tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94614982024-03-08T08:27:19.183+05:30Impressions...Ideas,perception,nostalgia,irritability, innocence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9461498.post-72902977096505259892020-09-06T19:11:00.004+05:302020-09-06T19:11:57.059+05:30Why I miss listening to my podcats !<p> One of the benefits of vehicular traffic was the time one would get for oneself. That space in the car, which is surrounded by all kinds of commotion is something that only belongs to you. </p><p>That was the time when I would listen to music or play some stand-up comedians (audio only), and sometimes listen to audiobooks or podcasts. I have learned so much during those travel times as only those who have experienced it would really understand the benefit of it. </p><p>Now, due to COVID-19, we are all working from home and I guess it has its own pros and cons, but what I lost completely was listening to books and podcasts. I do feel that I have been losing out on a lot of <i><strike>reading</strike> listening.</i></p><p>I did try to listen to these podcasts at home but really couldn't do it. No actual reason, but somehow, I wasn't able to. Probably I need that long drive to listen to these beautiful books.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtX-xB5m8PbcjiXw5Jv1y0wVdLgpDQksqUwXwUWRIBR1GEllExGHxCrhUIHm4psEXUwkgkEcKM4QLy6LgTWAZt-5d4g_It6urV6kkYQMtPmtC0UQSeFX2Q7ElolEP9KwzvfTQ/s1920/getty_470285218_2000133320009280218_277406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtX-xB5m8PbcjiXw5Jv1y0wVdLgpDQksqUwXwUWRIBR1GEllExGHxCrhUIHm4psEXUwkgkEcKM4QLy6LgTWAZt-5d4g_It6urV6kkYQMtPmtC0UQSeFX2Q7ElolEP9KwzvfTQ/w500-h281/getty_470285218_2000133320009280218_277406.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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After a long wait of two months, all thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown, I managed to get an appointment with my regular Dentist. I was told to come a bit earlier than the appointed time to do the sanitization and other precautions.<br />
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As the news of the lockdown, kind of closing down, though step by step, there are few things that keep coming to my mind.</div>
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<li>All these days, there was huge propaganda to reduce traffic and use public transport. Now, due to the China Virus, this can change again. Those who can afford will try and purchase vehicles and avoid taking public transport. At the same time, there will be lesser travel. Everyone will try and keep traveling or going around to a minimum. So I do see a growth in the vehicle sales figures.</li>
<li>People will get used to working from home and even from an employer's point of view, it will be more acceptable. So there is bound to be more purchases for good chairs and work tables for home. The amount saved in fuel and time will easily make up for the costs of furniture. </li>
<li>There will be more demand for broadband connections at home. Again, more UPS or power backup mechanisms. These will be on the rise.</li>
<li>Hair Cutting Salons/Parlours - I think it's a funny scenario. Everyone will be wanting to cut their hair, but at the same time, they will try to get the job done at home. It's lesser touch and that will matter a lot. For the men, I get a feeling, we will see more people shaving their heads or having overgrown hair.</li>
<li>The restaurants will take quite a hit. Yes, there will be people who will continue eating out, but a lot of people will stop at least in the near term of one year.</li>
<li>Travel - one of the biggest hits for sure. I feel only mandatory travel will be taken by people. All vacations, leisure, etc will be postponed or canceled. Though travel by personal vehicles will rise. So, more crowding at the toll booths.</li>
<li>Gyms will take Big hit. Considering that everyone touches the same equipment and everyone being quite sweaty, I guess fewer people will use the gym. Yoga at home will be on the rise.</li>
<li>Trains will see lesser tickets being booked. I don't see a lot of waitlisted tickets which used to be a norm earlier. Even the number of passengers in a train or a flight will be reduced. We will see a huge change in the way Airlines operate now. </li>
<li>I think it's payback time for the airlines. They had started to suck every penny out of the passengers. First, they made your seat very very congested and then they would charge for availing extra legroom. I guess things will need to change now. There should be more room between passengers. I think I need to wait and watch this sector.</li>
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<li>It's not easy to release the inmates of the zoos so easily, as they are not used to searching or hunting for food. At first, we can release the birds, a few of them, so that they can come back if needed. And food should be served to them if they come back or leave if they wish to. Then comes the bigger animals where they should be released in a bigger and safer forest areas, where they can adjust accordingly. </li>
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It wouldn't be wrong to say, that, one of the worst impacted industries, due to the COVID-19 would be Travel Industry. In a time, when even going out for essential services and day-to-day work, sounds risky, I can't even imagine taking a flight or public transport.<br />
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Keeping a timeframe of 2-3 months, and <i>if </i>there is a reduction in the number of cases or the spread, we might be able to see the Hotels opening up slowly. Not due to choice off course, but more for survival. But every time I think of the airlines, the reasons for taking flights seem to be very very less. It will be only, as the last option or the last resort that one will take when taking flights. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Reading the latest news in the Hospitality Sector, it's becoming clear that the industry will no longer be the same. In India, all the Airline companies have been asked to reconfigure the sitting arrangement in the air crafts. Which will mean, that more space will need to be kept between seats? In all possibilities, the economy class sitting arrangement will look more like <i>Business Class. </i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A few years back when the airline's industry started booming, step by step, even without we knowing, the seats had become cramped. For a person like me, who needs a lot of legroom due to my height, it was getting difficult, from the early days in 2000-2001, when the legroom in Air India/Indian Airlines and Jet Airways was really spacious. With time and the need to add every extra seat that can be accommodated in the aircraft, every inch of space was used up. Then to top it all, they started charging extra for seats which had slightly extra legroom. <i>Life does come in a full circle.</i> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Now, if there are fewer seats in an aircraft, it's obvious that the cost per ticket will be more. But, if I compare the prices of the tickets during the 2000-2001 era, a Goa-Bangalore flight would cost 5000/- but with time, they have got substantially less(For the low-cost carriers). </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We will for sure, see a huge change, in the way the Airlines Industry works now. In the past few years, we could actually see that the Pilots and the Cabin Crew have been pushed to the limits to reduce the operating costs and increasing the profit. Due to which we would see a higher percentage of so-called 'near misses' as compared to the earlier decade. All, thanks to the huge increase in consumer traffic. Profits are important, but there was a pressing need to take things a little bit slow. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Things have got reset, all thanks to this Virus, but should have ideally happened by our will, rather than greed and consumerism. Hope things change for the better and everyone gets to enjoy life a little better than what it was, and more importantly, the Earth gets time to <i>breathe.</i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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While the whole world has been under the impact of this China Virus, COVID-19, we have seen unprecedented changes in this world. I don't think there was a shutdown of the <i>Earth, </i> ever. There have been wars, floods, earthquakes and have created havoc in the lives of people. This is something different. Just stay at home and you will be safe. Sounds funny but its indeed true.<br />
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Its almost been close to a month, ever since I have been working from home and I have to admit, it's getting very difficult every passing day. Thankfully, we are staying in a safe area and we have sufficient means and access to groceries and veggies.<br />
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At the same time, we have seen so many changes on this planet, which would have never happened, all thanks to this consumerism which has been very vocal on this planet. Someone had to reduce the pace or stop it. But as long as the Businessmen are hand in glove with the politicians this would never happen.<br />
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We really <i>needed</i> this stop, but not in this manner though, where so many lives are taken away by this virus, simply originated by eating some live bats. Nature has its own ways to get back to you. But never in my dreams, this is what I had expected.<br />
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The govt has taken strong steps to reduce the impact and the spread of the virus and so-called to flatten the curve. But it isn't as easy. There are enough idiots and I don't mind calling them terrorists who are creating enough damage to the planned activities.<br />
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Having said all this, there have been some great learnings that we all have learned in some or the other way.<br />
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The important part is that we should continue to use and follow all the learnings, even after this phase. Its seen that a lot of great ideas and learnings have happened during some of the worst phases of human life.</blockquote>
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I got this list from my colleague - Seems like a good list during this lockdown Period.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">War movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">1-Atonement (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">2-Saving private Ryan (1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">3-full metal jacket (1987)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">4-Hacksaw ridge (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-Valkyrie (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-war horse (2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-Enemy at the gates (2001)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-The thin red line (1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-The English patient (1996)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">10-Downfall (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Western movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">1-The good the bad and the ugly (1966)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-once upon a time in the west (1968)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-The ballad of buster Scruggs (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-Dances with wolves (1990)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid (1969)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-The searchers (1956)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-The man who shot liberty valance (1962)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-The assassination of Jesse James by the cowered Robert Ford (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-The wild punch (1969)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-Ned Kelly (2003)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-Django unchained (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sci-fi movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-The matrix 1&2&3 (2003-2005)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-Annihilation (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-interstellar (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-Arrival (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-The Martian (2015)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-bicentennial man (1999)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">7-2001 space odyssey (1968)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">8-Balde runner (1982)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Blade runner 2049 (2017)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-Contact (1997)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-a clockwork orange (1971)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-Passengers (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">12-Lucy (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">13-The fifth element (1997)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">14-E.T. The extra- terrestrial (1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">15-A.I artificial intelligence (2001)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">16-Moon (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">17-In Time (2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">18-Inception (2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">19-The Truman show (1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">20-The lobster (2015)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">21-The final cut (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Time travel movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-Back to the future 1&2&3 (1985-1989)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-12 monkeys (1995)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-Looper (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-predisposition (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-about time (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-The lake house (2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-The jacket (2005)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-The time travelers wife (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-The butterfly effect (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-groundhog day (1993)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-Midnight in Paris (2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Zombies and post apocalyptic movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-The road (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-The book of Eli (2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-I’m legend (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-28 days later (2002)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-28 weeks later (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-Mad max (all parts)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-world war z (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-after earth (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-Shaun of the dead (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-snowpiercer (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-escape from New York (1981)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Escape from L.A (1996)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">12-Children of men (2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">13-Blindness (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">14-Resident Evil (all parts)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">15-The quiet earth (1985)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">16-seeking a friend for the end of the world (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">17-The mist (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">18-down of the dead (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">19-a boy and his dog (1975)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">20-Zombieland (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Zombie land: Double tap(2019)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Anime & Animation movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-all Directed by (Hayao Miyazaki)& (Studio ghibli) movies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-all Directed by(Satoshi kon) movies <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-all Directed by(Isao Takahata) movies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-all Directed by(katsuhiro otomo) movies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-wolf children (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-The girl who leapt through time (2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-a silent voice (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-5 centimeters per second (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-Children who chase lost voices (2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-The anthem of the heart (2015)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-I want to eat your pancreas (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">12-a letter to momo (2011)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">13- Wall.E (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">14-Toy story (1&2&3&4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">15-shrek (all parts)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">16-The red turtle (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">17-The prophet (2014) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">18-Ace age (all parts)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">19-The garden of words (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">20-your name (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">21- Isle of dogs (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">22-Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Gangster movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-The godfather (1&2&3) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-once upon a time in America (1984)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-Scarface (1983)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-Donnie brasco (1997)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-Casino (1995)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-Miller’s crossing (1990)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-A Bronx tale (1993)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-American gangster (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-Mean streets (1973)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-Carlito’s way (1993)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">11-The departed (2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">12-Pulp fiction (1994)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">13-Road to perdition (2002)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">14-The untouchables (1987)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">15-snatch (2000)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">16-Eastern promises (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">17-The Irishman (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">18-Goodfellas (1990)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">19-Public enemy (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">20-Gotti (1996)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Gotti (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Drama movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">1-Her (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">2-Lost in translation (2003)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">3-good will hunting (1997)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">4-Forrest gump (1994)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">5-Cast away (2000)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">6-green mile (1999)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">7-Eternal sunshine of spotless mind (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">8-The curios case of Benjamin button (2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">9-Pride and predjudice (2005)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">10-one flew over the cuckoo’s nest (1975)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">11-The Shawshank redemption (1994)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">12-The perks of being wallflower (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">13-moonrise kingdom (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">14-The piano (1993)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">15-The pianist (2002)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">16-The piano teacher (2001)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">17-The before (Trilogy)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">18-portrait of lady on fire (2019)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">19-blue valentine (2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">20- 500 days of summer (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">21-Taxi driver (1976)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Outside of Hollywood movies:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">1-The lives of others (2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">2-Never look back (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">3-The secret in their eyes (2009)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">4-wild tales (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">5-City of god (2002)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">6-Cinema paradiso (1988)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">7-Malena (2000)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">8-8-1/2 (1963)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">9-Y tu mama tambien (2001)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">10-The 400 blows (1959)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">11-Incendies (2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">12-son of soul (2015)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">13-The sea inside (2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">14-Hunt (2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">15-Ida (2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">16-Cold war (2018)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">17-In a better world (2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">18-Hero (2002)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">19-in the mood for love (2000)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">20-Yi Yi (2000)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">21-Train to busan (2016)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">22-short film about love (1988)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">23-El sur (1983)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">24-The spirit of the beehive (1973)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">25-Wild strawberries (1957)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">26-Life is beautiful (1997)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">27-Oldboy (2003)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">28-The last emperor (1987)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">29- it’s hard be human (Trilogy)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Directed by (Roy Anderson)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">-Songs from second floor (2001)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">-You, The living (2007)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">-A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">30- Underground (1995)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have been a regular user of FastTag from 2017 onwards, and I must say, it's very convenient at the Toll Booths. Especially during the initial days, when there were very few users, it used to a Royal Treatment and one would get out of those crowded toll booths in no time.<br />
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Now, that it's made mandatory, I need to clarify and document a few observations which I have encountered during this short stint.<br />
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<li>I had bought the FastTag from Paytm using their online Portal. They charge around 350/- INR for the RFID Sticker and they would keep 150/- INR in your FastTag wallet of the Paytm app. That acts as a reservation for your next toll booth and if it goes below that, it will ask you to recharge your Paytm regular wallet.</li>
<li>At run time, each transaction will be actually consumed from the Paytm Wallet, and the reserved wallet will always be kept at 150/-. </li>
<li>When you cross a toll booth, there will be a scanner above, which will scan your windshield and automatically deduct the amount from the reserved amount and approve your payment. The boom barrier opens when the transaction is a success</li>
<li>Many times, there could be issues, and most likely than not will need to move your vehicle back and forth to get closer to the Scanner. </li>
<li>When the scanner on top, doesn't seem to help, they will do the scanning using a <i>Hand-Held Gun Scanner. </i> From my experience, <i>this always works</i>.</li>
<li>The return journey always costs lesser and to take care of that, fast tag, charges the One-Way charge when one crosses a given toll booth. If one returns the same toll booth with 24 hours of the 1st transaction, the 2nd one will only charge the difference of the Two Way charge and the One Way charge.</li>
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<li>Example - If the one-way charge is 90 Rs and Return journey is 135 Rs, then while going the first time, it will charge 90 Rs, and while returning will charge 135-90=45 Rs only.</li>
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<li>One does get an SMS with the amount charges and the time when you had crossed the toll booth. But normally I have seen a delay in receiving the SMS.</li>
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It was on a chilled winter morning that I had landed in Bangalore, 18th December 1999 from Trivandrum. The TCS initial orientation training had just completed and it was time to jump into the <i>real </i>world of IT Industry.<br />
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While I completed this long journey, I thought I will pen a few of my experiences/changes during this long journey.<br />
