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How many of you have lost your friend or a dear one to depression, psychiatric diseases and maybe suicide? I have lost two of my friends to suicide and two to depression to the point that they became total recluse. They refuse to keep in touch with anybody. In the long run, such statistics begin to gnaw you with guilt. If only you knew how to prevent it, if only you knew what to do, if only you

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Bra code unlike the bro code is not about universal sisterhood or else, wouldn't I have named it sis (which sounds more like sissy) code? So is it a neo feminist movement like burn the bra movement? Not exactly! I have never been comfortable with the term feminist and truly speaking I haven't grasped the meaning of that word till date in spite of looking it up in the dictionary quite a number of

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I have never been a 'tribute' sort of person nor someone to praise someone to the stars. I have reached that age which do not get excited nor moved to the extreme degree by anything. The only public reaction that is evoked at the most is a twitch of the lips or lifting of an eyebrow maybe, but nothing more than that. So it surprised me the most when I had this sudden urge to write this... I liked

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No Of course I don't mean sauces, ketchup, the salt and pepper shakers. This post is basically more for the Indian working woman, who at all moments should be prepared to , no not for an earthquake, but rather prepared to  hustle up a quick three course meal for four persons at a short notice any time during the 24 hrs . So a restaurant may have the liberty to close down at 11 pm, but not an

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Indian Females Are Hypocrites-                This is the general view of some frustrated egoistic males who have not yet learnt the art of facing and accepting a No for an answer. Bad opening line isn't it? No originality, nothing poetic or lyrical in it but again this post is not a labour of love, rather it is an answer to a very grave accusation, which brings us to the first line again.

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A fracture or break in relationships have become so common now a days that you hear anybody from the age group of 9 to 90- i.e anyone with decent hormone levels in their body suffering from heart breaks or as some would call them – break ups.  Very few are lucky to have escaped them. I am sure if you are reading this with rapt attention, there might be a reason for doing so- a heart break maybe?

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Pic Credit- Pramathesh Borkotoky        What does real beauty mean to me? Now that is something really tough to define. Not that ,I haven't tried to think about it earlier, but before I could go really deep into it and form my own analysis I chose to follow the the easy path and just accept the  world's definition of 'Beauty' being all about the inner beauty of a person, although I was

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Pic courtesy-blog.blogcatalog.com           Picture this in a picture hall, or to be appropriate ,you are in the theater on a lazy Sunday afternoon- The males clad most probably, in comfortable Bermuda shorts, the ladies -in skirts,halter necks, capris etc etc- I am sure you get the picture well. In short a perfect afternoon to chill out with a movie. The movie is just about to begin, you have

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source- www.mobilephun.com            Imagine a person who is devoid of fear from anything. He doesn't fear death, torture, evil, retribution. Free from the fear of harm to his near and dear ones . Wow! He can be our next super hero if we train him well. The stuff that spies like 007 and Ethan Hawk are made of. But think of such a human being on the other side ( that is if you consider a

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source-2bp.blogspot.com This Navratra I was posted in the Jhandewalan temple for special duty - to provide medical cover for any medical eventualities or emergencies. The devotees were too frenzied to feel any need for medical aid but still we had to be there. Preparedness was necessary after all. But it provided me ample time to ruminate, think and also keenly listen to all the gossip and

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You know what I would list as one of my favourite task  - a work that lists as one of my favourite activity ? To list out things.Maybe I was a census worker in my previous birth, but I certainly feel so liberated of my woes, the moment I take a pencil and note pad and start jotting down- from my favourite dishes, to shopping list to the list of persons that I would love to wipe away from the face

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The first dish or sabzi that I learned to prepare from my Ma in Law was Aloo Gobhi. Coming from an assamese family , vegetarian dishes were not my forte at all and in a cruel..err  I mean cruel in culinary way , twist of fate, here I was attempting to be the perfect bahu of a North Indian vegetarian household. So Aloo Gobhi it was. The first dish that I absorbed both gastronomically and also as a

