzAe_lp-4TPp9h0RC-sYWHIMk4u1c20OM44OBxi9rGXXiKSI27tFg3B4YfLMvpjpzpe5QEJtJQorI/s1600-h/girl+power2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3AxRUvY5PdtCnCfc2MD9DHhGmRBOj06DW26ieenfWKc9vCzQHtodPyhKEwue5zTzAe_lp-4TPp9h0RC-sYWHIMk4u1c20OM44OBxi9rGXXiKSI27tFg3B4YfLMvpjpzpe5QEJtJQorI/s400/girl+power2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271945797281452226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >There lies something charismatic..something special...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Each smile brews a special fragrance...evokes an identity..</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Of a being...ready to take on the world...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >It sees the world...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >With eyes..but a varied perspective....</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >We are all, sailing the same boat...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >But desire for destination...different...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" ></span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Fate, they say, has brought us together,</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Fate, they say, has made us understand our purpose, our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">deliverance</span>...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Hence with each smile ..we bring new hope..new promise...</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" >Multitude of people... varied smiles...varied destinations..varied desires////</span></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </div><div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:78%;">p.s these are my fellow-girls from college...:)</span></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-47592008996655827452008-11-04T11:16:00.000-08:002008-11-23T00:50:40.566-08:00INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DgJqzXY8ipD9wSSXoTyTE5l3PFFCAJtAkiKz_fphyUFzq0rVu_RQgNP_WymT79c9sLfmolDVl2T6USQbiY9wQIUp9NBoK2tDXAhWhy6dZ0JistMduNvlCEKxHwbgCXpIY_-V0NMGgmI/s1600-h/intelligent+buildings.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264886791576932978" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 135px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DgJqzXY8ipD9wSSXoTyTE5l3PFFCAJtAkiKz_fphyUFzq0rVu_RQgNP_WymT79c9sLfmolDVl2T6USQbiY9wQIUp9NBoK2tDXAhWhy6dZ0JistMduNvlCEKxHwbgCXpIY_-V0NMGgmI/s400/intelligent+buildings.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">‘Intelligent’, an adjective often used in our day to day lingo. An apt word used to describe the capacity for thought and reasoning especially to a high degree. The world is moving at such a fast pace today that buildings are also called intelligent. Now how can a man-made creation be called ‘intelligent’ as if it has life of its own? But this, in today’s context is true. There is something christened as ‘intelligent buildings’.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Trade magazines of the 1980s ran stories on intelligent buildings. Automation systems making buildings more energy-efficient added to the characteristic of an intelligent building. The communication industry has said time and again how advanced telecommunication system has made buildings more efficient hence more intelligent! It is seen<br />in today’s world of architecture, intelligent buildings are referred to an office building with telecommunications that allow the rapid reconfiguration of the interior layout for a client.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">To come up with a perfect definition to describe an intelligent building is difficult, perhaps because the industry is<br />not yet out of its adolescence stage, hence there is no standard definition. The International symposium held in<br />Toronto in 1985 on May 28th and 29th states intelligent buildings as something that combines innovations, technological or not with skilful management to maximize return on investment.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">After much research and study intelligent buildings can be categorically stated to possess the<br />following characteristics –<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">1. High Technology –<br />Early 1980s saw the concept of high technology in intelligent buildings being introduced in<br />the United States. Intelligent buildings use electronics extensively and are high-technology related. Considering<br />the electronic aspects of an intelligent building we can sub-categorize it into four parts.<br />· Energy efficiency<br />· Life safety systems<br />· Telecommunications systems<br />· Workplace automation<br />The basic concept is to integrate the four operating areas into one single computerized system. A single<br />supplier would be furnishing all the hardware and the software that would use compatible equipment and common CPUs and trunk wiring. Such integration is not realized as yet nonetheless several manufacturers are capable of supplying all four operations not as an integrated system but separately.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">2. Energy Efficiency –<br />Energy efficiency in an intelligent building consists of reduction of energy use to the bare minimum.