Right now, three of India’s five boxers are advancing to the quarter-finals in Beijing, putting them each just one win away from a medal: Akhil Kumar (bantamweight), his cousin Jitender Kumar (flyweight), and Vijender Kumar (middleweight).
Part time model, police inspector, and possibly India’s first professional boxer.
Given India’s poor showing in track and field, where all the athletes were eliminated in the qualification rounds, and the decision to pull India’s sole weightlifter after (what turned out to be a false) positive on a doping test, there is a lot riding on the performance of the three Kumars.
On the positive side, it’s a historic opportunity for India. Abinav Bindra’s gold medal was India’s first ever individual gold at the Olympics, if any of these three make it to the top, the country will celebrate as if Michael Phelps was their very own.
The fights promise to be exciting as well. Jitender, who is the only novice Olympian of the three, will next face off against three-time European champion Russian Georgy Balakshin in a rematch of their 2007 World Championship fight, where Balakshin prevailed by a single point. (clips from first round, via UB)
All three boxers (plus teamate Dinesh Kumar who got lost in the first round) come from a single boxing club - the Bhiwani Boxing Club in the village city of Bhiwani, Haryana, a place known as India’s “little Cuba”. This is the heartland of Indian boxing:
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
amitabh bachhan's blog
Periodically, we’ve heard about Bollywood actors starting blogs, usually in conjunction with the promotion of their latest film. I seem to remember Aamir Khan briefly blogging around the time of the release of the Mangal Pandey movie (he’s at it again). Bipasha Basu, too, briefly blogged, to promote Apaharan.
But now it seems like blogging superstar phenomenon is taking off, as Amitabh Bachchan has been blogging with relish for more than a month (via the BBC). There does seem to be some promotional element here, as the image you see when you enter the blog, of Big B, is from Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming sequel to Sarkar, Sarkar Raj (I reviewed the original Sarkar here). But Amitabh Bachchan isn’t just doing it as a stunt; he seems to really relish the act of communicating directly with his fans, even if it sometimes leads to controversy.
In an early post, Amitabh Bachchan apparently referred to Shah Rukh Khan’s new TV game-show, Kya Aap Paachvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (“Are you smarter/faster than a fifth grader?”), as a “flop.” The comment caused a major uproar, leading to the following rather overwrought apology:
A gentle breeze brings with it the smell of lavender from a nearby bush. A church bell from the village below signals the hour, the sound almost not reaching you.
And then, quietude -
a French word, from the medieval Latin quietudo, or the Latin quietus, ‘quiet’..
Language is so fascinating. Who invented it ? How did it evolve into this mass communication medium ? Why were there and are so many different tongues ? Does the region bring that about ? Does the climate have a part ? The color of our skin our beliefs our demeanor does that have anything to do with it ? Is it because of what we eat or the way we dress ? What ?
[Skipping more stuff in this vein.]
But today I wish to address an issue that has been played out for months and one that perturbs me no end. It is the matter of my relationship with Shah Rukh.
Despite numerous clarifications and denials from both Shah Rukh and myself through the electronic and the print medium there seems to be no letting up. It is hurtful and unwanted and I wish to bring with all sincerity a final end to this much imagined ugliness.
So I shall start with myself first.
If there has been, for any reason whatsoever, a lapse or error on my part I wish to apologize for it right here and now. If any expression or opinion of mine, deemed or otherwise towards Shah Rukh has been the cause for any grievance then I am sorry for it. I have never deliberately or with any false intent ever meant or said anything towards him, or indeed any colleague or member of my fraternity in my 40 years as a professional. It is not my nature and does not fall within the confines of my upbringing. I am filled with remorse if some have felt otherwise. I would wish that this plea of mine coming directly from me be given its due merit of forgiveness.
Shah Rukh has been and is a friend and a wonderful colleague. He has never ever crossed that very delicate line between familiarity and respect. On occasion I may have desired a little more of the former, but the difference in our age has perhaps been a barrier. He has never failed to reciprocate affection that has come from me and hopefully neither have I. (link)
What I like about Amitabh Bachchan’s way of writing is the personal touch — the sense that it really is him writing these words, not some publicist. And if he seems to be overdoing it a bit with the business about “quietude,” one is inclined to forgive him both because Hindi has been his primary medium of expression (which is not to say that he’s not fluent in English; he obviously is), and also because his father was a famous Hindi poet. If he goes on a bit too long (and despite the long quote, I should note that I’ve snipped the Big B. pretty aggressively), that’s only to be expected. The point is, I hope Amitabh-ji continues to blog, if not everyday, then at least periodically, as I have a feeling he has a lot he wants to say to his fans.
That said, it’s intriguing to see such a big controversy erupt out of a comment he’d published on (and perhaps erased from?) his blog. Words have consequences; unconsidered words published, even only on the internet, are liable to come back to haunt you.
As for the show itself (“Paachvi Pass”), that originated the controversy. I don’t know anything about the rating for Indian TV shows — it may well be a flop. I did happen to watch fifteen minutes of this new show of Shah Rukh Khan’s on Star the other night, and I actually liked it, much more than the tacky American show from which it is derived. The key ingredient seemed to be Shah Rukh Khan himself, who always seems to find a way to be incredibly charming in these settings, and self-deprecatingly funny.
