A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: A Photoblog from India

Nathu-La, India-China Border, Sikkim

2007-01-21T09:17:00.000-08:00

The Gate on the Chinese Side, this is to be Used by the Traders

Tsomgo Lake (Also Known as Changu Lake) East Sikkim

2007-01-16T03:31:00.000-08:00

Lovely Windows in Pelling, Sikkim

2007-01-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

Some More Prayer Flags Near Pemayangste Monastrey, Sikkim

2007-01-12T06:22:00.000-08:00

Prayer Flags, Pelling, Sikkim, India

2007-01-10T08:38:00.000-08:00

Sunrise at Lachung (North Sikkim)

2007-01-06T09:44:00.000-08:00

Teesta River, Sikkim

2007-01-02T02:12:00.000-08:00

Teesta River as we were travelling to Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim

What Lies Beneath?

2006-12-22T01:39:00.000-08:00

Manali: India

2006-12-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

From some angles Manali can look peaceful and gree. But don't go by it solely. So many people visit it now that usually it gets too crowded.

Pictures from India Habitat Centre

2006-12-16T05:30:00.000-08:00

The India Habitat Centre: I went there to attend Global Voices Summit gvdelhi2006

And I ended up clicking up these flowers at the premises. I am going to write about gvdelhi2006 at my main blog.

I wish I could buy the whole flower shop!

2006-12-12T06:21:00.000-08:00

Roses at a flower shop, Noida

Yellow rose at the same shop, Noida

Wish I could buy the whole flower shop

Dusk at Nanital

2006-12-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

Nanital: Nani Lake

Silence, Shadow and Hills in a Pond!

2006-12-04T22:21:00.000-08:00

Khurpatal Lake, Uttranchal

The Most Scenic Bus Stand I have Ever Seen: Leh

2006-11-20T20:57:00.000-08:00

Python, Keoladev National Park, Bharatpur, India

2006-11-19T06:19:00.000-08:00

From the Backyard: The First Few Flowers

2006-11-13T06:24:00.000-08:00

From a Village in Uttranchal

2006-11-10T01:50:00.000-08:00

From the Taj Mahal Premises

2006-10-27T08:32:00.000-07:00

Agra Fort

2006-10-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

No Pints for Guessing :) It is the Minerate of the Taj Mahal

2006-10-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

Walk

2006-10-22T02:11:00.000-07:00

Mom and Son Running the Tea Stall in Rumbak, Ladakh

2006-10-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

Even More Flowers from Bangalore

2006-10-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

Some More Flowers

2006-10-14T00:43:00.000-07:00

Flowers from Bangalore

2006-10-08T01:49:00.000-07:00

Nanda Devi Peak, Uttranchal Himalayas, India

2006-09-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Hathi-Ghori Peaks, Uttranchal, India

2006-09-16T00:19:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers Once Again: Rododendrons

2006-09-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

Squirrel on the Red Fort Premises, Agra

2006-09-01T09:54:00.000-07:00

Flowers in My Lane

2006-08-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

Which one is better? I played around with the second image wereas the first one has only been cropped.

Lenovo, Cheesy Movie and the Crowds at Regal, CP, New Delhi

2006-08-27T01:04:00.000-07:00

Horse Life!

2006-08-24T20:44:00.000-07:00

The Ropeway to Auli, Uttranchal, India

2006-08-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

And our experience of Trekking through Kuari Pass.

Sometimes the Taj Mahal can Look Like This!

2006-07-23T01:43:00.000-07:00

The Glorious Sight (But without the tree cover for right hand side plliar Taj Mahal had braces on July 21, 2006, see below)

On July 21, 2006 one pillar of Taj had these braces.

I have Princess Diana and many other in front of Taj Mahal but I liked what I saw here, apart from the sticks in the hands of people in the hands of people handling the garden mowing activity.

Pretty Please! From the Backyard

2006-07-08T05:06:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-07-08T01:49:00.000-07:00

This one is for Flygirl!

2006-07-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

This one is for Flygirl. When I posted this picture of flowers on this incredible medow called Gurson Baghyal, she wanted to see a closeup of the white flowers. So here it goes, white with blue too.

Tailor Bird Weaves a Nest

2006-07-07T08:06:00.000-07:00

A Tailor start weaving a nest in the leaf of a potted plant. I followed its progress with a lot of curiosity.

Soon it became a proper nest, and even had a small egg in it. Try as I might it was too dark inside the nest and I could not capture the egg in a picture. I gave up, thinking I would try again, after all I go to office five days a week. So, today in the morning as I entered I looked for the nest, only to find that the particular leaf has vanished from the plant.

Mountain Flowers

2006-07-07T00:49:00.000-07:00

I wish I knew the names of the flowers above. I also wish I would not go too close to the object when taking pictures in the close up mode.

Flygirl that white flower closeup has to wait as the image is on my laptop and my nephews have captured my laptop these days, I can hardly put my hands on it.

Life is Like That!

2006-07-04T04:39:00.000-07:00

Picture Perfect

2006-07-03T01:02:00.000-07:00

Taken while trekking through Kuari Pass, Uttranchal Himalayas, this is one of my favorite pictures. It also got featured at the BBC (picture number 3).

The Grass Beneath Your Feet: Kuari Pass Trek, Uttranchal Himalayas

2006-07-01T06:40:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-26T04:37:00.000-07:00

A Guest in My Backyard

2006-06-25T02:51:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers: Beginning to Fade

2006-06-24T01:00:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers: Iris

2006-06-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-22T02:51:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers: Delphiniums

2006-06-21T00:57:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-20T02:13:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-18T12:53:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

Mountain Flowers

2006-06-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

For next few days, I would be posting the pictures of mountain flowers I took on my recent trek to Kuari Pass, Uttranchal Himalayas, India. My only criteria in calling them mountain flowers is that I found them on a mountain! I do not know the names of these flowers, so if you know and leave them in the comment section, I would be really thankful.