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It's international woman's day and I do feel like updating my blog but a pity,I can't rant. Well not today at least as a sweet female had pointed me out. People expect something cheerful from a woman, especially today.Well the rant will have to wait and I will write not exactly cheerful thoughts , but rather about something that might prove to be of help in keeping one self happy or at least away

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After a near chain snatching incident recently, I vowed never to wear gold unless and until I am provided Z type security or somewhat similar. So what do I put on instead? One option was to go bare which I really approve of but in fact frowned by the elders. As an answer I shifted my attention to immitation jewellery, but not cheap, mind you. Neither too costly. Very much affordable yet stylish

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Destination- Spiti Travelers- Ranged from 6 months to 60 years. Yes! It was an odd mix of the young and old comprising total of six of us.Who- Shaleen – age 34 years           Me- age 34 years            Samara- age 6mths            MiL- age 60 years            Shanu(nephew) – Age -11years            Shinu (niece)- Age- 9 yearsWell that was our group of self acclaimed adventure seekers for the

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       If holidays and celebration are clubbed together then what do women do? Not much to guess. Mostly chat and shop!  So what do all men do in such a scenario? Well, almost all men at such times – I think, raid  the wine shops, not all mind you, but almost all. Just curious , but what exactly do they buy? Of course I know alcohol, what else ! but what? What sells most? I mean, is it whiskey?

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Well A happy new year to any visitor who might have lost their way and entered this blog.Seeing all these videos you must be wondering if you might have entered a filmy site. Well no.Its just that I felt writing about my top favourite bollywood dance numbers . Bollywood dance numbers are a different entity in itself; influenced from both classical and western with strong influences of folk dances

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            24th Aug,09 1. 45 am- Chinmay breathed his last exactly at 1.45 am. Road traffic accident, hit and run case. A head injury. The doctor checked his pulse once again, not because he wanted to double check but he did it as a reflex… A practiced reflex. Breaking the news to the people outside would be difficult. It always was, more so if the patient was only 18 years old.            

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This is about my Med School days which were indeed mad cap days. Well as I say almost every other day, -those were the days. Sigh! Today the memories seem to intensify the feeling of nostalgia as I find myself in the company of my best friend and confidante , from those days- J or Jayati. Those 6 years in Silchar, Assam was a very enriching and fun experience. The hostel had students from all

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Well I am not exactly a karateka, nor do I own a gun and neither am I a magician to turn the tables on an assailant with the flick of a wand; So that does not qualify me to provide some expert insights about this? Wrong! It’s my blog and I can do so if I want and if I justify myself that I do have some points there… regarding this. Having walked the so called unsafe streets of Delhi, Damn! I

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Ok This I had to share . Being a female , with some common feminine instincts,which include blabbering about bargain finds, dresses , and similar stuffs, I am going to share some of my veryy private but not that expert observations. To begin with , today I am here with two kurtis and a pair of shoes which I think are good bargains. As you can see, This is a cotton kurti flared with lots of Kalis

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“English is a ‘phunny’ language” said Amitabh Bacchan in one of his movies- umm! if I remember well – Namak Halaal. And well it is phunny or funny , but what I find very contradictory and hence amusing are the proverbs. But I guess proverbs are more culture and civilization based rather than language. So maybe I should correct it and just say that I sometimes find the teachings and sayings of our

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Monica stared at the computer screen for quite a long time. How long, she didn't remember nor is it relevant. Finally she shook herself from her reverie. Pensive . She rose from her bed slowly ,the laptop still plugged in the socket, unmindful that she hadn't closed the programs that were running, just like her wandering mind. So that was it. The end finally. What was she feeling? Grief? hatred

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Haunting             Hiyaa! It was Halloween the other day! Time to...No!no trick or treat , but rather some trip down the memory lanes of some murky dark lanes in fact. So what I am going to do is .... well no I m not listing my top fave scary movies, rather some incidents that I had heard about from my friends and family which in normal words were quite paranormal. Maybe they had some logical

