Bhelpuri

The day when Google went down !

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Sunset from the Sydney-Manlly Ferry

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Time: 7:30 pm
This was taken from the Sydeny to Manly Jetcat.

Award winning Television ads

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I love watching well made advertisements. If you are like me, you would love this site.

Mercedes Cycle

2005-06-28T16:07:00.000+05:30

Merecedes has come out with a Rs1.5 Lacks Cycle. Check out the story here.
More photos here
C R A Z Y !!!!!

Would you be able to use this keyboard?

2005-06-15T14:10:00.000+05:30

Check out this keyboard from http://www.daskeyboard.com/

The introduction reads as follows :

Type up to 100% faster in a few weeks!

Since there is no key to look at when typing, your brain will quickly adapt and memorize the key positions and you will find yourself typing a lot faster with more accuracy in no time. It is amazing how slow typers almost double their speed and quick typers

I really do agree that it would surely help me remember the keys a lot better. I dont type too fast and too accrately. I cant type without looking a the keyboard, I have to see it from time to time while typing. I would like to try out this keyboard.

Anyone out there has 80$ to spare ? With just 80$ you can improve the life of a poor/underpaid, over worked programmer :)

Will you write the function deleteBaghdad() !

2005-05-24T16:59:00.000+05:30

“It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.”

-- Nathaniel S. Borenstein

- borrowed from here

Creating Passionate Users

2005-02-22T14:58:00.000+05:30

Creating Passionate Users is the blog by the authors of the Head First Series of books.
Its going to be fun to read this !!

Gigapxl

2005-02-12T13:00:00.000+05:30

Check this out for some amazingly high resolution pictures. Go to the image Gallery, it is truely amazing.

Their vision statement seems to be very promising.

Defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing, custom-built Gigapxl™ cameras capture images with unprecedented resolution.

It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl™ exposure.

The Project's near-term goal is to compile a coast-to-coast portrait of America; photographing her cities, parks and monuments in exquisite detail.

A longer term goal is to create for future generations a world-wide archive of vanishing cultural and archaeological sites.

Panoramic Photos From The Apollo Missions

2005-02-12T12:44:00.000+05:30

This link shows some very nice panoramic pictures from the Apollo missions.

I came to know about it from here. There is some funny discussions going on there about the good old theory that the US mission to the moon was a fake. Read it if you are looking for some timepass.

Once on the panoramic vies site, you can check out the other panoramic views of some other popular tourist spots.

This Pet is a star

2005-02-09T22:43:00.000+05:30

Check out this video. This bird is a star !
Meet the flying Jhonny Level .
For more star pets visit the Pet Start Tournament Tree.

Google Maps

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I am eager to find time to check it out.
Here is a tour

Media Projection

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Some nice, new concepts. The audio visual quality uis really impressive

What is the output ?

2005-01-27T15:03:00.000+05:30

Look at the following piece of code and figure out what would be the output. There is something very tricky about this code, which does not allow it to work as you would expect it to.
I recently came across such a nasty bug in our code at work, and spent about two hours looking all around the codebase before finding the flaw. Silly me !!

public class Tricky {

  public static void main(String[] args)

  {

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

      if(i % 2 == 1);

      {

        System.out.println("Hello World #" + i);

      }

    }

  }

}

Agile/XP conference in Bangalore

2005-01-25T13:02:00.000+05:30

There is an Agile/XP conference being held in Bangalore on the 4th and the 5th of March.

I have been very interested in Agile development but have not got an opportunity to try it (except for my own small projects). This would be a great opportunity for me to meet with guys who have actually been doing Agile/XP.
I expect to get involved with some of the guys and see if I can join some opensource project which is based on Agile methodologies. I am very excited !!

If you are interested, you can join the Agile India Users Yahoo Group

Photo Albums

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Sagar in UK - Jan 2005
Tarun's Engagement - Jan 2005
Sagar in Matheran
Trip to Jog Falls - pics by Sanjay/Tanu, Chirag
Trek to clean
Sagar going to Bombay, Mangalore Trip, Sivanasamudra Trip - here
Chirag in US, Hydrabad, ParaSailing - here
Sachin Shetty and Nachiket in San Fransisco U.S. - here

And they say I am absent minded and forgetful !!

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There are others, silly things happen everywhere...
Check out this story about an experiment onboard the Huygens probe which failed because someone forgot to switch it on ! Eighty man years if effort were wasted because of a silly mistake.
I feel sick just thinking of how stupid the person responsible for this error would be feeling.