What a Picture!

2006-06-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

I was about to open the car door and go to office when I noticed this half transformed larva. Then instead of opening the car door I opened my camera! I am so pleased with the result.

Gulmohar Flowers

2006-05-28T03:17:00.000-07:00

Trying to Click a Bird's Nest: It was Perched at Quite an Impossible Angle of a Window

2006-05-19T02:29:00.000-07:00

Flower Fest from my Garden

2006-05-18T07:55:00.000-07:00

A Puppet Show!

2006-05-16T09:44:00.000-07:00

A Walk through the Paddy Fields: Har-Ki-Doon Trek, Uttranchal, India

2006-05-11T23:53:00.000-07:00

A Game of Cricket in Progress: Bharmour, Himanchal Pradesh, India

2006-05-09T04:26:00.000-07:00

Ice Blue or is it Some Other Color?

2006-04-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

Another One from Ladakh

2006-04-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

Another Kind of High Rise! Bharmour (Himanchal Pradesh, India)

2006-04-27T07:40:00.000-07:00

So many Oranges

2006-04-23T08:43:00.000-07:00

The Wedding Season!

2006-04-23T08:00:00.000-07:00

I do not mind the decorations but the loudspeakers blaring music at the night for the Indian wedding are just too much.

Roses in a Bunch

2006-04-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

Together!

2006-04-20T10:11:00.000-07:00

This one was taken at Best Western Country Club Resort, Manesar, India.

A Butterfly in my Garden

2006-04-16T07:10:00.000-07:00

Some Flowers and Mangoes for You!

2006-04-12T23:29:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken in The Radisson, New Delhi.

And this one in my kitchen!

On the Way to Ladakh: Leh-Manali Highway

2006-04-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

Sunday Daryaganj Book Market, New Delhi

2006-04-11T03:48:00.000-07:00

Shades of Blue? Or am I Color Blind?

2006-04-08T08:16:00.000-07:00

All Quite in Bharmour, Himanchal Pradesh, India

2006-03-31T22:20:00.000-08:00

Shades of Purple

2006-03-19T11:50:00.000-08:00

Some More Flowers

2006-03-13T02:12:00.000-08:00

A Grand Old Tree

2006-03-03T09:42:00.000-08:00

What do you Say?

2006-02-27T21:40:00.000-08:00

Colorful, isn't it?

Such a Beauty!

2006-02-25T23:42:00.000-08:00

Manali Leh Highway

2006-02-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

Hop along, Ladakh is one place that you should visit and travel one way at least by road.

Henna and Taj Mahal: Colorful Design on a Bus

2006-02-21T08:59:00.000-08:00

Spring is Around but Turning Fast to Summer

2006-02-20T20:31:00.000-08:00

Malls, Shops and Sidewalks, Noida, India

2006-02-17T23:05:00.000-08:00

Chaurasi Temple Complex in Bharmour, India

2006-02-10T23:42:00.000-08:00

View from the Manali-Leh Highway

2006-02-08T21:34:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken from a moving bus. A more detailed account of my journey (and more photos) of the Manali Leh road can be found here. The views are fabulous but the journey is oh so tiring.

Tower Bridge, London

2006-02-08T01:53:00.000-08:00

I didn't take this one, but it belongs to us, my husband took it on his trip to London.

2006-02-05T07:56:00.000-08:00

A Rose out of the Flowers my Sister brought for Me!

2006-02-05T01:17:00.000-08:00

Watermelon in My Backyard

2006-02-04T01:21:00.000-08:00

We have a small patch of land at the back of our house and many a times in summer after eating watermelons we would throw the seeds there! So I was pleasently surprised to see this growing out of it! It tasted sweet when we finally ate it.

Frozen Waterfall: On the Way to Mani Mahesh in December

2006-02-01T23:14:00.000-08:00

Mani Mahesh is a pilgrimage destination in Himanchal Pradesh, India. The season is in the summer months but we went in December and though we could only go halfway because after that the path was covered in snow. Our reward for going in December was this frozen waterfall.

Leh, The Capital of Ladakh, India

2006-01-30T23:02:00.000-08:00

Painted Storks at Keoladeo Bird Santuary, Bharatpur

2006-01-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

YHAI Campsite at Har-Ki-Doon

2006-01-25T07:49:00.000-08:00

Fabulous, isn't it?

The Evening Falls

2006-01-23T21:03:00.000-08:00

Rumbak, On the Way to markha Valley Trek, Ladakh, India

Charkha

2006-01-23T00:26:00.000-08:00

Found this charkha sitting in front of a village while walking from Bharmour to Hadsar.

Spices of India

2006-01-22T04:59:00.000-08:00

Spice Box

Colorful and Yummy!

2006-01-20T07:01:00.000-08:00

I was attending a conference today and this dish, placed on every table looked so colorful and bright!

These are Real

2006-01-16T03:55:00.000-08:00

My first few experiments with my digital camera was all around flowers and I was pleased as punch with this one. It looks quite unreal at full size, more like plastic flowers. But these beauties are no plastic.

Pangon Lake in Ladakh, India

2006-01-14T14:11:00.000-08:00

I finally decided to maintain a photo blog too. I have so many pictures and I can use only so much on my main blog Travel Tales from India.

So folks, this beauty is Pangon lake in Ladakh, India.