<br />Computerized systems are used extensively in order to achieve this. Computerized systems go by numerous<br />alibis. They are called Building Automation System (BAS), Energy Management and Control System (EMCS),<br />Energy Management system (EMS), Central Control and Monitoring System (CCMS) and Facilities Management System (FMS). The usages of these technologies allow the improvement of various site and building services and<br />are considered good for the environment. Building services within buildings can be controlled by various methods. Among them broadly they fall into –<br />Time Based – Provision of heating and lighting only when required. For example, it<br />can be used to turn on and off the heating system used in the building at pre-selected periods.<br />Optimizer parameter based – Often utilizing a representative aspect of the service,<br />such as Temperature for space heating and illuminance for lighting. For example, whatever the conditions<br />the controls make sure the building interiors reach the desired temperature when occupancy starts.<br />Energy effective systems balance a building’s electric light, daylight and mechanical systems for maximum<br />benefits. To achieve energy- effective design daylight could be added to a building. Nearly every commercial<br />building is a potential energy saving project where daylight could be used for maximum benefits and electrical<br />lighting then could be dimmed saving up to 75% lighting energy consumption.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">3. Life‑safety systems –<br />What comes under this heading is the usage of high technology to maximize the performance of life safety<br />systems like the fire alarm and security systems while at the same time minimizing costs. Some of the<br />mechanisms used in the intelligent buildings to act like a protection shield to the human –life are as follows –<br />· Closed-circuit television<br />· Smoke detection intrusion alarms<br />· Card access control<br />· Emergency control of elevators, HVAC systems, doors, windows.<br />· Reduction in Manpower dependence<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">4. Telecommunications Systems-<br /><br />Intelligence with respect to telecommunications in an intelligent building consists of many sophisticated services offered to the clientele. These offerings are at considerably reduced cost taking the fact that the equipment is<br />shared by many users. To name a few, some of the equipment to fall under this category are-<br />· Cable Television<br />· PBX telephone system<br />· Electronic Mail<br />· Video Text<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">5. Automation in the Workplace-<br /><br />The operation of an office building is more efficient and feasible with the usage and installation of high-tech office automation systems. If common equipments are shared between the employees it cuts down on the cost factor.<br />For example,<br />· Centralized data processing<br />· Computer Aided design<br />· Information services<br />· Word processing<br />· Message center: (It is a back-up telephone switchboard for the users. It answers all tenants’ telephones<br />and is connected to printers conveniently locate in or near the offices of the tenants for immediate<br />delivery of the messages. When the telephone line is busy or doesn’t answer after continuous rings the message centre answers the call automatically. If any call is missed then the caller’s name, identity, time<br />of call, operator’s name is printed in the recipient’s office.)<br />Very interestingly the first intelligent building to be built in India is in Manapakkam, Chennai.<br /><br />L&T-ECC’s Engineering Design and Research Centre (EDRC).<br /><br />It is the L&T-ECC’s Engineering Design and Research Centre (EDRC). It is fully automated in terms of<br />energy management systems, life-safety systems, telecommuni-cations systems and workplace automation. The building is a sheer combination of beauty and elegance, it rises like a tree the branches of which spreads out<br />shaping into juxtaposed triangles at each floor level. The following features are installed in the building- lighting control system, access control system, fire detection system, Air handling units, Public address system, closed circuit TV surveillance system, energy monitoring.<br />As possibly the first time in India the building is without any light switch. The entire building is controlled entirely<br />through networked modules and software. At every entrance the building has been equipped with Wing LightingControl Units (WLCUs). Any employee working over-time can select lighting in the desired area to turn ‘on’ by merely touching the area on the display board. The lights will be ‘on’ for a pre-selected period after which it will automatically revert back to the auto ‘off’ option.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Cabins are equipped with Passive Infra-Red (PIR) detector to detect cabin occupation.