Picasa 2 is here

2005-01-18T21:15:00.000+05:30

Google has released Picasa 2 today. The new features sound very intresting. I am dying to try it out. You should check it out too.

It is Sankranti today !!

2005-01-14T08:33:00.000+05:30

"Jaao Jaao Patang udaao". - Famous line by Ballu the bear[from: Disney's Tailspin in Hindi]

Kite flying is the festival I enjoy the most. Flying kites, especially fighting kites requires skill, concentration and the killer spirit to 'never say die until there is another in the sky'. Wah ye tau sher ban gaya !!
Do you know we even fly kites at night, to the kite's string candle-lanterns are attached and thus you can see a beautiful flying 'Toran' of Lights in the sky.
I shall ask Dhaval to snap some pictures and post them for those who have'nt seen this.

After a lot of googling I could only find this page with some decent pictures of Indian kites.

I am in Bangalore right now and will have to leave for office in a few minutes. No kite flying for me this year :(
Anyways I can still enjoy the spirit of Sankranti.. like this..

Everyone shout with me once !!
" Khallllaaaas ........ Kaaaypo Chhhhhe ..... Kaaaaaaaaaaaypo Chhhhhe "

Update:
Sankranti pictures from Bombay- Courtsey Dhaval, Riddhi and Nidhi

Chirag

The IndiBlog Awards 2004

2005-01-10T13:47:00.000+05:30

TheScian blog has been nominated for these awards, great work by Selva and the other guys.
It would be a nice place to find the other intresting Indian blogs out there.

Things to learn from kids

2005-01-06T10:04:00.000+05:30

Madhoo has some interesting thoughts on what she wants to learn from her son. Read here
I am a big believer in the 'dont hold a grudge' lesson.

Outsourcing ! - A view from an NRI hit by outsourcing

2004-12-30T09:13:00.000+05:30

Guys meet Shanti on her very interesting blog. I have been reading her for some time and I like her. Check out this post by Shanti where she tell us the frustration she is going through, as she is made to teach her replacements how to do her job. Also check out the comments from the readers.
I can not decide which side is right, whether Shanti or her employer. I will be thinking about this.

Deepak/Anup, you would be specially interested in this. Since you guys have been the 'replacement guy' and have frustration due to the lack of support from the 'other side'.

Tsunami Help Blog

2004-12-29T08:37:00.000+05:30

A blog setup to post news and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts for the disastrous Tsunami.
Volunteer to help if you can - if not, atleast pass the URL around so others will have access to this information.

Chirag

Minor earthquake in Bangalore

2004-12-26T07:24:00.000+05:30

Today at about 6:40 am we experienced a minor earthquake, here in bangalore. Deepak realised thats the earth was shaking and woke up and told me about it. I shrugged him off saying ' kuch nahin hai, Soja'. After a few moments we both realised that the building was shaking and this time we both were sure. So we rushed out in our balcony to see if any one else is out. But no one seems to have reliased.
We are now waiting to see whether the earthquake was strong enough to bre reported in the media.
Well, Deepak has gone back to speep now while I have decided to follow this natural wake up call and start my day earlier. Ok then bye, let me go grab breakfast(Shanti Sagar's Idli-Vada are calling me again).

Chirag

A beach with a view !!

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Check out this video.
This is a beach, somewhere in The Carribean. The view would be Breath-taking and literally so.
Check out the pictures here or here.

Nachiket, used to be crazy about planes when he was young. Soch Nachiket, yahan jaane ka kya maja aayega na ?

Chirag

2004 Design Patterns Holiday Guide!

2004-12-24T15:05:00.000+05:30

Follow the link to read a funny and smart little tutorial on Design Patterns.

I am soon gonna read the book 'Head First Design Patterns'. I expect to have a lot more of such fun in the book.

Chirag

PJ of the Day

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KHIDAKI SE DEKHA TO RASTE PAR KOI NAHI THA
(wah wah!!)
KHIDAKI SE DEKHA TO RASTE PAR KOI NAHI THA
KHIDAKI SE DEKHA TO RASTE PAR KOI NAHI THA

RASTE PAR JA KAR DEKHA TO KHIDAKI MEIN KOI NAHI THA !!

- Shukriya
Chirag

[Via- Brinda]

Firefox NYT full page Ad

2004-12-16T20:44:00.000+05:30

This is the 2 Pages Advertisement that the firefox community got a printed in the New York Times today.
Read the slashdot story here. Click here to view the high resolution PDF.

