Lalbagh flower show

I had this opportunity to visit Lalbagh in Bangalore for the Lalbagh flower show. I had not visited Lalbagh for over 8 or more years I think. Being in Bangalore that is not expected i guess.
It was nice to visit a lot of open space and greenery.

The famous clock of Lalbagh

Nice colorful welcome!!!!!!!!

Venue of the flower show

I had sat on this when I was a kid

With love Lalbagh Bangalore

Some eye catching flowers

Some patterns

Some Marigold and some other flower

A Veena and the Velvet flowers.

The Pink one is Zennia and the other is a nice arrangment of various flowers

There were some cactus as well, as beautiful as the flowers

Some fine art

Some Grape wine in this beautiful garden

Visited this place and it felt like Hampi. Had a look at the almost as beautiful chariot of Hampi as well.

You could take a boat ride to Hampi as well

Had some fun on the way...

Reality struck hard and I came to realize that on the far side towards the Horizon is the reality of Bangalore. The real city that Bangalore now is. Amidst this fast growing city I looked back once again at this beautiful and green place called Lalbagh.

With love to Lalbagh and Bangalore....

Vijay
Chao

Best ever games for India

India has had the best ever Olympic games in the history of Indian sport.
Winning 3 medals in individual competition for the first time in Indian history.
This is the first of many to come I hope. For the first time Abhinav Bindra achieved gold medal for India in individual sport. First ever medal in boxing and 2nd ever medal in Wrestling.
Wow!!!!!
This I am sure would give a boost to all other neglected sports in this country and I hope it will wake up all the so called "administrators" of sport in India to concentrate on something other than Cricket.
Look at China for gods sake. It spent around $8 Billion over the last 4 years just to give training and facilities to its athletes so that they could be well prepared for the games of country.
If India could spend just a fraction of it to give hope to all the athletes in this country that they are well taken care off and they can solely concentrate on their sport.
This effort will surely bring many more Abhinav Bindras from India at the Olympics.
Who had heard of the names Sushil Kumar and Vijendra Kumar. Now I know and am sure the Whole of India is proud of the 3 men and all the other sport persons who represented India in the Olympics this year.
The Beijing 2008 games has almost come to an end. There were some phenoms like Phelps. There was a person trying to run and catch the bolt of lightning and then there was one very determined nation who wanted to show the world that their games was indeed theirs.

Celebrating Indipendence

Wishing you all a very happy Independence Day.
Celebrating the spirit of freedom with all of India

BULLSEYE

Abhinav Bindra created history today. Winning the first ever Olympic gold medal for India by an Individual. Remarkable sporting achievement by any Indian till date.

The whole country must be soooooooooooo proud of him.
To see that Indian flag being hoisted and the national anthem being played for the first time in 28 years at the Olympics, is such an amazing feeling.

Abhinav bindra looked so calm and composed even after he won the gold medal. great.
Just watching the Indian flag being hoisted and the National anthem was being played on one of the news channels some time back made a few tears roll down my cheek, I cant imagine what Abhnav Bindra must have felt when it was happening right in front of his eyes there in the Olympics.
I am sooooo soooo happy today. This i hope is just the beginning. There is more to India than just cricket and we will win many more medals at the grandest of all sporting events of this planet.

Thoughts

I was thinking deep this weekend as I had a lot of time sitting and resting to get healthy again after an attack of fever just before the weekend. During this free time for my mind, One thought came back to my mind over and over again...
Why do some of us think that all the BAD in this world is happening only to them?
Why Why Why???
Well I have to admit even I have got that feeling many a time and still get it occasionally. Only when I am too frustrated or have had a very tough day at the office do I get such a feeling nowadays. But then it happens.
Luckily for me I got this feeling first when I was very young and have taken the positives from it.
Now when I get such a feeling, I just think that I am fortunate that I am getting to learn a few things at such a young age.
But I am seeing a few people off late who keep getting this feeling over and over and over again.
Well here I don't blame the feeling that the person is having. If a person keeps thinking that what is happening in life is bad and there is nothing for me that can turn out to be good. You keep thinking that there is still worse to come, then you will certainly feel low and depressed.
I also feel that some of us think that we are the only persons working a lot in this world and crib slightly about it. But when I look around me I realize that I'm not alone who's working. I think certain people should keep their eyes and mind wide open for them to realize this.

You may realize that I am a bit out of sorts when I am writing all this. Well Yes I am. If someone shows a lot of attitude how would you feel?
I have thought how I should react when someone shows a lot of attitude. My bad self says that you should be the worst person on this planet when you are interacting with or think of that person. Then my mind and brain tells me that I am wasting my time and there is nothing to be gained by me being rigid. I will try to be as normal as I can and see if I was right.

This all leads to one another question which keeps coming back to my mind...
This is totally related to my life and no other person...
Why do certain incidents happen in life? Here I do not refer to bad incidents or good cos i haven't thought about if it was good or bad. There have been quite a few things that happened or you can say my life has taken a certain path in the last 7-8 months that I keep analyzing as to why did this ever happen the way it did? What if it had turned out the other way round?
It is a kinda of like - what would have happened if I had opted for working in TCS rather than Infosys 2.5 Years back?
There are some questions that do not have a second option at all...
There were certain things that happened and I don't know why it happened and was it ever necessary? What was in store for me to have learnt from that incident and those that followed?
I didn't even find a clue in all of this. It may be that I am not a good detective...
I keep asking questions to myself... but for some things I do not get any answers at all.
Well it may be that the fever has taken a toll on my thinking...
Hope to be back to normal soon...

08-08-08 8PM

Yes that was the date and time the Beijing 2008 Olympics started.
The grandest of all sporting events on the face of the planet has begun. Here every sports person wears his nations pride and expectation on his sleeve and fights for his country.
I was a bit late from office to watch the opening ceremony but was in time to watch India march into the stadium. Very noticeable was the smaller size of the Indian team with the Hockey team not making it to the Olympics.
Well the next 15 days or so will be amazing experience for all the sports persons representing his respective country and I am looking forward to keep track of it... What about you?

Welcome to the world.

This beauty bloomed today and came into this wonderful world.
It looks so beautiful. Unfortunately this plant blooms once a year.
so there will be a long wait before i can see another one.