<br />Entry into the cabin switches ‘on’ the lighting and a vacant cabin is shown by the lighting switching over to the ‘off’ mode, interestingly the lighting revives by itself at the next entry.The building is also equipped with access control and closed circuit television. There are smart cards which are the keys for entering the building. These cards<br />are embedded with a microchip and a built-in antenna that functions as a radio transceiver. Each card is unique<br />and has a unique alpha-numeric code inscribed at the time of manufacture. The manufacture is such that it is<br />non-duplicable and is tamper- proof. The access control system is integrated with the Building automation system (BAS). Apart from this, the building boasts of an alarm system integrated with an alarm system at the service<br />building located almost 100 meters away. The power monitoring and the public address system show the massive capability of BAS.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">This is the beginning of a tech-savvy era. Today technology has started to make its presence felt in ourday-to-day life.<strong> Intelligent buildings are here and it is up to the users of today to decide whether preference should be given to comfort to rule our lives or should we revert back to our life thought to be less-comfortable yet livable?</strong></span></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></strong></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></u></strong></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"></span></u></strong></div><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><u><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">'published on Shrusti 07-college mag'</span></u></strong></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-42445517494619411782008-11-04T11:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T11:50:57.869-08:00SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZ)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov85JvaF_qFxlfgI1SLz3ysrutqYT8kOzgBFr9UYInlTlNTcjn1-zq-rW-cK7s9CiVr3wmDCSjB_4cItM86cXMk0Pv_2wpclQZVPgNcpEfAwX7AoGuY_Imm69WiEMKN56c76MtMvJITs/s1600-h/SpecialEconomicZone.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264882432676358098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov85JvaF_qFxlfgI1SLz3ysrutqYT8kOzgBFr9UYInlTlNTcjn1-zq-rW-cK7s9CiVr3wmDCSjB_4cItM86cXMk0Pv_2wpclQZVPgNcpEfAwX7AoGuY_Imm69WiEMKN56c76MtMvJITs/s400/SpecialEconomicZone.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Quoting from the</strong> famous online dictionary Wikipedia, special economic zone is a “geographical area that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country’s typical economic laws”. The goal here is basically to boost foreign investment. With the passage of time SEZ (special economic zones) have managed to gain popularity and today it seems to be the flavour of the season. Special economic zones have been developed in many countries around the world.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Among them to</strong> name a few, the countries are as follows People’s Republic of China, Jordan, Iran, Poland, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Russia, and India. The United states of America refer to the special economic zones as “Urban enterprise zones”. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a specifically delineated duty free enclave and shall be deemed to be foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations, duties and tariffs.<br />In order to improve the export potential of a country (eg.India) and to make the domestic enterprises’ business sector compete globally, the government of India in April 2000 announced the Special Economic Zones policy in the country. The policy provides the benefits to set up SEZs in the public, private, joint sectors or by the state governments. The existing Export Processing zones would be converted into special economic zones. Accordingly, the Government has converted Export Processing Zones located at Kandla and Surat (Gujarat), Cochin (Kerala), Santa Cruz (Mumbai-Maharashtra), Falta (West Bengal), Madras (Tamil Nadu), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Noida (Uttar Pradesh) into a Special Economic Zones. In addition, 3 new Special Economic Zones approved for establishment at Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Manikanchan – Salt Lake (Kolkata) and Jaipur have since commended operations. In addition, approval has been given for setting up of 42 Special Economic Zones in various parts of the country in the private/joint sectors or by the State Government.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>The term ‘special’</strong> in special economic zones denotes the zones having special economic systems and policies. In the People's Republic of China, the central government gives SEZs special policies and flexible measures, allowing SEZs to utilize a special economic management system. Some of the SEZ in China are Guangdong province: Shenzhen, Zhuihai, Shantou. Fujian province : Xiamen. Ashtana in Kazakhstan, Sarakhs , Sirjan, Bandar Anzali in Iran, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and Clark Special Economic Zone in Phillipines.<br />There are certain terms and conditions to follow while setting up SEZ in India.Some such rules are as follows:<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;">· Only units approved under SEZ scheme would be permitted to be located in SEZ.<br />· The SEZ units shall abide by local laws, rules, regulations or bye-laws in regard to area planning, sewerage disposal, pollution control and the like. They shall also comply with industrial and labour laws as may be locally applicable.