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A dream called Goa – Part 1
Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: February 15, 2009
- In: Featured | General | Travel
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As the Madras-Vasco Express that runs through Bangalore stops at the Castle Rock railway station late in the morning, you can get ready for some exciting and fun-filled mountain journey. After this station, you enter a fascinating dream called Goa, which you will know as the train starts its ascent through chains and chains of [...]
Photography and me
Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: October 6, 2008
- In: Experience | Featured | General | Headline | Photography
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I had been interested in photography ever since my school days, though I could never afford myself a camera. Thanks to my dad, I got to handle some simple old cameras, which helped me learn the basics of photography and framing. Though I was too clumsy when in school, soon I learned to make nice [...]
A trip to Somnathpura, Talakad and Shivanasamudram
Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: September 27, 2008
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It was me behind the driver’s wheel, and three of my friends – Karthik, Vinoth and Rahul, in my Santro, we started the one-day trip to visit Somnathpura, Talakad and Shivanasamudram. The planner in me had made all plans previously. We would head straight to Somnathpura, from there, would take the road to Talakad and [...]
ஒகேனக்கல் – ஒரு இனிய அனுபவம்
Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: September 13, 2008
கன்னடத்தில் “ஹொகே” என்பது புகை. உயரமான அருவியிலிருந்துப் பொழிகிற தண்ணீர் நம் மீது புகை போல் படர்ந்து, நம் நிழற்படக் கருவியையும் ஒரு கை பார்க்கிற போது தான் இந்தப் புகையின் தாக்கம் நமக்கு நன்றாகப் புலனாகிறது. ‘ஒகேனக்கல்’ என்பது ‘புகைக்கிற கல்’ என்று சொல்லலாம். கன்னடம், தமிழ் என்று இரண்டு கலாச்சாரங்களில் கலந்த என் போன்ற, ரஜினிகாந்த் போன்றவர்களை அவ்வப்போது தர்ம சங்கடமான சூழ்நிலைக்குத் தள்ளிவிடுகிற இந்த ஒகேனக்கல்லில் அப்படி என்னத்தான் இருக்கிறது என்று பார்க்கலாம் [...]
A Mughalai Evening at Minar
Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: December 24, 2006
- In: Chennai | Featured | Food and Dining | General
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Mughals should have been Kitchen Kilaadis. The subtle and bewitchingly delicate taste of the Mughalai cuisine takes you on wings under the skies. And that too, when you are on the eleventh floor, looking down at the beautifully lit landscape of Chennai, basking in the aroma of the Mughalai biryani, anything terrestrial will have to [...]
