Taken during weekend ride to TG halli Dam - Manchanabele dam - Big banyan tree.

I know its local name in Kannada. We call it as 'Deva kanigale'.Help me find its scientific name, please...

Gotcha, it's Scientific Name is "Plumeria acutifolia" and belongs to "Apocynaceae" family. aka Temple tree.

(Thanks for the info Siri)

Labels: Flowers

Random snap, originally uploaded by Prashanth Manikya.

A random lazy pic. It was drizziling when I visited this place Kodyadka near Moodabidri, west of Karnataka. While trying to protect camera from rain, got this (stupid) idea :p

Here comes another chapter. Along with my usual scribbles and payaniga, just started blogging in Metrobloggong Bangalore.

Here is my profile and my first post on Helmets.

Drop in whenever you are free and comment on the posts... :)

Labels: Blogs

Taking a break during our ascent @ Shivagange

A series of bomb blasts have rocked Bombay/Mumbai again. Close to 180 people dead and 460 injured during the blasts. This is the worst bomb blasts Mumbaikars have seen after 1993 blasts.

Few months back, I met a friend, T V Srinivas, who is staying in Mumbai for more than 16 years. While we were talking he said - "All these blasts, heavy rain, floods are daily part of Mumbaikars. Very next day people start their day as if nothing happened yesterday."

And as usual Mumbai is returning back to its normalcy. And a group blog Mumbai Help is trying its best to help the victims and the affected.

Photo courtesy BBC

But, what I don't understand is why on earth these media have to show all those bloodstained photos and videos. Just for the heck of publicity. Just to make a name in the media world.

One appeal in media -- Spread the news, but not through those horror videoclips/photos.

And another appeal in terrorists - Don't be coward and kill innnocents. Come out and fight with us.

May the souls rest in peace.

View from quite, cool corner of stone mantapa @ Shivagange -- Except for the sound of wind, it was dead silent.

One can sit for days without anyone pestering you.

Was down with viral fever for a week... Back to office after five days, still clearing of another remaining 60+ mails...

Missed those bloody soccer matches... Pity that France lost the game. I wanted to see Zizou return home and retire gloriously, but someone has to lose :(

Well done Azzuris...

NH 48 enRoute to Mangalore, originally uploaded by Santosh Mg.

They are cutting down the trees in NH 48 (Bangalore-Mangalore), to convert existing 2 lane to a 4 lane road. First it was NH 4 (Bangalore-Tumkur stretch). Now NH 48.

Sigh!!, there will be no more greenery and shade in this stretch.