Durga Puja - Bhubaneswar

Well after the sudden orders from the institute to retreat back to our homes, I was given the opportunity to enjoy the puja back at home after 3-4 years.
Well lemme give you a glimpse of the celebration here at Bhubaneswar. [1 thing : the pics were taken by a normal VGA Camera :(]



Although simple, this was one of the best works. Odisha is famous for this pandels. No doubt !


One huge masterpiece. The best part of this pandal is the tribal playing dhols and flutes at the gate.


The tribals playing the instruments making the surrounding even more festive.


This is another huge one @ Nayapalli. Hats off to the people who dared make it this huge.


This is the best one, entirely made out of floor mats. These people can be real imaginative.


A closeup of the entrance. This is all I could manage in the push and pull of the crowd.

Apart from all these there were a large number of pandals which we couldnt cover due to time constraints. Another thing which I should highlight is the melas rather the village fairs which were adjacent to the pandals. They added to the festive mood. [ I could not take pictures of them due to the VGA Cam :( ]

Neways it was fun out here watching all this. Although, I do miss the celebration back at my college. We had planned a lot for this time puja but the attack of jaundice back in our college forced us all to leave. I miss the joy of organising and being an integral part of the Puja

Indian Railways change .... please

Well a very crude idea that i came up with during my recent nightmare with my travel in the general compartment of Indian railways from Vasco in Goa to Bhubaneswar in Odisha. No doubt there were thoughts about time travel and teleportation during the painful travel, I would like the following ideas to be highlighted, which can be implemented.

• The body of the train should be changed to something lighter and tougher which would increase the speeds manifold
  
• The number of general tickets should not exceed the number of available seats. It becomes a musical chair circus in the other case.
• The general compartments should be properly cleaned and the supply of water should be ensured.
• Further the introduction of aerodynamic structure which would decrease the weight of the train on rails should be implemented. (this appealed the most to me)
• Lastly it should be awesome :P (really don't know how

Nevertheless i enjoyed my first long distance (nearly 36 hrs) journey in a general compartment of a pantry-less Amaravati Express....

I will soon be posting some of the pictures which i took....