But now it seems like blogging superstar phenomenon is taking off, as Amitabh Bachchan has been blogging with relish for more than a month (via the BBC). There does seem to be some promotional element here, as the image you see when you enter the blog, of Big B, is from Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming sequel to Sarkar, Sarkar Raj (I reviewed the original Sarkar here). But Amitabh Bachchan isn’t just doing it as a stunt; he seems to really relish the act of communicating directly with his fans, even if it sometimes leads to controversy.
In an early post, Amitabh Bachchan apparently referred to Shah Rukh Khan’s new TV game-show, Kya Aap Paachvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (“Are you smarter/faster than a fifth grader?”), as a “flop.” The comment caused a major uproar, leading to the following rather overwrought apology:
A gentle breeze brings with it the smell of lavender from a nearby bush. A church bell from the village below signals the hour, the sound almost not reaching you.
And then, quietude -
a French word, from the medieval Latin quietudo, or the Latin quietus, ‘quiet’..
Language is so fascinating. Who invented it ? How did it evolve into this mass communication medium ? Why were there and are so many different tongues ? Does the region bring that about ? Does the climate have a part ? The color of our skin our beliefs our demeanor does that have anything to do with it ? Is it because of what we eat or the way we dress ? What ?
[Skipping more stuff in this vein.]
But today I wish to address an issue that has been played out for months and one that perturbs me no end. It is the matter of my relationship with Shah Rukh.
Despite numerous clarifications and denials from both Shah Rukh and myself through the electronic and the print medium there seems to be no letting up. It is hurtful and unwanted and I wish to bring with all sincerity a final end to this much imagined ugliness.
So I shall start with myself first.
If there has been, for any reason whatsoever, a lapse or error on my part I wish to apologize for it right here and now. If any expression or opinion of mine, deemed or otherwise towards Shah Rukh has been the cause for any grievance then I am sorry for it. I have never deliberately or with any false intent ever meant or said anything towards him, or indeed any colleague or member of my fraternity in my 40 years as a professional. It is not my nature and does not fall within the confines of my upbringing. I am filled with remorse if some have felt otherwise. I would wish that this plea of mine coming directly from me be given its due merit of forgiveness.
Shah Rukh has been and is a friend and a wonderful colleague. He has never ever crossed that very delicate line between familiarity and respect. On occasion I may have desired a little more of the former, but the difference in our age has perhaps been a barrier. He has never failed to reciprocate affection that has come from me and hopefully neither have I. (link)
What I like about Amitabh Bachchan’s way of writing is the personal touch — the sense that it really is him writing these words, not some publicist. And if he seems to be overdoing it a bit with the business about “quietude,” one is inclined to forgive him both because Hindi has been his primary medium of expression (which is not to say that he’s not fluent in English; he obviously is), and also because his father was a famous Hindi poet. If he goes on a bit too long (and despite the long quote, I should note that I’ve snipped the Big B. pretty aggressively), that’s only to be expected. The point is, I hope Amitabh-ji continues to blog, if not everyday, then at least periodically, as I have a feeling he has a lot he wants to say to his fans.
That said, it’s intriguing to see such a big controversy erupt out of a comment he’d published on (and perhaps erased from?) his blog. Words have consequences; unconsidered words published, even only on the internet, are liable to come back to haunt you.
As for the show itself (“Paachvi Pass”), that originated the controversy. I don’t know anything about the rating for Indian TV shows — it may well be a flop. I did happen to watch fifteen minutes of this new show of Shah Rukh Khan’s on Star the other night, and I actually liked it, much more than the tacky American show from which it is derived. The key ingredient seemed to be Shah Rukh Khan himself, who always seems to find a way to be incredibly charming in these settings, and self-deprecatingly funny.
nepal abolishes hindu monarchy
Delegates from Nepal’s political parties convened a special assembly yesterday and voted 597 to 4 to abolish the 239-year-old Shah dynasty, a very sad moment for hindu civilisation
The government has told unpopular King Gyanendra to vacate his pink pagoda-roofed palace in the capital Kathmandu within a fortnight, or be forced out… It has been a dramatic decline and fall for a king once waited upon by thousands of retainers. Many Nepalis revered the monarch in majority-Hindu Nepal as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the god of protection.
Now, his portrait has been wiped off bank notes and his name has disappeared from the national anthem. He has been asked to pay his own electricity bills.
Nepalis say much of the mystique of the royal family was destroyed by the 2001 palace massacre in which popular King Birendra and eight other royals were killed by then Crown Prince Dipendra, who then turned a gun on himself. The royal image was further tarnished after Gyanendra fired the government and assumed absolute powers in 2005, only to be humbled by weeks of anti-king protests a year later.
Political parties and Maoists say a new president will step into the king’s place as a head of state after the end of the monarchy. link
And thus the world welcomes its newest republic. The palace is to become a historical museum after the king departs, but no word yet on where the new president will reside. Especially since the new president has not been selected/elected yet:
The government has told unpopular King Gyanendra to vacate his pink pagoda-roofed palace in the capital Kathmandu within a fortnight, or be forced out… It has been a dramatic decline and fall for a king once waited upon by thousands of retainers. Many Nepalis revered the monarch in majority-Hindu Nepal as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the god of protection.
Now, his portrait has been wiped off bank notes and his name has disappeared from the national anthem. He has been asked to pay his own electricity bills.