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Our Father in heaven! Holy be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as in heaven. And may Thy will , that I can acquire the 3G phone service for my parents who stay far away from me, at the soonest. I have never given a thought about my life as my life is a busy one. Thanks to Thou I am still hale and hearty , and Thou have been kind enough to me, so that my only serious concern

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Yes ! Five must haves in my bookshelf ! Strange , isn't it? I mean we hear of people speaking of five must haves in your wardrobe, in your purse, in your baggage, in your kitchen etc etc. but never heard of anyone saying that these are the five must haves in my collection of books. Well, you are sure I have gone raving mad- I never denied that of course and I know books are a dynamic choice, not

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Well I am back again to pass some time by going down the memory lane... By the way, interesting title isn't it? I am not sure if the story will be up to your imagination's expectations though. Yes of course I have full faith in your imaginative perceptions and especially on topics as such. Coming back to the topic, this is about an incident or series of incidents that took place during my Med

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The recent developments that have taken place here... er recently has made me wonder if I am pro Govt. ? A thing that has gone completely out of fashion? Developments as in -CWG, Ayodhya issue etc. etc. Well , I think I am. or maybe I am due to omission. Yes I am pro Govt because I have frankly no serious (till now ) to not be so.Why? What made me derive it? well let me mark them in points. 1/ I

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Every body around here are reviewing ... almost anything. - Books, Movies, Websites, Blogs , Hotels , Sex... and books are I think the commonest followed by movies. So Am I going to review one too? Naah ! Its been ages since I read one and moreover they are done to death. Sooo! Let me review shorty stories instead. That is the advantage of having a rarely read blog. You can get away with almost

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Sigh ! ok the prodigal blogger is back again to her cemetery of a blog. Let the dead be awakened. I mean the dead musings be awakened to be noted down here. So where did I disappear? is really interested in knowing ? no ! then leave it. that will spare me of typing about 100 words. the lethargy is yet to be shaken off . the cobwebs to be removed from the mind.so that I feel inspired to write

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OK I know I should continue with what happened in Dehra Dun but you see I have had my hands full with Ginger chai, Fried Eye and triple M .not to mention the domestic job and the govt one. Its a wonder that my ma in law hasn't kicked me out, when I see the neglected and pending house jobs. ( you see generosity pays. Dehra Dun is still paying me. hee hee hee) Ok so I will continue but not today

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The winter air along with the festive season is making minds go tizzy. They say love is in the air. Surely they must have meant the winter air. I know even the spring and autumn air makes you balmy but winter with its craving for some thing cosy and warm makes you think about romance, love, tenderness..... So this lead me on to reminisce those days of teenage innocence when

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Hey there Gals , if you are reading this I want to ask you , have you ever indulged in Adam teasing? Not even innocently? Its OK dearies, guys don't seem to mind much if they are teased by a bevy of beauties ,right guys? Did Sharuk Khan mind in Chamatkar? or Akshay Kumar in Welcome? So we can confess. We are safe you see. Actually I just remembered an incident long back during my medical school

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Hey! if you have come here thinking that this will be a fun post you are wrong, not that I mind you coming here but at this precise moment my mind is completely blank and though most don't advocate the cause of writing when you don't feel like, I am still writing because I do want to write except I just don't know what to write and that is the reason why I am mentioning as blank as donald duck's

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27012009106, originally uploaded by mani tours.Dehra Dun -The LandingMy hard disk drive is showing its true colours so had to import a photo from my Flickr Album. So after a loong flight of 30 mins we landed in Dehra Dun. I was red faced with shame. Some experience I was gifting my MIL , wasn't I ? There was no proper Airport In Dehra Dun , rather it was an Air field. We disembarked and started

