Photography

Beauty & innocence.
Bombay - Pune Express Highway
A view of Guest House at Kandala
A temple by the riverside 40 kms from Pune

An divine elephant which carries the god on it, during the festival (At Srikalahasthi)
A cheerful and happy moment on occassion of diwali. (Sri Kalahasthi)
A flower which is in the shape of a bird. (Tirumala Hills)
A beautiful picture painted on the body of a bus. So Chweeeet.
Jai Hanuman. A tall Statue on the way to reach tirumala hills. Exactly half way from tirupathi.

10 GREAT NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS

If you're shopping for a new year's resolution, here are the ones that I would recommend:

1. Resolve to stay optimistic.
See the opportunity in every difficulty and anticipate the most favourable outcome to every situation.


2. Resolve to identify the most powerful benefit you offer to the people around you and then deliver it.
"The purpose of life," said George Bernard Shaw, "is a life of purpose." What's yours?

3. Resolve to pump-up your personal vitality.
The real currency of the new century is not cash. It's vitality. It's the ability to keep going every day of every week of every month of the year with vigour and verve.

4. Resolve to be habitually generous.
Success is not something you pursue. It's something you attract by what you become.

5. Resolve to refrain from verbal attacks.
Use the language of conciliation, not the language of confrontation. Use words that express your joie de vivre and connection with others.

6. Resolve to be open to the cultures and influences of others.
There is a direct correlation between personal well-being and openness to other peoples' ideas and cultures.

7. Resolve to take control of your destiny.
Don't be so busy trying to make a living that you forget to make a life.

8. Resolve to increase your human connectedness.
The person with the best connections wins.

9. Resolve to increase your creativity by letting go of the familiar.
Try to see the world through fresh eyes every day.

10. Resolve to be you because others are already taken.
You and I are at our best when we're being authentic

Men Are Just Happier People

What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.

You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white
T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car
mechanics tell you the truth.

You never have to drive to another gas station
restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and
think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.

The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes
don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone
conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A
five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own
jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If
someone forgets to invite you, they can still be your friend.

Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more
than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are
unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays
its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.

You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big
hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You
can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails
with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a
mustache..

You can do Christmas shopping for all your relatives on December 24 in
30 minutes.

No wonder men are happier

Learning Vs. Teaching

“I wish to learn. Will you Teach me?”
“I do not think that you will know how to learn” said the Master
“Can you teach me how to learn?”
“Can you learn how to let me teach?”

To his bewildered disciples the Master later said: “Teaching only takes place when learning does. Learning only takes place when you teach something to yourself”


-From “One minute Wisdom” – Anthony de Mello

India...........aha

The source for this is not me. I just copied it from somewhere(including the comments at the bottom). Just thought of sharing it with my group.

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament
(MP)

Monthly Salary : 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000
Office expenditure per month : 14,000

Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 (For a
visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)

Daily BETA during parliament meets : 500

Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any
number of times)
(All over India)

Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40
trips / year
(With wife or P.A.)

Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free

Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units

Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.

TOTAL expense for a MP per year : 32,00,000

TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000

For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : 8,54,40,00,000
(nearly 855 cores)
And they are elected by THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, by the
largest democratic process
in the world, not intruded into the parliament on
their own or by any qualification.
This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and
price hike on our regular commodities.......
Think of the great democracy we have.............

On seeing the article, I was tempted to make a search on internet and came across the above article. It was really a good sarcastic article on the MP's. Please do take a look.

To think that we are spending a whopping 170 crores of visible expenditure on our honorable member of Parliaments, I now understand why we have many uneducated people at power.

Instead of saying "God save India", I prefer to say "Let us save India"

Self made savouries in Srilanka (On the eve of Christmas)

Chicken Fry















Alu Fry












Rasam














My Meal













Poori with Alu Fry(breakfast)

One of my Telugu Poem's (On Demand)

Kanulu moosina neevaaye
Kanulu therachina neevaaye
gunde ninda neevaye,
akkada nivasinchunadi neevaaye

kanulu therachi choodakunna
kalisi poye manasulu
pedavi vippi cheppakunna
palikevu bhavaalu

Kuhu kuhu la koila paatalu
virapoosina manasula aasalu
anu kshanam ni oohalu
brathuku saaginche na shwasalu

paatalu paade oo maina
ninnu vidavanu eemaina
choosukuntanu ikapaina
daachukuntaanu nalona
nee prema....na premaaa.....mana premaa.....