a bit of nature
Some nature pictures from over the past few years, since 2003…
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ripping through the atmosphere at 800 kmph
That’s the speed the Boeing 737 was displaying on the monitor during the times it wasn’t making its weak attempt of entertaining its passengers with other flickering images that included among other things vague unheard of Hollywood movies. Sometimes its fun to convert kmph into meters/sec – and 800 kmph means 222 ms/sec. Its kind…
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no sympathy for the handicapped
Of course limited ability, or challenged, are nowadays gentler substitutes for the word handicapped, but I hope to write about something beyond mere courtesy or terminology, so I’m just using what’s convenient to me.
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cutting edge technology
Was waiting for the company van this morning. The side of the road was under repair – completely dug up, Bangalore style 😉 At the moment, there was only a single worker – involved in the task of cutting – well, pounding – football sized granite rocks into smaller ones using a hammer. It seemed…
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penguinaasana | ಪೆಂಗà³à²µà²¿à²¨à²¾à²¸à²¨
ಪಾತಾಂಜಲಿಯವರ ಸೂತà³à²°à²—ಳಲà³à²²à²¿ ಇಲà³à²²à²¦à²¿à²°à³à²µà³ ಕೆಲವೠಆಸನಗಳೠಈ ಕಡಲ ಕೋಳಿ ವà³à²¯à²•à³à²¤à²ªà²¡à²¿à²¸à³à²¤à³à²¤à²¿à²¦à³à²¦à²‚ಗಿದೆ… 😉 A penguin looks like it demonstrates some aasanas that Patanjali might’ve missed out in his sutras 😉 (I’m not sure, haven’t read it completely myself) ಪà³à²°à²¾à²°à²‚ಬದಲà³à²²à²¿ ಗಂಬೀರà³à²µà²¾à²—ಿ ನಿಂತà³à²•à³Šà²³à²¿…
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the most beautiful army tank…
I saw this one on one of the coastal walks in the southern tips of the UK last year… a very beautiful army tank…
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fallen heroes?
Sometimes we really look up to people and hold them in high esteem. And then they make a mistake, atleast in our perception. Then we feel so terribly let down – that we may end up dismissing everything they ever said as false.
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good, bad and ugly about bangalore
After seeing this website bangalorepothole – one might as well consider a PhD in potholology 😉 Seriously speaking, its pretty interesting and unexpectedly informative wrt potholes! But it does make one realise that some roads on Bangalore would make the moon’s surface look like a skating rink in comparison!
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let there be light…
…and there was light… and a lot of smoke as well… but well, that’s Diwali, the festival of lights! 🙂
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Green Bee Eater and some other birds
This was a pretty interesting explanation of their strange flight patterns…