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Oops! There was some kind of snag in posting the article.. Well as I was speaking, After years of snoozing and slogging I feel that Life is all about little miracles and big problems. Alright Alright, you contradict me...even I was cynical earlier and am still now up to an extent but look closely and think deeply don't you see small miracles in your day to day life..Well well you don't have the

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Here I am back again with my story of that memorable trip to Dehra Dun - a much planned gift for my ma in law- but you see , mani and plans don't go together. OK lets begin by introducing the above snaps to you- the first one - of yours truly in Sahashtra dhara in dehra dun...what? you are expecting some info from me. Come on guys you know the Internet inside out, you dissect blogs and

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See the penguins? Sigh! How impeccably dressed they are .They don't have to worry about wardrobe malfunctions, do they. Just the perfect pic for my topic today. OK no more pretenses. I didn't have any pictures to upload other than this as my computer have been just rebooted recently so I just made it go with it. Alright, coming back to the topic, I wonder a celebrity having a wardrobe

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OK fellas! If you are here because of what you thought it was about, sorry to disappoint you, its not...hey! where are you going? Ugh! not even bothered to wait to hear out..Well someone is still here, but! Oh thank you! For staying back.Not like them,huh!Good! Well as I was saying it is about my first night duty as a Medico/ Doctor or as an Intern. er..still staying back.That's very nice of you

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Have you ever been on a roller coaster ride?Even the milder form?If yes, my next question is did you like it? Will you take another one again? Well my guess is no matter how queasy queasy you might feel, some tend to get a high with all the ups and downs and hence come back again and again . Some think, one experience is enough and will never venture again,- the mature ones. Some had a horrible

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If you were an Indian female, and that too from a traditional family , you too would be seriously facing this dilema at least once in your lifetime- whether to fold it ,tuck it neatly and smile away or THROW AWAY THAT @#$% CONTRAPTION called Dupatta.( Dupatta (Hindi: दुपट्टा, Urdu: دوپٹا, Bengali: অরনা, alternative names include chadar (in Pakistan), orni, chunri, chunni, orna, and sometimes

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I am sure all of you at one or the other time have publicly or away from prying eyes tried the love-o-meter quiz to find out how much love there is in your heart even if you know how much you do. Or you have an idea how much you do but still you would like to double check . I too suffer from doubts, serious doubts sometimes. As with all couples or all people in love I too fight, hate, swear to

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I have come to realise the importance of money as the years have passed by , so much that I want to get rich as soon as possible desperately.So does that make me a selfish, mean, materialistic creature? I don't know. Maybe or May not be but I guess I should be given a chance to explain. And that I will do by listing the reasons why I want to be rich. May be yours and my reasons are the same if

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Ok here I am branching out from my exclusive travel blog/ diary to form this new blog about my random thoughts. Sometimes I wantr to pour my heart out about the daily affairs that affect me - like movies , books, work or anything random but amusing but obviously I cannot do that on a travel blog isn't it? So have branched out as this. The only tyhing that remainscconstant is - my laziness.

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So discussed about music, finished narrating about Auli and Goa. So what next or rather which one next. Did I mention about the Dehra Dun trip which was supposed to be a birthday gift to my ma in law? Did I mention how I made it into a disaster inspite of good intentions? Well the next post is going to be about the day trip to Dehra Dun.

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Salaam Namaste! .Well that's the most my brain can register at the moment after a hectic 12 hrs duty!. But the blog needs uploading seriously. So am here groggy eyed! Sleepy! God! I just hope people don't think I do drugs!Coming back to our topic- that is the importance of music during long drives. At least for the Bhatnagar family its quite important. In fact in the pre journey preparation it

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DSC00490, originally uploaded by mani tours.