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<li>We complained of Traffic then and we still do. The number of vehicles has increased, and so has our patience level</li>
<li>Going to ITPL was considered a privilege. It would take around an hour from Sadashivnagar to ITPL by bus those days</li>
<li>There were open green grounds in the ITPL campus and only one ATM. The Banks came in a bit later.</li>
<li>The Marathahalli, narrow Bridge was the biggest traffic jam location. Not much traffic on either side of that bridge. Now, it's almost 4 Lane Road</li>
<li>The closest good restaurant from ITPL was Golconda Chimney. All our office get-togethers and celebration lunches were to be planned there. And then there was no other good restaurant till Kempfort(Now, Total Mall).</li>
<li>The last signal if travelling from Airport Road towards ITPL was at the Wind Tunnel Road. After that, till ITPL or Whitefield, there was no signal at all.</li>
<li>HAL Airport was kind of outskirts, even though it was just a couple of km's from Leela Palace.</li>
<li>Citibank Suvidha Debit Card was <i>one </i>of the first Debit cards introduced. Others only had ATM Cards. There used to be a lot of discounts available on using the Citibank Suvidha Debit card and entering the PIN was considered up-market.</li>
<li><i>Brigade Road and MG Road, </i>were the only happening places <i>to be.</i></li>
<li>I would ride on my bike then, Suzuki Fiero, which was one of the few bikes to have an auto-start</li>
<li>I would cruise at 80-90 kmph after entering the Whitefield area.</li>
<li><i>Nandini Restaurant </i>was the most happening place for Non-Veg food especially Biryani's</li>
<li>The Music Stores, <i>Planet M </i>and <i>Music World </i>were some of the happening places to hang out and buy the CD's, play your music and listen to them there./li>
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<li>Every Friday, I would ride my bike from Vijaynagar to ITPL, a distance of 30kms. It used to be a chilled-out ride and I used to enjoy it.</li>
<li>The common meeting point on MG Road would be the Food World Super Market. Don't think it exists now.</li>
<li>Plaza theatre had one of the best Music System in a Movie theatre, but they also had a lot of bed bugs on the seats.</li>
<li>MG Road, Church Street and Residency road had most of the Pubs and used to be the happening places for hangouts and pub hopping.</li>
<li>The only malls of those days were on Brigade Road, which was <i>Fifth Avenue, Mota Royal Arcade.</i></li>
<li><i>Mota Royal Arcade </i>was probably one of the few places which had an escalator. I do remember, my friend and me would stand there to watch peoples reactions when taking the escalator.</li>
<li>There was only one Shoppers Stop and Westside during those days, and Westside used to my favourite place to shop for clothes.</li>
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Today Youtube threw this video on my list and I couldn't stop myself from clicking the same.<br />
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Though the video is not from the movie clip, more of a live performance. Nevertheless, it took me back to my days in school/college, when we would listen to these songs on the cassette player.<br />
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I am pretty sure, this movie <i>Vansh</i> was <i>not </i>a famous or a hit movie, and it was not due to this movie's songs that we had purchased this cassette. We would get songs of two different movies on a cassette, one on each side. If I am not wrong, we had purchased this cassette for the movie <i>Bazigar, </i>whose songs were super-duper hit. And due to that, we ended up with movie's songs in our songs collection, which became a part of our childhood memories.<br />
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That's the very reason, that when this song popped in the Youtube list today, listening to the song took me to the beautiful college days in Goa.<br />
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Songs have a unique way of relating to the places, where we have heard those the songs and relive those days.<br />
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In a country like India, one doesn't come across Politicians who have come out from the IIT's. And more importantly, give the respect the value that comes along with the premier institutes.<br />
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Manohar Parrikar, was one such gentleman, who gave a new dimension to the meaning of leadership and pushing the small state to a different level. Today, as he leaves us, he leaves behind a lot of good work which he has done, so that the future generations can take it up further from there.<br />
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A simple man, who loved to go alone, wearing a half sleeved outshirt, and preferred to have the regular rice and fish curry for lunch, couldn't have set a better example for living a simple life in a leadership role.<br />
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From taking bold decisions to help the ordinary middle class people to taking tough decisions against the enemy nations, he has shown what he is worthy of.<br />
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He leaves us today, leaving us Goans and the country as a whole, with a big vaccum which is almost impossible to fill in.<br />
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The Rhino's in Kaziranga made the trip unforgettable, while the chilled weather and the breathtaking views of lakes and mountains in Tawang, left a lasting impression of the <i>Land of Dawn Lit Mountains. </i>This in theory also completed 50% of our trip.<br />
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A bit of homesickness had started to kick in. A bit of tiredness and mainly missing home cooked food or the regular Idli's and Dosas back in Bangalore.<br />
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The next part of the trip was to visit Meghalaya, mainly Cherrapunji, The Root Bridges and the Dawki Border towards Bangladesh.<br />
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The articles of the first 6 days are in the below links - </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 15px;">Part 1 - </span><a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/back-pack-trip-to-north-east-india.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.7s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Kaziranga National Forest</a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 15px;">Part 2 - </span><a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/the-road-to-tawang-ne-trip-part-2.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.7s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Journey To Tawang</a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 15px;">Part 3 - </span><a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2019/01/bumla-pass-north-east-trip-part-3.html" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.7s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">The Stunning Bumla Pass</a></span></div>
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Now, to enter Shillong, we had to head back to Guwahati. As per our initial plan, we had taken into account 2 days to reach Guwahati from Tawang. After discussing with our driver, we decided to complete the distance in one day. It will be a little hectic but we will end up with an extra day in our hands. <i> Well, that's at least what we thought.</i></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Day 7 - 28th November 2018</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">We started around 7:00am from the Tenzing Homestay. We had an early breakfast and left <i>Tawang</i>. The initial part of the journey, the first half an hour was in complete silence. Not even the music was playing the vehicle. It was as if we left a beautiful memory behind us. Even our cameras were inside the bags. Since it was six days up, we were also running short of cash in hand and had to find some ATM where we could withdraw. Things which are kind of taken for granted by us were not the same in these areas. Most of the ATM's even near the Army Canteen's were mostly running dry.</span><br />
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When we saw a Dzo, on the way, we got back to our core elements. We got the camera out and did what we do the best. Shoot.<br />
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As we moved on, it was kind of a refresher of the area which we had traversed a couple of days back. Just that we were looking at things from the other direction.<br />
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The views were different, so were the perspectives, not just from what we saw, even what we felt. While going up, there was a sense of longing to see, now it was more of, <i>what we will not see again.</i><br />
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Since it was early morning, while driving through the villages, we could see school children, with their backpacks walking towards the school. Most of them in uniform and many not in. Though we travelled around 2-3kms ahead, we did see kids with the same uniform still walking towards the school. Which means, they all had to travel all this distance on a daily basis. Every place has its own set of struggles.<br />
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We did see a lot of these animals on the way. Mainly the Dzos. Another point to mention, we didn't see a single Yak up until now. What we saw were only Dzo's which are a cross breed between a Cow and a Yak.<br />
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A touching picture of Cow and the Calf.<br />
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One last view of the Sela Lake. We really didn't want to leave from this place. The serenity really makes you stand still there.<br />
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As we moved closer to <i>Dirang, </i>we saw some structures, which we missed to see while coming.<br />
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When reached the spots where we could see the Gorichen Mountain, we had to stop at multiple places to take the best possible shot again. The snow-capped mountains are always a stopper for pictures.<br />
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On Reaching Bomdilla, we found an ATM which had money in it, and we all withdrew sufficient cash for probably the rest of the trip. A few pics near the Bomdilla town.<br />
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We were told by an Army person, whom we had given a lift on the way, to have lunch near <i>Rupa Bridge, </i>after crossing Bomdilla. It was a nice Army Canteen, but with limited options but good food.<br />
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We stopped there at Chulha and had a hearty meal. The place was next to the river(Dirang River I assume). There was an ATM too in that area and a nice shopping area, where all we had was a cup of coffee. I paid him by giving a 500 Rupee note and in return, I got new 100 rupee notes as change. I hadn't seen the new 100 rupees up until then. And its been a month ever since I have come back to Bangalore, and yet to another new 100 rupee note.<br />
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We then came towards Rupa Bridge and crossed over to travel towards Guwahati. It was close to 2:40 pm in the afternoon and we only had crossed Bomdilla. <i> Panic Button?</i><br />
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Crossed a few villages and I can say, it was as if we were literally going next to their houses. The roads were really bad, or I can say, just muddy roads. No Tar. Just because it was the Mahindra Xylo, we were not tossed up and down on those roads. I am sure even an Innova wouldn't have been able to handle that terrain.<br />
On another note, while we were at the Tenzing Homestay, another guest had come in a new Innova Crysta. which had got hit at the bottom and due to which the fuel tank got a leak. Somehow they managed to reach Tawang. Though we learnt later from our next driver, that Innova does work well, but only with experienced drivers. Xylo had no issues at all, more so, considering our rash driver, who would only fly the vehicle even on these roads.<br />
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On touching the <i>Trans Himalayan Highway</i>, we felt that finally, we were on a smooth road. It had just started to get dark now. The road was fantastic, but we couldn't really see the views which we were looking for. We filled in some gas at the next station. We were told that we will almost cross Bhutan Border on the way, and its ideal to fill in gas there, more so as it's cheaper also. We filled half a tank and continued.<br />
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The above picture was the last picture which we took during that day. After a point, due to the same terrain, and darkness, we were resigned to the cars only. Just having the casual discussions with the driver. It had been six days, we have known him. As a person, he was good, not really as a driver though. During our discussions, we got to know about our driver's family and his place etc. Also learnt of some of the customs in Arunachal Pradesh. Apparently, it's a Matriarchal Society which some of them follow. So after the wedding, the Guy comes and stays over at the Girls place. Not something we are used to hearing.<br />