Nepalis say much of the mystique of the royal family was destroyed by the 2001 palace massacre in which popular King Birendra and eight other royals were killed by then Crown Prince Dipendra, who then turned a gun on himself. The royal image was further tarnished after Gyanendra fired the government and assumed absolute powers in 2005, only to be humbled by weeks of anti-king protests a year later.
Political parties and Maoists say a new president will step into the king’s place as a head of state after the end of the monarchy. link
And thus the world welcomes its newest republic. The palace is to become a historical museum after the king departs, but no word yet on where the new president will reside. Especially since the new president has not been selected/elected yet:
Monday, May 26, 2008
Chanakya Quotes
Chanakya's Quotes
1. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimised first.
2. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
3. The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you.
4. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
5. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
6. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
7. Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
8. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
9. A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
10. Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends.
12. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
13. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
1. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimised first.
2. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
3. The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you.
4. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
5. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
6. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
7. Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
8. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
9. A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
10. Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends.
12. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
13. Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Laal sindoori hanumanji .. bhakti geet
We pray to the Lord hanuman , the red-colored one, whose entire monkey-body is covered in red. We pray to the destroyer of demons, whose powerful red color conquers all evil.
There are different beliefs , that why lord hanuman , coloured himself as red , but it is said in the myths , once lord hanuman heard that Lord rama likes red sindoori colour which his wife deity Sita wears on her forehead , and so he ( Lord hanuman )coloured all his body , in the red sindoor colour to be lord Rama's dearest.
Listen to below melodious bhojpuri song which tells more about this story of Laal sindoori Hanuman
Friday, May 09, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Bhole Baba hamar - Avinesh Chand
Geet ka bol ba Bhole baba hamar sabpe daya kare. The bhojpuri song is by Avinesh Chand in bhojpuri style
Monday, April 14, 2008
"Manoj Tiwari Mridul" on Holland dutch postage stamp
Bhojpuri super star " Manoj Tiwari Mridul" par Holland ke sarkar daak ticket jari kaiele ba Click here for the full news
Manoj tiwari on Holland's postal stamp . Humnike ei dekh ke ki ek chota se gaanv ka laika , "Purab ke B eta", inha pahuche , bahut hi garv mahsoos hola.
He is the first living person from india , whos has been been priveliged to be on a foreign country postal stamp , because of his increasing popularity there.
50 Cent Lyrics
Just A Little Bit Lyrics
Manoj tiwari on Holland's postal stamp . Humnike ei dekh ke ki ek chota se gaanv ka laika , "Purab ke B eta", inha pahuche , bahut hi garv mahsoos hola.
He is the first living person from india , whos has been been priveliged to be on a foreign country postal stamp , because of his increasing popularity there.
50 Cent Lyrics
Just A Little Bit Lyrics
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Its called the resignation song
"Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more
My woman done left and took all the reason I was working for
Ya better not try and stand in my way
Cause I’m walkin’ out the door
Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more"
– Take This Job and Shove It, performed by Johnny Paycheck
Who hasn’t been tempted to act like the singer of this song? However, resigning from a job does involve a certain decorum, and doing it properly can only help you later.
#1: Write the resignation letter
#2: Be clear about your last day, but be flexible if necessary
#3: Confirm the handling of unused vacation days
#4: Remove important personal effects prior to your announcement
#5: Leave on the best note possible
#6: Let your important contacts know
#7: Document your current work
#8: Adjust your voicemail greeting and (if possible) disable voicemail messaging
#9: Prepare for a letdown
My woman done left and took all the reason I was working for
Ya better not try and stand in my way
Cause I’m walkin’ out the door
Take this job and shove it I ain’t workin’ here no more"
– Take This Job and Shove It, performed by Johnny Paycheck
Who hasn’t been tempted to act like the singer of this song? However, resigning from a job does involve a certain decorum, and doing it properly can only help you later.
#1: Write the resignation letter
#2: Be clear about your last day, but be flexible if necessary
#3: Confirm the handling of unused vacation days
#4: Remove important personal effects prior to your announcement
#5: Leave on the best note possible
#6: Let your important contacts know
#7: Document your current work
#8: Adjust your voicemail greeting and (if possible) disable voicemail messaging
#9: Prepare for a letdown
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Daddy Yankee Gasolina
Daddy Yankee Lyrics
Gasolina Lyrics
I really like this song it makes my feet tapping . But i dont understand the lyrics except the word gasolina .What does it mean "Dame Mas Gasolina"
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Game viewing at naivasha sanctuary
It is a long weeknd for us here because of "Good Friday" and the Easter holidays, and the start of the holiday was awesome by doing a horse riding and "Game-Viewing" at a wildlife sanctuary near Lake Naivasha. And even though i slept like a baby for the whole night after it , i still pain in my bum and my back is aching like anything.
I had gone there with my mates at work corky, kudzai and kudzai's friends
From Nairobi, there are two roads going to Naivasha : one going down alongside the escarpment, and one going up towards Naivasha town. The "truck" road going down the escarpment is shorter in distance but after Maai Mahiu town (first town down the hill), there are huge potholes on the road going towards Naivasha Lake. The other road, the A104 uplands, is longer in distance but in very good state as it is not used by container truck.
We took the shorter one because we were running out of time.
