WINTERS AND WINTERS.......

Coldest days in Delhi of this winter when the mercury has gone down considerably below normal. it was the worst winters in north India where record snowing took place and made the life miserable for the people living in higher reaches of J&K and Himachal.

Delhi has four prominent seasons ,winters which extends from Dec to Feb is the best to visit the city. life of Delhi never changes but is always on the fast lane..

HOMELAND SECURITY EXPO- DELHI

IFSEC-2011....

Best of the products for homeland security were on display at the Expo from 6-9 dec2011 at pragati maidan.

Bio- metric system for access control, the perimeter security, the controlled access to the house and the surveillance systems were all on display.

Expo might have been success seeing the protective concept and security it provided to the individual as well as the corporate buildings from the unwanted nuisance.

it may be worthwhile to mention that without human protection no gadget is successful and we need to train the manpower as well to really handle these tech equipments.

one week break in Himachal

It was a well deserved break when we took on the wheels to Himachal. NH1 from Delhi to Ambala has been considerably improved with the construction work on the flyovers is in progress though at snails pace. with the road conditions improved we could hit Chandigarh from south Delhi in 06 hours.

night halt at Roopnagar.

on the onset winters in the second half of October really makes the driving a better experience through the open fields of Punjab and one enters Himachal. Did n,t I mention the road infrastructure is improving and improving fast.

Enter Himachal....... speed of the veh is halved..partially because the road is hilly but mainly because the condition of the road goes to worse. patches ......pathholes .... overloaded trucks......my goodness.... innocent people....

Himachal govt has to under stand that the arteries to the state has to be well maintained if the economy of the state is to be kept healthy. need someone emphasize the importance of domestic tourism for this tiny state.......

Govindsagar which is filled to brim after the good Monsoon provides best opportunity for boating in the lake.... perhaps in near future shall be a very good water-sports destination.......

Festivals really provide a good opportunity for the siblings to meet each other , ponder over the future plans of each other and remissness the yesteryear spend together...who said the time moves on ....i say it just runs away.....

SCHOOL ADMISSIONS IN DELHI

Finally it was a sigh of relief..... finally some sound sleep in the night...perhaps worst phase of parenthood was over. Getting addmission in good school in delhi is a project in itself. For the last three months , uncountable calls to schools where the secretary or the receptionist picking the phone behaving like the proud owner of the school, numerous visits to school premises where bypassing the gate sentry to the reception of the school is just like winning another war, I was able to get admission to my children. Horrible tale starts when somebody with school going children gets posted to new delhi... he will get a shelter easily but not the schools. Education in national capital is one of the issue which worries most parents except for few who runs their own school. education is business specially in DELHI.

visit to city of lakes aka UDAIPUR

UDAIPUR is the one of the famous places in the popular region of MEWAR. On to the south westren part of rajastan its boundary lies along the gujrat. Mewar is famous for it has produced the greats like MAHARANA PRATAP. it was one of the first visit to this part of the land. June is not the month to visit udaipur because the lakes are empty, climate is hot so people goes to nearby town mt. Abu.

FATICHAR SHOW BY HOCKEY TEAM INDIA

NEITHER they have the matching skills nor are better stamina wise, watching hocky match with spain, indian team provoked me to have a pity on them, and utter words to all those people who are responsible for sorry state of the game in india today. In match with Pakistan perhaps they played better in the opening game where all the energy they were possessing might have been eroded in that match only, seeing last two matches i.e the match with Australia and Spain have shown that even a school team is better placed than the indian hockey team which is playing the world cup 2010. The lack of josh is clear.Attitude mingled with better skill is the need of hour. speed is one thing where we are losing the game...... firangi teams are really no match for our desi doodles. When are we going to learn from past mistakes... perhaps never it seems
Wake up India and fetch some talent and save us from the shame every time we play some big tournament.......and bring the lost glory back. in the National sport.

RED FORT ////27 -2-10

Visit to a historical places not only refreshes but also gives the insight to the evolution of presnt form form the past. Vist to lal quilla was one such experience which took the thoughts back to schooldays when we used to read about the mogul dynasty and the its rule in India.RED FORT which took almost 10 years to be constructed under the rule of emporer shahjahan is truely the archtectural embodiment of the era of 17th century and has witnessed the military might of the mogul dynasty,britishers and finally the indian army post Independence. This fort is witness to the contradictions posed by the brilliance of the rules and subsequent fall of the dynasty in the hands of RANGILAA Bahdur shah jaffar who was subsequently jailed in Rangoon by the Britishers. initiation and failure of Revolt of 1857, also called as the Ist war of Independence was perhaps the mark of down curve for the glory of RED fort.Imperial British India Army was headquartered in Lal qila.it is now world heritage sight preserved by Archeological survey of India and is the main tourist attraction.
sound and light show in the evenings is really worth wathing to get a glimse of the glorious past of the fort...