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As we moved ahead, we tried to look for a place, where we can get tea. But we didn't. The roads were no longer that great, and quite bumpy after a point. Around 7 pm or so, our Driver told us that the fuel is coming down and might get over suddenly. Apparently, the indicator needle apparently doesn't go down linearly, but more of an abrupt jump in the Xylo, as we move into the RED area of the fuel indicator.<br />
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Our agenda, changed from looking for a tea shop to finding a petrol bunk. Since we were on the Himalayan Trans Highway, I was expecting some fuel station, but miles and miles there was nothing in store. We tried to take one village or town at a time, hoping that we will get one in that place, but every place left us disheartened. The fuel indicator is going down slowly. I am the only person in the vehicle, apart from the driver who could see the indicator clearly. I only kept quiet, without making much of a scene. But our crazy driver was all in for tantrums. He started reminding us that, this is Bodo Land, and it's not ideal to get stopped there. Things only got difficult, but still, the vehicle was going smooth.<br />
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The worst part was that, since we were very close to the Bhutan Border, our GPS was not working, probably blocked at the International Borders. So was the internet and the phone connectivity. Nothing seemed to go our way. We had the local maps saved in the mobiles and using that, we were trying to see if we can find something, which can lead us to a fuel station. We could hardly see any people also.<br />
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In some areas, we could see lights mainly of camps from the BSF, and small shops. But nothing which would have helped us. The other parameter which we were fighting with, was the time. Mostly after 8 pm, most of these fuel stations close down for the day. At one point, on the bad stretch of road, I could hardly see anything in front. Suddenly I saw a small stick which said, if water is above the stick level, DO NOT CROSS. Took me a few seconds to gather that, we were crossing a small stream. There was water falling from the top also. But our driver didn't think about any of these and he didn't even know to read English, happily crossed the stream with a huge splash. It was all good again and we were back on the so-called roads.<br />
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Eventually, after crossing a lot of dark roads, with no sign of humans nor animals, we managed to a check post. There was a BSF person standing there. So before crossing that barrier, we decided to ask him for the closest fuel station, But he was not at all helpful. Only gave us ambiguous answers. There were two roads there, one which we could have continued on the <i>Trans Himalayan Highway, </i> while another would take us to the National Highway. We did go ahead after crossing the check post on the Trans Himalayan Highway, but after a couple of kilometres, things didn't look good to us. We felt getting back on the NH was better.<br />
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So we turned back and came to the check post again, and crossed it and went towards the NH. Once we entered that road, we met a few villagers and they told us that, we will not be able to get inside the Bhutan fuel station at this hour as they wouldn't allow going inside Bhutan. And also, the fuel station would be closed. It was around 7:30 pm. But they indicated that we will get there in a few kilometres if we continued on the same road. The next few kilometres were not easy. The road was not at all good, and very bad lights on the way. The only good part was that there were other vehicles also on this road, <i>a sign</i> much better than the Himalayan Highway.<br />
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Crossing a few more Kilometers, we saw some lights at a junction. We seemed to be on the right path as indicated by the Villagers earlier. We took the designated turn and finally saw a Fuel Station.<br />
After a long time, finally, we all spoke with some energy. This place was technically Assam now. Our driver spoke to the person standing there, but he seemed have officially closed for the day, with all the accounts done and dusted for the day. We did request him, but he didn't budge. He told us to go to the next fuel station which was around 9 km from there.<br />
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Having no option we headed in that direction and we were glad to see a proper town with shops and fuel station. We filled up the gas and went to have tea. The tea never tasted so good before. Gulped down some potato chips too.<br />
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The next agenda on the list was to find a hotel to stay close by. After a lot of googling, going through the reviews and phone calls, we finally decided we had to go Mangal Doi area to get a decent hotel. It was already quite late. Around 8:30 then, and the hotel seemed to be around 45 km away from there. We asked the hotel folks to keep the dinner ready for us. The road again, was not good, but the situation was better. We didn't mind much.<br />
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Then somewhere on the way, we stopped, just to enjoy the beautiful black sky. It was kind of Bodo land, but we didn't mind now. We had gone through enough for the day. While we got close to the hotel, there seemed to be some kind of <i>mela </i>that day. I think it was Ram Navami or something that day. So, we did see a lot of activity and a lot of people suddenly. It felt good to see the people around. Once we reached the hotel we quickly had our dinner and resigned for the day.<br />
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What a hell of a day it was !!!!<br />
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The Bumla Pass is the border between India (Arunachal Pradesh) and China. Or more technically, <i>India and South Tibet.</i><br />
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Arunachal Pradesh, was earlier called a North East Frontier Agency, and later became an UT in 1972 and that's when the name <i>Arunachal Pradesh </i> was given to this place which translates into <i>'Land of Dawn-Lit Mountains'. </i>Finally in 1987, it was declared as a state.<br />
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Arunachal Pradesh - The Land of Dawn-Lit Mountain. <i>Aruna</i>, means the first rays of the sun in the morning.</blockquote>
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Tawang was a part of Tibet, and still sometimes referred as South Tibet. If one looks at geography, Tibet and Tawang, are a lot alike, and why not ? It was a part of Tibet then. Due to some discussion between the British and the People of Tibet, Tawang was given to Tibet, but then China always claimed that Tibet was a part of China , which people from Tibet don't want to agree with. Moral of the Story, Tibet finally preferred Tawang to be Part of India rather than China.<br />
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So the border, which Arunachal Pradesh shares with China, is not actually China. Its <i>Tibet Occupied by China</i>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Day 6 - Drive from Tawang to Bumla Pass (27th November 2018)</span></h3>
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We had reached Tawang the previous day around 3:30 pm and also had got the Special Permit for Bumla. The ILP is one of the document, which needs to be submitted for this Special Permit. Normally the hotels where one stays, gets these arranged. To go to Bumla, only specific vehicles , which are part of the Taxi Association will be allowed. So we can't take our personal vehicles nor any other hired vehicle. We were told that, the trip to Bumla pass and other sight seeing places like the <i>Madhuri Lake</i>, will cost 5000/- INR. Its more of a fixed price. Also note, these Permits are <i>only </i>given to Indian Nationals.<br />
Though the offices which issue these permits are actually open till 4 pm, but due to late arrival of guests, which is normally the case, they do issue these till 6 pm.<br />
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We had a nice breakfast of Aloo Parathas in the morning, along with nice tea at the Tenzing Homestay, where we had put up. The people managing this place were really nice. They are 3 sisters if I am not wrong, and trust me, they really manage it well. One thing, we couldn't help noticing was that the ladies in this part were really hardworking. By hardworking, I am not saying they are busy, but they do lot of work, which we would normally see, only men doing in our parts of the country.</div>
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The local driver there, came around 8 am with a pretty new Mahindra Xylo. This Xylo was in a much much better shape and well maintained, compared to the one which we were travelling. The driver was well educated and knew English and Hindi quite fluently. He had studied in Delhi and he was quite a well mannered person, and informative if I can add.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">We first crossed the city limits,if I can say so, and slowly started to move higher altitude. Can't say the road was bad. It was bumpy. <i>The definition of good road had probably changed ever since we started this trip.</i> We had to show the Permit to the Army folks before we moved towards the Y Junction. Y-Junction is the point, where one road leads to Bumla, while the other towards <i>Sangester Lake(</i>Madhuri Lake).</span></div>
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This lake is on the way to the Bumla Pass, and better known as <i>Ptso Lake. </i>We also saw a Yak with Red Ears here. They were different from the ones we had seen earlier. The view of the Lake by itself was surreal, with a small Bridge in the middle, gave a different dimension to the view. </div>
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So, it took us around 2 hours to reach the Bumla Pass and once we reached there, and after completing the security formalities, we were made to sit in a huge waiting hall. Hot tea was served, which was a God send, more so, considering the weather and the wind. I have to admit, due to the heavy wind and open spaces, it was the coldest experience I had during this trip. We were then escorted by a jawan from the army who took us for a short walk till the last point in India.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The land we see here, is not part of India. Its kind of No Mans land.</td></tr>
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Finally at more than 15,000 feet, we reached the India Tibet Border. I am purposefully mentioning it as Tibet, as its actually Tibet which we are sharing the border, and not China. It was a touching moment for us, to reach a place, which only army folks are residing and protecting us.<br />
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At this camp, there is a Hot Line Phone connection with the Chinese Army, and if there are any problems they discuss it over this line.. Apart from that, there are meetings held here 5 times in a year, with the army folks from both the sides being present. If I am not wrong, out of the 5 days, 3 dates are the important calendar days from India and 2 of China. 15th Aug and 26 Jan feature among the 3 dates from India's preference days.<br />
I picked up a cap and t-shirt at this camp, which served as a souvenir from this strategic location.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Road to Sangester Lake </span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">To visit the Sangester Lake, we had to return on the same route , up until the Y Junction. And then moved towards the lake. The pictures below are on route to this lake.</span><br />
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After a lot of driving, more of downhill this time, we got the first glimpse of the <i>Sangester Lake. </i>Better known as the <i>Madhuri Lake. </i>Though I mentioned downhill, this lake is at a height of 12500 feet above sea level. Its referred to as the Madhuri Lake as , Madhuri Dixit, the famous Indian film star had done a dance sequence for a movie, <i>Koyla</i> here(<i>Song - Tanhai Tanhai</i>). I was wondering, in which weather did they did the shooting there, as it was freaking cold there, and doing a full song sequence, in the middle of no where, is no easy task. This movie, was one of the biggest thing that happened to this small town and got known for.<br />
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On the way down from this point, we saw a lot of old Bunkers , which were used during the 1962 war with China. They are not in use now. We managed to get a few pictures of them, but don't really want to post them here, even though they are obsolete.<br />
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The roads were completely covered with snow, even though, it hadn't snowed for many days.<br />
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Suddenly we could hear the sound of water falls - I just stopped there, enjoyed the whole falls for a minute or two in the freezing cold, just seeing the water finding its way down wards.<br />
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So this Lake, was created due to a huge earthquake in 1971 and most of the people staying in this location couldn't survive.<br />
