MP ajab hai - 2

This is the Lake Choral near Indore,

where the annual adventure sports camp is held.

 And when you stand at the dam, 

you can see those tiny colored spots.

That is where we camped at night.

MP ajab hai - 1

"MP ajab hai, sabse ghazab hai" 

Thus goes the slogan of MP tourism.
I've been in MP for a year and a half thus far. And I think I'd agree to this slogan.
Haven't traveled much in MP thus far but as always, have grand plans :D
So whatever little I've seen, here is a snippet of the Ajab-Ghazab MP :)
Starting with a view from the IIM Indore campus and ending on a view of the campus!!

The sun rises on the fields across the campus

And the sun sets even farther than that - 

A view from the IIMI sunset point!

 

And in between the sunrise and the sunset,

it is this view through a hole in the wall

 or this view from the campus roof - 

the clouds and and winds and

the table-top hill of Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary.

Dona Paula

"Dona and Paula were lovers separated by their caste and nationality and with no other option left, they decided to end their lives, by jumping off the cliff. The Statue on the rock is dedicated to them."

Apparently, that is the 'created' legend and we also fell to the same in our recent Goa trip. 

However, the actual details are here. 

Long Tailed Shrike

Furti Lal, the Snail

In wilderness

Somewhere deep 

in the wild

some flowers

in colors mild

smile everyday

like a child.

Unloved forsaken

even by the bee

lonesome in wilderness

they are like me

forever and a day 

yet still miss thee.

Sans Liberalization

सजनी पाती तब लिखूँ जो प्रीतम हो परदेस,

तन में मन में पी बसे सो भेजूँ किसे संदेस!!  

Those who abuse liberalization 

for all the evils of the day 

should ask themselves 

if it was ever possible 

in the socialist-communist 

government-controlled regime 

for a daily-wage earner 

to afford a cellphone.

The Ping and The Pong of a Silhouette

The Designer Street-Lights-4

The Designer Street-Lights-3

The Designer Street-Lights-2

The Designer Street-Lights-1

When I was on a Kuala Lumpur - Putrajaya tour in Malaysia, I noticed something interesting. The designer street-lights!! We can argue about their utility vis–à–vis their price etc. but they definitely add some flavor to the road travel, especially when there are more than 18 designs!! Sharing some of those here :)

Baya Weaver Bird

Desirable level of poverty

In the sixtieth year of the republic, I wish if even the poorest has this level of poverty only. 

phbbbbbbbbbbbb........

जीभ चिढ़ा दी। 

अब बताओ क्या कर लोगे!! 

पियोगे?

तो फिर दो चिलम भर गाँजा ले के आओ। 

Longing forever for you...

never to meet though!!

Recipe of inner peace is...

...an apple in mom's lap :) 

Things I never understand

Petronas Towers, KL Malaysia

I'll never get the logic of such heights.

But then, 

I don't get the logic of this world either. 

What is my point?!!

धूप का बस एक टुकड़ा

तुम्हें जाड़ा सताता है?

तुम्हें गर्मी से शिकवा है?

तबीयत 

कोई भी मौसम हो 

कुछ नासाज़ रहती है? 

बड़े नाज़ों की पाली हो 

बहुत नाज़ुक कहानी हो?
अरे छोड़ो! 

उन्हें देखो 

जो पत्तों की 

बना कर छत 

गुज़र करते हैं 

ज़ीस्त अपनी  

अलाव भर की लकड़ी क्या 

जिन्हें चूल्हा भी मंहगा है 

रजाई क्या 

जो बिन कपड़े के 

आधी सिन बिताते हैं 

ज़रा निकलो तो अपनी 

गुनगुनाई से 

इधर देखो 

उठा फेंको 

नफ़ासत के 

ये झूठे खोल 

और सोचो 

कि जब इन्सानियत आधी 

ठिठुरती है अंधेरों में 

अकड़ कर भूख से 

मरती है  

सहराओं में 

शहरों के

तो तुम अपने बदन से 

एक कपड़ा 

दे नहीं सकते? 

तुम अपनी धूप का 

बस एक टुकड़ा 

बाँट कर देखो 

तुम्हारा एक टुकड़ा कम 

तुम्हें इन्साँ बना देगा।  

बड़ा रंगीन गुज़रे ये बरस इतनी दुआ ले लो

इसी तस्वीर जैसे 

खुशनुमा रंगों 

से भर जाये 

तुम्हारी ज़िन्दगी 

मेरी दुआ 

गर 

उसके घर जाये 

और बूढ़ा कर गया ये साल!!

My Garden - 18

Chrysanthemum / Gul-Dawoodi / Flower of David

My Garden - 17

Gulabi Kaner / Pink Oleander 

My Garden - 16

Gurhal / Hibiscus

My Garden - 15

 Decorative Leafy Plants

My Garden - 14

Nayantara / Sadabahaar

My Garden - 13

Chandni, The Moonbeam Flower

My Garden - 12

Gulmuhar 

Delonix regia

Royal Poinciana