Hey what are u lookin at ?

Hey what are u lookin at ?

Swans at Bhopal's upper lake !

Interesting ad !

Don't get mislead, this is real ad placed on a tree for sale of a farm house !

Abhi- Aish in Bhopal

Filmstar Abhishekh Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya were in Bhopal on Monday evening to wish Abhishek's grandmother on her birthday. They came to Bhopal by Jet Airways flight drove straight from the Raja Bhoj Airport here to the residence of Abhishekh's grandmother Indira Bhaduri.

The two also went to Vaishali Nagar to meet Abhishekh's aunt Rita Bhaduri and her husband and television actor Rajeev Verma.Rita Bhaduri popular television actor is the younger sister of Jaya Bhaduri. (pic courtesy A M Faruqui)

Creativity on display board !

Display board on bridge near IIFM. requesting people to maintain the pond. But someone was creative enough and took some words away from the display board !

Sinful and Naughty Valentine Coffee's !

Cafe Coffee Day all decked up for V day. Though many in Bhopal had marked the day on Feb 13, 2009 to avoid any conflict and on Feb 14 were they were seen at places like Islamnagar (out of the city) to mark the day @!

Say it with roses !

On valentine day - Rose in a house in Aakriti Gardens, Nehru Nagar

Pakshi Vihar in Bhopal

पक्षी विहार, बड़ा तलब पर बना यह नया पक्षी विहार. यहाँ विहार तो है परन्तु पक्षी कम !...

Blooming Palash in Bhopal

Blossoming Palash Tree in Van Vihar.

Flowers of Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal

Here are some pictures of flowers in complex of Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal. A place not only for art lovers but for ones who enjoy clicking flora !

National Ceramic Workshop at Bharat Bhawan

National Ceramic Workshop is onging in Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal nowadays. It started on Feb 5 and will be going on till Feb 14, 2009. It has participants from 11 States & Union Territories. They are working on exhibits which will be on showcase on Feb 14, 2009. Some of the participants include Vibha Sharma from Delhi; Prasun Ghosh from Kolkata;Vishal Bhatnagar from Chandigarh, S Karthik from Cheenai; Shailendra and Devilal Patidar from Bhopal, Arun Panidt from Delhi and Brahmaswarup from Varanasi.

Purple sun bird at Bhopal

 Purple sun bird in Aakriti Gardens, Bhopal

Birds at upper lake of Bhopal !

Pigeons and Egret at rampants of fort in the upper lake, a view to see from VIP road when sun shines in winters !

Watering plants

The lucky ones - Water tanker watering plants on VIP road !

Indonesian puppets at Bhopal's Lokrang

Indonesian Rod puppets are attracting visitors to Bhopal’s Lokrang festival. Lokrang is a five day event held every year at Bhopal. It showcases the cultural and traditional heritage of India in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It opened on January 26, 2010. This is 25th year of Lokrang. It not only showcases heritage it but also has a theme pavilion. This year theme pavilion displays ‘Puppet’. Puppets of forms like glove, rod string and shadow are being displayed at the show. It has puppets from nine Indian states like West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and some other countries like Indonesia, Turkey, and Vietnam.

Indonesia rod puppets are among the various puppets which have been displayed at Lokrang are being liked and clicked by many. Rod puppets have: three dimensional carved figurines which are manipulated from rods below the "stage." In addition to this the pavilion also has water Puppet from Vietnam that dance on water are also on display. It also has display of Shadow puppets, which have cut-out figure held between a source of light and a translucent screen. Shadow puppets from Turkey and Andhra Pradesh are on display.

Open bill stork

At Prempura Ghat in Bhopal

Flowers at Bhopal on Basant Panchmi

Solar Eclipse as seen from Bhopal

Pictures of Longest Solar eclipse which had dazzled India, as seen from Bhopal.

Pictures courtesy A. M. Faruqui

Another birding site !

Backwaters of Smriti van on National Judicial Academy road - a birding site

Cormorants enjoying saturday sun shine in Bhopal

Cormorants at Shahpura Lake, Bhopal - Cormorants do not have oil glands to keep their wings from getting wet. Each time they get out of the water, they sit on the bank for sometime and spread their wings for drying.One can see them in numbers in Winters at Shahpura Lake.

Merry X'mas !

 

St Mary's Church in Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal, and a tableau with theme on Global warming

Blue pansy butterfly

Sun loving winged wonder, seen here sitting on the bare ground in one of the office of Bhopal, this medim sized butterfly looked attractive for the camera !

Bhopal markets catch up for Christmas & New Year

Hangings outside shop at 10 number market for sale. Markets decorate and gear up for Christmas and New Year. Archies and Bakeries  are their best !