Lake Naivasha is the second largest and the highest lake of the
Central Rift Valley lakes. Remain of a great lake which spread through
the basins and spilling out at its southern end through the Ol Njorowa Gorge
(Hell's Gate National Park), this freshwater lake has kept much of its old colonial charm and is also the centre of a prosperous flower export business.
At only two hours drive from Nairobi, Naivasha is a great place to forget
the Nairobian urban life and do some sport activities such as hiking, walking,
biking and/or game viewing and is a popular weekend retreat for the local communities.
And we were literally at one point on the road to the lake which was 2666 mts above sea level and a stop to have a look at Mt. longonot. which i remembers from friends saying that it was once an active volcano.
The charges for horse riding and game viewing is 1000ksh for non residents. I will soon upload the pics for this trip.
I had gone there with my mates at work corky, kudzai and kudzai's friends
From Nairobi, there are two roads going to Naivasha : one going down alongside the escarpment, and one going up towards Naivasha town. The "truck" road going down the escarpment is shorter in distance but after Maai Mahiu town (first town down the hill), there are huge potholes on the road going towards Naivasha Lake. The other road, the A104 uplands, is longer in distance but in very good state as it is not used by container truck.
We took the shorter one because we were running out of time.
Lake Naivasha is the second largest and the highest lake of the
Central Rift Valley lakes. Remain of a great lake which spread through
the basins and spilling out at its southern end through the Ol Njorowa Gorge
(Hell's Gate National Park), this freshwater lake has kept much of its old colonial charm and is also the centre of a prosperous flower export business.
At only two hours drive from Nairobi, Naivasha is a great place to forget
the Nairobian urban life and do some sport activities such as hiking, walking,
biking and/or game viewing and is a popular weekend retreat for the local communities.
And we were literally at one point on the road to the lake which was 2666 mts above sea level and a stop to have a look at Mt. longonot. which i remembers from friends saying that it was once an active volcano.
The charges for horse riding and game viewing is 1000ksh for non residents. I will soon upload the pics for this trip.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Karibu
Well, it’s been about a week now since I landed here,
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to a small city in india. I find the traffic here much similar to Varanasi/Pune or Baroda.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to a small city in india. I find the traffic here much similar to Varanasi/Pune or Baroda.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
Karibu
Well, it’s been about a week now since I landed here,
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to varanasi in india.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
and here are a few general observations of Nairobi , kenya which i have in general:
As I said earlier, it’s much cooler here in Nairobi compared India , though it Summer here the temperature here is 25-27 degrees, and the nights are cooler.
I found it pretty darned cold the first couple of days, but I think I’m getting used to the weather now.
It’s cool, and it does warrant the use of warmer clothing occassionally, though.
I reckon it’s getting colder because it’s around this time when it starts to rain, and rain brings the temperatures
down further.
The traffic here seems to be faster in general, but much much more
organized than the traffic in India (obviously ).
The traffic volume and density have gone absurdly high since a couple of years here in nairobi ,
but the trafiic volume is much comparable to varanasi in india.
There appear to be a very very diverse collection of cars on the road.
I find that quite strange, because being a small country with a small population,
and a smaller vehicle-requiring populace, I would have thought that there’d be very few car manufacturers here…
will find out more about this. One possible explanation is that most cars are imported from other countries
instead of being built here, and since cars are being imported anyway, car owners can go for any car they want.
The greenery and city beauty is still there. You see plenty of trees
and bushes dotting the roads on both sides, and on our drive to the outskirts today, we noticed what would
pass off as a small jungle on the side of the road.
The water here is hard water (compared to India, of course).
Hard water is characterized by being difficult to form a lather with soap,
and consequently leaving a soap-fimly layer on the skin when you wash your hands. The strange thing, though, is that it doesn’t bother you so much when you’re trying to get the soap to lather, but it takes a frustratingly long time to wash it all off!
My initial impression was that the cost of living here is pretty high , but it is just a quite more than that of bangalore.
to have a full lunch with a drink at a restaurant in city center you may spend around 550-600 Ksh.
However, that’s my perception based on prices in Kenyan Shillings (KHS). I will make some conversions to USD (U.S. Dollars) or INR (Indian Rupees) and then let you know some comparisons.
Photos will be delayed for a while, bcos i have'nt brought my caera and have to get the pics from my friend warick's
camera .
Friday, December 07, 2007
Bubbly :- Colbie Callat
this song by Colbie is awesome , first i heard it on Radio Indigo in bangalore. and then serached for it on You Tube. So simple lyrics and good melody . It really makes me feel like a child now after listening to it. Again want to go back to my Kinder gatren class. and the playschool.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Putaiyaa Maare Boti
Hum Ii Gaana auckland main ego fiji Indian night club main sunal raha , aur ka music CD lihe raha "Auckland Indian Sweets" ke shop se. gaana Gayil hain Jacky and Group , Carribean ke bhojpuriya log. click karein aur enjoy karein.
Friday, October 26, 2007
My Cold Turkeys
Cold turkey" is a slang expression describing the actions of a person who gives up a
habit or addiction all at once. That is, rather than gradually easing the process through reduction or by using replacement medication. Its supposed advantage is that by not actively using supplemental methods, the person avoids thinking about the habit and its temptation, and avoids further feeding the chemical addiction.