<br />· Such SEZ shall make security arrangements to fulfill all the requirements of the laws, rules and procedures applicable to such SEZ.<br />· The SEZ should have a minimum area of 1000 hectares and at least 25 % of the area is to be earmarked for developing industrial area for setting up of units.<br />· Minimum area of 1000 hectares will not be applicable to product specific and port/airport based SEZs.<br />· Wherever the SEZs are landlocked, an Inland Container Depot (ICD) will be an integral part of SEZs.<br />SEZs can boast of various facilities, hence they are termed as special. Some such facilities are as follows:<br />Customs and Excise :<br />· SEZ units may import or procure from the domestic sources, duty free, all their requirements of capital goods, raw materials, consumables, spares, packing materials, office equipment, DG sets etc. for implementation of their project in the Zone without any license or specific approval.<br />· Duty free import/domestic procurement of goods for setting up of SEZ units.<br />· Goods imported/procured locally duty free could be utilized over the approval period of 5 years.<br />· Domestic sales by SEZ units will now be exempt from SAD.<br />· Domestic sale of finished products, by-products on payment of applicable Custom duty.<br />· Domestic sale rejects and waste and scrap on payment of applicable Custom duty on the transaction value.<br />Income tax:<br />· Physical export benefit: 100% IT exemption (10A) for first 5 years and 50% for 2 years thereafter.<br />· Reinvestment allowance to the extend of 50% of ploughed back profits Carry forward of losses.<br />Foreign Direct Investment :<br />· 100% foreign direct investment is under the automatic route is allowed in manufacturing sector in SEZ units except arms and ammunition, explosive, atomic substance, narcotics and hazardous chemicals, distillation and brewing of alcoholic drinks and cigarettes , cigars and manufactured tobacco substitutes.<br />Banking / Insurance/External Commercial Borrowings:<br />· Setting up Off-shore Banking Units allowed in SEZs.<br />· External commercial borrowings by units up to $ 500 million a year allowed without any maturity restrictions.<br />· Freedom to bring in export proceeds without any time limit.<br />· Flexibility to keep 100% of export proceeds in EEFC account. Freedom to make overseas investment from it.<br />· Commodity hedging permitted.<br />· Exemption from interest rate surcharge on import finance.<br />· SEZ units allowed to 'write-off' unrealized export bills.<br />Central Sales Tax Act:<br />· Exemption to sales made from Domestic Tariff Area to SEZ units.Income Tax Act:<br />Service Tax:<br />· Exemption from Service Tax to SEZ units<br />Environment:<br />· SEZs permitted to have non-polluting industries in IT and facilities like golf courses, desalination plants, hotels and non-polluting service industries in the Coastal Regulation Zone area<br />· Exemption from public hearing under Environment Impact Assessment Notification<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Whatever the verdict or the</strong> jurisdiction of the land governs , SEZ has finally hit India big time and it is here to stay now that many major companies of the land from reliance to Bajaj to the Birlas ,all are investing their moolah’s worth in the development of SEZs in India. Many foreign investors are also directing their rafts to our South Asian country, India. It is only a matter of time before we reap the benefits or the wrath of SEZ establishment in India!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;">:<strong><u>something written by me..published in the yearbook of college-'Shrusti' in 2007</u></strong></span></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-29021123249207418912008-11-04T10:56:00.000-08:002008-11-05T11:51:27.562-08:00The same whistle I blow…the same moon I see…<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHV0fQ3FhetItPM5R7itujliD4q2ezp-d3C-ZLUNVgY0J3Wihdo4XX98KKGoWn2bZgPOnJxiNRrPg34t8DW4nKFM2qFvP18UewtMTvam9-J39barp5BaU-1R9VdqeliecVfcACXibsL-Q/s1600-h/g.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264880815970410290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHV0fQ3FhetItPM5R7itujliD4q2ezp-d3C-ZLUNVgY0J3Wihdo4XX98KKGoWn2bZgPOnJxiNRrPg34t8DW4nKFM2qFvP18UewtMTvam9-J39barp5BaU-1R9VdqeliecVfcACXibsL-Q/s400/g.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>1st April 1995</strong></span>, a bevy of cars, excited parents, tweens and early teens in an assortment of expressions on their faces ruled the green grass and grey paved areas of ‘just –opened- to – the masses’,The Assam Valley School. Little then we realized that it was the beginning of a never- ending ‘sudser’ of our lives. A ‘sudser’ that would become so important and close to heart that each and every character that played a role and shaped the sudser would remain crystal clear in the head even after a dozen+ 1 years have passed by.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">After the initial welcome ceremony</span></strong>, we the aviators went off to our respective new home away from home, our houses. Hence began the journey in the first girl’s hostel in the precinct of the Assam valley school, in Bhoroli.