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So why do we travel so much. I mean around 25 trips in 36 months is way too much ,Don't you think so? Well you see, we both are doctors( me and shaleen ,I mean). He is in the ICU - criticare, where he hardly gets to treat conscious patients. They usually are in a pretty bad shape fighting for survival.Me- well I can't feed much details except that I work in a government run institute, and

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See the second snap? That's my baby being lulled off to sleep by the swaying motion of the car. Why do I feel sleepy whenever I have to make a new post in my blog? OK OK I know I know the reason why my blog is so boring is because I sleep write. So where was I ? Ok, about the Goa moral science story. Now, See the first snap? Oh my God! How could you ever think that , it is of Goa ? No no , the

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So coming back after another trip from Ranikhet and Binsar rejuvenated...But no no no! This post isn't about it , rather its about What I Learned From My Auli And Goa Trip.Its rather my twisted views regarding the moral of the story...I guess. AULI-- First of all- Never visit Auli or for that matter Uttarakhand in Holi unless you are as rich as the Ambanis or have a morbid desire to distribute

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14022009368, originally uploaded by mani tours.One of my friend commented that he was disappointed after reading my blog as it was just a routine commentary of what happened and that it would have been better if there would have been suggestions or travel tips. Well! First of all I am not sure if I qualify to tip or not as I have a unique travel history.I mean , my travel patterns can hardly be

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DSC02979, originally uploaded by mani tours.Goa the last day.Will it by my last day in Goa, or will it be my last day on planet Earth? that was how the state of my mind was in . Finally shaleen returned after shelling out a couple of thousand of Rupees on the bike. He was already morose , how morose could one become. I sheepishly informed him about the loss of tickets. Thank God! we live in a

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So here I am back after lots of motivation to myself..OK , about the above snap . It has a Goa connection. Actually I was trying to find those snaps but couldn't, so uploaded this, which has closest connection to it. Let me elaborate. See the beads I am wearing? well I got it from Goa Calangute beach. ha ha ha! Ok jokes apart.when we fell through the air I was sure I was going to die. For a

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Twilight by Stephanie Meyers

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The photo above, is of my husband shot in the secluded beach of candoliem behind our hotel in Goa.so. shall we proceed onto the second day? Day 2- Woke up early in the morning to get ready for the sight seeing trip arranged by the hotel people.We were excited. We were expecting lots of fun, picnic, party in the river cruise and what not! But a dampener in the real sense. it was raining heavily.

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no no this is not one of my snaps from Goa. in fact I was not able to find them as most of them have been damaged, Enough of my ramblings. let me proceed on to the next level. So what happened in the four nights that we had kept aside for our trip... Day 1 - went almost as planned. After reaching Bangalore. we had a sumptuous lunch and then made the tickets for the Bus journey. on an impulse we

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I don't know what I did just now. i tried to upload some of the Goa snaps, but I have serious doubts on what exactly happenefd. But let me proced onto The Goa capers. It all started when we were offered by citibank two free return tickets for using the credit card so generously and of course not to mention ( foolishly). At the same time we also came across a holiday voucher by Travelport- a

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So I am back. But I feel The hotel bit have stretched a bit far and at a very slow pace. Actually I am searching for the photos to back my post.And hence it is taking such a long time and dragging on. Hence I have decided to move on to one of my special trips.Which one ? which one? which? The Goa or the dehradun trip or the first trip or the sariska? or the spiti trip ? I think I will go for the

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DSC02607, originally uploaded by mani tours.ay last I have understood how to up load photos from flickr. well guys . here is the hotel krishna orchard wich I missed in previous post

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hi folks! was browsing through snaps to find some of the hotels or resorts. But they have been so haphazardly saved ,didn't have the patience to go through all those stuff.will have to take hubby's help. i have uploaded one photo, the pic of the stately hotel is of krishna orchard in mukteswar in uttaranchal, just up Nainitaal. u have to pass Bhimtaal on the way. the drive is comfortable, the

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I was a bit upset over the turn of events in the great driving challenge. Need not say that we were kicked out. After following the activities there it dawned upon me that they want VOICES. Voices that are heard or are capable of being heard. As I don't have one here I am going tippety tap tap. But now I can concentrate properly on my blogs for what they are. My adventure

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/manishaleen/ Hi all ! Please visit the link if you would like to see the pics of our trips. No fabulous photography mind you. But the places are so beautiful. some of the essence is captured by even hopeless photographers like me.