I have been in cold turkey situation many times , be it eating various type of foods , drinking , overspending and nail biting, and had success and failures results for my different experiments .May be i can elaborate more on this when i have time to post a blog again.
habit or addiction all at once. That is, rather than gradually easing the process through reduction or by using replacement medication. Its supposed advantage is that by not actively using supplemental methods, the person avoids thinking about the habit and its temptation, and avoids further feeding the chemical addiction.
I have been in cold turkey situation many times , be it eating various type of foods , drinking , overspending and nail biting, and had success and failures results for my different experiments .May be i can elaborate more on this when i have time to post a blog again.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT
If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the “dirty little secrets” listed below may surprise you because we don’t usually talk about them out loud. If you are an IT veteran, you’ve probably encountered most of these issues and have a few of your own to add — and please, by all means, take a moment to add them to the discussion. Most of these secrets are aimed at network administrators, IT managers, and desktop support professionals. This list is not aimed at developers and programmers — they have their own set of additional dirty little secrets — but some of these will apply to them as well.
10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you
Although the pay for IT professionals is not as great as it was before the dot-com flameout and the IT backlash in 2001-2002, IT workers still make very good money compared to many other professions (at least the ones that require only an associate’s or bachelor’s degree). And there is every reason to believe that IT pros will continue to be in demand in the coming decades, as technology continues to play a growing role in business and society. However, because IT professionals can be so expensive, some companies treat IT pros like they own them. If you have to answer a tech call at 9:00 PM because someone is working late, you hear, “That’s just part of the job.” If you need to work six hours on a Saturday to deploy a software update to avoid downtime during business hours, you get, “There’s no comp time for that since you’re on salary. That’s why we pay you the big bucks!”
9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors
Some users will angrily snap at you when they are frustrated. They will yell, “What’s wrong with this thing?” or “This computer is NOT working!” or (my personal favorite), “What did you do to the computers?” In fact, the problem is that they accidentally deleted the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop, or unplugged the mouse from the back of the computer with their foot, or spilled their coffee on the keyboard.
8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day
When you miraculously fix something that had been keeping multiple employees from being able to work for the past 10 minutes — and they don’t realize how simple the fix really was — you will become the hero of the moment and everyone’s favorite employee. But they will conveniently forget about your hero anointment a few hours later when they have trouble printing because of a network slowdown — you will be enemy No. 1 at that moment. But if you show users a handy little Microsoft Outlook trick before the end of the day, you’ll soon return to hero status.
7.) Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise
Headhunters and human resources departments love IT certifications. They make it easy to match up job candidates with job openings. They also make it easy for HR to screen candidates. You’ll hear a lot of veteran IT pros whine about techies who were hired based on certifications but who don’t have the experience to effectively do the job. They are often right. That has happened in plenty of places. But the fact is that certifications open up your career options. They show that you are organized and ambitious and have a desire to educate yourself and expand your skills. If you are an experienced IT pro and have certifications to match your experience, you will find yourself to be extremely marketable. Tech certifications are simply a way to prove your baseline knowledge and to market yourself as a professional. However, most of them are not a good indicator of how good you will be at the job.
6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs
Your co-workers (in addition to your friends, family, and neighbors) will view you as their personal tech support department for their home PCs and home networks. They will e-mail you, call you, and/or stop by your office to talk about how to deal with the virus that took over their home PC or the wireless router that stopped working after the last power outage and to ask you how to put their photos and videos on the Web so their grandparents in Iowa can view them. Some of them might even ask you if they can bring their home PC to the office for you to fix it. The polite ones will offer to pay you, but some of them will just hope or expect you can help them for free. Helping these folks can be very rewarding, but you have to be careful about where to draw the line and know when to decline. For help, take a look at TechRepublic’s free download “Ten ways to decline a request for free tech support.”
5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong
Working with IT consultants is an important part of the job and can be one of the more challenging things to manage. Consultants bring niche expertise to help you deploy specialized systems, and when everything works right, it’s a great partnership. But you have to be careful. When things go wrong, some consultants will try to push the blame off on you by arguing that their solution works great everywhere else so it must be a problem with the local IT infrastructure. Conversely, when a project is wildly successful, there are consultants who will try to take all of the credit and ignore the substantial work you did to customize and implement the solution for your company.
4.) You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones
One of the most attractive things about working in IT is the idea that we’ll get to play with the latest cutting edge technologies. However, that’s not usually the case in most IT jobs. The truth is that IT professionals typically spend far more time maintaining, babysitting, and nursing established technologies than implementing new ones. Even IT consultants, who work with more of the latest and greatest technologies, still tend to work primarily with established, proven solutions rather than the real cutting edge stuff.
3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies
A lot of companies could implement more cutting edge stuff than they do. There are plenty of times when upgrading or replacing software or infrastructure can potentially save money and/or increase productivity and profitability. However, it’s often the case that one of the largest roadblocks to migrating to new technologies is not budget constraints or management objections; it’s the veteran techies in the IT department. Once they have something up and running, they are reluctant to change it. This can be a good thing because their jobs depend on keeping the infrastructure stable, but they also use that as an excuse to not spend the time to learn new things or stretch themselves in new directions. They get lazy, complacent, and self-satisfied.
