My coorg trip!!!(small post only)

Hi , I had been to coorg on 11th and 12th or march.It was a great trip.The following were the places visited.As most of my posts so far have been big I am going to make a conscious effort to make this post a brief one. Places covered:
1.Namdroling Monastery Golden Temple, Koppa..
Its an extremely beautiful temple.Very oriental.U feel u r in china.
Built and maintained by tibetians.U can see a lot of monks here.

2.Abbey Falls:
Beautiful falls.Actually private property.But its open to public.
The roads in coorg.Bit narrow but smooth.Not much traffic anyway

3.Thala cauvery.

Although ppl go with much expectation like seeing a gushing spring
which is the starting point of cauvery, its merely like a small pond
(u can call it even a tank).
There is a small hillock nearby from where the view is wonderful.

4.A small krishna temple in mercara.
A simple temple built in kerala style in mercara,coorg's capital.
View of the road leading to thala cauvery

5.NagarHole National Park:(As u can see in the snap below)
Its a lion reserve.It is said to be the thickest forest in india.General tourists are allowed only on a prefunct visit on a 30 km long trail,which does not cover even 1-2% of the forested area.So we got to see only deers and monkeys.
the board with map.
an atrificial lake inside the park.
A deer in the grass is better than two in a cage ;-)

Some general snaps:
Road throughout are ike this.Covered on both sides with coffee.
Actual cofee plant.They have a very sweet aroma which is nowhere
near the aroma of coffee powder.

That was nearly it.It was a nice and enjoyable trip..

The stupid talk on radio on women's day..

Hi
Yesterday was women's day.Nothing special to me ofcourse.I did not wish even a single person.I remembered this only today:-(.. so nothing can be done anyways..But y day morning I heard a program in radiocity.It had a guest that day from an organisation called blackspot or something..It was a voluntary organisation against sexual harrasment , eve teasing etc etc against women.A woman(the founder of that org) came on that show and said that she used to abused at public places,roads busses etc.. She says she has taken photos of all perpetrators.She also said that its her way of opposing and standing upto all the ..Thats all fine..
She further said some points in response to some smses and calls from listeners that was very bad.I just could not accept it.One listener had said,some girls wear revealing dresses so only they are eve teased.She goes on air saying openly that women have the right to flaunt their sexuality.She went to the brazen level of saying "If i have a cleavage and want to expose it.. look beautiful.. its my choice.. its my defn of beauty.. It does not mean that people should stare at my breasts".. How bad right.. I felt very strongly against her comments.When u say who is the man staring at u to decide what u r wearing is right or wrong for u.. Who are u to decide what he is doing is right or wrong?? my argument is right is'nt it...
basically why do u have to dress attractively(maybe u feel that u look attractive only by dressing revealingly..thats ok..)?? For others to look at u , appreciate u or atleast notice u.But who are u to pick and choose peole who have to look at u?? If in a nightclub or disco the same girl is oogled at will she complain?? nope.. not really.. But she will complain if the perpetrator of the crime(thats what that stupid girl told.. crime ha ha..;-) )is a guy wearing a dirty lungi or a cleaner's uniform.. basically these people have a perception problem.. thats it..I really wonder how come radio city allowed thsi idiot to talk in this brazen a fashion,,
She went on to blabber "As a citizen women have rights to dress the way they want and be anywhere anytime.. there is no such thing called she just asked for it. whatever we do we should be treatesd with respect.."..So wrong.. has not she heard somewhere abt the saying be a roman in rome..U cant change ppl's mindset overnight or even in a year or two.. it will take many years..Say if a girl goes to a local cinema theatre dressed in minishorts and tank tops.. naturally she is asking for it.. the teasing i mean..cant she understand that the people that come there cannot understand or don have enough exposure to behave in a civilized manner to such a girl..So u need to dress for the occasion.. the decorum of the place u r going to,...If u don then be ready to face the taunting and don give a damn abt it... u cant be sensitive and at the same time do this sort of a thing and then complain..I hope u all agree with me..

Please give ur comments openly and freely on this issue..

I Played a traffic cop!!!

I moved out of office this wednesday at around 9.30(after my ususal round of snooker).Luckily I found and boarded a HAL bus which was returning empty via domlur.We were moving slowly and we had to stop at a signal(for bangalore conversant ppl its BTM Advaitha Petrol bunk signal).The time was only 10 PM and somehow the signal lights were blinking yellow(It means its the drivers discretion).
You should have seen the place to beleive me when i say the place was really really chaotic.U could see vehicles going in all possible directions and standing in all possible angles.It was total chaos.
Horns were blaring...
Drivers cursing..
Some Senior citizens holding tight to the steering wheel(dazed ofcourse)..
Vehicles millimeter apart..
Two wheelers nearly moving in slow motion under the Heavy vehicles..

Basically it was so so so unorganised and chaotic..

So I waited patiently hoping the choas would sort itself out.But nothing movcd an inch(not even a mm) for 10 min.. No police also.. People were so mean and self centered.Although they saw that the situation was so bleak and they just could not move,ppl just kept pushing.. inch by inch...corner by corner.. where can ppl go.. Finally I decided something needs to be done..
So i stepped out of the cozy comforts of the bus and stood there in the middle of the road and painstakingly started the task of clearing the traffic.People were so rude selfish and nearly abusive in response to any suggestions to back off to clear traffic.(Ofcourse i was there for the selfish reason of going home soon only.. but i guess thats not too selfish ;-))..I got a comrade in the form of a BMTC conductor.He had a whistle too ..Which gave a semblance of officialness to our efforts..
Slowly but surely we got the traffic going.We first diverted incoming traffic to the junction thro some byroads.Then asked a few stategically ill manouvered vehicles to back off.. No one budged till all ppl around started shouting.. Then finally got into my bus which was the first to leave the jam behind..God only knows how the rest of the traffic cleared.Then talked to the HAL bus driver in hindi tamil and english abt the jam and irresponsible people.From his reaction i could guess he knew only kannada.But human emotions were exchanged.Our minds spoke.So no language was required(Seems very romantic right ;-))..We chatted on till domlur abt lots of public issues like road,traffic,water,pollution,deforestation etc.. That too with no common language or translator between us.But this feat was easier than clearing the traffic..:-)