As picturesque as Nainital

Some of the pics I took in Nainital came out amazingly colorful. The best ones are compiled here with appropriate details.

Went to Bareilly by train and then took a taxi. A couple of pics in memory of my old town :





Here I reach the hilltop and as usual my camera goes out of my control.




In the mallital market now,






"Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahani......" Its boating time now.. cool breeze full of freshness blew against our face and left us intoxicated.
Took the following pics while boating in the Naini lake :

The lights with their reflection in the lake..... delicate and soothing. Didn't have tripod so held the camera between my hand and a steel rod for this 3 sec exposure shot.



Woods on the hills are beautiful. Took the following pictures from the car itself :





At Bhimtal :

Ghar -> Unnao -> IITK -> Bithoor on Getz

"Its 4 years in IIT now for me and you people haven't paid a single visit," I told my parents. "Next weekend, June 7th, we all are going to IIT by road. I have got the VH booked for 3 days." I reached home on 6th night. Bua Fufaji were already there to take care of Maa. 7th morning was lazy and finally we could move out at 3 p.m. It was hot but my enthusiasm hardly gave any way to fatigue.

We stopped at Nawabganj bird sanctuary for tea but the absence of bird disaappointed us. Mummy wanted to go to the temple in Unnao so we headed towards it.
At 5.15 we were in the VH. Our names were already there at the reception board. Everyone relaxed for a while before going to CR and then to air strip. I did't have my i-card so had to call Shubham to get us entered.


Now it was turn for the TMRS lab. Everyone liked it as much as I do.
Next morning we planned to go to Bithoor. We woke up at 5 a.m. Campus roads were full of red and yellow colored petals. In 20 minutes we were there. The Ganges was full of apparently clean water unless we saw the sewer draining into it. Neverthless the golden water looked marvellous.


We also went to several temples around the place including the place where Lav-Kush were born and Sitaji lived.
Th picture below is that of Valmikiji after he renounced dacoiti.

It was 8 by now and we rushed back to Hall 7 for breakfast and then to L7 for MCU lecture.

We had lunch at 1 p.m. and then took everyone to the library and the railway track setup.

ABS vehicle heads towards Lucknow

As promised earlier we planned a nice road trip to Lucknow on the 17th May, 2009. A Qualis was booked for 8 a.m. Trivediji was the first one to take the vehicle to his home to unload some cement which delayed our schedule by an hour and we finally left the campus at 9.30 a.m. It was a good start on a bright morning with Ramchanderji, Surya, Trivediji, Ruchira Ma'am and Devvrat. The journey was full of fun and frolic. Ruchira Ma'am had to see her friend at Burlington so we dropped her there while we ordered a couple of pizzas at Sahara Ganj. Trivediji wanted to visit historical places so we planned to go to Bhool bhulaiya as soon as Ma'am was back.

It was hot but Lucknow was as homely as ever. Photography sessions at the Bada Imambada was followed by the awesome paneer tikka and pasta at Fun Republic. Now it was time for some coffee at the Cultures Cafe.

It was about to be 5 p.m. and Anshu bhaiya was already at home so had to hurry up. Took everyone home and showed around the newly built kitchen and my room. The trip really added some good memories to our collection apart from the new zeal of working for the ABS project. And now after about 20 days, the results can be seen when Ramchanderji got the valve casting made.

Chilling out at Barista

It's the 13th of May and we end up at Barista Rave 3. A
Hazelnut frappé, dark temptation and a scrabble.

Adding to the flavor was the pasta and walnut brownie at the Upper Crust.

8th Endsem@TMRS. Lab

It appears that the oZone layer has suddenly developed a big hole with temperature rising to 43 deg C in mid April. To add to the misery the hot endsems are here again. Survival in top floors in hostels is almost impossible. Libraries and CC are overflowing for the first time during exams. What about me??
Once again TMRS lab has provided me the shelter I needed with a nice kitchen and CC canteen in the backyard and a cosy bed.

And here I get back to my studies :)