2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business
Another subtle but blameworthy thing that some IT professionals do is select and implement technologies based on how well those technologies make the business dependent on the IT pros to run them, rather than which ones are truly best for the business itself. For example, IT pros might select a solution that requires specialized skills to maintain instead of a more turnkey solution. Or an IT manager might have more of a Linux/UNIX background and so chooses a Linux-based solution over a Windows solution, even though the Windows solution is a better business decision (or, vice versa, a Windows admin might bypass a Linux-based appliance, for example). There are often excuses and justifications given for this type of behavior, but most of them are disingenuous.
1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up
All IT pros — even the very best — screw things up once in a while. This is a profession where a lot is at stake and the systems that are being managed are complex and often difficult to integrate. However, not all IT pros are good at admitting when they make a mistake. Many of them take advantage of the fact that business managers (and even some high-level technical managers) don’t have a good understanding of technology, and so the techies will use jargon to confuse them (and cover up the truth) when explaining why a problem or an outage occurred. For example, to tell a business manager why a financial application went down for three hours, the techie might say, “We had a blue screen of death on the SQL Server that runs that app. Damn Microsoft!” What the techie would fail to mention was that the BSOD was caused by a driver update he applied to the server without first testing it on a staging machine.
10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you
Although the pay for IT professionals is not as great as it was before the dot-com flameout and the IT backlash in 2001-2002, IT workers still make very good money compared to many other professions (at least the ones that require only an associate’s or bachelor’s degree). And there is every reason to believe that IT pros will continue to be in demand in the coming decades, as technology continues to play a growing role in business and society. However, because IT professionals can be so expensive, some companies treat IT pros like they own them. If you have to answer a tech call at 9:00 PM because someone is working late, you hear, “That’s just part of the job.” If you need to work six hours on a Saturday to deploy a software update to avoid downtime during business hours, you get, “There’s no comp time for that since you’re on salary. That’s why we pay you the big bucks!”
9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors
Some users will angrily snap at you when they are frustrated. They will yell, “What’s wrong with this thing?” or “This computer is NOT working!” or (my personal favorite), “What did you do to the computers?” In fact, the problem is that they accidentally deleted the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop, or unplugged the mouse from the back of the computer with their foot, or spilled their coffee on the keyboard.
8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day
When you miraculously fix something that had been keeping multiple employees from being able to work for the past 10 minutes — and they don’t realize how simple the fix really was — you will become the hero of the moment and everyone’s favorite employee. But they will conveniently forget about your hero anointment a few hours later when they have trouble printing because of a network slowdown — you will be enemy No. 1 at that moment. But if you show users a handy little Microsoft Outlook trick before the end of the day, you’ll soon return to hero status.
7.) Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise
Headhunters and human resources departments love IT certifications. They make it easy to match up job candidates with job openings. They also make it easy for HR to screen candidates. You’ll hear a lot of veteran IT pros whine about techies who were hired based on certifications but who don’t have the experience to effectively do the job. They are often right. That has happened in plenty of places. But the fact is that certifications open up your career options. They show that you are organized and ambitious and have a desire to educate yourself and expand your skills. If you are an experienced IT pro and have certifications to match your experience, you will find yourself to be extremely marketable. Tech certifications are simply a way to prove your baseline knowledge and to market yourself as a professional. However, most of them are not a good indicator of how good you will be at the job.
6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs
Your co-workers (in addition to your friends, family, and neighbors) will view you as their personal tech support department for their home PCs and home networks. They will e-mail you, call you, and/or stop by your office to talk about how to deal with the virus that took over their home PC or the wireless router that stopped working after the last power outage and to ask you how to put their photos and videos on the Web so their grandparents in Iowa can view them. Some of them might even ask you if they can bring their home PC to the office for you to fix it. The polite ones will offer to pay you, but some of them will just hope or expect you can help them for free. Helping these folks can be very rewarding, but you have to be careful about where to draw the line and know when to decline. For help, take a look at TechRepublic’s free download “Ten ways to decline a request for free tech support.”
5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong
Working with IT consultants is an important part of the job and can be one of the more challenging things to manage. Consultants bring niche expertise to help you deploy specialized systems, and when everything works right, it’s a great partnership. But you have to be careful. When things go wrong, some consultants will try to push the blame off on you by arguing that their solution works great everywhere else so it must be a problem with the local IT infrastructure. Conversely, when a project is wildly successful, there are consultants who will try to take all of the credit and ignore the substantial work you did to customize and implement the solution for your company.
4.) You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones
One of the most attractive things about working in IT is the idea that we’ll get to play with the latest cutting edge technologies. However, that’s not usually the case in most IT jobs. The truth is that IT professionals typically spend far more time maintaining, babysitting, and nursing established technologies than implementing new ones. Even IT consultants, who work with more of the latest and greatest technologies, still tend to work primarily with established, proven solutions rather than the real cutting edge stuff.
3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies
A lot of companies could implement more cutting edge stuff than they do. There are plenty of times when upgrading or replacing software or infrastructure can potentially save money and/or increase productivity and profitability. However, it’s often the case that one of the largest roadblocks to migrating to new technologies is not budget constraints or management objections; it’s the veteran techies in the IT department. Once they have something up and running, they are reluctant to change it. This can be a good thing because their jobs depend on keeping the infrastructure stable, but they also use that as an excuse to not spend the time to learn new things or stretch themselves in new directions. They get lazy, complacent, and self-satisfied.
