The Enchanted Forest

I went to University of Hyderabad almost two months ago for a photowalk with the Hyderabad Photography Club. It was my first walk with them, and was awesome fun. Incidentally, I studied in that same university, so I've always loved to take photos there. It's the most beautiful campus. Spread across about 2000 acres of land, most of it is protected forest area. Long winding roads, huge trees, dense forests, magical woods, rock formations that are billions of years old - it's gorgeous. If you're lucky, you'll spot all kinds of exotic birds - even peacocks - I once saw four peacocks walking in a line :) Some pictures from the forest near the Peacock Lake:

This and that

My blog Aadab Hyderabad was mentioned in an article in Deccan Chronicle. It's just one sentence in an article about elections, but I'm thrilled anyway :) The article is here.

Like everybody else, I'm following the Fake IPL Player's blog. And I'm ashamed to admit that I'm totally enjoying it! I check it several times a day to see if he has posted anything new :D I know the blog is very nasty, but I love the way he writes - absolutely hilarious :)

I went to City Center today, and the kind florist in Flower Express let me take as many photos as I wanted although I didn't buy any flowers from him :)

Respite from the heat

It rained in Hyderabad this afternoon! The day started super-hot, but suddenly, the sky darkened, and it started drizzling :) It was beautiful. I had a tough time deciding whether to just go out and get wet in the rain, or to grab my camera, stay dry and take some pictures :) I chose the camera :)

A morning at the beach

What do you feel when you look at the sea? Fear? Wonder? Awe? It's the vastness of it, isn't it? Terrifying, and yet, breathtakingly beautiful!

Fun at the beach :)

Fun for some, a means of livelihood for others :)

I was in Chennai last week for my cousin's engagement ceremony. I took all these pictures at Marina beach. This was my camera's first visit to a beach :)

Three!

My blog turns 3 today :)

I want to thank everyone who checks out my blog from the bottom of my heart! I created this blog three years ago just to figure out what blogging meant - you know, like we create ids on random websites and then forget about them? This was like that too. When it asked for a name, I just typed the first thing that came to my head - I, Me, Myself. (In case you wondered why I have such a spectacularly unimaginative name for my blog :)) I never thought even a single person would read my blog! So, thank you so much for reading my posts and leaving such kind comments :)

I said I'm learning to play the tabla, right? I got my own tabla this morning :) Here are a couple of pictures from my first set of tabla photos :)


I'll shoot some more and post them soon :)

Simple Pleasures

I put some roses inside a fat Mary Poppins omnibus that I used to love as a kid . One month later, here they are:

It's so much fun to put the flowers in, then forget about them, and then suddenly remember and open the book to find them nicely pressed :)

Smile, please :)

I've been very lazy about blogging for a while now. But last week, I saw, that this April, my blog will turn 3!! I think that realization has renewed my enthusiasm big time :D So I've decided to resume posting regularly :)

Yesterday, I woke up in a bad mood, and went on to have quite a bad day. It wasn't until evening that I decided it was stupid to get upset about things beyond my control. So, I'm going to smile :)

Some more smiles:

BTW, I've joined tabla classes. Super-fun! I'm off to Bangalore tomorrow, but I'll be back in a couple of days. I'm determined to post regularly here :)