Finally back from " the wild" where after a long time I was cut from the " real" world, no blackberry no laptops, internet, just me and my camera. Pretty awesome to say the least.
Did quite a bit, drove into nepal through the thick forests of champaran, went tiger spotting at night, managed to see a panther and a herd of deer.
Also got some decent shots I hope.. Though I regret not getting any shots of the panther or the deer, thanks to the driver, who had me fallen over after the spotter asked him to stop! Even managed to cut my chin. Fun fun fun
More later

Anyways heading into the deep forests of west Champaner,not sure if the blackberry will work there, let's hope it does

It had to happen while I was away, at last zara gave birth to supposedly 3 beautiful zuppies. I am rather sad that I wasn't there with her, but then again this trip could not be delayed.

Little dots that jot the sky, cool mist that sweeps through your hair, the coal burning at your feet, the huge red haveli with its few inhabitants, the only sound you hear is of the distant rumbling of the train finding it meandering way to the city.
All Bliss

Do you know what the hobbits said when they set out to destroy the ring? " I have never been this far away from home".
Being here so far away from what they call our urban mundane existence I can literally say the same.

Entering west champaran, after almost being run over by a train, wohoo!!

Seven hours, two hunderd kms and am in the heart of rural india. Its surreal and devooid of the urban reality we are used to.

Seven hours, two hunderd kms and am in the heart of rural india. Its surreal and devooid of the urban reality we are used to.

So driving through the anals of bihar with a driver who can't stop honking and who is rather nervous about the fact that I am a serial clicker and has warned me to abstain from takiing pictures of the police and police check posts. What a bummer I say !!

Sitting so far away from reality I can't help but think of dr sen, someone who I had reprented in court, who was convicted of treason and awarded a life sentence, all while fuickers who are raping our country walk free.

Being here is like living the 80's all over again

Its going to be long week without the laptop and the internet. Guess shall have to make do with the blackberry

Finally out of delhi, crazy fog slowly spread its tentacles while I caught the only flight out. So here I am in the distant east and soon to be heading into the villages and the mountains

31 and how...

There is nothing more shocking than seeing your Bahadur dry you socks on your brand new imac!!!!
Cannot get over it.

A new way of getting high - chewing on Sichuan Peppers-
 Sichuan pepper has a unique aroma and flavour that is not hot or pungent like black or white pepper, or chili peppers. Instead, it has slight lemony overtones and creates a tingly numbness in the mouth (caused by its 3% of hydroxy-alpha-sanshool) that sets the stage for hot spices. According to Harold McGee in On Food and Cooking, second edition, p429 they are not simply pungent; "they produce a strange tingling, buzzing, numbing sensation that is something like the effect of carbonated drinks or of a mild electrical current (touching the terminals of a nine-volt battery to the tongue). Sanshools appear to act on several different kinds of nerve endings at once to induce sensitivity to touch and cold in nerves that are ordinarily nonsensitive. So theoretically may cause a kind of general neurological confusion."

Do Onions have the power to bring this overtly corrupt, totally defunct, and utterly useless government Down? Onion Power Go Get IT!!

Have been hooked onto the OST of 127 hours since yesterday, especially the track titled 'the funeral' by band of horses, cannot wait to watch this movie.

Just occurred to me, that the countdown for the 'end of world' entered its last two years yesterday. Not sure if i need to start building my bunker just yet? Tick tock.. tick tock tic..

 A Night out in Delhi