2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business
Another subtle but blameworthy thing that some IT professionals do is select and implement technologies based on how well those technologies make the business dependent on the IT pros to run them, rather than which ones are truly best for the business itself. For example, IT pros might select a solution that requires specialized skills to maintain instead of a more turnkey solution. Or an IT manager might have more of a Linux/UNIX background and so chooses a Linux-based solution over a Windows solution, even though the Windows solution is a better business decision (or, vice versa, a Windows admin might bypass a Linux-based appliance, for example). There are often excuses and justifications given for this type of behavior, but most of them are disingenuous.
1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up
All IT pros — even the very best — screw things up once in a while. This is a profession where a lot is at stake and the systems that are being managed are complex and often difficult to integrate. However, not all IT pros are good at admitting when they make a mistake. Many of them take advantage of the fact that business managers (and even some high-level technical managers) don’t have a good understanding of technology, and so the techies will use jargon to confuse them (and cover up the truth) when explaining why a problem or an outage occurred. For example, to tell a business manager why a financial application went down for three hours, the techie might say, “We had a blue screen of death on the SQL Server that runs that app. Damn Microsoft!” What the techie would fail to mention was that the BSOD was caused by a driver update he applied to the server without first testing it on a staging machine.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
What more could you ask from a boom town ?
Vapi used to be a little town content sitting in the gentle undulations of the western coastal region in Gujarat state of India, the sky here was clear blue.
The sub burnt bright. The hills were green. And the woods were dark. Out of then flowed a generous river looking for he sea barely a few miles away. A national highway and a railway track ran parallel to the coast : Every is still the same Vapi – It has today become one of the most ambitious town in India. Everbody calls it the new boom town. Vapi has become a nerve centre of industrial and business activity using new technology, new management and new work styles. The new change has brought with it new life styles too. Today Vapi is high on the list upwardly mobile elite for starting an industry, for opening a business, for setting down.
Vapi’s people used to be gentle folk going about their calling quietly. They are still there. But there are new people in the town now – the executives, the businessmen, the technocrats, the bureaucrats.
GIDC can cape town’s the population is more than 50,000. The people are mostly engaged in business though there is a growing presence of doctors, lawyers, accountants, technicians, architects, designer, teachers, consultants, estate agents, transporters, decorators, fabricators, printers, skilled labour and other swallows of the new summer.
Vapi has English and Gujarati schools with over 7500 students. It has industrial and commercial training institutes which supply skilled manpower to factories and offices. A computer education centre has begun offering computer courses too.
Vapi has 9 hospitals including 1 for children. A public hospital is taking shape. Haria Hospital has all major facilities, well equipped ICUs, Brain Scanner, ambulance and other medicare services.
The shops have already begun to sport the gloss of glass and the gleam of chrome. All modern daily requirements – electric and electronic appliances, packaged foods, readywear clothes, house fittings, newspapers and magazines, books, car servicing household repairs and maintenance – are available in ships on main streets and in shopping centre I residential areas. Air-conditioned restaurants offer vegetarian and non-vegetarian food of South Indian, Gujarati, Punjabi, Moghlai, Chinese and Continental variety. Though Gujarat has prohibition in force, liquor permits can be obtained.
Of the three hotels in Vapi, Kamat’s Vapi Hotel is 3 starred. It is getting ready with speciality restaurants. 24-hour coffee shop, wine shop and swimming pool. It will have a health club with steam bath, sauna bath, gymnasium, card room, tennis. Also a playroom for children with crazy mirrors, slot machines, popcorn stations ad video-games – all linked with a power - run mini – train.
Vapi has nine clubs – Lions, Lioness, Leo, Rotary, Roteract, Jayacees, Jayceeratte, Inner Wheel and Interact Plus the Vapi Industrial Association. Some of the clubs offer sports facilities.
Vapi has four cinemas and two video theatre with a total capacity of over 3200. It has a public library, a Lion club library and several lending libraries. A Gujarati newspaper is published locally to serve town interest. Vapi has its share of playgrounds, gardens and places of worship.
Vapi has one of the largest industrial complexes in India. Eight more such complexes are around it within an hour’s drive. Plots and shed are easily obtained. Finances are supplied by banks and industrial development corporations on attractive terms. Research and project consultancies are readily available. Skilled and unskilled labour is plentiful and cheap. Al-time water and power supply is assured Ancillary industry is well grown. Workshops offer maintenance and repairs all over.
Almost all nationalised banks and many banks in the co-operative sector have office sin Vapi. Vapi Industrial associations has a cell offering help to new entrepreneurs.
Vapi has excellent telephone, telex and teleprinter connections with the country and the world. All-Weather national and state highways link it with Bombay, Bhavnagar and Surat. Flights operate from Daman airport, 12 kms away Luxury coaches, Rickshaws taxis and rentals cars are available at any time.
Vapi is surrounded by green forests dotted with pretty hills and criss-crossed by rivers and streams. Tribal village lend a gaiety that is intoxicating. Several gardens, lakes, riverside parks, hills stations, beach stations, old forests, religious places are within a day’s outing. Many of these places have good stay and food facilities.
