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16th April 2012, 11:04 AM
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Just got back from 3 day trip to Manas Tiger Reserve Assam.
Lovely trip.
The forest there is very different from the ones in Karnataka.
MOre like vast grasslands with sections of very thick trees. Manas river divides Assam from Bhutan. We went on a relatively languid water safari.
Spotted plenty bison, wild elephants, boars, deer, snakes etc. but not a single tiger
Went on an insanely jeep safari, where it had gotten dark and we had to move felled trees, clear out thickets to make way for the jeep. Oh the irony of wishing NOT to see a tiger then
And this is in the heart of Bodoland. There were a lot of 'If Telengana, why not Bodoland' signs all over the place. Every visit to the forest we were accompanied by a armed soldier. And it didn't look like, it was only for the animals. It was the time of the Bihu festival, so we could see a lot of celebration around.
Were stuck on Guwhati airport for several hours last evening due to a thunderstorm. All in the game etc.
Surely recommended to those who like safaris and don't want something as commercialized as Jim Corbett, Ranthambore.
Tiger spotting is of course, purely luck based.
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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16th April 2012 11:04 AM
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6th May 2012, 10:17 AM
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Everyone should be in NewYork one weekend a year.
The Metropolitan Museum
Spent most of today there and plan to go again tomorrow.aLLa aLLa kuRaiyA selvam
Last time, idhukku pOradhukku badhilA MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) pOyittEn. thalai mudi pichukkura nilamai aayiduchchu.
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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6th May 2012, 10:56 PM
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I was there a month in New York, sema kuLiru. tea kudichuttu pOrthikittu paduthu thoongavE time sariyA irundhudhu. EdhO apdi hudson OramA, Statue of Liberty pakkamA boatla pOyittu boatlerundhu oru photo mattum eduthukittu vandhuttEn. What do they know who only "work" know
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7th May 2012, 07:28 AM
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One more day at the Met.
Fantastic!! nEram ponadhE theriyalai.
I don't know when I'll ever come back to it
Day well spent. Need to return to HQ for work early tomorrow.
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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7th May 2012, 07:45 AM
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சொல்லிச் சொல்லி ஆறாது சொன்னா துயர் தீராது...
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7th May 2012, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by
P_R
Everyone should be in NewYork one weekend a year.
The Metropolitan Museum
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and watch at least one Broadway show!
I think they have Mary Poppins and Lion King going on. You might want to watch one. There is also Phantom of the opera.
" I think there is a world market for may be five computers". IBM Chairman Thomas Watson in 1943.
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7th May 2012, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by
venkkiram
ஐ.நா போகலியா?
அதெல்லாம் முன்னொரு காலத்துலயே போயிருக்கேன்.
மெட் தான் ரொம்ப நாளா மீதி இருந்துச்சு. இதுக்காகவே இந்த வீக்கெண்ட் இங்க வந்தேன். ரெண்டு நாள் இருந்தும் முடிக்க முடியலை.
அள்ள அள்ள குறையா செல்வம்.
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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7th May 2012, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by
rajraj
and watch at least one Broadway show!
I think they have Mary Poppins and Lion King going on. You might want to watch one. There is also Phantom of the opera.
Yeah saw a bunch of the ads in the Times Square. After a looong musing settled for a standup comedy club.
I have done the exact same thing when I was here a few years back
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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7th May 2012, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by
NOV
How many ppl here know/have witnessed Chidhambara Ragasiyam? I was
(One should not tell another, but all I am asking is whether you know?) :P
There is no "ragasiyam" nothing there; "vetta veLi". That is because "chiRRambalam" is a place of Art/Dance/Song during cankam period. Tamils treated Aadal/kalai as the holy entitites.
Vedics hijacked the ancient center of tamil and have scammed the place(and still scamming) with their yarns and the vilvam leaves!
"ulkelAm uNarndhu OthaRku ariyavan" was the first line of all thirumuRai pAdalkaL, believed to be written by Sivan, but tamil thirumuRai cannot be sung in that sanctum sanctorum by sudhras.
The Southern Gate through which nandhanAr entered into chiRRambalam has since been closed for centuries together until today.....
Chidambaram is a prime candidate for "Vaikom" like reform/revolutionist movement to take root there.
M.K. Narayanan, Sivasankara Menon, A.K.Antony, Satish Nambiar, Vijay Nambiar, Nirupama Menon Rao....
இந்திய தேசியம், இந்திய நீதி, இந்திய தருமம்:
இலட்சம் தமிழன் செத்தாலும் பரவாயில்லை. ஒரே ஒரு <டிங்க்> மனசும் கூடப் புண்பட்டுவிடக்கூடாது!
டகால்ட்டி திராவிடன் கருணாநிதியின் கையால் சாவதைக் காட்டிலும் ஒரிஜினல் <டிங்> ஜெ.வின் கையால் அழிவது மேல்!
"The Recrudescence of Thamizh ethnicism is deadlier than Ebola Virus - declares Dr. Varna Ratna, announcing the path-breaking discovery.."
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21st May 2012, 11:48 AM
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Godawesome weekend at Cincinatti.
dhammAthooNdu oorla evvaLO vishayam irukku. veLLakkArAn, veLLakkAran dhaan 'yA.
Had been to the parks etc. last time. This time my host/friend new more about the city and had packed the weekend.
A blues musical - thunder knocking on the door. Thoroughly enjoyable.
The last performance of the summer of the waeldfamous Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky (of course I was like: oh...idhu dhaan symphony orchestra-vA? ). Brilliant.
And tried wakeboarding for the first time - and did reasonably well, if I may say so myself. adhennamO therila, even highly fleeting water-conquering activities are so addictive. Definitely doing this again some time.
மூவா? முதல்வா! இனியெம்மைச் சோரேலே
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