Amit Gupta

It has been now three days, and initial euphoria has died down. I feel this is a good time to write about my new possession a Nokia E63. 
There are three small stories behind my new mobile.
  – Deciding on the mobile
  – Moving from Touch screen to Keyboard based phone
  – Joy of learning
Deciding the mobile: This is the most difficult part of the complete process. My previous mobile, good old pal for close to 3 years was a Windows based iMate Jam (Now this model is discontinued). A …

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः । Om Bhur bhuva swaha
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं । Tat savitur Varenyam
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ Dhio yo nah Prachodayat
“O God, Thou art the giver of life, the remover of pain and sorrow, the bestower of happiness; O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Thy supreme sin-destroying light; may Thou guide our intellect in the in the right direction.” – Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
 
Why this post – God knows.

This election season all the non-pappu population on country got their figure marked and proved that common men (no offence to all the women out there) has the ultimate say in democracy.
 
Today is the day for generation next to go out get the mark. I am proud of my nephew (Kavya), he voted for the right choice – Polio Drops.
 
 
Kavya proudly showing his marked fingure
Thanks to the well-coordinated government campaign ‘Pulse Polio‘ to eradicate polio out of our country, there has been significant drop in the polio cases …

So folks let me take you thru the process of making a sinfully unhealthy but amazingly delicious Pizza.
 
Ingredients:
a) Pizza base
b) Cheese (Britannia)
c) Pizza Sauce (By Cremica)
d) Oregano and Chilly Flakes (Leftover from Domino’s blend perfectly)
Toppings:
a) Mushrooms
b) Fresh Paneer
c) Onions
d) Capsicum
e) Red Jalapeno (In Vinegar)
Other key requirement
a) Microwave
b) Electricity (Scarce in Gurgaon)
 
Step 1: Apply a thin coating of pizza sauce on the base.
Step 2: Put Sliced toppings of about 1/2 inch size and put them evenly on base.
Step 3: Now put the shredded Pizza Cheese and cover the pizza base evenly.
Step …

Rule of life from an email doing rounds (Claiming these are actually delivered in a high school speech by Bill Gates). Whatever they sound very realistic and the best is kept for the last.
 
Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!
 
Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
 
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you …

Day 6-8 Khadungla (Highest Motorable pass) , Chumatang (Hot water springs) , Monasteries (Hemis, Thiksey) & Leh Palace

Day 6: A bit of disappointment as snow blocked our way to Khardungla (18380ft above sea level). We waited for the snow to get clear at South Pulu 14 km from the top (K-top) for 2 hours but in vain. We got down to Leh and roam around in market. We had food at local café with some interesting menu items ‘SNAKES’. Fortunately for my wife it was only a spelling mistake.
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Day 3. We came across snow for the first time On the way to this beautiful and frozen Pangong Tso (or Pangong Lake; Tso: Ladakhi for lake). It is 120 Km long lake with one third of the lake falling into Indian territory and rest in China. The temperature was freezing cold literally and wind were blowing hard.

Our first stop was at the army post of Zingral @ 15500 ft. Few interesting things on the way (see images)

a) White house
b) Frozen drain
c) J & K Bank (Just …

So finally I got a well deserved break from the daily routine with a long pending family vaccation. My Wify always wanted to see some snow clad mountains and I wanted to go on some adventure holiday. And we discovered a perfect mix in the Land of Lamas-Leh.
I have done some goggling before packing our bags for the leh. Few useful tips based on suggestions and personal experiences:
a) Leh is on high altitude and really high So you are bound to suffer from high altitude sickness. The …

Oh man … It’s 25 years or Silver Jubilee of our first meeting. I still remember the day when you entered my life. We met at my school. You wore bright yellow with strokes of red. And on our very first date, I brought you to my home to meet mom (It wasn’t infatuation, I can say now). Mom actually likes you…
And It was love at first bite…I am mad about you till this date. I love all your makeover and well…most of the flavors. You remember you got me …

I have captured the mood swing of weather within a span of 20 min. Is this reflection of what we face in real life too. Everything seems to be going fine and then there are sudden storms, which seems never ending and devastating. But the nature show there is always a bright sunshine after dark clouds. And this keeps us moving in life….
 

Snow Balls
 
8:10 AM
     
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