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The Tibetan Flags - There is something about them, which makes them feel so lively. Couldn't stop taking many pictures of them... By both Prasanna and me.<br />
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It was lunch time, I started with a nice plate of Maggi Noodles followed by Chana Batura ( Yes, the regular lunch/breakfast we have got all through this trip). I did make sure to add a cup of tea also. The food here is served by the army folks again and we didn't see any civilians in this area at all.<br />
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We Started to move uphill towards Tawang finally. One the way, we found a peculiar memorial, if I can call it so. Its called the <i>Beedi Baba Memorial. </i><br />
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As you can see, there is a <i>Beedi prototype, </i>which is a local type of cigarette( Tobacco wrapped in a particular leaf) found in India quite easily. Not sure of the history of the place nor the significance of the memorial, but apparently some soldier who was fond of smoking beedi. <i> </i>So a memorial is made in his name, and a huge beedi is also placed next to it. We learnt from our driver that, every day couple of jawans would come and keep a packet of beedi at this place. Sounds Weird , but true. Had it not for this memorial which we actually saw, wouldn't have believed this story.<br />
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This is the vehicle which took us to all the difficult terrains. My new found respect to this Mahindra Vehicle. I would rate it much higher than the Innova, especially in such terrains.<br />
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Just before we reached the Nagula Lake, we found a couple of Army Jawans walking down the road. We stopped and asked them whether they would want a drop. They happily agreed. Apparently they don't ask for lift from any tourists as many don't really stop which off course makes them feel bad. Many a times they don't get a army vehicle to drop them to the town. We later realised that, they would have to <i>walk around 23 kms</i> to reach the town, had we not stopped. One request to all the tourists, <i><u>if its possible to give a drop</u></i>, please stop and then ask them, as they will not ask as such. I do understand that, since we were all guys, it was easy to ask and offer.<br />
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During the chat which we had with them, we got a lot of insights of the situation in this region from the army folks. One person was managing the artillery, which kind of means , he operates a gun which is a little smaller than a Bofors Gun. But even those guns are really huge.<br />
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One of the points he mentioned was that the life in these border areas, had improved for them, after the Modi Government had come in, in more than one way. There are lot of improvements in the life they live in these areas. More facilities, better winter clothes etc and many such things, which makes their lives much much better to live in such weather. They were really in praise for the Modi Government. Apparently huge difference in the past 4 years or so. Listening to the people who are actually on the border protecting us, say such words have lot of value, rather than listening to updates from Paid Media and Whatsapp forwards. Though he was quick to remark that, there has not been any improvements as such on the personal front, when they need to travel back home, or with regards to leave policies etc. But as long as they are at the border, the facilities have drastically changed for the better.<br />
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We asked him about a news which we had got in the media and also had gone viral,that a particular jawan didn't get proper food in the difficult area where he was posted. His take was that, each place is managed by a Army unit. If one person has been discriminated, then it would be an issue in that army unit, rather than the supply to that unit. Distribution of food and other supplies is from a centralised place. He was of the opinion that, its very rare that food supplies etc are not reaching them, unless some huge landslide etc have blocked the traffic. Even then the supplies do reach them via air transport.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Another aspect which really hit us, was the mobile connectivity in these region, especially in the higher region. We saw jawan's climbing the hills so that they can get proper range and can speak to their folks back home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Both the above photos above, show how they need to keep searching for mobile connectivity. It felt really bad, especially since they stay away from families and its so difficult to reach their near and dear ones in today's age. I do hope that this message reaches the heads of the telecom companies to improve the connectivity in these areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">One of the view, which we got as we came down was this Buddha Statue. Its a massively huge one. But when seen from a far, it just looks as if Buddha is simply looking towards the mountains and <i>meditating</i>. It was simply a perfect view with a surreal feeling</span></div>
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Finally, we went to the last destination of the day, ie the Monastery. The Tawang Monastery is the second biggest in the world, after the Lhasa Monastery in Tibet.<br />
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With that we completed the day 6 of the trip and headed back to the hotel with lots of information and better perspective of our neighboring countries , who are protecting us from them and the efforts done by them.<br />
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Once in the hotel, even though it was very cold, Prasanna went out to take some pictures of the Sky. There is no light pollution in this part of town and hence the sky is really jet black and the stars very clearly seen. Though we couldn't get good pictures of the stars, but got a few of the Moon<br />
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We planned to start back to Guwahati the next day, directly from Tawang. Though we thought that it would be an relatively easy day, it was not meant to be. More of Day 7 in the next part of this blog series.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>The North East Blog Series<br />
Part 1 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/back-pack-trip-to-north-east-india.html">Kaziranga National Forest</a><br />
Part 2 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/the-road-to-tawang-ne-trip-part-2.html">Journey To Tawang</a><br />
Part 3 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2019/01/bumla-pass-north-east-trip-part-3.html">The Stunning Bumla Pass</a><br />
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The first 3 days of the North East Trip, were spent in <a href="http://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/back-pack-trip-to-north-east-india.html" target="_blank">Kaziranga</a>, and the next on the itenary was Tawang.<br />
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The Route to Tawang would be a two step plan or spread over two days. Again, for two reasons -<br />
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<li>The road to Tawang is pretty bad in some stretches and not really feasible to do in a day.</li>
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The road we <i>had to choose </i>was via Tezpur to Balukpong. Balukpong was important, as we had to get the <i>Inner Line Permit </i>(ILP) to get into Arunachal Pradesh. Though we had asked to get it ready earlier, but for some reason, they asked that we should be available personally. </div>
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The plan was to reach till <i>Dirang </i>in one day and halt for the night there. The following day, it would be a trip till <i>Tawang</i>. The route above was the plan to travel till <i>Dirang</i>.<br />
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Day 4 - We planned to start early from Kaziranga, around 5 am. The first halt planned was to reach the <i>Brahmaputra River </i> and take a boat ride in the same. After having a nice tea in a road side we continued towards the Brahmaputra River. We reached around 7 am and there weren't many boats at that time. We found one, who took the opportunity to charge more than the regular price, and finally settled for Rs 1000/- for the one hour boat ride.<br />
Apart from the spectacular views of the <i>Brahmaputra River, </i>the early morning activities in the river side was really interesting.<br />
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There is something magical about these so called pillars, for the High Tension Wires. They are really huge and they look awesome, seeing the complete spectrum, using just our eyes. We also saw a lot of Dolphins.<br />
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One must take a Boat Ride in the <i>Brahmaputra River. A definite must to do</i><br />
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Once done, we resumed our journey towards <i>Bhalukpong. </i>It took around an hour or so and had our breakfast there. It was the regular <i>Chana Batura </i>which we had been having last two days.<br />
We were told to contact a local person in there, by our Resort Owner in Kaziranga. He quickly took our documents, <i><b>ie Aadhar Copy and one Passport Size Photo , </b></i>and came back with the <i>Inner Line Permits. </i> We could have probably gone and done it by ourselves itself though, which we learned a bit later. But its not really a huge task, and even though it was a <i>Early Sunday morning(9 am )</i>, there were no issues for getting this Permit.<br />
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Now comes the interesting part of the drive. The first part of the drive was simply beautiful. Nice roads, river flowing by the side and nice clear blue sky. Couldn't have expected more. And then we also had trucks, which wanted us to <i>Honk </i>at them :)<br />
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But after a while the roads were simply missing. They were under construction and lots of dust and very bumpy ride. The good part was that, since it was a Sunday, the road was not blocked. On other days, it would be blocked for a quite a few hours for construction. That did save us a few hours. Roads did improve as we moved closer towards <i>Bomdilla.</i><br />
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Once we were near <i>Bomdilla, </i>there is a lot of High Security Area due to the presence of Indian Army.<br />
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We then stopped at Bomdilla and visited the Monastery there.<br />
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Once we crossed Bomdilla, we got this breathtaking view of the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g858483-d2651144-Reviews-Gorichen_Peak-Tawang_Tawang_District_Arunachal_Pradesh.html" target="_blank">Gorichen Peak</a>, which is based in Arunachal Pradesh.<br />
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Finally we reached Dirang around 3:30 pm and had a quick snack. We did check for hotels in the main town area, but didn't quite find anything to our liking. We finally headed to the homestay which one of our friends had recommended us. The 'Gonpalak' Homestay.<br />
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The Gonpalak homestay was a brand new one, which they have 3-4 rooms which can accomodate around 2-3 people each. It was neat and clean. I think that day, there were more guests than usual and they ended up buying new blankets for us. They also provided with a portable room heater, which was a necessity. Vijay made himself comfortable, just next to the heater :) The food there was average, and the real complain there was in delivery of the food. They really took a long time. On the outside, they had a small farm, where they grew Kiwis. We tried a couple of them and they were good. I would highly suggest staying in this homestay, even if you are going with family. Hope they maintain the quality.<br />
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We retired for the day, having a nice bath in the nice and steaming hot water, followed by the daily evening update call to our wives.<br />
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Day 5 - Drive from Dirang to Tawang<br />
We woke up a bit late that morning, ie around 7 am. We did plan it like that, so that alternate days, we should get proper and full quota of sleep. Since the trip was for longer period of 12 days on the run, the body needs proper rest as well as time to re-energize and get used to the different weather conditions and oxygen levels which changes due to the height.<br />
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The breakfast was delayed but it was good, <i>aloo parathas</i> and nice tea. Finally when we actually got into our Vehicle, it was almost 9 am. We were late for sure. But we didn't mind much as the distance to travel to reach Tawang wasn't much.<br />
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The initial part of the drive was quite good, with winding roads as you can see below. Reminded us of the arial shot from '3 Idiots'. If we had a drone camera, we could have probably got one :) But on a serious note, taking pictures can be tricky. You don't want to capture anything related to army bases anywhere, and there is very high chance that a small area does come into frame. So, we had to skip taking pictures at many places, and these exotic views are captured safely in our minds.<br />
