Photography – ODKF

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher with Baby Frog This is very popular bird amongst Bird Photographers & Bird wathers. It is also referred to as Colour Bomb due to it's colourful body. We photographers, eagerly await the rainy season to spot & click this beautiful tiny bird. It is pocket size bird and found in tropical, moistContinue reading "Photography – ODKF"

George Washington Carver

If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I would like to be a character of George Washington Carver. I read his autobiography titled A Man called Carver. He was agricultural scientist and he has dedicated his life in improving and uplifting the life of underprivileged people.Continue reading "George Washington Carver"

गणेशगुडी पक्षी निरीक्षण : एक सुखद अनुभव

Orange Headed Thrush पुण्यापासून साधारण 500 किलोमिटर्स वर Old Magazene House हे रिसॉर्ट Ganeshgudi मध्ये आहे. हे रिसॉर्ट जंगलाच्या एकदम मध्ये आहे. इथे पक्षी निरीक्षण आणि फोटोग्राफी ची अतिशय सुंदर व्यवस्था आहे. ह्याला Armchair birding असे देखील म्हणतात. कारण इथे आपण आरामात बसून पक्षी बघू शकतो किंवा त्यांचे फोटो देखील काढू शकतो. कुठे राहायचे गणेशगुडीमध्येContinue reading "गणेशगुडी पक्षी निरीक्षण : एक सुखद अनुभव"

Cats the best Pet

What animals make the best/worst pets? Cosmo I don’t have any pet at home but my daughter loves cat and she has this cat with the name Cosmo. Whenever I visit her home I get hooked to cosmo. She is so cute and loving that you can’t resist playing with her. My daughter brought herContinue reading "Cats the best Pet"

Short Story – चौकटी बाहेरचे आकाश

सारा एकटक त्या खिडकी मधून बाहेर बघत होती. हा तिचा रोजचाच दिनक्रम असायचा. हॉस्पिटल च्या बेड वर पडल्या पडल्याच ती खिडकीतून बाहेर बघत बसायची. रोज ती नवीन स्वप्न बघत असायची. खिडकीतून तिला अतिशय सुंदर असे आकाश दिसायचे. आणि मग ती त्या आकाशभोवती आपले जग शोधत असायची. दररोज तिला ढगातून वेगळे वेगळे प्राणी भेटायला यायचे. कधीContinue reading "Short Story – चौकटी बाहेरचे आकाश"

Badminton & Table Tennis

What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most? I love watching Badminton and Table Tennis during Olympic Games. Simple reason is I play these two games regularly and hence it is interesting to watch these matches. There is lots of learning from these people. I believe sports teaches you fighting spirit. It also teachesContinue reading "Badminton & Table Tennis"

Write more blogs on Life Lessons & Happy thoughts

How would you improve your community? The best way to educate the people around you is write more and more about life lessons and happy thoughts. Sharing your knowledge and wisdom will surely help communities to improve their life. In India the literacy rate is too low. This lack of education leads to many issuesContinue reading "Write more blogs on Life Lessons & Happy thoughts"

भरतपुर पक्षी अभयारण्य

Early morning view भरतपुर बद्दल थोडेसे भरतपूर पक्षी अभयारण्य म्हणून ओळखले जाणारे केवलादेव राष्ट्रीय उद्यान हे हिवाळ्यात पक्षी निरीक्षक आणि पक्षी छायाचित्रकारांसाठी देशातील सर्वोत्तम ठिकाणांपैकी एक आहे. हे जंगल फक्त २९ चौरस किमी क्षेत्रफळाचे आहे आणि इथे पाणथळ पक्ष्यांसाठी पाणथळ जागा तयार केल्या आहेत. आकाराने लहान असले तरी खूप उच्च क्षमता आणि वेगळेपणा आहे. महाराजांच्याContinue reading "भरतपुर पक्षी अभयारण्य"

Coffee and Exercise

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? First hour in the morning is my me time. I do not accept any other commitment for first hour in the morning. I have my coffee in the morning with some almonds. After that little bit warm up and thenContinue reading "Coffee and Exercise"

Fairness & Walk the Talk

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? In my opinion the top most quality of a person which is Fairness makes him unique. Coupled with Walk the Talk personality. These are two very important qualities for a person to be unique. Such person gets high acceptance and respect from the people. Fairness ItContinue reading "Fairness & Walk the Talk"

An Educational Institution

If you could have something named after you, what would it be? I would love to name an Educational Institution after me. It is a Nobel profession and helps in nation building. In my opinion the education makes people more independent and self reliant. Overall progress of a nation largely depends upon the kind ofContinue reading "An Educational Institution"

Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary

We visited Sonewadi Point of Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary. It is some 65 km from Sambhajinagar ( Aurangabad). I got the news that Greater Flamingos have arrived here so we visited this place for bird photography. We could see following birds here. Common hawk cuckoo Common Kingfisher Black neck Ibis Sanderling Location Sonewadi point is aContinue reading "Jaikwadi Bird Sanctuary"

Carefree and playful

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? Our childhood was very much playful and fun. We were completely carefree. There was no thought of career or future. Even my parents were not so much keen about children future goals. So no parental pressure no societal stress or anyContinue reading "Carefree and playful"

Live your life your way

What’s something most people don’t understand? Most of the people live their life to satisfy others. For every decision they make they seek approval of others. What people will think Every choice in life they make based what people think. I have seen many people making their choices of clothes depending upon what will beContinue reading "Live your life your way"

Change is only constant in this world

How has technology changed your job? Our generation has seen innumerable improvements in technology and the way we live. I am proud to say that we have survived all these changes. We were adaptive to the changes and adjusted our life consequent to those changes. Reaction to Change It is hard to adapt to theContinue reading "Change is only constant in this world"

Often for my core values and seldom for my goals

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Assertion Don’t say Yes when you want to say No This is important trait of an assertive person. Please say No when it interferes with your goals. Do not worry about the persons authority or hierarchy in the organisation. Assertiveness vsContinue reading "Often for my core values and seldom for my goals"

Spontaneous public speaking

What's a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? Town Hall speech Yes I am good at public speaking without any preparation or prior notice. I realised this skill when my name was announced for speaking in a Town Hall meeting. The occasion was quality month celebration in our company. My speechContinue reading "Spontaneous public speaking"

My favourite teacher – B. Khan Sir

Who was your most influential teacher? Why? Teachers engagement in the class This story goes back to 1974 when I was in 6th standard. I had Just changed the school to English medium school from Marathi. I was struggling to cope up with the new friends and new environment. Exactly during this time our HindiContinue reading "My favourite teacher – B. Khan Sir"

Write more blogs

What do you wish you could do more every day? I wish I could write and publish more and more blogs. Today I can just answer the prompts. The answer to this prompt would have been different if this question was asked few years ago when I was busy in corporate life. Leading large teamsContinue reading "Write more blogs"