Two sides of coin....

LoveBirds : Black Headed Ibis(Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

I was talking abt words last time and will continue thinking about it...

Another thing I commit myself and I noticed in some people is when they critiq or comment on something.... I think giving honest comment on something is not bad but when we find anything negative about anything,just before taking that out we should definately think if we have said enough positive thing.
I have not followed this thing many times and I can imagine how the other person would have felt. Giving you an example , I bought a new laptop last year. I paid a good amount for that and was excited about it... with all that excitement I showed it to one of my friend. First thing came out of him is "It's very heavy"... phissssss... I felt like asking him to put it back and get out( I didnt do that obviously )... he said lot of good things about Laptop later but was I listening ? I know he didn't have that intension to hurt me.He was just being honest and didn't feel like doing any formality with his good friend.But that hurts.. I still remember those moments that's enough proof that it is not that simple as it looks... if he had said the same thing after saying two good points for my laptop I would be agree with him for weight because I know it's right... I am agree that it's heavy.
We dont do it intentionaly and many time we dont even notice that but others do.I think there are always some positive things about everything on the earth.. but we are so used to of negatives that we take good things as granted and point out the negative part of anything first.

Before commenting on any negative side of anything .. Think if you have said enough positive things about it.Both side of a coin are important but which one you shows first make difference..

Back to Basics...

Tell Me The Story....Dad
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

Well Last weekEnd I was driving on some of my Fav roads in Bandipur and Madumalai region and then drove to Ooty too.
While driving on traffic filled roads of Ooty I saw a beautiful church at the corner.parked my bike there I went inside the church to find out that there is some white lady giving lecture to School kids by telling some stories..
I stayed and listen those words just to remind myself all those basic of living a Good/Happy life.
She was talking about WORDS.. once gone, never come back so we should spend them with lot of care...

She proceeds : just before saying any words to anybody just ask three question to yourself:

Q1: Is it True ?
Q2: Is it Kind ?
Q3: Is it Necessary ?

I thought about it a lot .. how important are these small things in our life.. to make any sense out of our life..
Otherwise it's just like spending some years on this earth.. It's the people around us,Good or Bad, makes a life.

If I see above three question and try to answer them I find that You need not open your mouth untill unless answer of atleast two questions is "YES"
if you simply follow these rules Everything should be fine...
If I try to remembe any unpleasent situation or argument I went thru... in all the cases it happened because I broke the above rule...

Sometimes I said Truth very proudly when it was neither kind nor necessary for me to say it..

These are the basics of life which were taught to us in school but they still are so much important....

Here I go Back to Basics.....

Jindagi Rocks.... sometimes too much

Jindagi Rocks.. and sometimes it rocks too much to handle.... It shakes you from inside.. all your values and believes rocks... and it hurts... you start analysing your own believes... on which your whole life was based on..... you were proud of these things and today you are questioning them.. Questioning there existence......
You cant be good always.... you cant be good always for everybody.. you have to learn becoming bad.... that hurts lesser.... none will have expectations then... if you try to be good for everybody, it'll hurt at the end.... It'll hurt you.... it'll hurt them more.... you cant devide urself in two.. I wish I could.......
Jindagi Rocks........ better you Rock with it !!

Night full of Music

Violinist
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

French Violinist Bernard Wacheux @ fireflies festival,Bangalore
Came to know about fireflies festival from my Photography Group on flickr.I always love to shoot event and festivals. Low lighting in the event made me decide to go for shoot and experience & learn from this golden opportunities...This festival turned out more then what I was expecting.I was worried if I'll be able to awake whole night as it Dusk to Dawn festival.But variety in the music and beautiful surrounding wont let you get bored. you cant think of sleeping when you see so much energy around.More then photography I enjoyed music and jugalbandees... With the decision of coming back to fireflies next year I reched home at around 8 morning.. had Dosa and karaBath on my way back home...

Greedy little Angels

Hey wass up ?
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

These Beautiful angels attacked my biscuit pack .. well My mistake, I left it open in my kitchen.... but now when they are busy eating those tasty .. egg made biscuits.... I'll keep troubling them with my huge lenses ( atleast they are huge for these kidos ) and strong light straight from my table Lamp.. untill they give me some National geographic kind of stuff....... Only problem with these guys is that they are too small to focus and they run very fast... I focus on there beautiful faces ( actually it looks horrible with there sharp teeths) and what i get in frame is there Dark Black ... hairy ASS......... no worries dude keep clicking in this digital ERA .. and u'll get something.... sooner or later....

