Red Maggie

Red Maggie, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

Heat a little bit of oil.
Put an onion, finely chopped, in it and saute.
add Red chili powder to taste.
add 1 finely chopped beet, saute for some time
add dark soya to it and saute for a minute
add a little bit of water and cook for some time
add more water for 2 maggies
add 2 maggie masala sachets and bring to boil
add the noodles from the two packets
cook till well done

RED MAGGIE !

Nipra gave it 8/10

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Offerings to the Gods

20090824-Flower.jpg, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

How we try to please Them. :)


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Finally thinking

Finally thinking, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

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Ullhas falls

These are the Ullhas Falls. The start of the Ullhas river which flows from here (Khandala) into the Thane creek. The falls are a fantastic view on the Mumbai-Pune highway in the ghats. Because of the scanty rainfall this year (2009) the falls are 1/4 their usual size at this time of the year.

Human Powered (tm) Giant Wheel.

This is how most of the giant wheels are powered in rural India

Lake View

lake-view.jpg, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

Family shifted to a different town. New house has a lake view. Hope it bring peace and prosperity. Hope by brother starts writing now. :)


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Into the White : Mahabaleshwar

From the top Khandala Ghat.

So we went to one of the rainiest places in Maharashtra. Mahabaleshwar. In July. This year the rains were less than normal. But still the place was in the clouds all the time. I did not want to come back. :)



From the top Khandala Ghat.


This is were we stayed : MTDC. The buildings date back to 1892. The weather was like this all four days.
























It rains so much here that whole building are plastic wrapped. Those few which are open have protection from the incessant rain.




Percy on Savitri point. The wind was so strong that it was difficult to walk. Cloud, rain and wind swept up the steep valley.


The gang. In high wind and rain.

Portraits from Mahabaleshwar

BKD

We went to Mahabaleshwar. 4 days and 3 nights. Visibility of 15 feet. Surrounded by a white mist. Surrounded by peace. Surrounded by close ones.


Chota


Khobs


Percy and Shot


Shot and Chota


Shot, Percy, Chota, BKD


Busty, Khobs, Shot


q, Shot, Khobs


q


Busty


Che (marathi)


Shot

All photos with a Sony Alpha A100 and 18-200

Happiness

Happiness, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

in the low light
the smile shines bright

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Trek! Trek!! Trek!!! Gorakhgad!

early dawn


So finally I went for a trek after 6 agonizing long years!! Gorakhgad. I simply loved it! Thanks to Percy and Deepak without whose help it would have been very difficult.



Macchindra Pinnacle and Gorakhgad


the Jivdhan, Nane ghat side


Siddhagad to the other side, with it's top in clouds


Macchindra Pinnacle with a blanket of clouds


The range opposite of Gorakhgad


Gnurag and Deepak with the Macchindra pinnacle standing tall behind


steep climb to the top


there were clouds playing all over the place


Gorakhgad top plug


the top plug of Gorakhgad on the way down.

All photos with the Olympus SW850


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~Henri Cartier Bresson

Night Flowers

Night Flowers, originally uploaded by _quasi.

In the darkened night
In the moony light
These flowers oh so bright
Such a glad sight



flowers are called 'tagari' in Marathi



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cityscape

20090701-suchi.jpg, originally uploaded by quasi's mobile.

A cityscape which is difficult to escape from.


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