Clay in May

Think of clay and the first thing that you tennis freaks should get to mind is Roland Garros. Non-tennis freaks can drown yourself down the kitchen sink. So French Open is on and my idiot box is on till 11 pm in the night. If you are not interested to watch the match, then you've atleast got to see the scantily clad women in bright costumes. That should actually help in fulfilling your 5 minute night activity. You cheap people cannot get any cheaper than this.


Sometimes the things that you don't like first up will eventually liked by you. In my case IPL-2 more so the team that I backed, Deccan Chargers, won a thrilling contest in the recently concluded finals. Now it is French Open in progress. After this T20 World Cup. Immediately after that I've got Wimbledon. So my schedule is pretty packed up with the Tv.

If you want to have a news here it is from me. Okay, not marriage. Not first night atleast. I am going to gym. How boring? Not to me though. It's been two weeks since I joined and I am surprised that I am getting up at 6:30 regularly. My friend has already given tips over the mail and I am following it too. Sometimes when things hit on your face, they hit like a tonn of bricks. And then you are into that, self-realization mode.

For once, if you want to see a different Biography of mine then what you see in this stupid blog, you can find it in Bleacher Report here. You can also get to see my out-of-the-keyboard creative work there. Throw the brickbats there and I will send you the blind eye bat to pin you down. Get rich or die Pj'ing.

You already know that my other obsession is girls. Yours too. You said it and I did not say it. Acting like a saint in front of me would only result in me dishing your face with a grease paint. So that chicks, couple of whom are freaking hot, does work out in our gym. They are looking at me too. Boy, I .......ok I leave it at that.


My desperation for still not getting married resulted in this pic

Never has tummy reduction for ladies has become such a global campaign ever since I started staring at them. They work for an hour and do exercises on the floor. That would help you control the Bridgestone tyres that you have developed over the years on your waist. It will be tough intially, but you will atleast have a check over it than seeing them constantly bulging. My roommate who was unable to touch the feet by keeping the knees straight, before hitting the gym, is about striking distance now after those exercises.

This stupid blog has been attracting lot of visitors specifically for that Jim Corbett post. So now I see, it is not easy to attract visitors to any site. It should have a proper content which is not clearly found in other sites and then you are flooded. Visitors, ads, raving chicks and spam.

Unforced errors

1. Some rival sikh groups clashed in Austria for a reason and our nutheads here are causing a riot.
2. You can only change your location but not your mind.
3. Tamira Paszek who was not projected by her marketing team properly. She is a better chick—a huge bomb infact—than Bethanie Mattek.
4. One can miss tennis matches in that day for lack of big names but cannot miss watching Russian players on any day.
5. Gilchrist was very ecstatic after Deccan Chargers won IPL this year. He never celebrated like this even when he donned a baggy green for Australia.
6. Just because you've got nothing to do does not mean, banging your head to the table will make it into a useful writing pad. Copyrighted.
7. A fit body makes a fit mind. If you are physically fit, it is a scientifically proven fact that, your mind would also be thinking in the proper way and direction.
8. My dream phone for now, Nokia N73 never comes below Rs.10,000 even in recession time and I cannot think of buying any other phone.
9. My dream car, Audi A6 never comes below 60 lacs and I cannot think of affording more than a Nano.
10. Dreams are not what you get in sleep. Dreams are that, that will not let you sleep or something like that. That's why I started sleep walking in the night in the middle of my dreams till the refridgerator to quench my thirst.
11. I know your concentration has gone to dogs today.

The day before the election results

India is buzzing. Everyone is excited. Even uneducated people are predicting that it is going to be a 'hung' Government at the Centre. What does the projected statistics from premiere news channels like CNN-IBN and NDTV say? UPA government has slightly got the edge. It will have definitely have more seats as compared to other parties, but they would be lesser in number as compared to previous years' poll results.

Never has been results this predictable and at the same time exciting to younger folk like me (don't raise eyebrows) to see who would have the last laugh. If Congress comes to power once again in AP, then it is all about Jagan Mohan Reddy, who should be ruling the roost, which is pathetic for the people and the country. The guy is such an idiot and a ruthless jerk banking on the name of his Chief Minister father.