Dream

Dream
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning

In the Air...

sometimes you just at wrong place at wrong time..

In the Air...
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

Am not gonna leave you !!

Am not gonna leave you !!
Originally uploaded by PrasoonRana.

Jallikatu : Strength , Courage & Energy

Jallikatu is a Tamil word which means 'Bull fight'.This Festival is celebrated on day after Pongal and at someplaces day after that.It's an amazing show of courage and strength by village youth of Tamilnadu, India. you can feel lot of energy and excitement in villagers for this show.Whole village and people from other villages including children and women start coming here early morning to get there place .Everyone want the best view of the event.

Bull owner brings their bull , all dressed up and painted, and stands in a queue.One by one they send there Bull inside the game area where all youth who are participating will be ready to catch the bull. Aim is to hold the bull from its back for sometime and control it.If someone hold the Bull for specifid time he gets the prize otherwise Bull Owner gets the prize.Small Items like plastic chairs,TV,BiCycle etc are given as price.and sometime even chiken,goat etc.

More then prizes its the cheering crowd which makes these youth risking there life in the event.When I reached there I didn't get a single point from where I could shoot pics. Forget shooting I was not even able to see the event.I was alone and I dis not understand Tamil.Later somehow with the help of two other photographers whom I met at the event only, I managed to get some place on the ground.It was tough to shoot from there but actually got the nice angel which I figured out later.

This was all fun part of the event but its not only Fun.These young people put there life on risk. every year several people give their life in the event. Lot of people and groups are raising voice to ban the event.At the same time villagers support it as their traditional sport.

I am agree with both the sides.Some people see it as a cruelty to Animal as sometime these bull are given Bhang and even nonVeg to charge them,Which is really bad. But at the same time if you keep away all the cruel part done to Bull It a traditional sport of Tamils. Putting ban on ages old tradition and culture is also not right as it is against human right and after all humans who got hurt at the end.

Well it is like argument on Non-Vegetarian food... We should not eat Non-Veg because they are living beings but then Human is a omnivorous species.If someone loves animals and don't want to eat them doesn't mean everyone should stop eating Nonveg...

Whatever will happen to this sport in Future. I loved to be the part of this event this year.The energy and excitement at the place was great.
Also this bike trip of arnd 1000KM broke all my previous record. First 425KM(10 hours) drive in a day while going & 530KM (13 hours) drive in a day while coming back and that too Alone.
for more pics of the trip please visit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/prasoonpics/sets/72157594488009323/

006 - A Beautiful year...

Thank God for such a beautiful Year.... It was not very eventful year for my career and profession like last year but at personal front it was a great year....

Lot of dreams completed... Lots of unforgettable trips... Lots of love from everybody

what else one need from life....?

Thanx to my Parents,SISs,Friends for giving me your love,having trust on me and sharing many beautiful moments with me... I hope new year has much more for me to explore... so keep going keep clicking....

Have a wonderful New year 2007...........

Chikmagalur..It's all abt sipping coffee,Enjoying weather

Christmas weekend came finally ... and we are planning for this weekEnd for last one month.. with so many options in mind and no booking available..... Dandeli,Devbagh,Goa,Gokarna and many other ideas came to enjoy Christmas vacation. After making lot of google searches (love u google) and phonecalls I found one homestay in Chikmagalur but only for a night.... well we decided to go and find out abt the place...Our bikes roared early morning on Saturday 23rd,2007 and we were on the road to chikmagalur....Road was awsum to the destination.

homestay - I was worried about the homestay we booked because I didnt find much information abt it on the net but when we saw it we liked it immidiately.Rooms were neat and clean and it was inside a coffee estate.hosts were very nice and Food was Excellent.. we could stay there just for food...Mr Ansar, Owner of homestay is very frindly person we enjoyed his company and he told us lot of things abt the place etc... we were planning to go to kudremukh but he told us that Kudremukh is sealed now because of Naxal activities so we changed the plan and decided to visit mulyanagiri first day and Hebbe falls,kemmangundi next day.
two days in Chikmagalur were full of beautiful sunsets,Gr8 views,tiring walks,Chilled nights and unforgottable drives on curvy roads...... Will come back Chikmagalur.

