A trip to Hyd

Impressive Rajiv Gandhi Airport, Shamshabad. Organized, Neat n Clean only if whole of our country is like this.


Birla Mandir, was crowded with kids from Bombay on a school trip. The innocent, carefree chatter on everything under this sky created a longing, desire to go back to those days.


Lumbini Park


Hussein Sagar Lake. A 10 mins ride in Speed boat excites a bit.


Charminar. Pearl Dive, a possibility.


Golconda Fort




View from the top.

Stairs leading to pinnacle.



Child at work at a sugarcane vendor. The mischievous smile made heart sink for incapability of mine to do any good to that poor soul.


Stopped for a glass of fresh cane juice.


One man's collection of largest artifacts, I haven't until then realized art can fluctuate my mood so much.


At Old City, all girls irrespective of age were behind veils. Tried my part a bit, will have to get used to the option of breathing within veils.


Shilparamam, crafts village. A bazaar for handicrafts and artwork.

Getting to explore Left Brained Vs Right Brained after i stumbled on this "Which way is she turning?" - http://www.readnrock.com/?p=38. Confirmed my thoughts "Mind sees how you want it to see". I see her turn clock-wise and then when I wish to see her the other way, It happened she turns anti clockwise. Got curious on this theory and took a Brain Lateralization Test.

Now I Know why I put Left Indicator and Turn right while driving, Noone can point hands at me, its in me ;-)

Brain Lateralization Test Results

Right Brain (68%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (32%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain

Are You Right or Left Brained?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Right Brain |||||||||||||||| 68%
Left Brain |||||||||| 32%


*results won't usually add up to 100% as this test measures each side seperately

Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is not stated and proven.

Right brain dominant individuals are more visual and intuitive. They are better at summarizing multiple points, picking up on what's not said, visualizing things, and making things up. They can lack attention to detail, directness, organization, and the ability to explain their ideas verbally, leaving them unable to communicate effectively.

Overall you appear to be Right Brain Dominant

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According to Darwinian theory, optimal evolution takes place with random variation and selective retention. The evolution savvy individual will try many different approaches when faced with a problem and select the best of those approaches. Many historical intellectuals have confessed their advantage was simply considering/exploring/trying more approaches than others. The left brain dominant type suffers from limited approaches, narrow-mindedness. The right brain dominant type suffers from too many approaches, scatterbrained. To maintain balanced hemispheres, you need to exercise both variability and selection. Just as a company will have more chance of finding a great candidate by increasing their applicant pool, an individual who considers a wider set of options is more likely to make quality decisions.

Tree n Me, Nov 3, 2005 at 11:05 AM

At Washington DC - Union Station, 3 Nov 2005
A letter to Kowsi.

The best thing i like here is lot and lot of trees...that too this is my first time to c autumn season. Watching the crimson,orange,red golden leaves are addictive..

I commute by metro train from office to home. Got to change two trains. The metro station near to office is just 2 mins walk. But if u walk 15 mins, down the road will be a tree..so beautiful ..it glitters majestically in the sunshine at daytime...even a Pile to the size of my tree ( made it mine) having Gold ,Silver,ruby,emaralds or anything wat ppl declare as precious cant beat its allure.

During evening hours, makes itself a backdrop..blue and pink shades alternate to show the hue of its beautiful leaves...it will mesmerize anyone..anyone who makes time to watch...

One of my college classmate-friend happen to work near my office. we walk together till the station and have lunch together in a bench overlooking the tree. i purposefully take the long route to have a glance of it...sometimes i make it earlier to the place than him and will collect the leaves.. iam wondering if am getting crazy or something..even a look at it gives me sudden jerk of calmness..i donno..:))

My frnd tells me i hav gone mad..may be am..or may be ppl are too busy to notice its enchanting charmness and have not turned like me

Behind it stands a tall castle like place with a high tower.. i remembered Rapanzel(fairy tale ...Do u ?)

Got frm Web - Story is like:

Rapunzel, the fairy tale of a girl, who gets promised to a witch by her mother before her birth. The witch hides her in an inaccessible tower. A kings son, noticing Rapunzel, says "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair". The young prince climbs up her braid and rescues her.
The loving couple get caught and are punished, separated and finally are reunited in the end.

May be the witch still living in the tower behind...am spellbound :))

i'll imagine the prince standing down the tower and shouting
""Rapunzel, Rapunzel..Let Down Ur Hair..""
jus a imagination..dont think me as someone who believes in prince or princess..:)

coz we used to watch disney cartoon fairy tales when we were young..made me visualize it..:)

Squirrels are to the size of cats here..will mail u some of the fotos i took...and a common bird i c is our sparrows and pigeons...they arent afraid of ppl.. they come near us and takes the food we offer. Myself and my frnd give off most of our food admiring them pecking gently...

i havn't , (since i have been on the earth) had a deepavali without frnds,lights,crackers,sweets..

we used to make sweets,murukku( some other snacks too) at home ...go around with my frnds to neighbours home and distribute...and in some places get their blessings and money too if we behave good and kneel down and get their blessing..(that wud be a small amt but we used to collect all the money and will hav a rating who collected most)..:)) everything seems to be far of memories...

i hav bored u enough.... i know i wud hav knocked off all ur patience by now.. will stop with this..

think this is a holiday week back in India..(deepavali,ramzan all in a week..) great ..enjoy have a nice time..mail me whenever u find time..take care

Kowsi My fav verse as of now

""By the time you swear you're his
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying -
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.""

or as my Anna modified the last 2 satz "Make a note of this: Both of u r lying"

;)