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Beginning with a merely</span></strong> two dozen and half or so girls, Bhoroli was spearheaded by Mrs. Sumithra Siromani acting as the first ever housemistress and Mrs.Ratnam as the first ever matron and Mrs. Shakila Banu as our first resident tutor .The fact that even today Bhoroli lies so close to the heart is the fact that it is here that we learnt our potentials, we learnt to be ourselves, we learnt our capacities and we learned our restrictions. To us the betterment of Bhoroli in each and every curriculum in the premise of avs meant everything. Hence we came up with the apt motto for our beloved house, ‘ever onward’.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Whatsoever we did</span></strong> , we did it with immense zeal and a never- ending spree of enthusiasm. For that matter it could as simple as putting up the shower curtains in our wash rooms on our first day in the house or it could be planting the mango trees in the orchard behind the Bhoroli building in the ornamental garden area(which presently I believe is occupied by a boys’ house!!) Being a Bhorolite itself brought a sense of self pride and did a good lot better to our inflating sense of confidence, and this was handed down to us by our seniors and then we as seniors did instill them onto our juniors.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Saturdays were</span></strong> always eagerly awaited upon. Saturday was the day when we got our paper coupons to feast in the goodies sold in Mrs. Alka Pandey’s tuck-shop, it was also the day when we sat in our courtyard gazing at the stars above with our friends talking whatsoever came to the mind ‘cause it was a day when we did away with our prep timings. Worth mentioning is the ‘Saturday night movie’ we always feasted our eyes on which was usually shown from the enormous private collection of films of Mr. and Mrs. Carling’s library. Of course it was that time of the century when we didn’t have hundreds of channels by the switch of a remote. Satellite television channels except for the Doordarshan hadn’t hit the common room television as yet!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">There are zillions</span></strong> of anecdotes just waiting to be unfurled and be shared with the rest of you reading the article. I am not sure if I can wrap everything up that I want to say about my formative years spent in Bhoroli house and thus in Avs. Nevertheless it is always worth a try.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">As Bhorolites</span></strong> we also did Sunday Assemblies aplenty in the auditorium (which was rechristened as , ‘ The Williamson Magor Hall’ some years after 1995). Another interesting activity that comes to mind are the infamous Bhoroli Productions that we put up in the hall. Every term, either in the spring or the autumn term in the school academic year, we as senior girls (there were only 2 batches above me) would get together and zero on a story-line. When I say a story- line let me tell you it was never ever picked up from elsewhere. Completely built from scratch, the play was written, scripted, directed, performed completely by us ourselves. In the intervals during the play, we also presented some adverts from television built in our own style. One of which I remember was Spice Girls brandishing the popular drink ‘Pepsi’.( It was the time when girl band ‘Spice Girls’ were the talk of the moment.)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">The annual march</span></strong> past competition were continuously aced by us for three years in a row, more than winning it, it was the preparation phase which brought about a lot of excitement. Every evening after our dinner, one –two weeks before the competitions Bhoroli alongwith the other houses would be lined up in front of their respective houses and would rehearse and try to put the feet and hands in sync to the beat of the drum. Excitement ran in the air and one could easily feel a sense of competition in the air of AVS. And then came the yearly atheletics where we as bhorolites did leave a bench mark for the other girl hostels. From field events to track events our aim would always be to ace whatever we indulged in.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Academia wasn’t</span></strong> left behind either. Along with all the activities that engrossed us 24 x 7, the academics had to go hand-in- hand. After all, it was a competition among us and the other houses as to who would bring the maximum number of commendations back to the house and who would score the maximum number of A’s.<br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br />After we bid farewell</span></strong> to Mrs.Siromani, Mrs. Sanjukta Sivakumar took over the reigns of leadership of Bhoroli and Ms.Atia Khan followed suit as the matron and Mr.Abraham Patrick as the resident tutor alongwith his wife. These were the times where new things were introduced in the house. We had the first bicycles in the campus bought from our house funds and also we started maintaining a mini-library in the house itself. Like in school, we also divided ourselves into teams of socio-culture, for instance, into teams of sports or lets say quiz or dramatics. These mini- groups performed within the house much to the added delight of the girls.