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2010 India

My annual trip to India got delayed as I moved from Norway to Germany to work for Crytek. Which meant I finally got to go back home for New Years after 5 years!!! Also this year I was there for two weeks instead of the usual three weeks. Which meant I did not get time to take much photos. Too busy with life and stuff.

In other new Crysis 2 MP demo for the 360 starts on the 25th of Jan, and there is a new trailer out today.

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obligatory shot of mom preparing some delicious food
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shwetas bday party…no not her…thats my sis
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following lots of drinking and dancing
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…suri had to take a leak on the highway on the way home
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heading home
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watched tron at the IMAX for 4 euro
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figuring out where to have dinner…Bombay has become ridiculously expensive
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heading to Kudal…7 hours of back breaking bus ride
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suri mentions how his back is breaking
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pits stop
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back on the road
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good morning…and we are in Kudal
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what followed was four days of going to a different beach everyday
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31st night…
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some proper Indian food
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2011…and heading to GOA
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welcome to tourist filled GOA
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last photo in Kudal…heading back to Bombay
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met up with friends at a terrace barbecue party few hours before my flight back to Germany
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and just like that…I was back in Frankfurt
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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Bombay vacation 2009 Part 1

I was in Bombay(i still use Bombay as i grew up with it, nothing against Mumbai) from 3-29 July. This trip was quite different from the the earlier ones for quite a few reasons. I took gifts for my folks and friends…which i never do, must be an age thing. I also informed people about my visit and did not just drop by. Took Lufthansa and not FinnAir. Got picked up by my friends at the Airport. Which involved me picking up Kunal who being a sardar was waiting for me at Departures. My cell phone did not pick any network. Anyways…

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waiting for the plane…i have realized that one can reach the airport 1.5 hours before the flight and still make it
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in the plane
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no good company and my inability to sleep on planes meant…
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i had to take random photos…
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to entertain myself…
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getting close to Bombay
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tip…eat veg dinner and non-veg breakfast…no i did not do it…but i wish i did
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home…i have a strange feeling that my sis took these two shots
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like them
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sis and i went to Inorbit to shop where we met surhud and ashwini
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more photos by my sis
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later in the week i visited few relatives…and this time i took portraits as they are…ahem getting old
this is mom, Sumangala. She is 58 years old, she had to wake up at 5am and climb a steep road to get to the hospital. I was born at 6am.
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this is RT, he is 75 years old and the patriarch of the family. He will undergo an operation tomorrow. I wish i had taken his photo when he was doing well. He told me how he moved to Bombay and had to struggle for years. His generation, which my father was part, were the first to come to Bombay and have lots of stories, most of which are full of hardships and hunger.
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this is his wife Renuka. She is 65 years old and my moms eldest sister. We call her Dodda-amma which translates to Senior Mother. When my mom moved to Bombay(before getting married to dad) she lived with Renuka and RT in a one room apartment. I have seen the apartment and all i can say is…Respect. Makes me quite proud of my extended family.
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Renukas eldest son…Pravinraj(Raja). He is 43 years old and had two sons. Time flies, i remember riding an Royal Enfield with him as a kid.
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His wife Roopa.
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from Raja and Roopa’s house we went to visit Santosh
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this is Santosh
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Santosh is my moms eldest brother. He is 70 years old. I love to photography him. I grew up being utterly scared of him, with time he has softened. He is an extremely interesting character.
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Then we visited Pradeep (Paddu), moms youngest brother. He is 48 years old. I remember as a kid not letting him into the house when mom was out. He has two sons.
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His wife Rekha
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went for a walk in my colony(i c colony)
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there were farms here…now just a road
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this is how i c colony feels…has lost its glory and charm
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met up with friends…childhood building friends. This is frank. He works on a cargo ship and is from Goa.
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Kunal sister Shivani
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Kunal…it was his birthday and the reason i goto bombay in july
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met up with delna and went to Inorbit…again
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delna took this one…one of those rare relaxed moment with my sister…rest of time is spent being 8 years old
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delna is a parsi…wiki it. she is a talented animator and works at prana, the biggest and best animation studio in india.
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as you can see…delna drinks a lot…this one was at Firangi Pani.

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