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Continuation of oooops! Actually there was a power cut so we had to go for an emergency shutdown. So the snap in the previous post, isn't it? Well its one of my favourite room in one of my favourite hotel. Hotel Manu maharani in Nainital, A duplex suite! and I went crazy when I first set my foot into it. The Bi level thing was just so oooh!( It was my first time dearies!). And it was

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Well so we have reached the end of the mitsubishi driving challenge first phase. Life will become regular hereafter . so shall I stop blogging.? no, not at all. I have so many trips to narrate about. i really wanted to be among the chosen 25 or 9 if not the three, but we wont be even in the 100 either. how miniscule it makes us feel isnt it. some friends and family members let us done. As it is

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This is the list of the 23 trips that I have mentioned. 1/Delhi-Pinjore-Shimla-Kasauli-Delhi-Corbett- Nainital- Delhi 2/Delhi- Manali 3/ Delhi-Bangalore-Goa-Bangalore-Delhi 4/Delhi-Dehradun 5/Delhi-Dalhousie 6/ Delhi-Mussourie 7/Delhi-Sariska 8/Delhi-Binsar-Joshimath-Auli-Delhi 9/ Delhi-Guwahati-Shillong-Guwahati-Delhi 10/Delhi-Narkonda-Jalori pass-kullu-delhi 11/Delhi-Dharamshala 12/Delhi-

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That's me and hubby. My hubby-The man behind the trips, the Man-iac behind the wheel. Well I just want to mention the reason behind the blog's title. We usually try to take the lesser known routes for a particular place after we have gone once there by the conventional route.For example- Manali - one of our favourite places. After the conventional route, we have gone there by 1/ jalori pass 2/

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So we were off on day 3 after breakfast to Auli. Villages were stirring and waking up gradually. We left the beautiful in fact the very beautiful scenery of bageswar and baijnath to the comparatively starker terrains of gwaldum.It had rained the previous weeks and the road was a lesser trod one so in patches the road was muddy and slushy. my husband warned that if the car got stuck then i

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27012009119, originally uploaded by mani tours.i hope tis gets uploaded this time

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hi. today I am not going to continue about the auli trip. i am just testing whether I can upload any images or not. By the way things are not going great in the mitsubishi challenge. i mean for us. have made some changes today. lets see. Oh God ! where are you? really need your divine intervention

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Hi. I am back ! not that I think anybody was waiting exactly. Well, so where was I ? Ya ! Day 2. Those drums and the holi celebrating crowd!. Ok! so after our tyre puncture was repaired we moved on to Kasauni. It was already evening when we reached,.It is a sleepy little town with the tourists comprising mostly from the so called spillover of Nainital tourists. The townsfolk enlightened us that

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I should have known that this was going to be a special tour when i searched for the proposed route . Let me start from the beginning. we had planned a trip of four nights stay maximum which was supposed to go like this Delhi- to Binsar near Almora ( 2 nights- free holiday by club mahindra hee hee!) then proceed on to Auli. Until Binsar it was fine. but when I looked up the route from Binsar to

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This blog idea is not premeditated i swear. i had been meaning to blog long back only i could not shake the inertia. So I was genuinely surprised when I saw one of the requisites of the GREAT DRIVING CHALLENGE that i have taken part by mitsubishi, was to write blogs. it was as if someone up there wanted me to write the travel blogs. now I am pushed into it and I will be posting frequently.Though

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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At last i have relented - no! decided , to start my blog on our travelling travails. lazy as I am, i used to avoid this suggestion by my husband but after around 23 trips i have agreed to start this blog. More as a record to remember and relive those experiences. Yes ! 23 trips in 48 months. thats a trip after every 2 months in average. Well no, they were not work related but rather to escape

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