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">The month of april</span></strong> every year saw us Bhorolites get involved in the annual Bihu celebration and performance alongwith the other house mates which was a tradition in the campus. This diaspora of ethnic culture was always put forward and spearheaded by our long-time tutor who was always an ardent Bhoroli supporter, Mrs.Meenakshi Boragogoi. For as long as we were in Avs this was one activity that always remained close to heart. Not to forget the annual Bengali-day celebration organized by Mrs. Subir Roy which was another taste of ethnic enjoyment.<br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br /><strong>Before I begin</strong></span> to wrap up my article for the day it is very worth mentioning that in the first ever Round-Square Conference participated by Avs was in the Round square Conference hosted by the Bishop Cotton Boy’s School in Shimla. This was sometime in 1998-!999. Incidently way back then, students were selected to represent the school and for this particular one, all four girls were selected and that too all Bhorolites. What thrill it gave us to have represented school outside! Ruchita, Priyanka, Ipshita and I alongwith Mr. Ramesh Babu and Mr. Carling had very successfully completed this one –week trip to Shimla.<br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><br />Before graduating</span></strong>, we got to know another person better and learnt under her leadership and that person was Ms.Indu Kapoor who became the house-mistress. Under her, the leader in us grew. We excelled and became confident of our potentials.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">With all the happenings</span></strong> and experiences that completed my years in Avs till I graduated, I still yearn for a slice of Avs even today. Even today my old house calls me, even today I want to wear my house-shirt and stand proud with my head held high. It is here that I discovered myself, it is here that I was blessed with people that are close even to this date, it is here that I learned and grasped, it is here that I got the confidence to share all that I knew with my juniors and lead the house. It is here that I survived and got myself ready to face the world…It is here that I learned to be myself and not to have any qualms about it. It is because I was a Bhorolite thus a student of AVS that I have become the person I am today living with only one motto in life,”Ever Onward”. Ever since then…it is the same whistle I have blown while staring at the same moon ……..and reminiscing about the golden phase of my life.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">I would like the opportunity</span></strong> to mention my peer-group and fellow Bhorolites because as Bhorolites we lived upto our motto,<strong>’ever onward’</strong> …………<br />Here’s to you girls, <strong>Sristie, Ruchita, Priyanka, Animikha, Lubna, Rukhsaan, Runila, Mona, Ipshita, The senior girls and the beloved Juniors. Kudos!!!!<br /></strong></span></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-4440416395502736752008-07-05T12:46:00.000-07:002008-11-13T05:42:47.112-08:00life<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YDxC2ssqadA/SG_SYJrzilI/AAAAAAAAAB8/LXcfy1B_Kq4/s1600-h/layoutimage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219621805504039506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YDxC2ssqadA/SG_SYJrzilI/AAAAAAAAAB8/LXcfy1B_Kq4/s400/layoutimage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>once an utopic colourful dream...</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>an amalgamation of realities today....</strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">i am living it, with the failures which taught me how sweet success could be...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">with success which has taught me, competitions have just started...</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">with a dash of colour and a pint of turpentine added by the innumerable who crossed their paths with it...</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">a mere four letter word that captivates, involves and captures all around it...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">sigh..life....my life....experiencing life....</span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>(written on the 4th of april 2006)</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3366ff;"></span>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-91598631549900552812008-07-05T12:40:00.000-07:002008-11-13T05:42:47.482-08:00a tad bit of laughter....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTUmnqNx2VG9St_-6PCnV3FhHTGym9wC10DgTdMKy9tEcyrjVR4xAkwj3ifIC-MnoyKF23v7y423OO-mQMUNB7sdgzy5OGs5-mpbeqo18NBr6rmTwwE-2UW0WWuVWAjBJc17HrhkgCGc/s1600-h/birdheadbang.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219618287595212322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTUmnqNx2VG9St_-6PCnV3FhHTGym9wC10DgTdMKy9tEcyrjVR4xAkwj3ifIC-MnoyKF23v7y423OO-mQMUNB7sdgzy5OGs5-mpbeqo18NBr6rmTwwE-2UW0WWuVWAjBJc17HrhkgCGc/s400/birdheadbang.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAl7vwqKYsBZSqonGwqwsqPC1yJ5ui7IjFLtavsr0eieL5otk9c0IfkVDaNpI-p97QYB_llrr5NI4bHKh2WYmzzm43U99XlpY_H_HKbad8clc0ONITB2GhgjKUONrnhA-jbVqTt746KM/s1600-h/baldlife.