While coming back we stoppd at Chennakesava temple at Belur.One more beautiful treat to eyes which cant be captured in Camera.

Bike Trips Till Now

While making plan for my next Bike trip on Christmas.. just thought of compiling all my old trip.. :
1) Bangalore - Nagarhole
Who all - with Abhishek.. just two of us.
Date - 14th to 16th April 2006
Route taken - Bangalore -> Mysore -> Nagarhole -> Dubare -> SriRangPattanam ->
Bangalore.
Places visited - Nagarhole national park,Golden Temple (Buddhist monestry ), NisargaDhama,Harangi Dam,Dubare Elephant Camp
Total Distance - arnd 600KM

Most Memorable thing of this trip was Spending night in tent on the beautiful River Bank at Dubare elephant camp. And ya You can't take two wheelers to Nagarhole Forest .had to face soem problem because of it:-)

2) Bangalore - Madumalai - Ooty
Who all - with some frnds
Date - Dont remember exactly.. will update later
Route taken - Bangalore -> Mysore -> Bandipur -> Madumalai -> Ooty -> Bangalore Places visited - Madumalai national Park,Ooty,Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary.
Total Distance - arnd 650KM

3) Bangalore - Hampi
Who all - with Raj
Date - 30th Sep to 2nd Oct 2006
Route taken - Bangalore -> Tunkur -> Chitradurga -> Hospet -> Bangalore
Places visited - Chitradurga Fort, Hampi.
Total Distance - arnd 800KM

Hampi is Lovely place. heaven for photography . Road is awsum other then stretch Near hospet.

4) Bangalore - Maidanhalli
Who all - with Raj and Abhishek Jaiswal
Date - 2nd Sep 2006
Route taken - Bangalore -> Madhugiri -> Maidanhalli -> Madhugiri -> Tunkur -> bangalore
Places visited - Madhugiri Fort, Maidanhalli blackbuck Sanctuary.
Total Distance - arnd 250KM

Maidanhalli is very Nice place for blackbucks photography.It's a proposed blackbuck sanctuary.Though not very well managed ,It's still a nice place for wildlife photographers.You can easily see blackbucks here.


5) Bangalore - Waynad
Who all - with Raj, Abhishek Jaiswal & Deepinder
Date - Nov 4th and 5th 2006
Route taken - Bangalore -> Mysore -> Gundulpet -> sultan Battery -> Kalpetta -> Bangalore
Places visited - muthunga national Park, Edukal caves,waterfalls
Total Distance - arnd 750KM

Waynad is awsum place like any other in Kerala, full of greenery... I can call this trip THE WET TRIP as It was raining all the time on this trip and we were drenched all the time.Driving in rain with Greenery and forest everywhere was a wonderful experience.

Essay on Myself

This is ME. I like travelling.I have a bike.I also have a camera and a laptop.I'll tell you about them later. I have lots of friends. I can not count number of friends.My Dad works a lot. He is very nice . He is taller then me.I dont like that he is taller then me.I want to be taller. My Mom cooks nice food. I love the food mom cooks. She is also very nice. I have two sisters. They are also very nice. Both of my Sister are older then me. I am Youngest in my family. I sometimes Dont like it. But most of the time I love it. I am having a Big tummy. My tummy is growing every day. I eat a lot.

Now I shall tell you about my Bike. My Bike is very Good. I love my bike. It is of Blue Color. Blue is my favorite color.My bike has a button.I have to press the button to run it.But now button is not working.I have to Kick my bike to run it.It runs very fast.It also drinks a lot.Lots of Petrol.It takes me and My camera on long drive.It never gave any problem.It's name is Discover. It helps me in doing Discovery.
My Camera : I also Love my camera.It's very heavy.It is heavier then my old camera.But It takes very Nice photo.It's name is NikonD70s.I take my camera everywhere.It takes Big photos. It is very fast.It has light on the top of it.It has lots of Button.I like playing with those buttons.I can change It's lenses. I have two lenses. One lense take Wide picture.second lens can take picture from distance. I like both of them.
Me Laptop : My laptop is vary fast. It is not very heavy. It is of Black Color.It's name is Compaq.I see lot of photos on it. I can also see movies on it. It also plays nice song.I can Edit my photos on it.I can do Internet on it.I can check my mails and browse Flickr.It gets Hot Soon. I can not keep it on my Lap.but still I call it LAPTOP. It is very funny. But I love my LAPTOP.

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