So what do you do to overcome such a corrupt Govt? Go and vote to decide your leader, was the campaign launched by most celebrities. They even say that it is a shame if you haven't voted for your country. Sell your stories to someone else. We are not going to change anytime soon. We love to live in the dirt slinging mud over one another.

If you are picking a scoundrel as your leader, then there is no difference on whom you pick between a bigger one and a lesser known one. Both are scoundrels and should get their money back to sustain in the political party and gain extra mileage in their career. They do rigging and you never know what percent of the votes that were polled were rigged. That is why I did not vote. More than that I am not living in my city and my name does not exist in the voters list.

There is no faith in the leaders you choose and that means you are living in a society where you are left helpless if a disaster happens. An online voting system should exist and should be efficiently implemented. There should be an educated party with good policies. The leaders should be easily approachable to the masses. If things do not pan out the way they wished, they even should be willing to sacrifice their lives. Wishful thinking.


Once the results are out, the next thing is the stability of the Government. Most of them are aware that due to proliferation of regional parties with which the Government will be formed, they are already predicting that it will be an unstable Government. The result? Elections again in just over an year and a hole in Govt's exchequer.

The battle to rattle opposition begins again with the common man struggling as ever, before and after the results. The paint mark on the common man's index finger will go away in few days but not the scar marks with broken promises left by his elected leader in the polls.

The Mother's day fuss

Everyone has a mother and a father. Ok, you should be lucky to have those two people to guide you still and talk to you whenever you unload your crap to them. They are the ones who genuinely listen to your troubled times no matter from which part of the world you yell at them.

We all know the importance of our mother. You do not need a separate day to express your gratitude for what all she has done to reach the stage that you are currently now. You do not need a separate day to celebrate your father's day either.

I find weird when you have people reminding you of the day. Just goes to show how freaking pretentious they are when they say, "did you wish you mother today"? "Oh, it's a mother's day ?!" Thanks for letting me know, I am gonna wish her right now. You cannot fool yourself this badly and miserably. Have the balls to say, I do not believe in mother's days and father's days.

If you wished her today for some unknown emotion which has suddenly made you ill, did you wish her on all the previous years ? You don't even stand a chance to argue. That's how devastating I am when I raise a point.


It can be a big occasion in the Western world, but you freaks who use left hand for lower tasks, know any other day than Valentines day? No, you don't. Then why show extra love and extra concern on to your mother on this day only ?

You feel that you have done a world of good by wishing her? No you din't. You think you have fulfilled your responsibility by asking her well being on this day just because you were reminded by some other nuthead like you ?

No matter whatever you do, you can NEVER even do half of what she has done with undying love and affection. She does not even know what a mother's day is and is not even bothered about your wishes.

The material things like cake, flowers, cards etc that you have couriered will just bring her a smile. You have mailed them and are being sweet because you felt you want to feel yourself good and gloat about it to your friends. You feel guilty of what you have done in your past that is why you would be extra sweet to her on this day. Shear show off !

Instead talk to her once a day. Do not express your frustration on her. Try to listen to whatever she talks. Every word that she utters is worth her weight in gold. The care and concern can never be matched by anyone. It is called selfless love.

Expressing your gratitude and showing the world your sweetness for one day is not enough. You've got to be doing for the remaining 364 days. Think of those days when you yelled at her for no reason. Or worse, yelled at her because you were pissed off with your boyfriend / girlfriend. Those thoughts should force you to drown down the kitchen sink. I should perhaps drown myself now.

She is such a wonderful human being on this planet and I am suppressing my tears while I am writing this line. Feel good when you are able to talk to her at will. Please do not hurt her anymore. For all the things she has done to you since your childhood, your mother - not your dog - needs your love and affection every passing day, not just one day.

Weekend trip: Jim Corbett Park and Nainital

I am trying to muster some energy to put fingers on keyboard and explain my trip details to you miserable freaks. a f s 9 2 7 . j z q = -y o m w 6. You can see how randomly I've been typing. I am also sensitive like you and caught up with mild fever after the trip. Even though I say I do not need your sympathies, in reality you know it.

When man meets the wild


Grassland at Ramganga river

We took the train and went to Ramnagar. We were fortunate to get one day accommodation outside Dhikala. When the rooms were booked completely in the off season, what it would be like if someone attempts a dare devil attempt like we did in in the on season, which they claim May and June. Or the one who is allotting the rooms at the counter din't like my face? If you do not know how to approach Dhikala, which is not your problem, then you can check it here.

