From Butterfly's Garden!

From Butterfly's Garden!

Clicked at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.  

Food and we all

Food and we are all ready!

Clicked at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.  

Good morning farmer!

Good morning, farmer!

Clicked at Kolhappur, Maharashtra, India.  

Large reflection

The way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us.-  Gabrielle Bernstein

Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.  

Five Puri

 I was there in the medieval city affectionately called Budaun. As an active part of my job managing the HR of financial inclusion firm, made me travel to this prominent part of UP. The region is very notable for food the serves for starving bellies. Throughout my extensive travel from Agra to Bareilly I had invariably found the same food changes its own delicacy. In Agra, the kind of Puri you will get is somewhat unique from Delhi or Budaun. 

These conventionally represent the myriad minor changes in the taste that could be or could not be observed by starving tentacles. It was harsh cold in the dewy morning of the fierce winter of 2010 in Budaun. A delicious morning compels me to have a quick breakfast. Chillness enforced me to bring back some boundless energy in the form of a hasty breakfast. Budaun is efficiently being a small town and I guess I was in the outskirts of the town. We decided to hunt for morning food outside the place where we resided. 

On the way to the office premises, we fortunately discovered a small roadside but adequately serving eatery. That eatery served us the five garma garam Puries with aloo subji in a dried leaf plate. The delicious breakfast that tantalized our capacious mouth will always be stored in some corner of the memoir forever in life. 

Out of five puries served, first, puri gave me a sense of belonging to the local food, it started giving me the much-needed respite from lack of energy. Second, puri, poured a feeling of enthusiasm, in a chilled morning, people wake up to their senses and ignite their livelihoods. I felt the only thing that is protected from all weather is livelihoods. Irrespective of the scorching heat of summers, torrential rains of the monsoon, and bone-chilling cold of winters, we all wake up to our senses and apt for living and earning in dignified ways. Third puri, gave me an opportunity to interact with the owner of the eatery, how delicately he made puri, for how long, what are the ingredients, etc. Sometimes we get lots of insights from strangers. The fourth puri was the inflection point. the point where I started feeling energized, The energy started flowing in the forms of aspirations and determinations. Fifth puri, It made me sure, that this delicacy will take more than an unusual time to come back again. Good things happen very few times in life.

 The Budaun breakfast is one of the few things. Certain memories are retained in life and we carry those memories for a long time and wait to get them reflected once again. Off-course, the brain conditions our emotions of happiness to derive feeling of nostalgia when memories reappear. I happened to wait for 14 odd years to get another reflection of Budaun Puri Sabji incident. Its was in Mumbai. The very famous Pancham Puri, located in Fort area.  

Around 175 years ago, a young man Pancham Sharma from Tundla, UP the same region of Agra-Budaun traversed to Mumbai in order to start his livelihood. The very famous Pancham Puriwala, as the name indicate serves 5 Puries along with 2 sabjis. Myriad varieties of Puries, The aroma the shop makes everyone feel invited. I was intrigued by the same delicacy and taste offered by Pancham Puriwala. It tantalised my tongue as exactly it happened around 14 years ago at Budaun. Would recommend travelers to visit Pancham Puri to find out your 5 Puris.

- Amol Nakve 

Buddha and peace!

The Buddha, sculptured centuries ago.

Clicked  at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Spirit of Bison...

"To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see." - Black Elk

Clicked at Mysore, Karnataka, India.  

Camouflage to servive!

Camouflage to servive!

Clicked at Maysor, Karnataka, India.

The predator

 The predator 

From HR's Corner

 Good read from today's Times Ascent 

The palace

 

Predator's fight...

Pressure is the way a predator fights. - Diego Sanchez

Clicked at Mysoor, Karnataka, India.  

Palace and crown

Who needs a crown when you can have a palace?

Clicked at Mysoor Palace, Karnataka, India.  

Happy Guru Purnima!

Happy Guru Purnima!

We all have mentors, teachers, and coaches in life till the time we are breathing. We are enlightened by their gracious presence. I don't think there is anyone on this planet who never had gurus in their journey. 

Sometimes, unknown and completely strangers can guide us, help us without materialistic gains. Even co-traveler in a treacherous trek could become our Gurus. It crossed all the barriers like age, gender, ethnicity for becoming disciple and for givening guruship. 

They just want to spread happiness the world.  On this auspicious day of Guru Purnima I sincerely express my sincere gratitude for their enlightening presence in our life.

Keep rediscovering, keep traveling.  

Faith 

Amol 

Courtesy: Time of India, 21, July, 2024

Power of Digital India. Successful journey of UPI.

Power of Digital India.  

Successful journey of UPI. 

Clicked somewhere near Mysoor, Karnataka, India.  

Tomatonomics

Tomatonomics!

The current state of tomato inflation. 

Clicked somewhere in Karnataka, India.  

Burden

Burden of bearing flowers and prayers!

Clicked at Padmalaya, Maharashtra, India.  

From HR's Corner!

From HR's Corner!

Reinvent the wheel!

Good read from today's Times Ascent 

Wood

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. - Francis Bacon

Clicked at Naggar, HP, India.  

Monastery of tranquility!

Nested in the Manali valley, this Buddhist monastery give us a glimpse of tranquility. 

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Dunes in desert!

Dunes in desert!

Clicked at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.  

Happiness

“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.”  – Tom Wilson

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

When Buddha Smile

Good morning! Have a lovely Sunday!

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Jalebi!

"The best things in life are sweet." - Unknown

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Master Weaver

Mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance. - James Allen

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Skeleton under my skin

I am literally just a human. I have the same brain as you; there's a skeleton under my skin just like yours. - Winnie Harlow

Clicked at Manali, HP, India. 

From HR's Corner!

From HR's Corner!

We all have stories to tell!

Good read from today's Times Ascent

Door

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. - Coco Chanel

Clicked at Gangtok, Sikkim, India.  

Snake charmer!

Snake charmer! You need to be careful.  

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Memories

Building forts and making memories.

Clicked at New Delhi, India 

Rath Yatra

The centuries-old festival of chariots celebrates a day of universal brotherhood, love, compassion, and togetherness to honor the Lord Jagannath, the Lord of the universe. 

Happy Rath Yatra!

Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.  

The Lost House and Hopes!

The Lost House and Hopes!

Clicked at Manali, HP, India.  

Abstract from Sea!

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. - Lucian Freud

Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.  

Celebrating the colors!

Celebrating the colors!

Clicked at Bikanar, Rajasthan, India.  

From HR's Corner!

From HR's Corner!

This is where your passion or hobbies comes into play.

Good Read from today's Times Ascent

Ruined Place

There is nothing sadder than remembering how wonderful a ruined place or someone once was! -  Mehmet Murat ildan

Clicked at New Delhi, India. 

Sun only sets there!

Sun only sets there!

Clicked somewhere in Maharashtra, India.  

A centuries old temple!

A centuries old temple!

Clicked at Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan, India.