Meeting a buddy (Samit) after 20+years

Sept 2nd 2023 It is a rainy day, to start with but then as rain subsides I start out for Kolkata 0600 hours and my mom are up to see me off, how sweet is she at 86 + she is a gem to have around (did I say moms are the best)

I was headed to meet a roommate of mine from Hostel days at St Xavier Mumbai, Samit and me were roommates for a year or so in the 90’s, before he moved to Cambridge for his Ph.D. and me moved on to USA for my Photography studies, We had last met in 2000 in New your along with his wife snehzana, they had been married a year or so, at that time since then we have shared a occasional message thanks to whattsapp / Facebook. Even since he had moved to Canada/ London/ New York and now he is a professor at Leeds, He has a son 19 years of age approx., and I would be seeing him for the 1st time,

I am doing my first trip on “Himalayan 1080” that’s a bike I have which is going to do its first long travel and boy what a ride it was, we whizzed 300 km on 5 hours, a new first for me, the road mostly boasts of 100kmph speed limit and I mostly rode at 80 – 90 kmph and traffic was low, on the way Kaash flowers distracted me and I had to stop and photograph those wonderful flowers which suggest Dussera is around the corner,

Finding fresh Kaash flower was a chore as it withers with rain, and I did find a few clusters where it possible did not rain

the next 3 days was a maze of seeing sights of Kolkata and visiting museums and stores and food joints ,,, days sure went by fast right from Flurys in KOlkata

The coffee house in College Street was the highlight as the days went by way too fast And I was soon on my way back to Jamshedpur. The bike incidentally did I great job though it had its own quirks which is a story for another day. Jamshedpur - Kolkata - 300 km Time taken 5 hours approx. Road condition - excellent for most part

Butterfly month is here

Ever wondered how to distinguish between a Moth and a Butterfly, what makes one different from the other, ? See living proof at https://youtu.be/nWo4soOlLTg or check out the video here as the week goes by and we see butterfly Characteristics of butterflies • Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings. • Like all insects, they have six jointed legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, and anexoskeleton. • The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest), and abdomen (the tail end). • Butterfly Wings Are Transparent. • Butterflies Taste With Their Feet. • Butterflies Live on an All-Liquid Diet. • A Butterfly Must Assemble Its Own Proboscis—Quickly. • Butterflies Drink From Mud Puddles. • Butterflies Can't Fly If They're Cold. • A Newly Emerged Butterfly Can't Fly. here is another butterfly

India , chardrayan 3 lands on Moon

India’s Moon Mission Landed on the Moon successfully , 1st nation to go visit South side of Moon

15th august in Sunlight School- at Gouri Village pin 831012

 

 

 

 

Independence DAY

Come 15^th August and we are all out with the tricolor. and some dressed in Tricolor too

 0700 hours the line up is getting ready to start out, there is excitement in the air as some 50 bikers gear up along with there friends, family members, better half and so on,

 

and finally we are on the way , a short 20 km to our destination for today a School where we plan to celebrate the day with students 

The plan to celebrate with one and all that we can touch lives of not just our immediate family but our biker brothers and sisters too

 

 

  We start out with chats of Bharat Mata Jai.

 

 

Going right into the heartland of Jharkhand where Green is really green and many shades of green, where nature is abundant and butterflies sit around to greet us too.

 

 

We park up , an impressive lineup of bikes in the country side

 

 

 

Where little kids await us to spend a few hours with and to listen to us share our experience travelling around the country on our motorbikes, where we share our experiences and message of safety.

 

The highlight of the day was of course raising the tricolor, and singing the national anthem,

 

 

15th  august in Sunlight School- at Gouri Village pin 83102

And why not make the most of the time with Photo opportunity to store the memory of the day .

 

 

 

A day well spend celebrating the Independence we have …

 

 

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Nature at its best

 

Early morning walk in the grassland looking for birds gave me this lovely beads of rainfall from last night to early morning, each a jewel prepared by nature for the early birds

 

 

 

 

Just like the water drops the birds (tricolored Munia) too were organized on the branch in a group enjoying the rains

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Raptors in slow motion

 

 

 

 

 

The magpie robin has caught my attention again today as it fly around me. 32 seconds of poetry in motion I say

 

 

Lyrical all over again I say as the sunrises and the Raptors soared ,,,

 

 

 

Ride in June to spread awareness " SAY NO TO DRUGS"

 

 

 

Why we ride, why a motorcycle, sometimes it is to spread awareness, to tell people you can do it all, and the only drug you need is your Motorcycle,

 

26^th June is Anti drug day (like all other day) and we embarked on a ride to share with the world,” say NO to Drugs” the link to the film -

 

https://youtu.be/C29HlXUIda8

 

 

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