Jabalpur Visit - Update

On 13th June, I left for Jabalpur as our residence, there, got vacated by our tenant a few days ago. To be honest, I didn’t enjoy the visit much as there we (Papa and I) really had to struggle finding a new tenant which involved calling brokers/agents on phones many times to persuade them to visit the house. I ought to share this fact that during my recent visit, I felt huge irresponsibility among the people of Jabalpur, not all but many of them. For instance, brokers used to commit for a visit but never responded well, even after many phone calls from our side their response was very poor.

The weather, throughout our stay, was seriously hot (I guess that’s because of the black rocks there) which absorbs heat and emit during the rest of the day which makes the hot wind to blow. This is where Indore differs as the evenings here are little bit colder. I have so many memories linked to the city that I could recall every tiny thing wherever I went and it wasn’t really hard for us to pass the time. I want to inform you all who don’t know that Jabalpur is my birthplace. At Jabalpur, we still have so many near and dear ones who I met after a long time. I visited Jabalpur last year too but that was just tough and go and couldn’t find time to visit many of them. The visit was shelved for the last one year in true sense.

We had to move on such a short notice that we even couldn’t get direct reservation up to Jabalpur but somehow we managed to get the connecting train from Bhopal. I must share this that one train viz. Overnight Express which was started a couple of years ago is simply great and saves time. Its right time of arrival at Madan Mahal railway station was 05.40 AM whereas it reached there at 4.30 AM in the morning. It was so early in the morning that we had to wait for one hour to get an auto (local conveyance facility) to reach our home.

This time I did not have my camera with me but still I can share few photographs which I clicked during my last visit. (Start Slideshow with PICASA)

Gupteshwar Temple (Lord Shiva)

Ganesha Temple (Rampur)

Sorry, the photo is a bit hazy.

Lord Shiva Temple (Vijay Nagar)

This is a newly built temple of Lord Shiva at a newly constructed area viz. Vijay Nagar. The temple is developed by a local township builder and is very good. A must see if you visit Jabalpur.

 

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Thank you Sunita Aunty for your great hospitality. I still remember you made us  delicious cuisine especially Bhindi ki sabzi and Pulav.

 

 

Jabalpur Visit

Sorry for not updating my blog for last few days as I was out of Indore. I shall update you on my two week Jabalpur’s visit very soon.

Oh My God!

Yes…Oh My God! were the words that came out of my mouth when my mother informed me that Michael Jackson has died.

Michael Jackson….you can never leave our heart and your voice will live forever.

A true performer and outstanding entertainer has gone. I still remember my first ever English music album (Bad) that I had bought and listened to till the life of the cassette. MJ’s music has always been so inspiring for every moment and every situation. It was MJ who kicked me in the sea of Pop music and created so interest that I bought almost all his albums available.

I am shocked and feeling great sadness for the fact of loosing such an exceptional artist.  

Crisis is everywhere

Though I have written some serious articles on financial crisis but the following cartoon represents it the best. Enjoy.

Recommended movies and books

Movies

• Kite Runner, based on a book by Khaled Hosseini
• Wall Street
• Jerry Maguire
• Rain Man
• The Firm, based on a book by John Grisham (one of my favourite authors)
• Swades

Books

• The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
• The Shack by William P. Young

T-20 Matches

For the last one week Indore Cricket Association was busy hosting 20-20 cricket matches at Usha Raje Cricket Stadium. This recently built stadium hosted its very first One-Day International match in November last year. But all the matches of this 20-20 were to be played day-night under its newly installed flood lights.  

Teams from all over the State were invited and yesterday was the final match between Indore and Rewa.  Though it felt so bad because Indore lost the match but still I enjoyed the entire match on television. As, I had also tried my luck in cricket sometimes back, many of my friends were also playing in the match. It was very exciting to see them on T.V.

Having my residence very close to the stadium, I could hear the ecstatic crowd on every shot or wicket. Just to share the excitement with you all,  I have clicked a few photographs of the stadium which I would love to share with you.

   

Working with Idiots?

Now, here it’s a very interesting study being conducted by the Medical Centre of Lindbergh University at Sweden which says that working with idiots can be very dangerous and might even kill you. The results are based on a survey conducted on over 500 heart attack patients. The author of the study is Dr. Dagmar Andersson. Read the entire article below. Very interesting.