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Birds of Nandi Hills

Posted in bangalore, travel, wildlife, tagged , on December 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Well, that’s not a bird. Yes, we sighted a Jackal on the way to Nandi hills. Saw a few swallows collecting mud for nesting, and stopped the car. But, those birds are calm and patient until they see a photographer. Just then, I saw something get into a field and thought it was a mongoose. [...]

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Lalbagh flower show 2009

Posted in Karnataka, bangalore, bird watching, photography, tagged , , , , , , on August 8, 2009 | 14 Comments »

The biannual flower show at Lalbagh botanical gardens started on 7th August. I did a quick visit today morning. The focus was bird waching and hence reached there by about 6:30am. Walked around the lotus pond, and lake till about 9:30am. Then, went to the glass house.
Crowd had gathered near the Glass house, and barged [...]

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Birding at GKVK/UAS campus and Jakkur lake

Posted in Birding, bangalore, bird photography, bird watching, photography, wildlife, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 13, 2009 | 26 Comments »

I joined Shreeram, Vineet, and Gopal from NTP for a quick trip to GKVK campus for bird watching today morning. Prem also accompanied us. It turned out to be a great outing with some excellent sightings.

I reached the GKVK/UAS campus by 6:30am, parked my car near Ganesha temple and started looking for birds. All i [...]

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Sunfeast 10k Marathon and NGC workshop by Kalyan

Posted in bangalore, people, photography, tagged , , , , , on May 31, 2009 | 15 Comments »

Sunfeast 10k marathon on Sunday morning meant, all roads around Cubbon Park, and MG road blocked for vehicular movement. I had registered for Kalyan Varma’s workshop in association with National geographic channel at the British Council. Took an auto till Minsk Square and started walking a distance of 2km from Minsk square to British Library. [...]

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I love Bangalore too

Posted in bangalore, people, photography, tagged , , , , , , , on February 15, 2009 | 10 Comments »

Caught this lovely kid at Aero show 2009 on Valentine’s Day.

Hope you had a happy Valentine’s day!

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Canon Image Lounge

Posted in bangalore, photography, technology, tagged , , , , , , , on February 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I visited Canon Image Lounge on Monday evening. This lounge showcases all Canon products for the prospective customers to try a hand before they buy.
This is an excellent initiative from Canon. One can try the latest products from Canon, from Cameras to Scanners and all other accessories. This kind of a concept is for the [...]

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Chitra Sante 2009

Posted in Art, bangalore, tagged , , , on January 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I covered the event for Citizen Matters. You can have a look at the brief article with few images here:
http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/762-art-chitra-santhe-2009
Watch out my flickr photostream for more images.

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Chitra Sante by Chitrakala Parishat

Posted in Art, bangalore, tagged , , , , on January 23, 2009 | 14 Comments »

Chitra Sante is an ‘Art for All’ event organized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath. The event will be on Kumara Krupa Road (near Chief Minister’s house), where artists from all over India showcase their art works. The event will display affordable art works of all kinds.
This annual event happens every year on last Sunday of the [...]

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Bangalore Bird Race 2009 – report

Posted in Birding, India, bangalore, bird photography, bird watching, photography, travel, wildlife, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2009 | 17 Comments »

The post event meet of Bangalore Bird Race 2009 personally, for me, was the best place, where i spotted some really rare species. I was overwhelmed to see and meet some great naturalists, and bird watchers like S Karthikeyan and Deepa Mohan, whom i had known only through net, and some of the best [...]

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Bangalore Bird Race 2009

Posted in Birding, India, bangalore, bird watching, wildlife, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I had heard a lot, and I have been waiting long time for this (less than a year of course, otherwise i’d have written about BBR 2008). The time has finally come. HSBC Bangalore Bird Race 2009 is on 18th January 2009, and i am excited to be participate in my first bird race, the [...]

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