A site which sends SMS

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Useful service, provided for free, Great !!!

Thank you Vaarttha.com,
Chirag

Online book - Essential Skills for Agile Development

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Google to put Library books online

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Google is starting a project to digitize thousands of books from Harvard University library and thus make them searchable.

[via The Scian Blog, Google Blog]

Google Suggest

2004-12-14T10:48:00.000+05:30

Check out the new Google Suggest.
Here is what the creator has to say about Google suggest.
I would have to use it for sometime to see if its really more useful than the plain old Google search, but I like the way Google is changing the way we expect Web-Applications to work. Joel On Software has posted this, that is where I learnt about the new service.

Panaromic view of the Taj Mahal

2004-12-07T15:10:00.000+05:30

Click on the title see a 360 degree, panaromic view of the Taj Mahal.

Courtsey: www.msnbc.msn.com
Thanks to Asawari for the forward.

Amazing Coffee Art !!!

2004-12-03T10:54:00.000+05:30

Never heard of the term coffee art ?
This is the first I heard it too.. but check out the link on the title of this post. You will agree that it really is an art!!
Don't forget to check out the Hibiscus and Sunrise.

Source: A forward from Varada.

Vasuvaj - A truely great guy

2004-12-02T09:03:00.000+05:30

Myslef and Asawari, have been attending a weekend samskrit course since about 2 months now. There we were previleged to come in touch with Vasuvaj. The guy is really great. Not only does he posses very good knowledge of samsrit and has exceptional skills as teacher. But the greatest thing about the man is his simplicity. I dont know any other man who is so knowledgeable and yet so simple, down to earth and pure.
Now, I attend the samsrit classes more since I just want to meet Vasuvaj and learning samsrit is just one of the many positive side effects :)

Its the time to disco !!

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Its the time to disco !!
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

Murali, Rizwan, Brinda, Lakshmi, Kiran and Vikram dancing to the tune of 'Its the time to disco !!'

The final dance floor

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The final dance floor
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

At the end of the show..a lot of people joined on the dance floor.

Looking for me ? I was there somewhere.. I really was :)

Amol(Kishore) in his dream sequence

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Amol(Kishore) in his dream sequence
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

We are all dancing in our Hero's(Amol) dream..

The skit- Office scene 1

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The skit
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

The First Office Scene - I am the new joinee in the office scene, Velu(Karthik..ends up kissing me accidentally..some queer fun for the audience)

The skit-Amol The common man

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The skit-Amol The common man
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

The day was 27th of Novemeber, the occassion - Coreobjects Annual Day christened Spring 2004.
This was the first sequence in the skit we performed. It was about 'Amol-The common man'.

Here I am just starting to sing 'chalata musaafir moh liya re'.

Wayback Machine

2004-11-19T20:54:00.000+05:30

Jeevan showed me this cool site some days ago. Its called the Internet Archive - Wayback machine
It provides access to webpages from past (starting from 1996). Just enter the name of the site you want to see the history of in the box and click on the "take me back" button.

MIT Open Courseware

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Here the MIT has made many of its courses available to all for free. Its a boon for self-learners across the world.

Nachiket and Vasavi

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Nachiket and Vasavi
Originally uploaded by Chirag Doshi.

Nachiket with his freind Vasavi, they are enjoying the first snowfall in their town.

Subscribe to Sanskrit Magazines

2004-11-07T13:57:00.000+05:30

Stupid Quotes

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STUPID QUOTES:

"I have opinions of my own --strong opinions-- but I don't always agree with them."
- George Bush, former U.S. President

"It is white."
- George W. Bush, when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London

"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight."
- George Gobel

"I do not like this word "bomb." It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding."
- Jacques le Blanc, French ambassador on nuclear weapons

We're going to move left and right at the same time."
- Jerry Brown, Governor of California

I have a God-given talent. I got it from my dad."
- Julian Wakefield, Missouri basketball player

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
- Former Australian cabinet minister Keppel Enderbery

"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing."
- Dizzy Dean explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934

World Series.

"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system!"
- Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President on the concept of a manned mission to Mars

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."
- Alan Minter, Boxer

"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
- Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach

"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
- Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota.

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
- Terry Venables

"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only:
Super Bowl."
- Bill Peterson, football coach

- From a mail from Jas

Whats going wrong with the Indian batting ???

2004-11-04T09:26:00.000+05:30

On the second day of the forth test match.. After just half an hour, India is already looking down the barrel at 33/5.