Elephant experience

After a safari at Jhirna in the morning and an evening safari at Dhikala, we were pretty sure that we are not going to see tigers, for which the park is very famous for. After the safari in the previous evening and we were returning to our Gairal hut at 7:00 pm. Being disappointed in not seeing much animals in the evening safari other than the elephants, we gave our hopes of any thrill happening event.


Tamed safari elephant

Just when we thought that way, our road was blocked by a tusker ( male elephant) and that dude we thought was in a playful mood. He did not give us way for 30 mins. And you are not supposed to do anything to scare the animals in the forest, like honking or flashing lights into its eyes.

It eventually moved from our path to some distance and all those gypsies that were lined up passed the elephant's group. Just when our gypsy was about to pass, the tusker turned back and started walking in our direction. Our driver flashed lights into its eyes to scare it. Fortunately there was only one gypsy behind us carrying foreigners and they too could sneak in and reached the hut.


Tamed safari elephant, not the one in the subject

We were discussing how dangerous it would have been had those elephants started coming in our direction where we were waiting to pass. After reaching the hut, my roommate went inside the room and came outside after 15 minutes to see the elephant standing right opposite to our room , across the electrical fencing. It stood there for few minutes and went back. He was standing opposite to it, putting his hands on the hips because he know that the elephant cannot cross the fencing.

Such is the memory of an elephant. Do not mess with it and its memory.

Tiger experience

We were approaching Dhikala for an early morning safari. Few kilometers outside the gate, we saw a alert hen (it looked like a big sized deer), was very alert. It raised its head and was not moving. If it is alert, that means, a tiger is in the vicinity. So we parked our gypsy to see if we can spot a tiger. After waiting for 10 minutes to try our luck, we moved ahead slowly. Few metres after we had passed, a huge tiger ran across the road. It went quickly from one side of thick trees to bushes on the other side. We stopped to spot it. But it disappeared in a flash. Later we went all round that square to see if we can spot it but we dint.

A feeling on anxiety, tension arose in me when the tiger ran across our jeep. We could immediately sense that it was a huge one. That was our quick tiger experience and the alert hen was right.

Deers and elephants were seen in plenty. I strongly feel there are very few tigers than what the statistics say. From hunters to punters, everyone eyes the big cat. Few years down the lane, the tree will grow a little bigger but the forest will be deprived of animals. Don't be surprised if you get a tad attached to the wild while leaving the forest.



Not me. My roommate washing hands at the river.

Now come back to reality. You freaks who have bad luck in your back pocket will not even see what we had seen. After having breakfast at Dhikala, we headed back to Ramnagar. We took a bus from there and went to Nainital.

Nainital was developed around the beautiful Naini lake. Not much to see in there. It is a good hang out place for newly married couples. A ropeway, a boat ride and Hanuman temple is all we visited. There is also a 4 km trek that people normally take on the hills, where you have a chance to reach the China border. From there, you can throw your China mobile which does not have a IMEI number, into its homeland.

If you liked any of my pictures from my previous post or this post, then you should buy me a new mobile camera with atleast 2 MP resolution. Those pictures were taken from a cheap 1.3 MP VGA mobile camera. Imagine what I would have done had I got a Nikon D90 SLR digital camera.

That was my trip experience. If you liked what you read and saw, then you can send your donations to my Swiss bank account. Oh you are worrying about the account number? I should be giving it to you when you meet me in person.

Jim Corbett National Park Trip

This post solely covers my trip to Jim Corbett National Park which is located 250 kms from New Delhi. It does not contain anything other than the subject. No, not even my rant or my abusing you. Nothing more, nothing less.


Deer in the forest

So you live in and around Delhi but do not know how to approach the Park. You have heard that getting a booking is difficult and is little complicated to get reservation inside the park. You do not even know which is the off season or on season. You just packed your bag with a jeans and few t-shirts to try your luck for an accommodation at the park.

Right then, you landed at the right place to get more than a first hand information without approaching the agent.


