The birds...

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 9/9/2012 5:41:00 PM

'  Five months have passed and we are now pretty comfortable with quiet atmosphere of the new place. We never see people quite often and we didn't need the ceiling fan even in the recent hot summer. As no other family was arrived to reside in our building, initially we were feeling lonely. But one morning, when I was sitting in our small terrace, I found lots of guests on the nearby trees and around our building. Yes, there were sparrows, parrots, crows, pigeons, occas(...)'

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Seasons!!

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 6/8/2012 9:22:00 AM

'"Which season is the best to visit that place?" Does this question sounds familiar to you? I think yes, you must have heard this typical question frequently, especially when somebody is packing his/her baggage for a journey. Most of us follow this practice, by finding out the best season and then plan a journey which allows you to uninterrupted access everywhere.    But I believe every season has it's own beauty, whether it may be  a coldest winter of Siberia goi(...)'

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Looking back...

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 5/23/2012 9:19:00 AM

'     Almost a year will pass since we shifted from our old house. The house which was bought by my parents, the house where I was born, the house where I spent my childhood and my teenage, the house where I was married and the house where I spent all the 30 years of my life. It was my idea to look for a new bigger house, I had to convenience my parents and wife for almost six months and then finally all of them agreed. One of my friend had suggested a spacious and wel(...)'

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Returning from hibernation

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 5/16/2012 8:12:00 AM

'  Finally, its almost more than four months I am back, back to blogging. I was afraid initially, whether I will able write very soon here or else my blog will be forgotten forever, by me first and then by my readers. But at last  I am back from hibernation to give a fresh start.     The month of January gave me the most exciting gift I ever had in my life, my wife delivered a baby girl on 24 th. The feeling of fatherhood offered me proud, happiness and&(...)'

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My days in Japan: V

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 12/27/2011 8:58:00 AM

'As the days passed I adjusted myself to the Japanese way of life, the life that was counting each and every second, the life which consisted workaholic weekdays and sometimes weekends too. For first few days I was struggling with my jet lag, I was not used to sleep till 1:30 in the night but very soon I was out of that state. I became confident to go out on my own, to get the monthly pass for my train route from ticket vending machine, to change the trains as per rout(...)'

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My days in Japan: IV

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 12/5/2011 5:16:00 AM

'   One of my room partner woke me up in a few minutes and told me to get ready. I resisted in sharp voice, "do you go to the office at 4 in the morning"?. "No", my friend replied. "Please have a look at your wrist watch, if at all it is set according to Japan Standard Time". I looked into my watch, it was 7:15 in the morning, so I was sleeping for whole four hours and I was feeling like I had just reached the apartment few minutes ago from my journey all the way from Mumba(...)'

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My days in Japan: III

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 12/1/2011 6:32:00 PM

' It was late in the night according to local time when our flight landed on Narita airport. We were standing in the queue for immigration. "We are almost 2 hours late", my friend muttered. I saw in wall clock it was showing 11:30. "Now at least two hours to reach the apartment at Rokugoudote", I said to myself, a distance of approximately 65 kilo-meters. I was worried about the mode of transport, I was totally unaware of the fact that the taxi which was supposed to pick up(...)'

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My days in Japan : II

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 11/30/2011 3:32:00 AM

' On our journey to Mumbai international airport we found out that my and one of my colleague who initially missed our van had a ticket of same airline but the guy who boarded the van at the end was having a ticket of different airline. He became nervous as he was going to travel entire journey from Mumbai to Tokyo all alone and for the first time.    We reached Mumbai international airport six in the evening. After getting inside we immediately checked in our lug(...)'

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My days in Japan : I

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 11/24/2011 7:02:00 AM

'   Sometime your silent, straightforward life takes sudden turn, it changes drastically, you don't get time to prepare yourself  to face the new era of your life. In a same way, my life took a sharp turn in 2006, I was switching my job to company having customers in Japan. I joined the company office based in Pune. The induction and other formalities took place and my life in the new company started. I was happy and first few days passed in that happiness. B(...)'

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Visiting the eastern frontiers III

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 11/14/2011 5:43:00 PM

'Gangtok:- Capital of Indian state of Sikkim, located among the long ranges of Himalayas and on the eastern edge of the country. When we were entering into Sikkim, a routine check was performed and we were allowed the entry into the state. Our taxi was changed, we were given local taxi and a local driver according to a law of state transport authority. Due to clean roads, disciplined traffic and cool weather, Gangtok looked like an European city in appearance. Our stay was for three (...)'

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Other side of the story.......

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 11/7/2011 6:31:00 PM

'   It's just other side of the story, the story of corruption, the practice of accepting and offering the bribes and the complete failure in destroying this ever growing monster. I had written an article in this blog few months back regarding Mr. Anna Hazare's movement and the huge support he received, still receiving and how the things have started changing.  I was happy to see that somebody is there who is honest and is ready to fight till his last br(...)'

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Visiting the eastern frontiers II

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 10/29/2011 3:42:00 PM

'   Kalimpong:-       We were not feeling like to leave Darjeeling, but our driver come guide suggested us that if you stay here another few days then you will get bored so better pack your bags so that we can move ahead to Kalimpong. We packed our bags obediently and started for our destination.  Frankly speaking before planning our tour, I wasn't aware of the name of this town. I was not willing to include that town in our list but it was the(...)'

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Shades of Sun

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 10/17/2011 6:13:00 PM

'   It was Sunday evening, the weekend was coming to end. I was sitting in front of Television set watching those usual boring  programs. I was feeling like to go out for evening walk but my laziness prevented me from doing any action. I spent few minutes lying on the sofa pretending to watch the Television program. Then my wife who called me, she was doing something in the terrace of our flat. I was irritated, my laziness protested to move and I respected it promptly.(...)'

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Visiting the eastern frontiers I

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 10/9/2011 6:26:00 AM

'The year was 2008, I was getting married and me and my wife were searching for honeymoon destination. We wanted some unique place to visit, with moderate weather and with a little bit different cultural flavor. The month was March, hot and humid Summer was about to start so we had a very few options in our hands. Goa and Kerala were out of question because of the humid weather, Uttarakhand was not accessible due to harsh weather, Himachal Pradesh was so common and we had plans to vi(...)'

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The Camera Story...

Author : Subodh S Deshpande      Blog : Wandering with passion      Date : 10/5/2011 10:11:00 AM

'   Visiting new places also comes with the requirement of capturing photographs with some good camera, not necessarily with digital SLR but at least with digital camera of few mega pixels and considerable optical zoom.  I have a digital camera of 8 mega pixels and 3X optical zoom. I bought that in 2006 when I was in Japan. I was satisfied with the quality of the images I captured with it and I had no intention of replacing it in near future. During my stay in USA my f(...)'

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