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A few kilometres ahead, we saw the <i>Nyukmadong War Memorial. </i> This memorial is dedicated to all those who fought the war against China in 1962. These monuments, remind us, that due to the sacrifices of these brave men, we are living safely in our country. Something, which we have taken for granted.<br />
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In this area, the signal for the mobiles was also very bad. Up until now, we didn't face any issues due to mobile connectivity. Even 4G signals were easily available. But after Dirang, it seemed to be a little difficult.<br />
When we got a place where we had good signal, we all quickly completed our <i>daily stand up call </i>with our respective wives.<br />
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As we were moving up, it was very mountainous terrain, and cold getting worse every passing moment.<br />
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Around 10:40 am, we reached Tawang's, entry point, which is called the 'Sela Pass'<br />
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When we reached at this point, it was shivering cold due to the heavy breeze. I was just in my t-shirt and that really hit me hard. Finally I had to quickly get into our car, and wear all the warm clothes. That helped a bit, but not completely.<br />
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Just after crossing the entry point, we were greeted with a beautiful, frozen lake, the <i>'Sela Lake'. </i><br />
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The photos above don't really make justice to the colors and the overall view which we had. It was the perfect blue, and the magical sheet of ice, made it feel, as it someone had drawn a line and where the ice formation should stop.<br />
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Just after crossing the Sela Lake, we saw quite a few Yaks. And then a small bridge, which had a small water fall. We took some pics with slow shutter speed<br />
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The water flows below, into a low lying area. The views are very pretty when seen with naked eyes. The camera's can't do any justice to the actual views.<br />
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What we saw next, was one of those moments, which we will remember for long time. These stalactites kind of formation from ice. Just plain water with <i>no minerals.</i> I am not sure, if these formations from pure water are called stalactites.<br />
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The below photo kind of indicates that a waterfall has suddenly stopped and frozen into ice. Reminds of the movie 'Mask', "FREEZE" :)<br />
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They were sharp and very strong. There was water on the roadside also, which had become ice and even when I stood on that, it didn't break.<br />
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The War Memorial here is dedicated to the brave sepoy, who fought against the Chinese. We did hear, he fought alone for 3 days or so, and finally he died. Visiting such places, where the actual war was fought makes one feel that, we owe so much for them and their families. They fought for us, so that we can live safely, without thinking, who is at the border protecting us.<br />
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Just across the road at this war memorial, there is a Military Canteen, which we all visitors can also use. They have a nice view point, and sitting there and having a cup of tea is a different experience.<br />
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When we went to order food at this canteen, it was obviously the army folks who were serving us. There was free tea available for all. Only for the eating stuff, we had to pay and order. The first person whom we met, asked us, where we were from. We replied them, 'Bangalore'. He started to speak to us in <i>Kannada. </i> Vijay spoke to him with fluency and me in broken kannada. He was happy to hear kannada , and even though we had ordered <i>only idli's , </i>we had a free vada on our plate. On further discussions we learnt that he is from Belgaum, Vijay's home town and so the bond become even stronger.<br />
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Just because we are from a place close to his hometown, he felt so much at home for those few moments. </blockquote>
After having the idli's we saw that they were also having some bakery items. The army currently stationed at this border area is the <i>Maratha Regiment. </i>The regiment, from what I learnt, changes every two years. So we heard these two persons talking in <i>marathi</i>. We also spoke to them in Marathi. When I told him that my wife is from Satara, he was very excited and told me that he too hailed from Satara. I got two extra pieces of cake though we had ordered for 3 only. I paid him in full, but he simply refused to take money for those two extra pieces. He mentioned that, he is from a place between Satara and Karad. The smile and the happiness which we saw during this interaction was priceless.<br />
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Both these interactions, one in Kannada and one in Marathi made us feel, how much they miss their people back home and all they are doing is protecting us by sacrificing their personal lives, and probably many more things. These small moments probably make their days slightly different from the otherwise regular day. Something to talk about at the end of the day, when they speak to their families back home.<br />
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Slowly we moved from there and moved towards Tawang Town. We had a contact, whom we were told to meet. Once we met him in Tawang, he got our passes for visiting the <i>Bumla Pass. </i>Technically the passes are issued upto 4 pm, but since most of the tourists reach late, they have officially have permission to get the passes till 6 pm.<br />
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We then went to the <i>'</i>Tenzin Homestay, which was again recommended by our friend. We found that place too, very good for the stay. The food was also good. The only complaint was that the heater was not effective at all.<br />
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This comes to the end of day 6. The plan next day was to go to Bumla Pass.<br />
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The two days here, were more of travel to a higher altitude. So we took it slow. The first days drive was around 177 kms while the second days only 54 kms. But due to the terrain and the kind of roads almost took the whole time of around 6 hours to reach.<br />
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Another day and interesting moments, especially with the army folks. When I updated these stories back home, there was another sense of joy within. Small things do make a difference in everyone's life, not necessary expensive ones.<br />
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Thanks for reading and please leave your comments.<br />
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The North East Blog Series<br />
Part 1 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/back-pack-trip-to-north-east-india.html">Kaziranga National Forest</a><br />
Part 2 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/the-road-to-tawang-ne-trip-part-2.html">Journey To Tawang</a><br />
Part 3 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2019/01/bumla-pass-north-east-trip-part-3.html">The Stunning Bumla Pass</a></div>
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It wasn't a great news to start the Sunday. The iconic Rex Theatre was finally being shutdown so that a new mall and multiplex screen's can be built. That is the trend in Bangalore these days, with the single screen theatre's shutting down and new multiplexes come up in its place.<br />
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Lido, Galaxy, Plaza all of these theatres were the ones which we used to frequent. But I think we had most of the memories with Rex theatre.<br />
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I do remember once, we had asked our close friend to buy the tickets of the movie 'The Bachelor', and all of us ( around 5 of us) went and sat for the movie to start. When the trailers started, one of them was of 'The Bachelor' and that's when we looked at each other figuring out what really happened. No had seen the posters outside and it turned out to be another movie 'The message in a bottle' . We gave a stern look at Pravin, who had booked the tickets :) . Thankfully this movie, 'The message in the bottle' wasn't bad and the memory of this incident is still fresh in our minds even after 17 years or so :)<br />
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One of our dear friend had got a job of a manager at the Domino's there. It was fun those days, and we used to get brownies from him, once in a while. He had learnt to prepare them and had got it for us :)<br />
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There was even an incident, when we as a group planned for a movie. When I landed there, I realised that my ticket was not booked. So I booked another one, but couldn't get a seat adjacent to them.. and ended up sitting in another part of the theatre, all by myself. Thats another incident that I can't seem to forget :)<br />
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There are innumerable movies we have seen in that theatre, the last one probably around couple of years back. It was still a good experience watching there, and cost of the tickets, being quite less than the regular multiplexes.<br />
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Its indeed sad that an iconic movie theatre is going to bite the dust, but is probably part of life and economics of trade.<br />
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Finally, the tickets were booked for the trip from Bangalore to North-East India; which in-effect acts as a commitment to the trip and the start of the actual preparations. A plan for a few days of exploration trip on a high level was laid out a few months back, but would only be taken seriously only now.<br />
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The Inception of this trip was during the <i>Rainy </i>season, where we had narrowed it down for a short trip to Northern India. More specifically, Tawang. With the passage of time, this short trip somehow got translated into 12 days trip, and as a consequence, the toughest part of the readiness ended up getting permissions from our better half's.<br />
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When put on paper, we realized that we are going to cover 3 states and touch 3 Countries (at the border only).<br />
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We didn't intend to book and mark the places to the T, where we would be each day, but we intended to keep it dynamic. Only for the first couple of days, we booked the Resort in <i>Kaziranga </i>and also the Jeep Safaris. <i>( We are kind of against the Elephant Safaris)</i>.<br />
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Here is the high-level plan which we had chalked out - and I have to admit, we kind of ended up following this quite well. Bit of changes, as you would understand, from the blog.<br />
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Lake(82<span class="GramE">km)--</span>> <span class="SpellE">Shillong</span>(16km)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Day 1 - We had to catch the flight at 7 am from Bangalore, and were supposed to reach Guwahati, Assam by 10:15 am and as for the rest of the day, we planned to drive down to Kaziranga and also buy some supplies for the trip on the way. One SMS from the airline on the previous day indicated that the flight has been delayed by 7 hours and will now depart at 2 pm. That was the first setback, but on a positive note, that also meant that we could have a good sleep before we leave in the morning. In hindsight, whatever happens, is for the best.<br />
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The next day, we three, Vijay, Prasanna, and I boarded the flight at the KIAL airport, Bangalore at 2 pm and landed in Guwahati at 5:30 pm, only to find that it's very dark at this hour. We found our cab, a Mahindra Xylo, which was already booked, and the driver, who didn't quite look up to the mark, helped us to get our luggage inside and headed for Kaziranga.<br />
Around midnight we reached Kaziranga after driving close to 200 odd kilometers and quickly got settled into the resort rooms, after all, we had to leave early for the Safaris...<br />
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Day 2 - The day started early, with sunrise here, earlier than in Bangalore. We didn't need the alarm to wake us up. All the folks from the neighboring rooms made all the noise enough to wake us up and the early morning sunlight had lit up our entire room. We quickly got ready for the first Jeep Safari and got all our camera gear, trigger ready. Though the Jeep arrived a little late, we managed to reach on time.<br />