Batsmen		Runs	Balls	4's	6's
G. Gambhir	lbw Jason Gillespie	3	8	0	0
V. Sehwag	b Glenn Mcgrath	8	11	1	0
R. Dravid	Not Out	14	37	3	0
Sachin Tendulkar	c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie	5	35	0	0
VVS. Laxman	c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie	1	10	0	0
Md. Kaif	lbw Jason Gillespie	2	3	0	0

Overs : 17.2	Extras : 0 ( NB-0 , WB-0, LB-0 , Byes-0 ,Penalty-0 )
RR : 1.9		Score : 33/5
FOW :1-11(V. Sehwag 2.6), 2-11(G. Gambhir3.1), 3-29(Sachin Tendulkar 13.3), 4-31(VVS. Laxman 15.5), 5-33(Md. Kaif 17.2),
Rest of Team : Dinesh Karthik, H. Singh , A. Kumble , M. Kartik , Z. Khan ,

Thats how the score card reads right now.
I am really curious to know how suddenly after a successful tour of Pakistan, the whole Indian team has suffered such a catastrophic loss of form ???
I still beleive that almost all the batsmen in the Indian top order are good enough to walk into any team in the world, classy players all of them.. Then whats wrong? why is it proving difficult to post a score of 200 in a consistently ?

First prize in duet singing

2004-10-28T19:42:00.000+05:30

Yesterday as part of the cultural week celebrations in my office there was a singing competition. At the last minute I decide to enter the the group singing with a friend(Jas) . And would you believe it ? We won the first prize. We had sung the song 'Yeh Dosti' from Sholay.
Ok, I will make it a bit more believable for you... There were only 3 groups competing :)

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Chirag

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Sagar

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The giant statue of Lord Shiva

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Arjun and Lord Krishna - Beautiful Sculpture

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boat

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Beautiful Murudeshwar

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Beautiful Murudeshwar

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Sun in all its brightness !! Actually we were quite tormented by the intense heat

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And thats just after the great 4-fall

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Hushha Bushha .. and all fall down !

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Bhangra in water

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Its Chirag !! he is diving.. no ..no one pushed me

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Fun at the pool

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Fun in the pool

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3 Blind Men.. What could we be doing here ??

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Scene from our hotel room balcony @ Murudeshwar

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Kya aap naya CloseUp karte hain ?

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Sagarbhai

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Not my fault, the cameraman(Sagar) asked me to pose this way..

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Sa sa.... sa... sa... Sagarkhan

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Sachin ki mummy ko ab Sachin ki shaadi ka jyaada tension nahin rahega.. Is photo pe koi na koi bichaari tau jarroor fans jaayegi

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Sachin.. he is just is usual self in this pose

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Asawari beaming with joy !!

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Sunrise at Murudeshwar

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In just a couple of minutes, the sun is gonna rise

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Sagar, Are you praying for a hike/ onsite or your Shaadi ??

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Bhakt Chirag

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A temple under constrution. Already it is a great sight.

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Murudeshwar - The giant Shiv statue looks great against the background of the Sea

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Time : 5:30 am, Shot From- Hotel room balcony, Place - Murudeshwar

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Time : 5:30 am, Shot From- Hotel room balcony, Place - Murudeshwar

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Aswari - inspecting the power generation plant at Jog Falls

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Sagar -- Guess whats the situation here

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Hanging Bridge - Jog Falls

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Hanging Bridge - Jog Falls

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Asawari.. Pure din photo hi nikallte rehti hai..

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Wow !! Ya Ya I know.. Thanks

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Himanshu in his baby bath tub

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Naach meri bulbul paisa milega.. Sachin would kill me for this.. plus I dont have an insurance right now .. I am in trouble

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Himanshu's new bag !! Cool aint it !!!.. He is the brand ambassador for Nike in Madiwala..

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another one.

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Nice Group snap !! hey where am I ??

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@Jog falls

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Miss. Asawari

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I am Sheth ... Himanshu Sheth

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Sorry can't help cracking this joke... Guys Please meet 'Sagar Shivajinagar'.. Sagar... Great bod mann. Oye Paappaji hamne aapki sharan main le lejiye

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Jog Falls

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Wow ! Sagar seems to be too close to falling off this rock !! Thank God I was there to save him.

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Mummy !! Sagar ne mereko maara

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We had lots of fun in the shallow fish filled waters in Jog Falls

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Jog Falls

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Himanshu, Asawari, Sagar and Sachin.

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Jog Falls

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Tanu and Sanjay