Snapshots from National Park

Inspite of living in Borivli I went to National Park today after more than 10 Years, for Deepthi it was her first visit to the all Famous Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
There weren't too many animals just saw a few Deers, One leopard and many Monkeys... The Lion Safari was bit vague and the official jeep were missing, and our Rickshaw wasnt allowed to enter the Kanheri Caves Region : ( .

But the coolest thing was the Mini Train, the 15 min ride is fun, reminds you of your school picnics and the Peddle Boating, real paisa vasool stuff.
Both @ 15 bucks per person.

The park was clean, but many of the animals were missing so were the food stalls .. the only food available were the Kulfiwalas and the Cucumber vendors.

Maybe next time we can do a group picnic and carry all our food and housie tickets and some booze :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borivali_National_Park

Some images :-

Carpool Carpool.... What abt Rickpool?

For the last 10 days there have been infinites articles and placed articles Mumbai Mirror, Hindustan Times, DNA, Mid-Day etc on Car Pool, how much fun Carpooling is, Car Poolers are a happy lot etc etc .

Some paid stories : )
http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/lifeatwork/lifeatwork/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1059487&_EXT_5_groupId=14

http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/opinion/columns/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1032065&_EXT_5_groupId=14

Well, am not against Mykoolpool.com or carpool.com or the Promotion of these services but what bugs me is that these guys forgot one of the cheapest ideas of pooling… i.e Share-e-Rickshaw…. Not to be confused with Share-e-Punjab.

Rickshaws beat Cars hands down when it comes to VFM and convenience.
• Rickshaws run on CNG which is cheaper and cleaner than Petrol which most cards guzzle.
• Rickshaw have the latest jhankaar music, no car even with the best Kenwood or Bose speakers can beat.
• Rickshaws can go thru Shankar Gully but cars cant.
• You can park Rickshaw anywhere, You might go mad finding a parking place for your car.
• Rickshaws don’t get towed away.
• Cars have A/c… Rickshaws are Aircool.
• You can update yourself on the MNS v/s Bihari/UP war in the Rickshaw and ask questions like Rajdeep Sardesai.
• You are saving India’s FoRex Reserves.

On the flip side :
• Hijras can feel you at every signals
• BEST Buses & Trucks fart emissions in your face
• Every other Rickshaw passengers tries to ogle or try to catch a glimpse of every rickshaw passenger hoping it’s a maal female…
• Bad roads can hurt your balls and abs near Sakinaka, Chincoli Bandar, Powai
Having said that there still remains the cheapest way to travel in Bombay , Take the Railway pass or BEST Bus which promises unlimited travel for less than 500 per month. : )
Btw I travel by Bus, Shared- Rick, Local Train and occasional Car : )

The Lost Bombay

http://satish.vijaykumar.googlepages.com/TheLostMumbai.pps

Nice Collection of Old Bombay Pics & Postcards.

The Real Monkeys

Jaran Rohinton Mistry, Burzin Karkaria, Betran Rushi Adva and Rubi Behram Adva.

These 4 morons gave cricket a bad name by abusing and mimicking Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, Wankhede stadium stands to lose its One Day status if banned by the ICICI.

After Baroda, This was the second time Symonds was abused by the crowd.

After Australia collected an award for team of the year, compere Cyrus Broacha did some great work by referring to the offensive spectators as "idiots" and called on the audience to show their support of the allrounder.

The crowd stood up and applauded Symonds, who looked chuffed to receive such a warm reception following his hostile treatment at Wankhede Stadium.

The whole Indian population was up in arms when Shilpa Shetty was abused and now when the chutyagiri is done by our own people... Muted Silence.

One behalf of these 4 countrymen I would like to say sorry to the Aussie team and Andrew Symonds and let the spirit of cricket prevail.

One behalf of these 4 countrymen I would like to say sorry to the Aussie team and Andrew Symonds and let the spirit of cricket prevail.

Lastly I won't be surprised if Indian cricketers gets similar treatment in Australia if these guys like these are not punished.

International Film festival - Mumbai- March 8- 15 2007

http://www.iff-mumbai.org/

100 movies for 500 bucks, register to get a pass.
Movies shown at Imax, YB Chavan and Fun republic.


Some highlights are Hrishida's Anuradha, Golmaal, Chupke Chupke & Anand, It should be fun to watch it on the Big Screen 70 mm experience.

Also showing are Mira Nair's Namesake and many other cool movies

The movie list
http://www.iff-mumbai.org/html/iffm/tempiffm.asp

Thanks DD