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Miniature Railway Museum
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 27 May 2012
My fascination with model railways goes back a long way. From the time I read in books about people setting up their own model railways in their lofts to when I grew older and heard of actual miniature villages with working models of trains running through them. Unfortunately, the nearest I could get to a miniature train was one going round and round in a track.
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More birds from Sewri
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 23 April 2012
In my earlier post, I wrote about the flamingos we saw at Sewri. They are, after all, the main reason people flock to Sewri these days at low tide! However, there are also scores of other birds which arrive at Sewri for the insects which populate the mud flats. This post is about some of them...
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Flamingos at Sewri
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 21 April 2012
I usually look forward to the weekend events conducted by the BNHS, but of late, I had been missing out on a lot of interesting ones. It had been over a year since we had joined them for a Flamingo Watch, and with my new camera, it was more than just a little tempting! However, with all the hectic events planned for our weekend, I wasn't sure if Samhith would be up and ready so early in the morning. However, it is only for school that I have to shake him awake.
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Skywatch Friday - Sunset over the Mumbai Skyline
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 13 April 2012
Summer is here, and Mumbai is sweltering hot! This is not really the best time to travel, for its hot everywhere, but this does not seem to stop us from travelling!! I just returned from two short trips - a week long trip to Gujarat, where we visited Somnath, Junagadh and Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, and another shorter break to Alibag. There is lots I have to write about, and hopefully I shall get started soon.... Meanwhile, another good news is that I have finally upgraded my camera!!! I am now the proud owner of Nikon P510!!
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Rajabai Tower
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 10 January 2012
As a student of Mumbai University, I always regretted the fact that I never had to visit the beautiful campus at Fort, commuting to the Kalina campus instead. Every time I was in town, I walked along the Fort Campus, looking up at the clock tower, slowing down to take a closer look at the convocation hall.
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Books Travellers Read in Mumbai Locals – Part IV
Blog: Windy Skies - 10 December 2011
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Ganpati Bappa Morya! Pudchya Varshi Laukar Yaa!
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 11 September 2011
Those are the words which resound through the air as we bid goodbye to the Lord. Literally, they would translate to 'Glory to the Lord! Come again soon next year', but to the devotees who bid goodbye to the Lord with these words, it means so much more.
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One Last Ganpati Before Its Time to Bid Him Goodbye!
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 10 September 2011
Tomorrow, we bid goodbye to Ganesha, and have to wait for one full year before he arrives again. I have taken you along as I visited Ganeshas all over Mumbai, and there is just enough time to share with you the last one for this year........ This one is the one in our colony - the Chedda Nagar Ganpati. The decoration features the one person who is probably the most popular this year - Anna Hazare!
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A Collaborative Post on Ganesh Chaturthi
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 9 September 2011
A festival is all about getting together, and what symbolizes it more than the Ganesh Chaturthi which brings together the most disparate of Indians? On the 9th day of the festival, as the Lord readies to go back to his abode, Arti from My Yatra Diary has managed to get together 4 of us bloggers to write our own versions of the way we celebrate the festival.
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Visiting the Matunga Ganpatis
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 8 September 2011
Matunga is a place closely associated with South Indians living in Mumbai. I remember braving the train crowds as a child, visiting Matunga to see the Ganpatis, and especially the serial lights strung up all along the roads. I was then brought here by my uncle. Later, as I studied at Ruia College, I no longer needed anyone to accompany me. The ten days of the festival used to be busy ones for me, as I explored every lane looking for some interesting Ganeshas or at least some interesting decorations.
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A Few More Interesting Ganeshas
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 7 September 2011
Now that our own Ganesha has left, we have time to go and see a few more Ganeshas around us.... Here are a couple of interesting ones we came across.... This one was Krishna-style, with a flute and Gopis in attendance.....
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Ganesh Chaturthi 2011 - The Festival begins!
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 1 September 2011
This blog has been selected by Blogadda for the week's Spicy Saturday Picks, 3rd September, 2011! Click on the image or the link above to see the other wonderful posts on the list!
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A Festival I hadn't heard of!
Blog: A Wandering Mind - 26 August 2011
Considering how much I enjoy festivals, and coming from a family obsessed with celebrating not just our own, but every festival we come across, I had thought myself to be fairly well up to the mark when it came to knowledge of festivals celebrated in India.... at least those celebrated in the parts I come from and where I live! It just goes to show you how much I know when I came across a completely new festival today... in the market of all places!
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Prem Utsav 2011 - Munshi Premchand Theatre Festival at Sathaye College
Blog: Windy Skies - 27 July 2011