Bird's vila !

Birds on the wall on the rampants of the fort on upper lake of Bhopal

Traffic lights are new ad sites !

Traffic lamp posts are new ad sites in Bhopal. The one in picture is at 10 number market is an effort to reach directly into eyes of 'the customer'. By the way the place 'traffic light' where these boxes are hanged and the colour of ad 'red' is interesting !

Further traffic lights are also not working, am not sure what that indicates ?. But hope 'all' would be happy to help in case one meets with an accident !

Boat in water's of Bhopal's upper lake

Handicraft fair at Gohar Mahal

Handicraft fair at Gohar Mahal. This Palace built on banks of upper lake of Bhopal is normlly known for its fairs which are held almosr year round but more in winters. Now a days handicraft fair in onggoing.

Celebrating spirit of the childhood

Bhopal, Dec 5, 2009 : More than 300 hundred children participated in Masti Ki Pathshala organized by Aarambh, a non governmental organization with support from UNICEF held at BHEL sports club, Berkhera.

Children from Aishbagh, Bajaria, Kabadkhana, Annu Nagar, Atal Ayub Nagar, Indra Sahayat Nagar participated in the various event held to mark the day. Children participated in various track & field sports activities during the day and cultural programme like song and dance in the afternoon. Games stall were installed where children enjoyed during the day. The programme was part of events to mark 20th anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Demanding justice

Hundreds of gas victims took out torch rally on Dec 2 evening from Bhopal talkies to factory site, demanding justice. Led by the Bhopal Group for Information and Action, an NGO, the victims walked carrying blazing torches and shouting slogans that revealed the fire in their wounded hearts, ‘‘Bahut ho gaya pacchis saal. Bhopal ko insaaf chahiye". (Picture courtesy A.M. Faruqui)

Bhopal Gas Tradegy

The killer tank from which gas leaked and killed thousands

Statue of mother with her two kids, remind us of the pain

Painting painted on wall behind the Statue, on struggle and pain of people

Slogans painted at wall of the closed killer factory

Some pics which remind us of Dec 3, 1984.

World AIDS Day - Rally by medical students

Rally being taken out by students of Gandhi Medical College for spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS and voluntary blood donation in Bhopal city on eve of World AIDS Day.

From the fence at Van Vihar

One could see number of spot billed ducks across the fence on Saturday morning from Van Vihar in Bhopal. It is awesome site though many got missing on Sunday !

Whistling teals zipping Bhopal !

On a Sunday morning, whistling teals zip around the bhopal's van vihar. Whistling teals can be sited in numbers in winters in Van Vihar, national park of Bhopal. It is quite interesting to hear and see this gregarious ducks which flock here.

Swan at Upper lake in Bhopal

Red Munia in Bhopal

The Red Munia, is a sparrow-sized bird of the Munia family. They are popular cage birds due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. Their normal habitat is open grassland and paddy fields. They breed in the monsoon season. The species name amandava and the common name of avadavat is derived from the city of Ahmedabad from where these birds were exported into the pet trade. The beak begins to turn red in May and darkens during November and December. The beak then turns rapidly to black in April and the cycle continues.

Child rights meet at Bhopal - Children Day special

Dalit Adhikar Manch held children's meet at Gandhi Bhawan in Bhopal to mark Children's Day. Children and NGOs from 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh participated. The meet was hosted by Dalit Sangh in support with NGOs from 14 districts and Action Aid. It was an opportunity for children to speak out their views, enjoy play and voice their opinions. Adults not only listened and interacted withy them but also welcomed the children who were on dias. A booklet Child rights in Hindi was also released by children. Children were also distributed children’s newsletter titled ‘Bacchon ki Pehl’ which is brought about child reporters, a initiative oif Dalit Sangh supported by UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh.

Large Cormorants come home !

As winter sets in large cormorants flock trees in Van Vihar in huge numbers. They have started doing so, though not in numbers as one sees earlier, may be they have got late !!. In picture taken yesterday wherein large cormorants can been seen on a tree in Van Vihar, the national park in Bhopal.

Pied Kingfisher at Bhopal's Van Vihar

The Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water kingfisher and is world's third most common kingfisher. One cannot miss it, with its pied shade along with its noise it is visible. But is very jittery so one needs patience to click unlike the other kingfishers which are 'photograh friendly'. This one eats fish, and will also take crustaceans and large aquatic insects. It usually hunts by hovering stationarily over the water and dives down bill first directly below to catch fish. Th picture has been taken at Van Vihar at the aviary section of the park.