A three-star riverside Ras Resort wit 5 –star facilities is already started at Silvassa 8 kms away. It has 60 rooms with air conditioning. 3- channel music and video sets. The resorts has restaurants, bar coffeeshop, banquetting and conference facilities, shopping parlour, health club and swimming pool with barbeque. On the side riverfront will be offered fishing, boating, waterscootering and other games. A mini-golf course and jogging trails will be added attractions.
Vapi has three seasons summer from March to June, monsoon from June to September, and winter from October to February. The average daily temperature in summer can be 30 degree celcius and the minimum temperature in winter can be 24 degree celcius. The average annual rainfall in 80 inches.
The air is fresh and invigorating. Pollution is non-existent. Water is abundant. Vegetable and fruits are available round the year. Various religious and cultural occasions are celebrated with enthusiasm. Communal tensions are nil. Labour scene is peaceful. Crime is much below the state average.
The sub burnt bright. The hills were green. And the woods were dark. Out of then flowed a generous river looking for he sea barely a few miles away. A national highway and a railway track ran parallel to the coast : Every is still the same Vapi – It has today become one of the most ambitious town in India. Everbody calls it the new boom town. Vapi has become a nerve centre of industrial and business activity using new technology, new management and new work styles. The new change has brought with it new life styles too. Today Vapi is high on the list upwardly mobile elite for starting an industry, for opening a business, for setting down.
Vapi’s people used to be gentle folk going about their calling quietly. They are still there. But there are new people in the town now – the executives, the businessmen, the technocrats, the bureaucrats.
GIDC can cape town’s the population is more than 50,000. The people are mostly engaged in business though there is a growing presence of doctors, lawyers, accountants, technicians, architects, designer, teachers, consultants, estate agents, transporters, decorators, fabricators, printers, skilled labour and other swallows of the new summer.
Vapi has English and Gujarati schools with over 7500 students. It has industrial and commercial training institutes which supply skilled manpower to factories and offices. A computer education centre has begun offering computer courses too.
Vapi has 9 hospitals including 1 for children. A public hospital is taking shape. Haria Hospital has all major facilities, well equipped ICUs, Brain Scanner, ambulance and other medicare services.
The shops have already begun to sport the gloss of glass and the gleam of chrome. All modern daily requirements – electric and electronic appliances, packaged foods, readywear clothes, house fittings, newspapers and magazines, books, car servicing household repairs and maintenance – are available in ships on main streets and in shopping centre I residential areas. Air-conditioned restaurants offer vegetarian and non-vegetarian food of South Indian, Gujarati, Punjabi, Moghlai, Chinese and Continental variety. Though Gujarat has prohibition in force, liquor permits can be obtained.
Of the three hotels in Vapi, Kamat’s Vapi Hotel is 3 starred. It is getting ready with speciality restaurants. 24-hour coffee shop, wine shop and swimming pool. It will have a health club with steam bath, sauna bath, gymnasium, card room, tennis. Also a playroom for children with crazy mirrors, slot machines, popcorn stations ad video-games – all linked with a power - run mini – train.
Vapi has nine clubs – Lions, Lioness, Leo, Rotary, Roteract, Jayacees, Jayceeratte, Inner Wheel and Interact Plus the Vapi Industrial Association. Some of the clubs offer sports facilities.
Vapi has four cinemas and two video theatre with a total capacity of over 3200. It has a public library, a Lion club library and several lending libraries. A Gujarati newspaper is published locally to serve town interest. Vapi has its share of playgrounds, gardens and places of worship.
Vapi has one of the largest industrial complexes in India. Eight more such complexes are around it within an hour’s drive. Plots and shed are easily obtained. Finances are supplied by banks and industrial development corporations on attractive terms. Research and project consultancies are readily available. Skilled and unskilled labour is plentiful and cheap. Al-time water and power supply is assured Ancillary industry is well grown. Workshops offer maintenance and repairs all over.
Almost all nationalised banks and many banks in the co-operative sector have office sin Vapi. Vapi Industrial associations has a cell offering help to new entrepreneurs.
Vapi has excellent telephone, telex and teleprinter connections with the country and the world. All-Weather national and state highways link it with Bombay, Bhavnagar and Surat. Flights operate from Daman airport, 12 kms away Luxury coaches, Rickshaws taxis and rentals cars are available at any time.
Vapi is surrounded by green forests dotted with pretty hills and criss-crossed by rivers and streams. Tribal village lend a gaiety that is intoxicating. Several gardens, lakes, riverside parks, hills stations, beach stations, old forests, religious places are within a day’s outing. Many of these places have good stay and food facilities.
A three-star riverside Ras Resort wit 5 –star facilities is already started at Silvassa 8 kms away. It has 60 rooms with air conditioning. 3- channel music and video sets. The resorts has restaurants, bar coffeeshop, banquetting and conference facilities, shopping parlour, health club and swimming pool with barbeque. On the side riverfront will be offered fishing, boating, waterscootering and other games. A mini-golf course and jogging trails will be added attractions.
Vapi has three seasons summer from March to June, monsoon from June to September, and winter from October to February. The average daily temperature in summer can be 30 degree celcius and the minimum temperature in winter can be 24 degree celcius. The average annual rainfall in 80 inches.
The air is fresh and invigorating. Pollution is non-existent. Water is abundant. Vegetable and fruits are available round the year. Various religious and cultural occasions are celebrated with enthusiasm. Communal tensions are nil. Labour scene is peaceful. Crime is much below the state average.
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