Curious Tourist

The Pulse of Delhi Metro Red Line Of The Delhi Metro I am always happy to board the Delhi Metro whenever I need to travel within Delhi. The impeccable and unmatched comfort coupled with an incredible frequency of trains is a compelling reason for my loyalty to this ingenious mode of transport. Most of the times, I am busy listening to some foot tapping music on the radio. There are times when I am in the middle of an intriguing crossword puzzle or an unputdownable novel, so I carry my activities on board the Metro, immune as I am to the bedlam created by frenzied commuters. Nobody can now stop me from doing what I want to do while I am travelling in the Metro, not the cacophonous cry of a baby near me and not even the boisterous laughter of school and college teens standing over my head.  Even when I am busy doing my studies, I do occasionally get up to make way for old men and women and a few others who are in want of a seat more than I do. They bless me and I feel happy an

The Lost Planes Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 The mystery of flight 447 that crashed in 2009 was solved after a few months while the mystery surrounding flight MH 370­­­­­ continues to deepen every moment..... The disappearance of Malaysian airlines flight MH 370 over the South China Sea, a few kilometres off the coast of Kota Bharu, is undoubtedly a throwback to the mysterious crash of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic Ocean. Flight 447 was a long haul flight bound to Paris from Rio De Janeiro. Once the plane got out of the range of the Brazilian Air Traffic Controller (ATC), it was flying above the ocean with the nearest radar of the European ATC still some hundred miles away. It was flying with no navigational help from any ATC which is quite normal for any transatlantic flight. A few hours passed by and when the plane didn’t appear on the radar of the European ATC as per its schedule, a multinational search for the lost plane was under way much like

No Room To Study? Madhav was sitting on a sidewalk with his books scattered all around him as he read under the dim light from an overhead lamp post that fell on the pale and dull pages of his textbook. It was midnight and many people of the city were already in their bed enveloped under the comfort of a blanket on a freezing night. Madhav on the other hand was content to have a thin towel instead of a woollen blanket which he wrapped tightly around himself to get some warmth in order to continue his studies for a few more hours. He had a test the next morning and he was not yet fully confident about his preparation. Taking advantage of the calmness and quietude of the deserted street, he continued for another one hour before he began to assemble his books and stationery from the footpath. Once he was done packing, he began a long walk back to his dark and decrepit  ghettos where there were no roads, no light and no happiness. No sooner had he entered his chamber than his father

She still lives I was 20 when I received the fabulous news that my grandma was coming over to stay with us for a few months. Even when I was little, she used to visit us frequently, which made me really excited as a kid. In anticipation of her visit, I began jumping with joy even as I enquired about the exact date of her visit from my Mom. I had to ask for the date so that I could tweak my schedule a bit and bring her home myself. I grew up from a little kindergarten boy to become a more responsible and mature college guy but the passage of time couldn't bring about any visible changes in Nani. Her beauty and grace remained intact as if time had frozen for her. Her vibrant and vivacious image belied her age. She still looked as pretty as she had looked some fifteen years ago. When I was a kid, she read me bedtime stories from children’s books. Her soothing voice and warm touch of her hand on my forehead worked better than any other sedative in the world and made me fall i

At last, The Sun Shines It was a busy Monday morning and people of Delhi were all gearing up for yet another hectic week ahead of them. It was eight in the morning and many people had already left their homes to reach their offices on time. Few loved what they did but they had to do it to make both ends meet. In a city where educated people were losing their jobs as easily and quickly as bacteria multiplying in a petri dish, it was not a bad idea to continue doing what they detested and disliked as long as they were paid for it. People started to queue up at the Rajiv Chowk Station- the busiest Metro station in Delhi- all frustrated and in a hurry. All the local commuters had travel cards which made their transit faster provided they had some amount in the card. A few travellers realized they were short on funds and quickly queued up at another counter where a young girl was deftly reimbursing the cards. The girl’s name was Sanjana who had been working with Delhi Metro for tw

Ultimate predators of the dark- Owls A carcass is left rotting as the Hooded Vulture looks on An acrobatic Ring Tailed Lemur Blood thirsty Piranhas A White Spotted Jellyfish A Japanese Jellyfish Jewels and wonders of the sea bed Clown Anemonefish living in corals A Snowy Owl relaxing on a branch Now on a cold rock A cute Wallaby lazing in the Australian outback An Indian Gharial lying as still as a rock Crab Eating Macaques probably in search of some crabs Giants of the Mekong River  Giraffes having their peaceful meal from the tree tops A Squirrel Monkey looking at the intruder  Now probably looking for his sibling Giant River Otters of the Amazon Now that's his face A terrifying Electric Fish A Living Fossil- Snapping Turtle An Emu doing some stretching under the sun A family of White Rhinos

Dwellers of Antarctica- King Penguin and others A Stork having a quiet meal Pelicans lazing in the tropical sun Great Cormorants and Swans Rainbow Parrots showing off their colorful plumage  A proud congregation of the Greater Pink Flamingos An amazing Amazon Parrot A White-Faced Saki Monkey A Brown Lemur An adorable and meek Greater Mousedeer Black and White Colobus Monkeys Patas Monkeys A Brown Capuchin Monkey Douc Langurs Inhabitants of the Arctic- Raccoon Dogs  The first "Tropical" Polar Bear named Inuka Spectacular Inuka going for his prey Bornean Orangutans busy having their meal Not from the south pole-African Penguins An exotic fresh water turtle- Alligator Snapping Turtle A Mississippi Paddlefish An African Dwarf Crocodile A nasty Tigerfish Mekong Giant Catfish A beautiful Giant Freshwater Stingray Big birds of the wetlands-Lesser Adjutant