My Delhi Attraction.....!!!!

Apart from all the great things of a metro city like Delhi (minus the heat of course), that I love for a break, this little darling is someone who can make me forget even the heat here.Advik, my nephew has turned two now and sure has changed since the time I saw him last. A bundle of joy that he is, makes sure to keep all of us on our toes.....highly curious about all new things, my shoes and my glares didnt escape his sharp eyes. So I caught him just in time with my camera ,trying out these....right now his attention is on Aunt Nitu.....and thus keeping me on my toes too( hope I lose a few kilos in the process).But as my short break would come to an end very soon, I know parting would be the most difficult moment for me. He stole my heart with his chitter chatter and I for sure would go back heart broken once again.Children grow up so fast.....that by the time I get to see him next time may be would show me a different Advik.But as of now I would treasure these moments.
And yes we have a huge thing common between us.....Shoes!!! Now that sure is some "Konnection" !!!!.lol!!!.

An Unplanned Day......2 !!!

I am late posting the second part but never the less its here......some classic black and white photographs from the museum. I loved this gallery and these are some pictures which you would hardly get to see in reality these days. Modernity has touched every sphere of life and with all its advantages have also taken away the innocence in us.I always found black and white photography so classy so obviously I could not miss these awesome pictures and am sharing it here for all my friends.....and specially for you !!! Hope you like them too.

An Unplanned Day At The Museum.....1 !!!!

Yesterday was one of those days when I can say started on a wrong foot but ended on a right one. My day started as early as 5am .....when I got up to leave for Gauhati. My friend and colleague was suppose to pick me up but of course the time stretched from 6.30am to 7.30am and then finally when we did start our journey, we got stuck in one of the worst traffic jams and in spite of knowing Shillong like the back of his palm, we could not escape the jam from which ever route we tried and before we knew...we kept coming back to the same place, till it was too late for us and so we finally had to give up our plan.....the back journey was no better so my friend did an about turn and said instead of spending the day on the road and behind the wheels we might as well go and spend some time at the Museum. I just could not believe my ears......and for a while I actually forgot our terrible morning.It was our first visit to the Don Bosco Museum,.....though museums are one of my favorite haunts somehow I could never visit this in spite of seeing this place from our balcony every day. I had planned with an outstation friend that this is one place we would see together but even that never materialized.....and here today of all the days I get to see this treasure house.
The Don Bosco Museum is a store house of information of the North East. I managed to take some pictures which actually caught my eyes..... may be I will put up in two parts here....The jewellery section left me spell bound with what fashion was once upon a time....the musical instruments that were once played by our ancestors made me wonder about the talents they must have had because these sure needed skill to play....no hi tech here......made from wood and bamboo, these must have played some of the most soul touching tunes.Knowing my weakness for shoes , well how could I not take a picture of these wooden pairs.....wow!of course I would like to own one....any body listening??!!!! lol!!!

By the end of the tour I felt rejuvenated and walked out of the museum with a much better mood.I cant thank my friend enough for after all making it a great day....!!!!

Down Pours.......!!!!

The monsoons came early this year and before we could really gear up, it was on us. It has been raining every day now but yesterday was one of those days that the Rain Gods overworked. So Polo ground and the adjoining places saw the water over flowing from all direction. In many houses rain water harvesting is a common practice and here Neelav would have given his right hand to stand under that shower. Of course every body came down on him with a big NO. So poor fellow has to be satistifed with the hot shower in his bathroom.

The Journey of St.Don Bosco.......!!!!!

The glass casket carrying the life size wax statue and a relic of the 19th century Saint Don Bosco, more popularly known as a friend of the Youth,arrived in the city on June 4th. The relic, a bone from the right hand of the Saint in wax image is on a pilgrimage from Italy across 131 countries where Don Bosco Selasians run educational institutions . The journey was started in 2009 and would complete in 2015 to mark the bi centenary year of the Saint.
The institution in Shillong has been a centre of both informal and formal education for thousands of boys and we are indeed lucky to have such a school in our city.
Hundreds of people payed homage to the Saint and it was indeed a strange feeling to have Him in our amidst.May the Youth be truely blessed!!!.

The "Pink" Cabs.......!!!!!

For a place like Shillong where women do play quite a prominent role in comparison,I feel women driven taxis came in quite late into the scene. We have often talked about this in the past as why women have not taken up this job where else we see them in all spheres of employment here. And this year when the first lot of them were finally given a "Green Signal" to take off on the road, we were sure glad to see them. But I have not been able to reason as to why is pink always associated with the female gender......from pink dresses when we were kids to pink cabs now.....some how reminds me of renaming them into "Barbie Cabs "..... It is an all woman taxi ...yes men not allowed above 12yrs. So sorry Dudes !!!! .I have not had the pleasure of taking a ride into one.....but of course I was already warned by Neelav though still within the age group....that I should not even dream of asking him to get into this pink(ugh!!!!) color taxi.

My Tributes.......!!!!!

A year rolled by and before I knew 25th of May is here today......on this day last year I lost my friend June forever.....June left for her heavenly abode, leaving me and many others stunned as I saw her sinking and breath her last. A sight and day from which I still am yet to recover . Today it has left me with doubt if the old saying time heals stands true or not.....for me personally the grief and loss is still just as fresh as that very fateful evening. I look at her picture here and cant help my rolling tears.....the ever so cheerful laugh still rings in my ears....our arguments still leaves me wondering who actually won over it.....our jokes that we shared.....the morning jogs that we used to go for.....she way ahead of me and I would struggle with my asthmatic lungs to keep up the pace with her.....so many memories now locked away forever. Today as I pay my tributes and my respect to her I can only say a silent prayer ....." May your soul rest in peace June. Thank you for touching my life the way you did.You will be always remembered."