The wonderful Dal Lake, Srinagar

Living room of the houseboat. Richly carved throughout

People come to sell you everything - from flowers, seeds, shawls, woodwork, photos... even icecream and tea

Appa found it tough to get into and out of the little boat which takes you to the shore - so he sat where the boatman sits

What is Kashmir without flowers?

The Queen!

Shopping on the Lake - shops on all sides

Kashmir - Sonmarg

This kind of picture is inevitable if you go to Kashmir., so no laughing. At every place, there will be a dozen suits and a few people bugging you till you say okay. Unfortunately, i dont have the pics of MRG and Kalai and Dhruv to display here :-))))

Sonmarg was our first glimpse of snow and snow capped mountains. Simply marvelous. 

 And our first sledging experience. One guy pulls you up the slope and then pulls or pushes you downhill. 

You have to pay for extra gear - coats and boots, for the sledge and guy who pulls you up and then for the photos - expensive affair but we were euphoric. here at the top, we discard coats to pose in the sunshine.

Appa stayed dressed like this throughout. He enjoyed it except for the last day when it began raining and he couldnt bear the cold.

hi everyone,
short showers here in chennai in may. very welcome.
everybody off on a holiday somewhere.
kapu

Weekend viewing

I am back as Rabi Nambi !!!
Anyway
If you want to laugh out loud
then youtube - RHOD GILBERT LUGGAGE RANT, TOOTHBRUSH RANT AND ALSO CUSTOMER FEED BACK and I am sure it will make your day !
Have a nice weekend folks
Ravi

Niki'first semester break in feb 2014

It was a short one about 3 weeks and she left 3 days ago.It is always sad to see your kid leave even if you know it's for her good since its the start of her future path.now it's back to the same old routine of work .My son is sitting for his IGSCE trials in 2 weeks and exams proper in may ending in june 2014.Than his A levels will start and he is deciding on his career ,actually has already.that means getting ready to put him into a college for his next phase of studies.being a parent can be tough at times I guess.

I thought i would write a few lines becos seeing my daughter leave to india reminds me of my studies and all the good times we had together in montieth lane and Sivananda colony too.

Take are all of you

Regards

Kumari

womans day celebrations :

each block had to put up a channel surfing show.
i was grouped with the mother inn laws category in spite of taking sanjay along to impress them with my young age. no fooling them .
i tried to put in socially relevant themes like vaccination for pregnant women. they point blank refused . no serious issues.
anyway we went on to win the 2nd place out of a team of 5 participants. due to dance shows , mother in law dughter in law fights serial ,and cookery shows.

Celebrating Advaith's birthday - Ooty style -without him