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The first Safari was in the Central Zone of the Kaziranga National Park. This is around 2 km from the place where we were put up, ie <i>Kohra. </i> Most of the resorts are in this area only.<br />
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The first spotting which we had was this wild Elephant. It was a treat to see at such the huge animal at such a short distance.<br />
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But the real search was for the coveted One Horn Rhino, for which we had come all the way! After spotting a lot of deer and enjoying the fog, we finally managed to see a Rhino, which was indeed way too far. The camera lens didn't quite help to get a good image nor to see it clearly. I resorted to using my pair of binoculars and that's when I really appreciated the beauty of this huge animal. <b>The One Horn Rhino</b></div>
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So, this was all that, we had to be satisfied with, in the morning safari. But to summarize, the highlight of the morning safari was the fog in the national park, and the drive through it.<br />
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The 2nd Safari of the day was in the Western Zone, which is called the <i>Bagori Zone. </i> Since we hadn't managed to have a decent breakfast, we quickly managed to gobble up a quick lunch at the neighboring resort. The food was sumptuous and tasty, and at the same time, quite simple. Rice, Dal, Rotis, and a couple of Veggies. Though it was afternoon, there was still a chill in the air and I was simply loving it.<br />
The drive to <i>Bagori Zone </i>was not as quick as Central Zone. It must have been close to a 15-minute drive. The views on the road were really pretty, and we hadn't managed to see it the previous night while coming from Guwahati.<br />
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Now, when we reached Park, I have to admit that, it was much more professionally managed than the Central Zone. Not that there was any chaos or mismanagement at Central Zone, Bagori simply felt more organized. A lot of security to show you the right way to go in and checks at the entry gate. We had to pay for the Camera extra, If I am not wrong around 200/- INR for each camera. For some good reason, only SLRs are considered as Cameras. Vijay's mini camera, which did all the video recording, never qualified as a camera at least from a billing perspective :)<br />
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Just as the Maruti Gypsy rolled into the park, we had a close view of one Rhino. We were able to see very clearly with our naked eyes.<br />
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As we moved ahead, we only realized that, there would be many more Rhinos which we would see.<br />
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Now if this was close enough, what we saw next was even something unbelievable. And now, I really don't want to make a long story short. It will be a long story. The picture below, is of the Safari Jeep, which was ahead of us. Little did we know at that time, that, this Jeep standing there, would be instrumental in making life long memory of this Kaziranga Safari.<br />
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Anupam, the Photographer on this jeep, just stopped the jeep in the middle of the road. They signaled to us to stop. We are just behind them, and we took this picture of the jeep( Just to give the idea, of where we are ). They could see a Rhino, which was just about to cross the trail. We patiently waited. And waited. A few minutes turned into 15 minutes, just standing still in our jeep. We had no line of sight of what the Rhino is doing. Only Anupam and his team could see. The jeeps coming from the opposite direction were also made to stop. Soon there was a huge pile up of these Vehicles, but Anupam was not ready to give up. Our Guide and Driver told us, finally after some 25 minutes, that, if the Rhino hasn't crossed till now, there is almost no chance it would cross now. We had crossed our threshold limit of waiting in there. Finally were started the engine of the jeep.. and what!!! The Rhino just starts to come onto the Road. WOW!!! That was all we could say. I am sure, Anupam and his friends had the same expression.<br />
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The sweet sound of high speed shutter didn't seem to stop for quite some time. Kindly note the pile up of the Vehicles on the other side , in the interim. But then things were about to change. We knew that, for some nice reason that, the Rhino would move towards Anupam's Vehicle. After all, he did all the ground work.<br />
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But then the unexpected happened and the Rhino turned towards us 😊. The cameras didn't get a break this time, and the continuous sound of the shutter, wouldn't have sounded any better. Though we initially we had completely zoomed out the lenses, his every step closer to us meant reducing the focus length of the lens, up until, we reached the minimum focal length and finally had to move the jeep in the reverse gear. Every moment, of this is still etched in our minds, including the background music of the shutter.<br />
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The marching Rhino, which was in our wish list, eventually came to be true</blockquote>
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At one point the majestic animal, was so close, that we had to stop shooting and spend those moments completely enjoying the view with our naked eyes. Now, those moments can never be captured or documented. They can only be remembered and the words here, might just help go back to that day and time.<br />
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While the Rhino, finally deciding to move into the bushes, we kept our camera's down and sat down, just wondering, what just happened.<br />
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Finally, as it was starting to get dark, we managed to get one Mother and Child Picture. Not the best, but definitely one for the keeps.<br />
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Vijay finally decides that he needs horns after seeing so many One Horn Rhino'<br />
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As we drove back towards our Resort, we stopped for tea, only to meet Anupam there. We couldn't thank him enough for his effort to get us that perfect Rhino shot. He was pleased to see our pics and was happy nevertheless and that's when we actually got to know of each other, and also his name :)<br />
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For the evening we had tickets for the Assam Cultural Program, which was organised by the 'Kaziranga Orchid and Bio-Diversity Park. This program is held everyday and it costs Rs 200/- towards the entry fee. The show was incredible as we got to see the various dance forms from Assam and the other North East States. The play of the percussion instruments by the young people was simply mesmerising.<br />
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Here are a few pictures, but they will not really make any justice to the actual program. You can check in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K01qJ0PG8Rg" target="_blank">Youtube </a>for the dances and I am sure you will love them.<br />
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With such variety of songs and dances,it was an evening to remember. Please make sure to visit this place during your trip to Kaziranga.<br />
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Once back to the resort, it was time to enjoy sitting next to the bonfire in the cold weather. It was a welcome relief. We enjoyed a nice tea, which we got from the shack outside the resort, it was really nice. It was probably the first time we really enjoyed the tea, after landing in Assam.<br />
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There we met some other folks, who had come from West Bengal. The two guys were working in the Railways and we had some interesting discussions. Some of them were related to the changes in the Railways, in the past few years, mostly after the Modi Govt has come at the centre. They did mention that, it was a very welcome change and the ease of doing work is much much better. They do feel that, they are doing something better for the country, which didn't feel anytime before in their careers.<br />
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After having a nice Assamese dinner, we retired for a well earned sleep.<br />
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The 2nd day at Kaziranga, was earmarked for the Eastern Zone or better known as <span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "gentium book basic" , serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b><i>Agoratoli</i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "gentium book basic" , serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> . The drive from our Resort, <i>The Park, </i>was significant. The cool breeze was blowing towards us and, with the hint of early morning sun, making the ride even more enjoyable. During the drive the camera's were at ease, and it was more of our eyes that did the view. We didn't know at that point of time, that, this would be the routine most part of our morning Safari. </span><br />
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We admired the flora this time , more than the fauna. The Wild Buffaloes seemed to be having a relaxed weekend kind of feeling. They didn't move a inch. But it was serene and pleasant.<br />
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Just as we moved a bit we saw a herd of deer, and then gave a call. It signaled something. A signal of danger. All the deer's were suddenly on their feet and they started to run.<br />
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The Birds too started fly suddenly. Something was different. We couldn't place our finger on anything as such. A deer's call, would normally indicate the coming of a Tiger or any animal, which could put their lives in danger. But they didn't run so frantically, which they should have done. The sudden movement of the birds, didn't make much sense too.<br />
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Finally, we heard a <i>Gun Shot. </i>And a few people from the forest moving in that area. Now, things made sense. The birds and the deer were scared of the gun probably. Maybe be we didn't hear the previous one. Yeah, the drama was over and we had to move on<br />
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Being armed with a Canon and a Nikon, we had to shoot something. We found the trails <i>also </i>interesting and aimed shoot at them. Did we really have much of a choice ?<br />
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We even found solace in the lone bird sitting on top of a tree. Even a slightly different looking leaves on a tree caught our attention. We didn't let the photography adrenaline in us to die down. We took every bit what we could...<i>After all, we needed to shoot something ....And more importantly we had paid 400/- towards camera fees...</i><br />
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When we finally did see the Brahmaputra river, it brought some life back into us..<br />
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We were finally out of the Park and on the way back to the Resort, and seeing the Rice fields was a pleasant sight..<br />
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After a sumptuous lunch, we had to be ready for the 4th Safari of this trip. This was again at Bagori. We were all excited again, as we would have more options to see the Rhino's again.<br />
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Another thing to add was, our Driver of the Safari was very happy with us. He acknowledged that, not everyone enjoys the Safari's as we did and in the bargain, he enjoys too. Its as if he was doing justice to his job. Nice compliment :)<br />
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Now that we knew, about this side of the Park, we were quite choosy about the areas we wanted to.<br />
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At one point while waiting for a Rhino to cross, I could manage to take this picture of this beautiful bird taking off.<br />
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And this is the last Rhino, which we found while we were rushing towards the exit..The light was very less and we had bumped up the ISO, but we still had a shake. Just a good ending to an otherwise very eventful Safari.<br />
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Though ,<i>The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility</i> was at work, we had better shots on the 2nd day at Bagori. It was eventful, unlike that of the morning session. It was lively and interesting.<br />
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There was also a news of a Tiger crossing and most of the time was spent waiting for the Tiger, though we couldn't spot anyone. But the number of Rhino which we could see, was phenomenal.<br />
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Sadly this came to an end and so was the stay at Kaziranga.<br />
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A tip for those going to Kaziranga, if you are doing only One or Two safari's, make sure one of the them is for <i>Bagori</i>. Its no exception.<br />
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This marks the end of the story for first 3 days of the trip. The remaining would be covered in subsequent blogs.<br />