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219617813278226866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAl7vwqKYsBZSqonGwqwsqPC1yJ5ui7IjFLtavsr0eieL5otk9c0IfkVDaNpI-p97QYB_llrr5NI4bHKh2WYmzzm43U99XlpY_H_HKbad8clc0ONITB2GhgjKUONrnhA-jbVqTt746KM/s400/baldlife.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0s6lO-I4-QmU1SulhAtEeQk3wrRm3wykAEJu2za035nffsCY7MygaXXBY_JbaEjgeJ6sYgdncSQIF-x-MnRTppOs94ncV4uhzZGKXmpxk9FX7-AJx5axV-Ef-rjCwlaHUnwPFX_8NJM/s1600-h/birdheadbang.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000000;"><strong>humour at its best.....:)</strong></span></div></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-67092183866363512962008-07-05T01:20:00.000-07:002008-11-13T05:42:47.615-08:00hmm...boy do i just write? OR JUST WRITE?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua5opjAIDTZS-CZ7pTX-1fmqu0VS2v5UakHl3EzPPgnXLSWETeKBlE5x6LBScpuEc9PmF8WCXLNZw35Y3MpXhgRH-PRDL10q6V4RPxzru7ptej1L5Tpe-3n4QeTNBa3s0KTJoto-rw1w/s1600-h/42-17143776.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219459946106825442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhua5opjAIDTZS-CZ7pTX-1fmqu0VS2v5UakHl3EzPPgnXLSWETeKBlE5x6LBScpuEc9PmF8WCXLNZw35Y3MpXhgRH-PRDL10q6V4RPxzru7ptej1L5Tpe-3n4QeTNBa3s0KTJoto-rw1w/s400/42-17143776.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>well well well ..typical saturday for me....woke up real late..and why not....went to bed so late last night...partying and boozing would have justified as being the cause of the "delay"...But no..i was just not feeling sleepy!!god knows for what goddamn reason.....so what does your's truly end up doing??well...she goes to the website of pvrcinemas.com and books tickets for the latest film in town at<strong> 4AM IN THE MORNING!!!!!</strong>sigh!such is the case of unemployment!!</div><div>i thought of surfing the net and doing something constructive..but hell no...just didnt feel like...Though the tiny little reminder embedded deep down in the cocoon of the grey matter constantly erupted once in a while to tell me..that i had to do some research on pressed steel sections of fire rated doors(something from my architecture world) but still procastinating seemed to be the flavour of the night (ahem ~ morning!) for me! :)</div><div>Now i find myself sitting on my bed in my little cozy room....(well not exactly like in the picture i have attached..but i know you get the picture :D)... writing whatever is coming to my head....</div><div>Just then, i get a reminder signal <strong>which is embedded deep down in the cocoon of the grey matter</strong>( i love to irritate u , dnt i?) telling me for the 100th time that i got to wash myself and get ready for the movie....for which i had joyously done the tickets..!!hmm....i gotto go then...</div><div>will see you around again ..once i am back ...this time to give u a review of the film!!..</div><div>i am sure you gonna love reading it...</div><div>ciao ciao</div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4287838908042817152.post-51046287588269589282008-07-02T05:47:00.000-07:002008-11-13T05:42:47.817-08:00besotted by a dream..........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7GkQYLrk8LhXUAVmcZyEkCGc5-uEH1-x1JUPdtERqsjqus3HTgT-IrLVWgpL9iO6pzcfuVw0NZlMbiA00x0_RLIwRZ5NY5ECg0TafF-vIH0lThoCulDxJeSn0CsxPB9gsT07FEvD330/s1600-h/besotted+by+a+dream.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218419827972849058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7GkQYLrk8LhXUAVmcZyEkCGc5-uEH1-x1JUPdtERqsjqus3HTgT-IrLVWgpL9iO6pzcfuVw0NZlMbiA00x0_RLIwRZ5NY5ECg0TafF-vIH0lThoCulDxJeSn0CsxPB9gsT07FEvD330/s320/besotted+by+a+dream.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3366ff;">i had a dream...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">one fine night...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">a dream woven with mystic melodies...and far-stretched horizons..</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">a dream which took me in its arms...and caressed me till the very night melted into night again...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">this dream of mine showed me different avenues...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">this dream of mine changed the colour of my life to brighter hues...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">then suddenly it came unnannounced, unsummoned ...and invaded my dream...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">'it' what i would term catastrophe...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">'it' too had its own colours...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">'it' shook me. filled my eyes with tears and pushed me into weakness...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">then i awoke ..lost in my dream,clinging onto its ruptured threads...</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;">a bizarre feeling overcame me and...and ..i was lost again....</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#3366ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(written on the 30th of april 2005)</span></strong></div>a traveller of myriad hueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04757414146081501537noreply@blogger.com1