blind spot ( potholes )

I live in Pune, one of the small, peaceful and the safest city in India, but it has very bad infrastructure, most of the roads are very narrow and always in BAD condition. During monsoon either you need horse or a bulldozer or a Range Rover to be comfortable in our city roads.

Pot holes: this topic is one the filler in our city daily newspapers during this season, almost every day you will find one or two photographs.

This one i made for TOI (pune) and appeared in one rainy day.

My third visit to Goa

Last week I’ve taken 3 days break with my family in Goa.

My first visit to Goa was during my college days in 1987, don’t remember much coz, I was socked in beer and wine.

Second visit was in 2000, I piled on with a rock band (strange brew from pune), we played in a one of the cozy shack near the beach for some rich firang crowd, again lots of booze and played few games of pool on one of the worst table in the world, lost around 100 rupees, had good swim.

This time had great fun with my wife and sons, had just 2 king fishers all alone in one shady bar.

Pic: My kids aadhavan and ananthan having fun in Miramar beach

Blind Spot (Beggars)

Some beggars are there in India for generations, and continue their family tradition of begging, they even have sizable wealth, which they accumulate by "employing" other, newer beggars.

Christianity: Rich are encouraged to give to the poor.
Hinduism: In many Hindu traditions begging is encouraged.
Buddhism: Monks and nuns traditionally live by begging for alms.

There are internet beggars too.