Dhikala main entrance

Dummies guide to Jim Corbett National Park

1. Catch Ranikhet Express from Delhi to Ramnagar. By Delhi station, I mean Old Delhi station not the New Delhi one. As on date, the train departs from Delhi (DLI) at 22:35 and reaches Ramnagar (RMR) at 5 am the next day.
2. The train has the number 5013. Reservation to Ramnagar should be easily available.
3. After reaching Ramnagar, take a tempo (shared auto) which are available just outside the station. They will drop you at the booking office of Jim Corbett National Park.
4. The booking office opens at 6:30 am and issue day safari tickets to other parks inside the Jim Corbett Park namely Dhikala, Bhijrani, Jhirna etc. The safari tickets are very limited which are 30, 20 in number for different parks.
5. Tickets are strictly issued only to visitors but not to agents who stand in the line.
6. If you are given a form to fill your details, that means your safari to one of the parks for that day is fixed. You have to talk to the gypsy guy who is going to take you for the ride inside the park and have to write the vehicle number on the form.
7. Gypsy's are available right in front of the office itself.
8. You have to pay nominal charges at the counter ranging in the range of Rs.150 to 200 to get an entry inside the parks.
9. You then take your gypsy with a driver and head straight to the park to which you have the permission.
10. You have to pay Rs.900 to the gypsy driver who takes you inside the park for the Safari. The price may vary depending on the park that you are going to visit.
11. It will take two hours for you to complete the safari and the driver will drop you back at the booking office or where desired in Ramnagar.
12. It is mandatory to hire a guide at the Park. He charges Rs. 250 for no reason after explaining a few things on the history of the park.
13. It is advised to take food stuff like fruits, cool drinks, water bottles with you while going for the safari.
14. If you do not want to book a gyspy, there are also Canter rides. Canter is like a mini bus which should cost you cheaper. It is Rs.600 per person for the ride.
15. That is how you are done with your day safari more or less.


Beautiful Ramganga river

Booking an accommodation at Jim Corbett National Park

You planned to stay for a day at the Park? Then you have to book accommodation at the office.

1. The ticket counter to book accommodation at the Park is adjacent to the ticket counter that issues the safari tickets. Accommodation counter opens at 8:30 am as on date.
2. It is not that easy to get acoommodation to stay in the park. Dhikala is the main place where you preferably want to stay. It is the important gate as compared to other entry gates.
3. If you cannot get a room or dormitory or hut at Dhikala, you can try for a place to live at a different place like Gairal, Kande etc.
4. Gairal is the place where we stayed in and it is 20 kms far from Dhikala.
5. Reason to prefer an accommodation in Dhikala is you get a chance to go for a safari early in the morning so you get a chance to see more animals.
6. Accommodations will also be available for a day stay in other entry gates like Bhijrani, Jhirna etc, but if you take an accommodation there, then you can only visit that particular park.
7. You cannot go for a safari in Dhikala if you take accommodation in other gates.
8. The facilities at the resting place are neat and they also serve you good food. So you do not have to worry about that.
9. As long as you get a stay in Dhikala, the gypsy driver will stay with you all day. You can go for a safari ride in the evening which starts at 3:30 pm and an early morning ride which starts at 6:30 am.
10. Gypsy driver charge you Rs. 2500 for both the safari's. He should drop you back to Ramnagar or at your desired location the next day.
11. Whether you are one person or four persons, the gypsy charge should be the same.
12. If you are living in Gairal hut, the driver should charge you Rs.3000 for your stay because Gairal is not inside Dhikala. It is 20 kms away from Dhikala and it takes a 1 hour ride from there to Dhikala to go for a safari inside Dhikala.


Gairal hut

How will be the food and accommodation?

Accommodation in Gairal is very neat. They also serve you food at their canteen at reasonable prices. Even though there is no fan you do not find it necessary to use. Lights will be available in the night for few hours. You have a emergency back up light though.

Gairal hut should cost you Rs. 950 for one day. All the accommodation places are surrounded by electrical fencing so there is no possibility of any animal sneaking in to your location. You should check out your room by 11 am the next morning no matter whatever time you have checked in.

My room in Gairal hut

I have tried to cover as much of known information as possible. Pictures were taken from a camera mobile and you have to bear with the quality. I hope this is helpful and would present you a clear picture of the trip before your travel. If this is not enough, do drop in a comment and I will share whatever I know.

In anycase, if your plan has failed and you could not get an accommodation, you can always head to Nainital which is 64 kms from Ramnagar. It would take 3 hours to reach there. You can approach the Corbett office the next day with better preparation.