Long tailed SHrike

 

Long tailed shrike:  The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. They are found widely distributed across Asia and there are variations

Parting with a trusty steed/Bull

 

8 years and 34000 km later, trip to Arunachal, Meghalaya, Azwal, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Nepal,  a steady Steed this bike has been for me.

 We part ways, may the bike have a good journey here on too with its new owner.  Sniff Sniff!

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Bharadwaj aka Greater Coucal

 

Greater Coucal came visiting my house  .

Woke up to the scratching of a bird trapped in stairwell, after a few attempts to help it go on its own, had to just go grab the bird, happy it did not strike out of fear at me, but co-operated,,

 

Am told they bring good luck, Happy Holi everyone

 

 

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Indian Roller and Holi

 

 

Colorfull bird- The indian Roller,  as Holi approaches the festival of color.

Holi signifies the end of winter and the arrival of spring. It is a celebration of the season's renewal, symbolizing new beginnings, life, and hope. Spring represents fertility, rejuvenation, and the vibrancy of nature, which is reflected in the colorful celebration

 

 

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My daddy best

 My grandparents along with 7 sons 2 daughters and few of the then married wife's of the son

Watched the Mehta boys, like someone mentioned here, they liked it, n I too sat though the slow initial bit, being in Mumbai for 20 + years, and in colaba and Xavier’s for major part, so the sound effects was so enjoyable   here some emotional stuff,,, 

 

 

N now to recount what I went through as I watched the movie, incidentally, Bomen, looks some what like my dad, a man who we lost in 2014, n he was quiet a character, 

 

As a doctor other doctors had put a supari on him, as he was modernizing g a railway hospital, and the hired gunman, came to him, asking if they should kill the ones who hired them as they knew the railway modernization would help the common man ,,,

 

As a practicing private doctors he took calls and visited patients at all hours (night) and yes he had near mugging experiences where the muggers use to recognize and let him go at nick of time ...

 

Always well dressed in a suit and a tie, he commanded respect and got service wherever he went, and yes we did have our share on not agreeing with each other, he wanted me to be a doctor and I wanted to be a photographer, he let me do it,,, like bomen's character he too was life of most places and could eat and digest it all, he worked till 10 days before his death, till the age of 84.

He always drove if was in the car and we were in my town Jamshedpur till he was 82. and I never got an chance to drive his car, as he dint trust my driving, I drove very fast he said

 

Mom shares how every birthday and anniversary they bough each other gold and whenever they gifted any family member gold for wedding (what use to be the norm, in society for family members) mom too, Always got a gold jeweler of same value, thanks to my dad.  I could go on, but have to save some for later ,,,

Oh well enough sentimental stuff I guess, thanks for reading you all.

 

Smooth coated Otter RED LISTED

 

Smooth coated Otter with food, The smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a freshwater otter species from regions of South and Southwest Asia with the majority of its numbers found in Southeast Asia It has been ranked as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red Listsince 1996, as it is threatened by habitat loss pollution of wetlands and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade As the common name indicates, its fur is relatively smooth, and somewhat shorter in length than that of other otter species.

 

 

A visit to Kaziranga, Assam might give one a view of these animals

 

 

 The weakest / youngest gets the food first 

 

 

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Family

 

One images a day series - Day 1783, since lockdown, Feb 10 th   2025

The family that stays together has power like no other, here is one showing there power.

 

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Rail madad in action

 

On a train to Guwahati, its a long trip, approx 19 hrs, as I settle into the journey I notice the 2 sides of the berth do not align to make a bed

 

 

I call up a service,  Rail Madad is an app of Indian rail 

and in 5 minutes we had action on my complain.

I have a gent who comes to help n after inspecting the problem he calls for help

 

Unlike the normal railway staff this guy was interested in solving the problem and did manage to solve it.

 

 

On questioning him, he opened up the fact that he is not a railway employee but the work is all out soursed. Hate to say BUT job security of having a rail job does make some (most) slack

 

Outsourcing is indeed the way to go.

 

Cotton Pygmy Goose

 

One images a day series - Day 1755, since lockdown, Jan 13th   2025

Cotton Pygmy Goose, what a pleasure to watch them in flight and be up to there shenanigans.

Male has a bright white head and neck with a dark crown and eyes. Female is plainer, with a strong dark eye-line that does not continue back to the nape. In flight, females have thin white edges on the trailing edge of the wings, while males have big white slashes on the wings. Usually seen swimming in freshwater wetland

cottonPygmyGoose 

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Ruddy shell duck

 

The Ruddy shell duck the winter visitor traverses 1500 odd km , They have been recorded to fly upto 6800meters height

And in Buddhist country is treated as Holy as there color is like that of robes of Monks 

 

 

 

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Mr Mukerjee

 

Lunch at Riki s House an afternoon with the Delightful Mr Gautam Mukerjee

 

 

 

Welcome 2025

 

One images a day series - Day 1743, since lockdown, Jan 1^st 2025

Happy New Year All, Opportunity’s galore

 

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