2008

2008 brought ...

Personal:
It was Sagar's wedding at Lucknow, so me and baiko decided to make the most of the occasion and decided to visit the Taj (ofcourse the Agra one :) In that sequence we ended up going to Delhi as well. It was just an amazing experience. Am glad we made this trip and was one of the most memorable events in 2008 .

Photography has been one of my top hobbies (obsession: better half would certainly agree). Recently two of my photographs made it to an exhibition. This was my first exhibtion ever and now I feel am not bad at Photography :P ...

Its been over 3 years that I joined Veritas\Symantec, and since then it was the first time our stock went over $22. I was thrilled to pump out some of the RSU's (first time again). Though a small amount... it did give me a ton of satisfaction!

Alto made 14,000 kms in 2008. Note: just 1 out of pune ride!

Maintained myself at 86 Kgs.. quite an achievement ha?

I am sure there are quite a lot of things more happened to me ...

Pune:
CYG was one of the best thing happened to Pune this year. A by product of CYG was Baner road, Pashan road becoming drivers paradise.

India:
Unfortunate ... Mumbai attacks :(
But on the +ve...
3 Medals at the Beijng Olympics (1 Gold and 2 Silvers).
Anand defends his title against Kramnik.
India crush Australia & England to end the year on a high.

Global:
R E C E S S I O N

2009 Wishlist
* Daughter\Son .. (Very soon to be accomplished) :)
* EOS 40D
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Happy New Year Folks!!!!!

Cordially invited.

Theme: "India Explored ... Shades of interestingness."
Exhibition dates: 26th to 28th December 2008 (9:30am to 9:30 pm)
Venue: New Art Gallery, Ghole Road, Pune.

Peace amidst chaos...

The Pataleshwar temple, located at the begining of JM road (Shivaji Nagar side) is one of the most contrasting places I've seen in Pune. When you are on the road, its difficult to believe that there is such a calm and quite place just a few feet away. And when you are inside the temple, there is no way you can make out that this place is surrounded by the 4 busiest roads of the city.



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...a tense battle

Trust reinforced!!! Congrats India!!!

[1548hrs] 20runs to get. UV catching up with GOD. 81 & 87. Keep going India.
[1532hrs] 30runs to get. Are we there yet? :)
[1504hrs] 52runs to get. A boundary after long long time. UV races to 61. God's on 79.
[1453hrs] 61runs to get. [ . 1 . 1 1 1lb | 1 1 . . . 1 | . . 1 . 2 1 | . .]
[1442hrs] 73runs to get. UV reaches his 50. Singles-doubles is the doctors prescription.

If India manage to get past the pommies total, it'll be the fourth highest run chase in the history of test match cricket. Fingers crossed, as Sachin and Yuvraj walk in for the post tea session...

[1410hrs] 84runs to get. Thats tea. UV:45* SRT:64*
[1402hrs] 94runs to get..Slow and steady wins the race.
[1305hrs] 126runs to get..GOD inches to his 50. Chepauk errupts into joy.
[1245hrs] 134runs to get..UV on the top. 3 boundaries ease some pressure.
[1227hrs] 163runs to get..Lax goes. India now 4 down. UV joins GOD... a tense Cheapuk
[1130hrs] 174runs to get..Laxman playing well..GOD steadily moves on.
[1050hrs] 204runs to get..Gambhir well played .. Why fear when GOD is still there!
[1000hrs] 236runs to get..In GOD we trust.

...made it to the final Destination.

Photographers @ Pune have organized a photography exhibition in town. This features work of professional, amatuer, enthusiast photographers in the country. It gives me immense pleasure to invite you all to this event. I shall post the official invite once I get hold of it.

Theme: "India"
Exhibition dates: 26th to 28th December 2008
Venue: New Art Gallery, Ghole Road, Pune


I am glad that two of my pictures have been selected for this event. I am really grateful to the judges, who have given me this oppportunity and motivation to go furhter on. Thanks a million!


I Love You - India.


Grandeur personified.

Hope to see you @ the exhibition.

Cheers,
Amit
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Jatropha...

A few more from the bird sanctuary....



Jatropha Birds sanctuary Jatropha Birds sanctuary

...expect a few more :)

Roger ... Error in formation...Goose bumps :)



Roger ... Error in formation...Goose bumps :)

Visited a birds sanctuary recently. It was out of luck that we hit this place called The Jatropha Bird Sanctuary (google gives directions). It wouldn't be over 15kms from my place. This is in close vicinity of a military centre... so obviously .. a) it is clean b) it is not crowded c) least miscreants around the place... Overall a good place for some peaceful photography.

Spotting:
1. Pintail
2. Pond Heron
3. White throated kingfisher
4. Comrant
5. Grey heron
6. Black kite