Photoblog : enthralling North East India

Some postcards collected to depict untouched picture-perfect serene beauty of North Eastern part of India and its colorful culture:

Beautiful Arunachal


Tea estate in Assam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxBihu dance, Assam

Rongali Bihu, Assam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxEnchanting Meghalaya

Loktak Lake, Manipur xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Colorful Nazo festival, Nagaland

Bamboo Dance, Mizoram xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMawlai, Meghalaya

Scenic valley, Arunachal Pradesh xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxManipur

Kaziranga National Park, Assam xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxManas Tiger Reserve, Assam

Ujjainti Palace, Tripura xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxzzzzzzzzzzxxTripura culture

For more on North-East tourism, please visit individual state tourism sites (or Google):

Assam: www.assamtourism.org/
Arunachal Pradesh: www.arunachaltourism.com/
Meghalaya: megtourism.gov.in/
Manipur: manipur.nic.in/tourism.htm
Mizoram: mizotourism.nic.in/
Nagaland: nagaland.nic.in/potential/tourism.htm
Tripura: tripura.nic.in/ttourism1.htm

It's all about money honey!!

Millions spent in one single day. Players sold, players bought. And in unbelievable prices - they are enormous figures, especially for a common man like me. It has altered the very own face of how Cricket is played, who controls the game and what drives the passion. Cricketers are celebrities now - literally in every sense. Glamor, money and fans - they have it all. With Indian Premiere League, Cricket sure has taken a turn - right or wrong, only time will tell. Here is a list collected from cricinfo.com demonstrating at how much some of the players were auctioned (!!) to play at the IPL for different teams. For more details on the bidding, please visit: http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/338107.html

Top ten players at the auction (Figures in USD)

Player	Franchise	Base price	Winning bid
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Chennai	400,000	1,500,000
Andrew Symonds	Hyderabad	250,000	1,350,000
Sanath Jayasuriya	Mumbai	250,000	975,000
Ishant Sharma	Kolkata	150,000	950,000
Irfan Pathan	Mohali	200,000	925,000
Jacques Kallis	Bangalore	225,000	900,000
Brett Lee	Mohali	300,000	900,000
RP Singh	Hyderabad	200,000	875,000
Harbhajan Singh	Mumbai	250,000	850,000
Robin Uthappa	Mumbai	200,000	800,000

Icon players

Player	Franchise	Price
Sachin Tendulkar	Mumbai	1,121,250
Sourav Ganguly	Kolkata	1,092,500
Yuvraj Singh	Mohali	1,063,750
Rahul Dravid	Bangalore	1,035,000
Virender Sehwag	Delhi	833,750

Look at the figures. Are you kidding me?

Le magnifique Paris

It was my first trip abroad and naturally I was excited. Thanks heaven, the excitement was all not for nothing. I was captivated by this awesome city of France. Personally, I do not possess a high longing for cities; for me they are all same, full of sky-high concretes, both inside and outside. But I need to agree Paris struck a few chords in my heart . I enjoyed those gloomy mornings, mild breezy afternoons - I enjoyed walking down the beautiful roads through pleasing drizzle by the quietly flowing Seine. And surprisingly, to rupture my notion about Western aloofness and reservations, I found the Parisians extremely open-hearted, helpful and friendly. My intension hear is not to write a travel diary of Paris, the one we can find easily in the Net. But, yes I need to agree I enjoyed the trip - I loved the view of Paris from top of Eiffel, I was spellbound by the marvels of "Musee de Louvre", I was awestruck by "Champs-Elysées", by "Notre-Dame", by "Montmartre" and what not.