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Thanks for reading and please mark your comments below :)<br />
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The North East Blog Series<br />
Part 1 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/back-pack-trip-to-north-east-india.html">Kaziranga National Forest</a><br />
Part 2 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2018/12/the-road-to-tawang-ne-trip-part-2.html">Journey To Tawang</a><br />
Part 3 - <a href="https://www.prasadgovenkar.com/2019/01/bumla-pass-north-east-trip-part-3.html">The Stunning Bumla Pass</a><br />
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While reading an article today, it appears that the amount of air pollution in cities like Delhi or Mumbai or for that matter Bangalore, translates to smoking 7 cigarettes a day. The analysis was done by one of the Hospitals in Delhi, where they found that earlier the patients having cancer was more proportional to the smoking habits. So in essence, out of 8 cancer patients, it was almost 7 who were smokers and 1 non-smoker.<br />
Today, as we speak the ratio has been changed to 1:1. To add further, the age during which cancer would normally trigger earlier was around 20-25 years once a person would start smoking. So the average age, in the yester years was around 40-55 . It has now changed to 20-25 years of age. It kind of attributes to the fact that, due to the amount of air pollution today, a new born baby starts smoking from day 1. Thats when the counter starts. Its kind of shocking to get these stats.<br />
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Off late, I have been hearing of more people been attacked by Cancer and though the medical science has improved, the pain of dealing with this disease and the cost associated, is something, we all want to be away from.<br />
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So, what do we do ?? Our Bit ??<br />
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Yes, we see the hundreds of campaigns against the use of plastic, and there is definitely a sense of awareness and small but steady steps being taken by everyone to reduce the plastic consumption.<br />
We do see most of the shops stopped giving Plastic Bags and most of us, do carry the cloth bags as we would do, 20-25 years ago :) . Plastic straws have reduced and <i>only </i>in some places the paper alternatives are available.<br />
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But what can we do about the Air Pollution ?<br />
Factories are one of the major pollutants and Vehicle emissions comes again at a higher rank. What we all have in our hands in what we can control. Government is doing its bit, but not enough at the moment.<br />
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A few steps which I feel can be taken at an individual level -<br />
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<li>Reduce the Number of times, you use your vehicle, either your car or the bike. I try and completely avoid going out on weekends. Its a rest day to your car and less carbon footprint. I just go walking or take the cycle out.</li>
<li>Try to look for alternatives like cycles. There are many available today as rentals, use them and enjoy the weather and get fit too</li>
<li>Get into car pooling. I have been regularly using the Quick Ride App past few months and its a small step to reduce the vehicles on the road. Meeting new people is an added advantage and your traffic blues are never the same. Links are as follows - Android: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ks9pw.app.goo.gl/AkD42RS4vVqSq98i7&source=gmail&ust=1539935675617000&usg=AFQjCNFLPe3tEX7GSRqZcCjLxWpRIA_gZg" href="https://ks9pw.app.goo.gl/AkD42RS4vVqSq98i7" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://ks9pw.app.goo.gl/<wbr></wbr>AkD42RS4vVqSq98i7</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> iOS: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://goo.gl/THj58b&source=gmail&ust=1539935675617000&usg=AFQjCNGXWx7ZV0thCHNVoY9fXtSP5G1DGA" href="https://goo.gl/THj58b" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/THj58b</a>. Promo code JNS24</li>
<li>Get your Vehicle serviced properly and make sure there is minimum emissions. </li>
<li>If you are having an Air Conditioner at home, again, reduce its usage. Reducing it has multiple positive impacts. The air conditioner, though it gives you a cooling inside, there is additional heat generated outside, which further leads to warming, and hence others will slowly buy air conditioners. Its a chain reaction. Try and keep it to a minimum. </li>
<li>Using air conditioners also leads to higher Electricity consumption. Which means more power needs to be generated and which also leads to further global warming. </li>
<li>Usage of Electronic Gadgets -- Lesser said the better. Though you would be reading this article on a electronic gadget, it needs power to fire it up. Everyone using each of this device needs huge power generation , leading to global warming again and air pollution.</li>
<li>Switch off your Mobile Chargers. Just keeping them plugged in with the switch on, leads to small but huge, if we calculate every home ends up doing it. </li>
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And lastly enjoy your festivals nicely. No need to over do, but light up your home with lights for Diwali and Christmas or a Id. It will use a bit more power, but there are exceptions and we need to do to keep ourselves happy and content. Light a couple of fireworks, its okay. Just don't give scares to the elderly and small kids by blowing up noise making bombs. There was a reason the fireworks were made and they were to keep away the insects which would come during the winters and also to get a bit of warmth. The intention was always good, but over doing and abuse of everything is what leads to harmful environmental issues.</div>
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Uttarayan - This is one festival celebrated all across India, with different names. More importantly, its not really a religious celebration. Its more to do with the Sun in the phase, where in the day starts becoming longer and longer, and hence, its more of a postive sign.<br />
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So, in short a nice time to start new things in life.<br />
Atleast from what I know, from the top of my head, this festival is known by many names, by different parts of India. The picture below kind of depicts my thoughts.<br />
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So, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Bihu are the few which I know. And few among these are mainly the Harvesting Season Festival and hence the celebration. After all, whats celebration without the choicest of food.<br />
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While Sankranti is celebrated in Karnataka/ Andhra , Maharashta and Goa on a very large scale. And its a season, when the delicacies for the cold weather are prepared. Especially the <i>Til and Gul , </i> and also the famous Marathi saying, <i>Til Gul Gya and God God Bola. ( Eat sweet and speak sweet). </i>While In Karnataka, the same ingredients but with a slightly different preparation is shared with your near and dear ones, which is called 'Ellu Bella". Again having Til and Gud along with Chana and Sugarcane pieces.<br />
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I know more in detail of the ones which I mentioned above. Its very interesting to see so much diversity yet the similarity in the festivals in India.<br />
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Thought will write a few of the Resolutions that I intend to keep in this year<br />
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<li>Spend within the Budget</li>
<li>No Impulsive Buying</li>
<li>Pay towards closure of Loans</li>
<li>Invest time and money in Health</li>
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I think, keeping this simple and short will be good.</div>
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In addition, want to learn a new language or a technology, which I can use going further.</div>
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It was the 4th of October 1995. The first day we started the Journey away from home, and probably <i>at home away from it. </i></div>
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The Journey has started, and as they say, the Journey is always beautiful than the destination. The journey has probably never ended and its only getting better by the day. The friendships made then are for lifetime, only getting matured every passing day. </div>
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The View from the then 10th Block of the 9th Block and Annapurna Mess</div>
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The College Quadrangle</div>
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The Ganesh Temple in the Campus</div>
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Kamath Circle, the Gym, Basket Ball Court and the 4th Block(Boys Hostel Then)</div>
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End Point - We cant see this view anymore</div>
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The Quadrangle again :)</div>
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One of my most favorite picture ever taken .</div>
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The Famous Tiger Circle</div>
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A few pictures from those days, most of them taken by me and countless more in my archives. </div>
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I had to apply for a Loan and I approached two Banks. Two Huge Banks from India.<br />
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One of them HDFC while the other being SBI. My first interaction was with the representatives from HDFC Bank, and though they promised earlier disbursement of the money, their approach of their employees was bad, to say the least. No respect for customers and no method to speak properly. Though I can say, maybe its an exception, and its the mannerism of people rather than the Bank, the feedback has been consistent from different sources.<br />
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I had a completely different experience in SBI Branch. The manager sat with me and explained it in a nice manner. Got all the documents together and helped me to fill the documents and within 15-20 minutes completed all the formalities. I must say that the attitude of the manager of a branch was so humble. Again this can be limited to certain people, but again, the feedback from many of friends with SBI has been really good.<br />
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I sometimes wonder, why is this such a big attitude change when it comes to such huge two Banks in India.<br />
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But one thing is for sure, I would never approach HDFC Bank for any slightly complicated work.<br />
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In your typical day when you visit your facebook timeline, do you see any check-ins from your friends on it ?<br />
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I do have some observations about them and probably some of my thoughts behind them,mostly sarcastic :)</div>
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<li>When travelling outside India, its a must to check-in on Facebook. Else the airlines will <i>never </i>give you the boarding pass.</li>
<li>The check-in while travelling abroad should be at each of the transit airports. Else they can't use the washrooms in the transit airports, nor are they allowed to buy anything from the airport duty free shops</li>
<li>One of my friend in the US, checks-in almost twice to thrice a week, travelling within US. Its from Atlanta to Detroit or to New York or wherever. That's when I realised that in US it must be a mandatory to checkin first on facebook before you check-in at the airport counter.</li>
<li>Those who are abroad, say the US/UK kind of folks, will check-in when they visit a Temple. Probably the priest will give <i>Prasadam </i> only for those who have checked-in.</li>
<li>You will not see any one in India doing a check-in into temples, unless if its a trek to a mountainous temple or visiting the temple has a historic reason rather than a religious angle to it.</li>
<li>If one visits a Five Star hotel looking beautiful photographically, then its kind of a must to check-in on facebook. The taste of the food is immaterial. It should be visually appealing.</li>
<li>If you are travelling to Leh Ladakh , then its a sin not to to a check-in. The mandatory photo should be the Pangong lake preferably on your Enfield Bullet and a Nikon DSLR. </li>
<li>One of the most important check-in especially for this year(2017) was to check-in before going to watch <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bahubali 2 </i>. Without the check-in the you wouldn't be allowed inside the theater at all.</li>
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The only real thing I see value in such check-in is marking yourself <i>safe</i> when there is some incident in your area or so. Your near and dear ones will know that things are fine. Else every time I see a check-in on facebook, I have to try real hard not to post any sarcastic comment on the same,</div>
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