Birthday, 2010

Birthday Celebration at house of Deshpande aajoba 
(Nagpur, 2010)

Diwali Delights

Diwali, also called as Deepawali, is the festival of lights celebrated across India.
Here are some photos of our Diwali in 2010...

Earthen diyas lit up the veranda.. More than the dazzling series of electric lights, it is more pleasing to see a row of these diyas burning steadily

Huge raangoLi drawn on the floor of Reception hall of our office

To add to the festive mood, our project client got some delicious goodies... an assortment of chocolates wrapped in a beautiful package!

Navratri in Goa

गोव्यातील प्रमुख हिंदू सण म्हणजे गणेश-उत्सव. परंतू नवरात्रीही तेवढ्याच जोमात साजर्या केल्या जातात.
गोव्यातील नवरात्री उत्सवाचं वैशिष्ट्य म्हणजे इथल्या मंदिरांमधील "मखरोत्सव."

माझं आजोळ असलेल्या शिरोडा येथील श्री शिवनाथ मंदिरातील मखरोत्सवाची काही क्षणचित्रें...

 ॥ श्री शिवनाथ ॥

मखर

Posing with Weapons!

खड्गनवमी अर्थात खंडेनवमी.. या दिवशी शस्त्र-पूजा करतात. कालमानानुसार हातातील कुदळ जाऊन कलमदान आले, किंबहुना तेही जाऊन  Keyboard आला. तरी या ’शस्त्रांची" खुमारी काही निराळीच!

तळकट-सिंधुदुर्ग येथे अस्मादिक

Mahalaxmi

कोकणस्थांत महालक्ष्मीपूजन व जागरण करण्याची परंपरा आहे. या वर्षी आमच्याकडे हा योग आला.
तळकट-सिंधुदुर्ग इथे संपन्न झालेल्या महालक्ष्मी पूजेचे काही फोटो...

पूजेची तयारी

तुलसी-पूजन

पिठाचे दिवे

रांगोळी... "समिती"-स्टाईल!

महिला-वर्ग.... पुरूष-मंडळींना बाहेर बसविण्यात आले होते!

Navratri in Nagpur - 2010

Earlier, I has posted photos of Navratri in Nagpur from the year 2009. 

Here are the photos of 2010!

 

Abhyankar Nagar

Chandelier at Abhyankar Nagar... It was pretty huge!

Ujjawal Nagar

 

Ujjwal Nagar

Akhand Jyoti at Durga Mandir

Hong Kong

Arti, my (much) better half, was in Hong Kong for a medical conference. 

Here are some photos from her visit.

 

View from Marriott Sky City Hotel

Tung Chung Station.... The idea of fountains is superb!

Fantabulous lobby of Tung Chung Station 

 

Cable Car... I wouldn't have dared step into one! 

 

Hong Kong International Airport, as seen from Cable Car

 

Hong Kong City

Hong Kong City as seen from the Peak Point

 

The Peak Point

Traditional day

Last week, we celebrated traditional day at Infospectrum. Here are photos of two teams I am a part of:
the Tech Writers team and the Newsletter team.

Technical Writers team

Newsletter Team

Sonegaon and Futala lakes

Like all major cities, Nagpur too has a number of lakes in and around the city. Apart from providing the much-needed drinking water to the residents, the lakes also serve as important meeting points for all kinds of people, from love-birds and newsly married couples to senior citizens out for some fresh air.

Here are some views of Sonegaon and Futala lakes in the midst of monsoon...

घन ओथंबून येती....

सोनेगाव तलाव

फुटाळा तलाव

Welcome to Snapshots! "क्षणचित्रें" वर आपले स्वागत आहे!

As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words. Looking at an old photo brings back thoughts and memories that you could not have possibly captured in pages of diaries.


For quite some time now, I have been trying to use Flickr to create a timeline based on photos. However, the format did not seem particularly appropriate… and hence, this photo-blog.

The old photos are scanned versions of the printed copies (clicked using the film-based cameras); and many of the new ones are clicked using a cellphone. The photos posted here do not claim to have any artistic value or aesthetic appeal. They are merely a way of documenting the life and times of an ordinary person over the years.

As the title suggests, the blog will be bilingual; some of the the posts will be in English,  तर काही मराठीत.

The entries prior to today have been backdated to keep the photos and the related years in sync.

-Gautam
gsoman@gmail.com

Mango Delight!

फ़ळांचा राजा म्हटलं की आंबाच डोळ्यांसमोर येतो.. काही लोकांना आंबा आवडत नाही हे खरंय.. पण काही लोकांना ऐश्वर्या (रॊय असतानाची) पण आवडत नाही... एकेकाचा कर्मभोग, दुसरे काय!

तर फ़ळांचा राजा म्हणजे आंबा, आणि आंब्यांमधील बेताज बादशहा म्हणजे हापूस. मला स्वत:ला मात्र हापूस-इतकाच आमच्या गोव्याचा मानकुराद आंबाही तेव्हढाच प्रिय आहे. शिवाय, घरचं झाड असल्याने मनसोक्त खायची सोय!

(Some of the) mangoes in our refridgerator at home in Goa....

IIPL Memoirs

I was rummaging through the photos on my machine, and came across these photos. Thought of sharing those here to rekindle some memories of the old times….

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's Speech

In January 2010, we got a never-dreamt-before opportunity to attend a speech of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the honurable ex-president of India, and popularly known as Missile Man of India.

The speech was organised by SRKNEC College as a part of their Technovision festival; and my sister-in-law who studies there managed to get us VIP Pass. It was a wonderfil experience to listen to this great son of soil.

You can read a detailed blog-post here: "Salaam... Dr Kalam!"